SCE member Nicholas Hayes-Mota was quoted extensively in a recent NYT piece on Pope Leo XIV: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/w...

book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Stephanie C. Edwards on the publication of her new book!

Congratulations to SCE member Stephanie Edwards on the publication of "Witnessing the Wounds" with @orbisbooks.bsky.social! orbisbooks.com/products/wit...

The Celebration of Life for Rev. Dr. Darryl Trimiew will be held on Sat., May 2, at First Christian Church of Atlanta, 4532 Lavista Rd., Tucker, GA. Gather with the family from 10AM-11AM. The service will begin at 11AM. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the American Heart Association.

photo of Darryl M. Trimiew with the heading In Memoriam, Darryl M. Trimiew, 1952-2026, along with a quote and a list of his leadership positions in the Society of Christian Ethics

Our condolences to the family, friends, students, and colleagues of Darryl M. Trimiew, a respected member of the SCE who served as president in 2008. Prof. Trimiew faithfully attended every annual meeting along with his wife, Dolores, and his presence will be deeply missed.

Emilie M. Townes on why we need more ethicists:

“More often than not, when someone finds out I am a college professor and asks what I teach, and I reply ‘ethics,’ there is a roll of the eyes and a somewhat hopeful sigh.

They then say, ‘Oh, we need you today!’ Exactly.”

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Theology & the Crises of Democracy | Engage, Reflect, Act Now Explore how theology and religious thought can address the democratic crises in the USA through essays, reflections, and community discussions led by Boston University School of Theology faculty.

Boston University School of Theology has launched a new collaborative resource entitled "For Such a Time as This: Theology & the Crises of Democracy," with SCE board member Jimmy McCarty among its initial contributors: www.forsuchtimes.com

Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil - Christianity Today President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.

Check out SCE member Justin R. Hawkins's piece in Christianity Today: www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/thre...

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Congratulations to SCE member @thekateward.bsky.social on the publication of "Making a Life" with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-a-...

St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth is seeking a Lecturer in Moral Theology - Two-year Tenure Track with a view to a Permanent Position St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth is seeking a Lecturer in Moral Theology - Two-year Tenure Track with a view to a Permanent Position St Patrick’s Pontifical University (SPPU) is…

St. Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth, is seeking a Lecturer in Moral Theology. Application due date: 10 April.
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American hell In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his...

Check out SCE student member Isaac Villegas's piece in this month's issue of the Christian Century: www.christiancentury.org/features/ame...

book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Jonathan M. Cahill on the paperback release of his book!

New in Paperback! Congratulations to SCE member Jonathan M. Cahill on the paperback release of "Emotions, Moral Formation, and Christian Politics" in the T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics series! www.bloomsbury.com/us/emotions-...

Home Movies for Holy Week | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera During the Western Christian Holy Week of 2026, how might churchgoers repent of Christian Nationalism? How to reckon with menacing forms of Christian-ish Americana, from sea to shining sea? I have…

SCE member Amy Laura Hall has an essay at ARC for Holy Week: arcmag.org/home-movies-...

SCE member Tobias Winright has a letter to the editor in yesterday's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

A Christian Case for Gossip - JSTOR Daily When silence allows harm to continue, warning others may become a difficult but necessary moral choice.

Matthew Lee Anderson's 2022 article in the Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics was featured as the JSTOR Daily this week: daily.jstor.org/a-christian-... #JSCEthics

Paul's letter to the Romans Conference Continuing the tradition of the St Andrews Scripture and Theology conferences, Princeton Theological Seminary, in partnership with St Andrews, announces a conference on Paul’s Letter to the Romans…

CfP alert: The window for paper proposals to the Princeton-St. Andrews Scripture & Theology conference closes Tuesday, March 31: ptsem.edu/event/pauls-...

Christian Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, Summer 2026 & 2027 Annual Meetings, LAST CALL: CALL FOR PROPOSALS due Friday, March 20, 2026, papers, panels, posters, interest & working groups, conversations with an author, lifetime achievement award, international & global scholars, and the new SCE book prize

Last call for the conference hall! Pardon the bad rhyme, but Friday is the last day to submit your proposal for our 2026 Summer Meeting AND the 2027 Annual Meeting. Details at www.scethics.org/2027-call-fo...

book cover with author headshot and text: Member Publication, congratulations to Jared Stacy on the publication of his new book!

Congratulations to SCE member @jaredstacy.bsky.social on the publication of "Reality in Ruins" with @harpercollins.bsky.social! www.harpercollins.com/products/rea...

Check out former SCE president Jennifer Herdt's new article in the Journal of Moral Education: "‘The battle to take the land’: Higher education and the classical Christian education movement": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ethicist joins CSTM faculty Daniel Scheid's research and teaching focus on interreligious ecological ethics

Congratulations to SCE member Daniel Scheid in his new role at Boston College!
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Paeth to Give Fleer Lecture The 2026 Gil and Ruth Fleer Lecture at Central Methodist University will take place on Wednesday, March 25, as Dr. Scott Paeth is set to speak on “Public Theology and Democratic Pluralism.” The…

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)

The Discipline and Gift: A Theological Critique of David Newheiser's Hope in a Secular Age | Contending Modernities It is in allowing ourselves to contemplate the mystery of divine being, who gives itself over to us in contemplative prayer, that we are truly alive to our contingency and our belovedness.

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

Gary Dorrien Is Christian Socialism’s Greatest Champion The theologian and historian Gary Dorrien has made it his mission to chronicle and revive the tradition of Christian democratic socialism. His work reminds the American left of our project’s…

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.