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William Schweiker

Bibiliography

Books:

Mimetic Reflections: A Study in Hermeneutics, Theology and Ethics (New York: Fordham University Press, 1990)

Responsibility and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
Second printing, 1997; paperback edition, 1999.
Korean translation, 2000.

Power, Value and Conviction: Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1998) Korean translation, 2003.

Theological Ethics and Global Dynamics: In the Time of Many Worlds (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2004).

Edited Volumes:

Editor and Contributor:
Worldviews and Warrants: Pluralism and Authority in Theology (with Per Anderson)
(Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987).

Meanings in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur (with David E. Klemm)
(Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1993).

Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness (with Maria Antonaccio)
(Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1996).

Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life, with C. Mathewes (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 2004)

The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2005).

Editor:
Cities of Gods: Faith, Politics and Pluralism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (with Nigel Biggar and Jamie S. Scott) (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1986).

Series Editor:
The Library of Theological Ethics (with R. Lovin and D. Ottati)
(multi-volume series, Westminster/John Knox Press, ongoing).

Internationale Theologie/ International Theology (with J. Moltmann and M. Welker)
(multi-volume series, Peter Lange, ongoing)

Chapters in Books:

1. "To Dwell on the Earth: Authority and Ecumenical Theology," in Worldview and Warrants: Pluralism and Authority in Theology, eds. W. Schweiker and P. Anderson (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987), pp. 89-112.

2. "The Drama of Interpretation and the Philosophy of Religions: An Essay on Understanding in Comparative Religious Ethics" in Towards a Comparative Philosophy of Religion Volume III: Discourse and Praxis, eds. Frank Reynolds and David Tracy (SUNY Press, 1992), pp. 263-294.

3. "Society," in A New Handbook of Christian Theology, ed. D. Mussen and J. Price (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1992), pp. 449-452; Second Revised Edition, 2002.

4. "Hermeneutics, Ethics and the Theology of Culture: Concluding Reflections" in Meanings in Texts and Actions: The Questions of Paul Ricoeur, eds. David E. Klemm and William Schweiker (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1993), pp. 292-313.

5."Imagination, Violence and Hope: A Theological Response to Ricoeur's Moral Philosophy," in Meanings in Texts and Actions: The Questions of Paul Ricoeur, eds. David E. Klemm and William Schweiker (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1993), pp. 205-225.

6. "Meanings in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur" in Meanings in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur, eds. David E. Klemm and William Schweiker (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1993), pp. 1-12 (with David E. Klemm).

7. "Religion and the Philosophers of Mimesis," in Curing Violence, eds. T. Smith and M. Wallace (Sonoma, CA: Polebridge, 1994), pp. 25-44.

8. "Introduction" to Paul Tillich, Morality and Beyond (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995), pp. 1-10.

9. "Social Gospel," Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon (EKL3), ed. E. Fahlbusch, et. al. (Germany: Göttingen, 1995) Bd. 4, pp. 273-276.

10. "The Sovereignty of God's Goodness" in Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness, eds. Maria Antonaccio and William Schweiker (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996), pp. 209-235.

11. "Understanding Moral Meanings: On Philosophical Hermeneutics and Theological Ethics" in Christian Ethics: Problems and Prospects, eds. Lisa Sowle Cahill and James Childress (Pilgrim Press, 1996), pp. 72-92.

12. 12. “Divine Command Ethics and the Otherness of God,” in The Otherness of God: Essays in Honor of Robert Scharlemann, ed. O. Summerell (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1998), pp. 246-265.

13. “A New Paradigm of Theological and Biblical Inquiry,” (with M. Welker) in Power, Powerlessness, and the Divine: New Inquiries in Bible and Theology, ed. C. Rigby (Atlanta, GA: Scholar’s Press, 1998), pp. 3-20.

14. “Power and the Agency of God: On the Transvaluation of Power from a Theological-Ethical Perspective,” in Power, Powerlessness, and the Divine: New Inquiries in Bible and Theology, ed. C. Rigby, (Atlanta, GA: Scholar’s Press, 1998), pp. 103-124.

15. “Forward” to H. Richard Niebuhr, The Responsible Self: An Essay in Christian Moral Philosophy (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1999), pp. ix-xiv.

16. “The Church as an Academy of Justice: Moral Responsibility in the World of Mammon,” in The Local Church in a Global Era, ed. M. Stackhouse, T. Dearborn, and S. Paeth (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 2000), p. 26-38.

