PCUSA Social Ethics Network
Conveners
John Senior
Wake Forest University School of Divinity
seniorje@wfu.edu
Letitia Campbell
Emory University
letitia.campbell@emory.edu
Presbyterian Ethicists meet at SCE to discuss academic and denominational matters of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and for an update on current developments in social witness in the PCUSA and our Reformed relatives. SCE members participating on study commissions and serving as consultant writers for the denomination report on their projects. The impacts of church/seminary/college changes are discussed. Seminary and college ethicists comprise most of the group "Social Ethics Network" (or SEN--formerly "Theological Educators for Presbyterian Social Witness") which helps connect the academy to the denomination and the General Assembly, informing the life of congregations through policy studies and reports. The group sometimes meets in churches near the SCE annual meeting site. Liaison is provided by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, acswp@pcusa.org.
Task Force on Contingency
Conveners
Cristina Traina
Northwestern University
c-traina@northwestern.edu
Matthew Gaudet
Santa Clara University
mgaudet2@scu.edu
University of Chicago Writers
Conveners
Maria Antonaccio
Bucknell University
antoncco@bucknell.edu
Matthew Petrusek
Loyola Marymount University
Matthew.Petrusek@lmu.edu
In an effort to continue the distinct approach to ethics developed over the years at the University of Chicago Divinity School, the University of Chicago Writers Group was started in the early 1990's to enable graduates of the Divinity School's ethics programs to gather each year to discuss new and on-going projects. The group gathers on Thursday afternoon prior to the full SCE meeting schedule to discuss members' work distributed in advance. SCE members who are U. of C. graduates and would like to join the group are encouraged to contact the conveners.
Wesleyan/Methodist Ethicists
Conveners
Sondra Wheeler
Wesley Theological Seminary
swheeler@wesleyseminary.edu
Bradley Burroughs
United Theological Seminary
bradley.b.burroughs@gmail.com
This group was formed within the SCE of those members 1) who work within any of the various ecclesial traditions rooted in the evangelical renewal movement begun by John Wesley, or, 2) theological and ethical reflection is shaped by distinctly Wesleyan perspectives.