African-American Approaches to Christian Ethics

This Interest Group provides a forum in which to discuss Christian morality from an African-American perspective. The group will examine and discuss moral dilemmas that challenge and complicate the lives of the African-American community. The goals of the Group are: (1) to bring together different voices in the community with regard to a variety of issues, (2) to address problems peculiar to the Black community, (3) to analyze and to celebrate distinctive cultural practices and ways of living, (4) to develop public policy for addressing problems besetting the Black community, (5) to identify or develop better dialogue between Society members and the African-American Church, and (6) to develop a network among interested members. The group will identify specific areas of interest for each new meeting.