17. “Heilige Gewalt und der Wert der Macht: René Girards Opfertheorie und die Theologie der Kultur,” in Opfer: Theologische und kulturellen Kontexte, ed. B. Janowski and M. Welker (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2000), pp. 108-128.

18. “The Image of God in Christian Faith: Vocation, Dignity, and Redemption,” in Christianity in Jewish Terms, ed. D. Sandmel (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000), pp. 347-356.

19. “Responsibility in the World of Mammon: Theology, Justice, and Transnational Corporations,” in God and Globalization, Vol. 1 Religion and the Powers of the Common Life, ed. M. Stackhouse with P. Paris (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity International Press, 2000), pp. 105-139.

20. “Time as a Moral Space: Moral Cosmologies, Creation and Last Judgment,” in The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on Eschatology, ed. J. Polkinghorne and M. Welker (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity International Press, 2000), pp. 124-140.

21. “Images of Scripture and Contemporary Theological Ethics,” in Character and Scripture: Moral Formation, Community and Biblical Interpretation, ed. W. Brown (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 2002).

22. “Introduction: Human Capability and Contemporary Moral Thought,” (with J. Wall and W. Hall) in Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought, ed. J. Wall, W. Schweiker, and W. Hall (New York, NY: Routledge, 2002), pp. 1-14.

23. “Starry Heavens and Moral Worth: Hope and Responsibility in the Structure of Theological Ethics,” in Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought, ed. J.Wall, W. Schweiker, and W. Hall (New York, NY: Routledge, 2002), pp. 117-142.

24. “Introduction: Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life,” in Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life, ed. W. Schweiker and C. Mathewes (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 2003).

25. “Reconsidering Greed” in Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life, ed. W. Schweiker and C. Mathewes (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 2003).

26. “Die Hartnäckigheit des Realismus: Gegenwärtige Strömungen in theologischer und nicht-theologischer Ethik” in Moralischer Realismus: TheologischeBeiträge zu einer philosophischer Debatte, ed, J. Fischer, S. Grotefeld, and P. Schaber (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2004): 27-52.

27. “On Religious Ethics,” in A Companion to Religious Ethics, ed. W. Schweiker (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2004).

28. “We Are Not Our Own: On The Possibility Of A New Christian Humanism,” in Loving God with Our Minds: A Festschrift for Wallace Alston, ed. M. Welker (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2004).

29. “The Effects Of A Review: Ernst Troeltsch And The Social Teaching Of The Christian Churches And Groups,” in Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics, ed. G. Meilaender and W. Werpehowski (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

30. “The End of Time and the Moral Texture of Reality in Early Christianity,” in Ancient Christianity, ed. M. Goodman, et. al. (Israel: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, forthcoming).

31. “The Spirit Of Life And The Reverence For Life,” in Moltmann Festschrift, ed. M. Wolf and M. Welker (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, forthcoming).

Articles:

1. “Iconoclasts, Builders, and Dramatists: The Use of Scripture in Theological Ethics,” The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (1986): 129-162.

2. “Theocentric Ethics: God Will Be God,” The Christian Century 103:2 (1986): 36-38.

3. “Sacrifice, Interpretation and the Sacred: The Import of Gadamer and Girard for Religious Studies,” The Journal of the American Academy of Religion 55:4 (1987): 791-812.

4. “Beyond Imitation: The Mimetic Praxis of Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida,” The Journal of Religion 68:1 (1988): 21-38.

5. “From Cultural Synthesis to Communicative Action: The Kingdom of God and Ethical Theology,” Modern Theology 5:4 (1989): 367-387.

6. “Thinking about the Traditions,” Criterion 28:2 (1989): 15-18.

7. “Interpretation, Teaching, and American Theological Ethics,” The Annual of The Society of Christian Ethics (1990): 283-288.

8. “The Good and Moral Identity: A Theological Ethical Response to Charles Taylor’s Sources of the Self,” The Journal of Religion 72:4 (1992): 560-572.

9. “Perspectives on Basic Problems in Theological Ethics: Introduction,” The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (1992): 247-250.

10. “The Rhetoric and Rationality of Accounting Practice,” (with C. Arrington) Accounting, Organizations and Society 17:6 (1992): 511-533.

11. “Selected Works in Theological Ethics and Moral Philosophy: History and Responsibility and Moral Theory,” Editor’s Bookshelf in The Journal of Religion 72:3 (1992): 417-423.

12. “Tradition and Criticism: Problems and Approaches in the History of Ethics,” The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (1992): 291-301.

13. “Accounting for Ourselves: Accounting Practice and the Discourse of Ethics,” Accounting, Organizations and Society 18:2/3 (1993): 231-252.

