The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, has a tenure-track opening in theological ethics:

Yesterday's JSTOR Daily featured SCE member Jeremy Posadas's 2020 article in JSCE (= his paper at the 2019 annual meeting in Louisville). Check it out! daily.jstor.org/why-care-mat...

Congratulations to SCE member Ray Roberts on the publication of "A Democratic and Republican Faith" with Wipf & Stock, featuring a foreword by former SCE president David Gushee! wipfandstock.com/979838525142...

SCE member @lukebretherton.bsky.social has published "Usury, Debt, and the Ethics of Mutuality: Toward a Theological Reordering of Economic Life" in Studies in Christian Ethics (the journal of SSCE, our sister society in the UK): journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to SCE member @profligategrace.bsky.social on the publication of "Erecting the Pulpit" with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! www.bloomsbury.com/us/erecting-...

Congratulations to SCE member Sunder John Boopalan on the publication of his coedited volume Disciplinary Tensions in World Christianity with @fortresspress.bsky.social! www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

Congratulations to SCE members @luzarragar.bsky.social and @tumnusethic.bsky.social on the publication of their coedited volume for the College Theology Society with @orbisbooks.bsky.social! With contributions from members @zahaney.bsky.social and Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, SJ. buff.ly/d4uEc3z

SCE member Amy Laura Hall (@profligategrace.bsky.social) is featured on the latest episode of the "And Also With You" podcast, entitled “Who is St. Julian of Norwich? PART 01.” (And part 2 will be out soon as well!) andalsowithyoupod.com

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

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.

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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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

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

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. Application due date: 10 April. spcm.bamboohr.com/careers/40

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

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-...

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...

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

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

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...

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....

Congratulations to SCE member Daniel Scheid in his new role at Boston College! www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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!

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.)

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...

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.

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...

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.)