The John Courtney Murray Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Catholic Theological Society of America, named after John Courtney Murray, the great American theologian known for his work on religious liberty.
2016: Orlando O. Espín2015: Joseph A. Komonchak2014: John T. Pawlikowski2013: Anne E. Patrick2012: Terrence W. Tilley2011: James A. Coriden2010: Peter C. Phan2009: David Bakewell Burrell2008: Lisa Sowle Cahill2007: Virgilio Elizondo2006: Sandra M. Schneiders2005: Robert Schreiter2004: Elizabeth A. Johnson2003: Michael A. Fahey2002: Kenan Osborne2001: Agnes Cunningham2000: Michael J. Buckley1999: Ladislas Orsy1998: David Hollenbach, S.J.1997: Anne Carr1996: David N. Power1995: John T. & Denise Carmody1994: Francis A. Sullivan1993: Kilian P. McDonnell1992: Margaret A. Farley1991: Thomas F. O’Meara1990: Frederick R. McManus1989: Patrick Granfield1988: The Most Rev. Richard J. Sklba1987: Walter H. Principe1986: Gregory Baum1985: Zachary J. Hayes1984: Monika Hellwig1983: William J. Hill1982: George J. Dyer1981: Gerard S. Sloyan1980: David W. Tracy1979: Bernard Cooke1978: Edward Kilmartin1977: Frederick E. Crowe1976: Richard. P. McBrien1975: Carl J. Peter1974: George H. Tavard1973: Bernard J.F. Lonergan1972: Charles E. CurranMany recipients of the award have been criticized by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith or US Bishops' Conference Committee on Doctrine, including Richard McBrien, Elizabeth Johnson, Peter Phan, Margaret Farley. and Charles Curran. The main reason for the criticism was an alleged lack of conformity to the fullness of Catholic orthodoxy.