14. “One World, Many Moralities: A Diagnosis of our Moral Situation,” Criterion 32:2 (1993): 12-21.

15. “Radical Interpretation and Moral Responsibility: A Proposal for Theological Ethics,” The Journal of Religion 73:4 (1993): 613-637.

16. “Realism and Responsibility in Contemporary Ethics: Introduction,” (with F. Gamwell). The Journal of Religion 73:4 (1993): 473-474.

17. “Radikale Interpretation und moralische Verantwortung: Grundlinien einer zeitgemäßen theologischen Ethik,” Evangelische Theologie 54:3 (1994): 227-240.

18. “Power and the Agency of God,” Theology Today 52:2 (1995): 204-224.

19. “The Lofty Heights of Sinai: Reflections in Response to Kosky and Avram,” The Journal of Religious Ethics 24:2 (1996): 285-292.

20. “Against the Skeptics: On Getting Real About Morality,” Criterion 36:1 (1997): 22-31.

21. “Concerning Mountains and Morals: A Conversation about the Sermon on the Mount,” (with H. D. Betz) Criterion 36:2 (1997): 12-26.

22. “Christian Ethics in Europe: A Response to Werner Wolbert,” The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (1998).

23. “Consciousness and the Good: Schleiermacher and Contemporary Ethics,” Theology Today 56:2 (1999): 180-196.

24. “The Fullness of Time: Reflections on the Millennium,” The Christian Century 116:30 (Nov. 3, 1999): 1052-1053.

25. “Verantwortungsethik in einer Pluralistischen Welt: Schöpfung und die Integrität des Lebens,” Evangelische Theologie 59:5 (1999); 320-335.

26. “And a Second is Like It: Christian Faith and the Claim of the Other,” Quarterly Review 20:3 (Fall, 2000): 233-247.

27. “Having@toomuch.com: Property, Possession and the Theology of Culture,” Criterion 39:2 (Spring/Summer 2000): 20-28.

28. “Disputes and Trajectories in Responsibility Ethics,” Religious Studies Review 27:1 (January 2001): 18-24.

29. “The Intellectual Responsibility and the Ambiguities of the Religions,” Sightings (October 22-26, 2001).

30. “Freedom and Authority in Political Theology: A Response to Oliver O’Donovan’s The Desire of the Nations,” Scottish Journal of Theology 54:1 (2001): 110-126.

31. “Loose Morals: The Barbaric 20th Century,” The Christian Century 120:10 (May 17, 2003): 36-38.

32. “Theological Ethics and the Question of Humanism,” The Journal of Religion 83:4 (October 2003): 539-561.

33. “A Preface to Ethics: Global Dynamics and the Integrity of Life,” Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 32:1 (March 2004): 13-39.

34. “The Reason For Following: Moral Integrity and the Christological Summons,” Faith and Philosophy (July 2004).

35. “The Ethics of Responsibility and the Question of Humanism,” Literature and Theology 18:3 (2004): 251-270.

36. “Flew and Faith,” Sightings (December 2004).

37. “The Varieties and Revisions of Athiesm,” ZYGON (2005, forthcoming).

38. “Humanity and Moral History,” The Christian Century (forthcoming).

39. “Dogmas of Disciplines: Theology and Religious Studies in the United States,” Evangelische Theologie (forthcoming).

Published Sermons:

"Knowing and Serving" in Criterion 34:1 (1995): 15-19

"Righteousness and Vision" in DDH Bulletin The Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago 65:1 (1995): 7-8

"Images and High Mountains" in Criterion (Spring 1999)

"Mourning Times" in The University of Chicago Record 36:3 (March 7, 2002): 2-3.

Reviews:

Articles on Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Sidney Hook, John Rawls, and Paul Ricoeur for The Encyclopedia of World Biography (New York).

The Philosophical Frontiers of Theology, ed. B. Hebblethwaite and S. Sutherland (Cambridge University Press, 1982) in The Journal of Religion 65 (1985): 298-299.

Meaning, Truth and God, ed. L. Rouner (University of Notre Dame Press, 1982) in The Journal of Religion 65 (1985): 454-455.

G. Wainwright, The Ecumenical Moment (Eerdmans, 1983) in The Journal of Religion 65 (1985): 454.

Louis P. Pojman, The Logic of Subjectivity (University of Alabama Press, 1984) in The Journal of Religion 67 (1987): 563-565.

Trutz Rendtorff, Ethics vol. I (Fortress Press, 1986) in The Journal of Religion 68 (1988): 474-476.

