William C. Mattison III is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Theology, faculty director of the Moreau Program, and chair of the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He taught a course at Notre Dame titled “C. S. Lewis on God and Evil, Virtue and Vice,” which inspired the book Corruption Course: Advanced Lessons in Temptation for College Students.
Mattison earned his doctoral degree in moral theology from the University of Notre Dame. After ten years at The Catholic University of America as a professor and administrator, he returned to Notre Dame in 2016. He has authored or edited a dozen books, including the popular college textbook Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues(Brazos, 2008), the more recent Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit (Georgetown, 2023) as well as a book of reflections on gospel passages called Follow Me: Walking with Jesus through the Gospels (Emmaus Road, 2023).
Mattison lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife, Courtney, and sons, Billy and Jack.
