Congrats to SCE board member Scott Paeth, who will deliver the Gil and Ruth Fleer Lecture at Central Methodist University on March 25. His topic is “Public Theology and Democratic Pluralism.” Livestream information is included at the linked CMU post.
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Wonchul Shin on the publication of his new book!
Congratulations to SCE member Wonchul Shin on the publication of "Moral and Theological Virtues of the Oppressed" with Bloomsbury! www.bloomsbury.com/us/moral-and...
Clock with hand pointing to ten, with message: Christian Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, ten days left, all proposals due 3/20/26
Only TEN days left to submit proposals to #sofcethics27! All proposals for papers, panels, the new SCE book prize, etc., are due March 20. See www.scethics.org/2027-call-fo... for details. (photo by Ocean NG on Unsplash)
Check out SCE board member Carolyn Chau's contribution to an online symposium on David Newheiser's Hope in a Secular Age: contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Dallas Gingles on the publication of his new coedited volume!
Check out SCE member Dallas Gingles's new coedited volume "In the Face of Barbarism" in @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social 's New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics! With contributions from members Robin Lovin, @ctmathewes.bsky.social, and Joshua Mauldin. www.bloomsbury.com/us/in-the-fa...
Screenshot of registration page for conference hostred by Boston College Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Center for Theology & Ethics in Catholic Health
If you're interested in AI & the ethics of health care, the Center for Theology & Ethics in Catholic Health is hosting a FREE conference entitled "Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Mercy: Navigating AI Ethics in Catholic Health," March 20-21, 2026, at Boston College: site.chausa.org/theologyande...
cover of The Catholic Historical Review, volume 111, number 4, autumn 2025, with a portrait of Pope Leo the 14th
The latest edition of The Catholic Historical Review includes a review panel with three SCE stalwarts—@elizabethblock.bsky.social, Jennifer A. Herdt, and James F. Keenan, SJ—assessing Diarmaid MacCulloch's latest book (with the author responding): muse.jhu.edu/article/982630 @achahistory.bsky.social
Check out Jacobin's new profile of our president elect, Gary Dorrien! jacobin.com/2026/02/dorr...
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to James W. McCarty on the publication of his new coedited volume!
Congratulations to SCE board member Jimmy McCarty on the publication of his coedited volume The Business of Incarceration with Pickwick Publications! This collection includes contributions from members Kathryn Getek Soltis, @amylevad.bsky.social, and Liz Bounds. wipfandstock.com/978166675668...
Before anyone gets smart: I teach courses on evil, I have close colleagues who teach courses on the holocaust; finding the topic that you study absolutely worthy of your devotion doesnt mean you approve of everything you study. But you find absorption in this work absolutely meaningful and good.
Christian Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Call for Proposals Now Open. papers, panels, posters, interest & working groups, conversations with an author, lifetime achievement award, international & global scholars, and the new SCE book prize, due date for all proposals for both summer and annual meetings, March 20, 2026
Our annual Call for Proposals (for both summer AND annual meetings) is now open, and with a new addition this year: the SCE Book Prize! See www.scethics.org/2027-call-fo... for details.
SCE board member AnneMarie Mingo was interviewed last week on the NPR-syndicated show 1A. Check it out!
the1a.org/segments/how...
Next month Boston College will host a two-day event on "The Rule of Law and the Common Good: An Emerging Synergy Between Legal Theory and Catholic Social Thought." Details at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rule-o...
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Teresa L. Smallwood on the publication of her new book!
Congratulations to Teresa Smallwood on the publication of Public Theology and Violent Rhetoric Examined in a Queer Womanist Critical Ethnography with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! www.bloomsbury.com/us/public-th...
A friendly reminder regarding nominations—due Monday, February 16!
author headshot and first page of article entitled "Hope in Faithful Witness: De-Temporalized Eschatology in Black and Latin American Liberationist Thought"
Check out Liam de los Reyes's "Hope in Faithful Witness," first delivered at #sofcethics25 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (Members may access through the SCE website.)
book cover with author headshots and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Gary Dorrien, Charlene Sinclair, and Aaron Stauffer on the publication of their new book!
