Society of Christian Ethics
@sofcethics.bsky.social
The official Bluesky profile of the Society of Christian Ethics (www.scethics.org)
The SCE offers its condolences to family, friends, and colleagues of lifetime member Harlan Beckley. In addition to serving as SCE president in 2000, Prof. Beckley edited the Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (predecessor to the JSCE) from 1992 to 1996.
In Memoriam: Harlan Beckley, Former Acting University President and Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion Emeritus
Harlan Beckley, former acting president of Washington and Lee University, Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion Emeritus and founding director of the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary…
columns.wlu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The SCE offers its condolences to family, friends, and colleagues of lifetime member Harlan Beckley. In addition to serving as SCE president in 2000, Prof. Beckley edited the Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (predecessor to the JSCE) from 1992 to 1996.
Register for the annual meeting AND renew your membership! www.scethics.org/2026-annual-...
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Register for the annual meeting AND renew your membership! www.scethics.org/2026-annual-...
Congratulations to SCE member Peter M. Sensenig on the publication of his new book! buff.ly/uQ6Vgv0
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Congratulations to SCE member Peter M. Sensenig on the publication of his new book! buff.ly/uQ6Vgv0
It's that time of year again—when SCE members can renew their membership, thus securing reduced registration rates for the annual meeting, eligibility to submit proposals for presentation, print and online access to JSCE, and more!
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's that time of year again—when SCE members can renew their membership, thus securing reduced registration rates for the annual meeting, eligibility to submit proposals for presentation, print and online access to JSCE, and more!
Our SCE Summer Meeting concludes today with some helpful sessions for students, educators, and restorative justice advocates! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
August 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our SCE Summer Meeting concludes today with some helpful sessions for students, educators, and restorative justice advocates! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
Our annual SCE Summer Meeting continues today with some excellent online sessions! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
August 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our annual SCE Summer Meeting continues today with some excellent online sessions! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
Our Summer Meeting (formerly "Midterm Group Gathering") kicks off today with some great online sessions! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
August 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our Summer Meeting (formerly "Midterm Group Gathering") kicks off today with some great online sessions! Members log into your online account and navigate to www.scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for access.
Our Summer Meeting begins tomorrow! Members log into your online account and navigate to scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for details!
August 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Our Summer Meeting begins tomorrow! Members log into your online account and navigate to scethics.org/mgg-schedule... for details!
Congratulations to SCE member Daniel Finn on the publication of his edited volume Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought with Georgetown University Press, including contributions by multiple SCE members: Lisa Sowle Cahill, David Cloutier, and Jean Porter!
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations to SCE member Daniel Finn on the publication of his edited volume Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought with Georgetown University Press, including contributions by multiple SCE members: Lisa Sowle Cahill, David Cloutier, and Jean Porter!
Congratulations to SCE member Marvin Wickware Jr. on the publication of Loving through Enmity with @fortresspress.bsky.social ! buff.ly/42lGp3Z
May 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations to SCE member Marvin Wickware Jr. on the publication of Loving through Enmity with @fortresspress.bsky.social ! buff.ly/42lGp3Z
Congratulations to SCE past president @emtownes.bsky.social, who will receive the University of Chicago's distinguished alumni Professional Achievement Award this weekend!
UChicago announces 2025 Alumni Award honorees
Recipients excel in fields ranging from vascular surgery to sportswriting
news.uchicago.edu
May 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Congratulations to SCE past president @emtownes.bsky.social, who will receive the University of Chicago's distinguished alumni Professional Achievement Award this weekend!
Congratulations to SCE member Kenneth R. Himes on the publication of Sacred and Social by Georgetown University Press! buff.ly/4hiX8t4
May 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations to SCE member Kenneth R. Himes on the publication of Sacred and Social by Georgetown University Press! buff.ly/4hiX8t4
Are you a student member seeking greater participation in the SCE? Consider nominating yourself to serve on the 2026 Nominating Committee. Check your email for details, which went out on Monday 4/28. (Grad student supervisors: feel free to nominate your own students!)
April 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are you a student member seeking greater participation in the SCE? Consider nominating yourself to serve on the 2026 Nominating Committee. Check your email for details, which went out on Monday 4/28. (Grad student supervisors: feel free to nominate your own students!)
Congratulations to SCE member Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty on the publication of Authentic Christian Freedom with @@orbisbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/bVYlNOq
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Congratulations to SCE member Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty on the publication of Authentic Christian Freedom with @@orbisbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/bVYlNOq
Among many gifts he leaves behind, Pope Francis has enriched our understanding of Christian ethics. Requiescat in pace, Francesco.
April 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Among many gifts he leaves behind, Pope Francis has enriched our understanding of Christian ethics. Requiescat in pace, Francesco.
Check out John P. Burgess's "A Nation's Right to Exist," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out John P. Burgess's "A Nation's Right to Exist," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Congratulations to SCE members Karen Lebacqz and Matthew Gaudet on the publication of Eight Theories of Justice with @fortresspress.bsky.social ! buff.ly/4hpd64S
April 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations to SCE members Karen Lebacqz and Matthew Gaudet on the publication of Eight Theories of Justice with @fortresspress.bsky.social ! buff.ly/4hpd64S
Check out Elizabeth M. Bounds's "Learning to 'Dress for the Weather'," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out Elizabeth M. Bounds's "Learning to 'Dress for the Weather'," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Friendly reminder: all proposals (papers, panels, posters, interest/working groups, conversations with an author, etc.) and nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award are due FRIDAY, March 21. See buff.ly/2Cgyg5X for details!
March 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Friendly reminder: all proposals (papers, panels, posters, interest/working groups, conversations with an author, etc.) and nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award are due FRIDAY, March 21. See buff.ly/2Cgyg5X for details!
Check out Darren Yau's "Direct Action and Political Coercion," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out Darren Yau's "Direct Action and Political Coercion," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Check out Gerald McKenny's response to Sarah Coakley at #sofcethics24, "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Troeltsch Today," now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out Gerald McKenny's response to Sarah Coakley at #sofcethics24, "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Troeltsch Today," now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Check out Sarah Coakley's plenary address to #sofcethics24, "Why Christology 'Matters' for Ethics," now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Check out Sarah Coakley's plenary address to #sofcethics24, "Why Christology 'Matters' for Ethics," now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Check out Shaun Slusarski's "Coerced Kenosis," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) https://buff.ly/4hq6X8v
February 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Check out Shaun Slusarski's "Coerced Kenosis," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) https://buff.ly/4hq6X8v
Jim Gustafson. Lisa Sowle Cahill. Peter Paris. Margaret Farley. Whose name also belongs among these scholars of Christian ethics? Nominate someone now for next year's SCE Lifetime Achievement Award! https://buff.ly/3CXclBA
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jim Gustafson. Lisa Sowle Cahill. Peter Paris. Margaret Farley. Whose name also belongs among these scholars of Christian ethics? Nominate someone now for next year's SCE Lifetime Achievement Award! https://buff.ly/3CXclBA
Check out Sara A. Williams's "Moving Beyond Practice," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) https://buff.ly/4hq6X8v
February 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out Sara A. Williams's "Moving Beyond Practice," originally presented at #sofcethics24 and now available in the latest issue of #JSCEthics! (member access through the SCE website) https://buff.ly/4hq6X8v