Society of Christian Ethics

Academic society

Society of Christian EthicsAbbreviation| SCE

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Formation| 1959; 64 years ago (1959)
Type| Learned society
Field| Christian ethics

Membership

| Approx. 850[1]

President

| Fr Bryan N. Massingale
Affiliations| Council of Societies for the Study of Religion
Website| scethics.org/home

Formerly called

* American Society of Christian Social Ethics
* American Society of Christian Ethics

The Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) is a non-denominational academic society that promote scholarly work in Christian ethics and the relation of Christian ethics to other ethics traditions. Its members are faculty and students at universities, colleges, and theological schools primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe.[1]

Founded as the American Society of Christian Social Ethics in 1959, the society changed its name to the American Society of Christian Ethics in c. 1964 before adopting its current name in 1980.[2]

The SCE sponsors an annual meeting in conjunction with the Society of Jewish Ethics and the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics. Some papers from these meetings are published in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.[3]

Its president as of October 2022 is Fr Bryan N. Massingale of Fordham University.[4]

## Presidents[edit]

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* 1959: Henry Kolbe[5]
* 1960–1961: John C. Bennett[6]
* 1961: E. Clinton Gardner[7]
* 1962–1963: Paul Ramsey[8]
* 1963: Walter W. Sikes[9]
* 1964–1965: Prentiss L. Pemberton[10]
* 1965–1966: Paul Elmen[11]
* 1966: Victor Obenhaus[9]
* 1967: Murray Leiffer[9]
* 1968–1969: James Luther Adams[12]
* 1969–1970: James Gustafson[13]
* 1970–1971: John H. Satterwhite[13]
* 1971: Charles Curran[9][14]
* 1972–1973: Edward L. Long Jr.[12]
* 1973–1974: Charles C. West[15]
* 1974–1975: Roger L. Shinn[11]
* 1975–1976: Preston N. Williams[16]
* 1976–1977: J. Philip Wogaman[17]
* 1977: Waldo Beach[9]
* 1978: Walter G. Muelder[9]
* 1979: Donald W. Shriver Jr.[9]
* 1980–1981: Douglas Sturm[10]
* 1981–1982: Daniel C. Maguire [de][18]
* 1982–1983: Beverly Wildung Harrison[19]
* 1983: Thomas Ogletree[9]
* 1984: Alan Geyer[9]
* 2003: June O'Connor
* 2020: Jennifer A. Herdt
* 2021: James F. Keenan, SJ
* 2022: Bryan N. Massingale

## Executive secretaries / Executive directors[edit]

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* 1959–1963: Das Kelley Barnett[9]
* 1964–1967: E. Clinton Gardner[9]
* 1968–1971: Douglas Sturm[9]
* 1972–1975: Franklin Sherman[9]
* 1976–1979: Max L. Stackhouse[9]
* 1980–1983: Joseph L. Allen[9]

## References[edit]

### Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ a b "Who We Are". Society of Christian Ethics. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
2. ^ Long & Gudorf 2003, p. 55.
3. ^ Pohl, C.; Carnahan, K. (2017). "Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics: Submission Guidelines". Philosophy Documentation Center. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
4. ^ "Officers". Society of Christian Ethic. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
5. ^ Long 1984, pp. 7, 25.
6. ^ Long 1984, pp. 8, 11, 25.
7. ^ Long 1984, pp. 12, 25.
8. ^ Long 1984, pp. 25, 96.
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Long 1984, p. 25.
10. ^ a b Long 1984, pp. 25, 74.
11. ^ a b Long 1984, pp. 25, 79.
12. ^ a b Long 1984, pp. 25, 75.
13. ^ a b Long 1984, pp. 25, 81.
14. ^ "History of the SCE". Society of Christian Ethics. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
15. ^ Long 1984, pp. 25, 110.
16. ^ Long 1984, pp. 25, 89.
17. ^ Long 1984, p. 25; Wogaman 1977, p. 1.
18. ^ Long 1984, pp. 25, 92.
19. ^ Long 1984, pp. 25, 93.

### Bibliography[edit]

* Long, Edward LeRoy, Jr. (1984). Academic Bonding and Social Concern: The Society of Christian Ethics, 1959–1983. Notre Dame, Indiana: Religious Ethics. Retrieved August 3, 2020 - via Society of Christian Ethics.
* Long, Edward LeRoy, Jr.; Gudorf, Christine (2003). "Society of Christian Ethics: History and Practice". The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin. 32 (2): 55–58. ISSN 1060-1635.
* Wogaman, J. Philip (1977). "The Integrity of Christian Ethics". Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting (American Society of Christian Ethics): 1–15. ISSN 2372-9082. JSTOR 23564837.

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