Charles E. Winquist, Epiphanies of Darkness: Deconstruction in Theology (Fortress, n.d.) in Theology Today 44 (1987): 416-417.

H.A. Nielsen, Where the Passion Is (Florida State University Press, 1983) in The Journal of Religion 67 (1987): 563-565.

Stephen N. Dunning, Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Inwardness (Princeton University Press, 1985) in The Journal of Religion 67 (1987) 563-565.

Jeffrey Hopper, Understanding Modern Theology I (Fortress Press,1987) in The Journal of Religion 68 (1988): 599-600.

Enrique Dussel, Ethics and Community, trans. Robert Barr.Theology and Liberation Series (Orbis Books, 1988) in The Journal of Religion 70 (1990): 660.

H. Richard Niebuhr, Faith on Earth: An Inquiry into the Structure of Human Faith, ed. Richard R. Niebuhr (Yale University Press, 1989) in The Christian Century 107 (1990): 540-542.

John C. Staten, Conscience and the Reality of God: An Essay on the Experiential Foundations of Religious Knowledge Religion and Reason 36 (Mouton de Gruyter, 1988) in The Journal of Religion 70 (1990): 658-659.

Bell, Richard H., (ed.), The Grammar of the Heart: New Essays in Moral Philosophy and Theology (Harper and Row, 1988) in The Journal of Religion 70 (1990): 121-122.

Robert Cummings Neville, Recovery of the Measure: Interpretation and Nature (State University of New York Press, 1989) Religious Studies Review 16 (1990): 331.

Jeffrey Stout, Ethics After Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their Discontents (Beacon Press, 1988) in The Journal of Literature and Theology (forthcoming).

Ned Lukacher, Primal Scenes: Literature, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis (Cornell University Press, 1986) in The Journal of Religion 68 (1988): 599-600.

James Burtness, Shaping the Future: The Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Fortress Press, 1985) in Dialog 27 (1988): 153.

Paul De Man, Critical Writings: 1953-1978, edited by Lindsay Waters (University of Minnesota Press, 1989) in The Journal of Religion 71 (1991): 600-602.

Lindsay Waters and Godzich, Wlad, eds, Reading De Man Reading (University of Minnesota, 1989) in The Journal of Religion 71 (1991): 600-602.

Paul Tillich, Theology of Peace, ed. Ronald H. Stone (Westminster/John Knox, 1990) in Church History 62 (1993): 302.303.

Robert Scharlemann, The Reason of Following: Christology and the Ecstatic I (University of Chicago, 1991) in Modern Theology 9 (1993): 316-318.

Kathryn Tanner, The Politics of God (Fortress, 1990) in The Journal of Religion 75 (1995): 147-148.

Barry Harvey, Politics of the Theological (Peter Lang, 1995) in The Journal of Religion 77 (1997): 320-322.

Frank G. Kirkpatrick, Together Bound: God, History and Religious Community (Oxford, 1994) in Theology Today 52:4 (1996): 548-550

Daniel Patte, Ethics of Bibical Interpretation: A Reevaluation (Westminster/John Knox, 1994) in The Journal of Religion 76 (1996): 355-357

Daniel Pechansky, The Politics of Biblical Interpretation: A Post-modern Reading (Mercer University Press, 1995) in The Journal of Religion 67 (1996): 355-357.

Edmund Arens, Christopraxis: A Theology of Action (Fortress, 1995) in Theology Today (forthcoming)

Jurgen Moltmann, The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology (Fortess, 1996) in The Christian Century 114:1 (1997): 21-22.

H. Richard Niebuhr, Theology, History, and Culture: Major Unpublished Writings (Yale, 1996) in The Journal of Religion 78:2 (1998).

James M. Gustafson, Intersections: Science, Technology, and Ethics (Pilgrim, 1996) in Ethics (July, 1998).

William P. Brown, The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of the Moral Imagination in the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. E. Eerdmans, 1999) in The Journal of Religion 83:2 (2003): 309.

Alister E. McGrath, The Future of Christianity (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002) in The Journal of Religion 83 (2003): 294-6.

Richard Newhauser, The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000) in Theology Today 59 (2003): 662.

Christof Mandry, Ethische Identität und christlicher Glaube: Theologische Ethik im Spannungsfeld von Theologie und Philosopie (Mainz, Germany: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 2002) in The Journal of Religion 85:2 (forthcoming, 2005)

Lectures and Papers:

I. Colleges and Universities

1. “A Scorched Earth: Nuclearism as a Theological Problem.” Roberts Lecture, Grinnell College (Feb. 1986).

