The First
The Monthly Newsletter of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church
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The current Covid-19 global pandemic clearly reveals not only the cracks in global health but also poses some challenges to the existing leadership models in their various incarnations in Africa and the rest of the world. A new virtual table, "
Ethical Leadership in Africa: Beyond the Covid-19 Global Health Crisis,
" seeks to explore this crisis in leadership in Africa with the goal outcome of an African book publication. Those interested in participating in this virtual table should be in touch with the co-chairs by May 20.
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- Laurenti Magesa
European Forum
:
"COVID-19 and Triage: A Medical Challenge, but Not Only That"
- Martin Lintner
- Jason King
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Asian Forum
:
"New Normal, Old Gender Norms in the Time of Coronavirus"
- Sharon Bong
- Alexandre Martins
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Book Announcement
Bong
presents a broad spectrum of queer strategies emerging from participants' narratives of 'becoming' queer and religious that provide counterpoints to nationhood narratives of becoming Asian or postcolonial, which are still mired in religious-sponsored and colonial-inherited sexual regulations.
Reflections on COVID-19
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Report: Network Meeting, Würzburg
From 28th of February to 1st of March, the members of the “Netzwerk Moraltheologie” (network moraltheology) held a meeting at the Domschule in Würzburg, Germany, where they meet annually in order to engage in a lively exchange on their research and current theological issues. Through these meetings, the network offers a platform for emerging scholars in the German-speaking area, who work on doctoral or postdoctoral projects in the field of moral theology. This year, the theme of the network's meeting was “Erkenntnisquellen zeitgemäßer theologischer Ethik” (Sources of Knowledge in Contemporary Theological Ethics). Following the lectures held by two established scholars, Prof. Elmar Kos (Vechhta/Osnabrück) and Prof. Dietmar Mieth (Tübingen), about 20 participants discussed the sources and methods of their discipline and tried to explore further issues through presentations by members of the network itself, namely Martina Besler (Wien), Jonas Klur (Höxter), Jakob Ohm (Paderborn) and Noemi Honegger (Luzern). The next meeting of the “Netzwerk Moraltheologie” in March, 2021 will deal with the topic of authority and power (the exact title will be specified in the upcoming weeks). Further information can be found
here.
Reflections on COVID-19
Katharina Klöcker (forthcoming): Gott in der Krise finden.Theologische Antworten auf die Solidaritätsfrage in der Pandemie, in: Herder Korrespondenz 5/2020, 30-32.
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Latin American Regional Report
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Conferencia internacional en Buenos Aires por los 5 años de la publicación de la encíclica Laudato Si'
El Prof. Pablo A. Blanco (CTEWC) nos comparte la noticia sobre la conferencia internacional online que tuvo lugar el pasado sábado 18 de abril. Fue organizada por el Centro Latinoamericano de Evangelización Social (CLAdeES) de Argentina, y tuvo por título “Laudato Si y el cuidado de la Casa Común”. El encuentro contó con la participación de más de 1.500 personas conectadas en 23 puntos distintos puntos del mundo y de la propia Argentina.
Fueron expositores: Mons. Carlos J. Tissera (Obispo de Quilmes, Arg.), quien resaltó la continuidad de los 3 elementos inspiradores de la Laudato Si: integralidad, fraternidad y solidaridad, vinculándolo con el proceso de sinodalidad eclesial; la Lic. Silvia Alonso (Movimiento Católico Mundial por el Clima y coordinadora de la Red Argentina de Ambiente y el Desarrollo), quien resaltó que hay una sola crisis: ambiental y social; y finalmente la Lic. Martha Arriola (Movimiento cuidadores de la Casa Común), quien hizo presente la experiencia de los "Cuidadores de la Casa común" en sus distintos ejes como ser el trabajo de la tierra, el reciclado, alimentación saludable y la formación integral de los agentes territoriales.
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Publicaciones de COVID-19
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North American Regional Report
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Humanity In Crisis Event
All are welcome to join
the online discussion of
David Hollenbach's
Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees.
It will feature Anne Richard (former US Asst. Sec. of State for Population, Refugees and Migration), Clemens Sedmak (theologian at U. of Notre Dame), and Alex Aleinikoff (former Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva and former Dean of Georgetown Law) in conversation with
Hollenbach
. The full details of the event can be found on the
event page
. If you want to participate in the event, please
RSVP
.
Theo-Ethical Reflections from North Americans on COVID-19
CTEWC network members David Hollenbach and Lisa Sowle Cahill participated in the Berkley Center at Georgetown University’s video conversation on how COVID-19 highlights new challenges for the common good.
You can view the conversation here.
At Responsible Statecraft, Eli McCarthy writes that "
We Need a Public Health approach to National Security Strategy."
Eli observes that the pandemic highlights “our cross-border interconnectedness but also our deep interdependence. We are deeply interdependent on our health care workers, adequate medical supplies, how others choose to prevent the transmission or not, and how other states and countries respond.”
David Cloutier’s "
The Future of Today when Tomorrow is Uncertain"
appears in Notre Dame University’s
Church Life Journal
. David applies the work of Oliver O’Donovan's work on the theological virtue of hope shaping action to the disorientation and sense of flailing many of us are experiencing during the pandemic and lockdown.
Journalist Joshua McElwee, who has participated in multiple CTEWC events, writes at
National Catholic Reporter
about how “
Grace Comes through Three Bishops Ministering during Pandemic.
” Among those featured is Chicago’s Archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich, who joined CTEWC in Sarajevo. McElwee details Cupich’s efforts to develop a fund for those effected by COVID-19, to minister to the sick, and to work with Chicago city officials to slow the virus’ spread.
The
National Catholic Reporter
coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic can be found
here
and includes reflections and interviews with many North American systematic theologians and theological ethicists.
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Journal for Religious Ethics
In 2023, the
Journal of Religious Ethics will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. This is an opportunity to review the work of the journal, to consider the shape of the field of religious ethics, and to identify challenges and opportunities for scholars interested in religion and ethics from a variety of perspectives. Building on the model used for the twenty-fifth-anniversary supplementary issue, the editors of the JRE (together with a subcommittee selected from the editorial board) have decided to devote a substantial portion of each of the four issues appearing in the anniversary year to consider the following question:
Why study religious ethics? Abstracts are due September 1, 2020.
View the full call for papers and details on themed issues here.
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Within the framework of the Odysseus program the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven (Belgium) is actively looking for junior and senior candidates with an excellent research profile and track record for a research-oriented appointment in one of the following three research fields:
- Theological Ethics with a special focus on sexual/relational ethics and/or environmental ethics
- Islamic Theology
- Eastern Religions (esp. Hinduism and Buddhism).
More information about this call, KU Leuven research and living in Leuven is
available here
. The deadline for the pre-application is June, 1, 2020.
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