Congratulations to SCE president elect Gary Dorrien and members Charlene Sinclair and @aaronkstauffer.bsky.social on the publication of Organizing Visions with @orbisbooks.bsky.social! orbisbooks.com/products/org...
Calling anyone working in business ethics: check out the following call(s) for papers, for both the 2027 Jansma Series Symposium at Calvin University AND a paired special issue of the Journal of Religion and Business Ethics. Deadline: November 1, 2026.
calvin.edu/events/right...
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Isaac Samuel Villegas on the publication of his new book!
Congratulations to SCE student member @isaacvillegas.bsky.social on the publication of Migrant God with @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social! www.eerdmans.com/978080288443...
De Ethica has a CfP that may be of interest to many in our community of Christian ethicists.
SCE logo with text: Call for Nominations, vice president, board member, student board member. SCE members are invited to submit nominees for the above positions. Deadline: Monday, February 16. See January 20 email to all members for details.
Calling all SCE Members: Would someone you know be interested in serving the society starting in Jan 2027? Would YOU be interested in serving? The Nominations Committee is seeking nominees for vice president, board member, and student board member. See the Feb 20 email to all members for details.
Check out this upcoming conference on the Philadelphia campus of United Lutheran Seminary! www.unitedlutheranseminary.edu/calendar/lib...
author headshot, society logo, and first page of journal article with text: Now Available in #JSCEthics 45/2 (Fall/Winter 2025)
Check out Emilie M. Townes's "Shadow Boxing the Ridiculous," her presidential address at #sofcethics25 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (Members may access through the SCE website.)
book cover with author headshots and text: Member Publication, congratulations to David Cloutier and Christina McRorie on the publication of their new book!
Congratulations to David Cloutier & Christina McRorie on the publication of Markets and Other Social Structures! This festschrift for former SCE president Daniel K. Finn includes contributions from members Daniel J. Daly, Christine Firer Hinze, Conor Kelly, and Gina Wolfe. buff.ly/QSX3oBO
black and white photo of a pensive MLK Jr. with text: "The end which we seek is reconciliation. The end which we seek is the creation of the beloved community. The end which we seek to create is a society in which all men will be able to live together as brothers and respect the dignity and worth of all human personality. —Address Delivered at the Montgomery Improvement Association's 'Testimonial of Love and Loyalty,' February 1, 1960"
As Christian ethicists we work and pray for the creation of the beloved community, and today we remember King's words and witness to that end. kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/... #MLKDay
book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Mary Jo Iozzio on the publication of her new book!
Congratulations to SCE member Mary Jo Iozzio on the publication of Radical Dependence with Baylor University Press! buff.ly/Oa7SDzn
text over conference graphic: 2026 Summer Meeting, mark your calendars, August 11-13, 2026, online meetings with interest groups, working groups, and caucuses
Mark your calendars now for our 2026 Summer Meeting, online in August! If you lead an Interest Group, Working Group, or Caucus, start planning for this opportunity now (if you haven't already). And if you're looking for an interest group, see our list at buff.ly/FThTNaY #sofcethics26
conference graphic with text: See you next year! 2027 annual meeting, Christian ethics and artificial intelligence, January 7-10, 2027, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
It's been a great #sofcethics26 annual meeting in Washington, DC. We look forward to seeing you next year to explore "Christian Ethics and Artificial Intelligence" at #sofcethics27 in St. Louis. Safe travels!
conference graphic with SOME organization's logo with text: SCE gives back, local charity, so others might eat
All in attendance at #sofcethics26 are encouraged to support our 2026 local charity, SOME (So Others Might Eat)! Go to give.some.org/campaign/637... and make your donation today. Thank you, and thank SOME for all they are doing in the DC area!
headshot photo with text: new vice president, Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Saint Louis University
Congratulations to the newest member of our presidential cabinet, @revruben.bsky.social! #sofcethics26