2. “Is God Good? An Essay in Theology and Ethics.” Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, Iowa State University (March 1987).

3. “Ethics and Cultural Chaos.” Upper Iowa University, Religious Emphasis Week (March 1988).

4. “Accounting for Ourselves: Accounting and the Discourse of Ethics.” Accounting and the Humanities, Department of Accounting and the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, University of Iowa (Sept. 1989).

5. “The Plight of Responsibility: Situation and Measure in Theological Ethics.” Faculty of The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Oct. 1989).

6. “Imagination, Violence and Hope: A Critical Response to Ricoeur's Moral Philosophy.” Meanings in Texts and Actions: The Questions of Paul Ricoeur sponsored by The University of Iowa, The Iowa Humanities Board and The Divinity School, University of Chicago (March 1990).

7. “The Drama of Interpretation and the Philosophy of Religion.” Re-Constructing the Philosophy of Religion, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (May 1991).

8. “Radical Interpretation and Moral Responsibility: A Proposal for Theological Ethics.” D. R. Sharpe Lecture on Social Ethics, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Feb. 1992).

9. “Radikale Interpretation und moralische Verantwortung: Grundlinien einer zeitgemäßen theologischen Ethik.” Theologischen Fakultät der Ruprechts-Karls Universität, Heidelberg, Germany (Oct. 1992).

10. “Divine Command Ethics and the Otherness of God.” Otherness of God, University of Virginia (April 1994).

11. “The Sovereignty of God's Goodness.” D.R. Sharpe Lecture on Social Ethics, University of Chicago (May 1994).

12. “On Ideals and Values: Reflections on Cultural Economics.” The Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, Symposium Refiguring the Human Sciences: New Practices of Inquiry, University of Iowa (Jan. 1995).

13. “Criteria for Biblical Theologies: A Response to Werner Jeanrond.” Bible and Theology Conference, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (May 1995).

14. “Against the Skeptics: On Getting Real About Morality.” Celebrate Chicago! The Next Century, University of Chicago (Oct. 1996).

15. “Dualism: From Myth to Ethics. Lecture 1: The End of Time and the Moral Texture of Reality in Early Christian Ethics. Lecture 2: Christian Philosophy and the Theology of History in Early Christian Ethics.” Graduate seminar, Tel Aviv University (Jan. 1997).

16. “The End of Time and the Moral Texture of Reality in Early Christian Ethics.” The Beginnings of Christianity, University of Tel Aviv (Jan. 1997).

17. “Bonum Absconditus: Franz Bibfledt’s Theological Ethics.” Annual celebration of the life and thought of Franz Bibfledt, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (April 1998).

18. “Verantwortungsethik in einer Pluralistischen Welt: Schöpfung und die Integrität des Lebens” (Responsibility Ethics in a Pluralistic World: Creation and the Integrity of Life). Heidelberg University, University of Bonn, Tübingen University, Humbolt University and the University of Frankfurt (June 1998).

19. “Starry Heavens and Moral Worth: Hope and Responsibility in The Structure of Theological Ethics.” Ethics and Meaning in Public Life: A Conference on Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought, The Divinity School University of Chicago (Oct. 1999).

20. “A Preface to Ethics: Global Dynamics and the Integrity of Life.” Religious Studies Forum, Bucknell University (Feb. 2000).

21. “Responsibility and Reconciliation: Toleration and the Travil of Forgiveness in Political Existence.” The Foundation of Society, The Center of Theological Inquiry and The University of the Western Cape, South Africa (April 2000).

22. “Intellectual Fences and Cultural Values: The Shifting Boundaries between Ethics, Practical Theology, and Biblical Studies.” Reconsidering the Boundaries Between the Theological Disciplines, Internationale Wissenschaftsforum, Universität Heidelberg (Oct. 2000).

23. “Reconsidering Greed.” Having: A Conference on Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life, Lilly Endowment and The Divinity School (Oct. 2000).

24. “In the Time of Many Worlds: Globalization and Theological Ethics.” The Chapman-Benson Lecture, Huntingdon College and Theology Working Group, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (April 2001).

25. “The Intellectual’s Responsibility and the Ambiguity of the Religions.” 9/11 Causes and Consequences: Beyond the Clash of Civilization, University of Chicago (Oct. 2001).

26. “Literature, Criticism and Theology of Culture.” Religion and Literature Student Group, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Feb. 2002).

27. “Responsible Mercy” and “Concluding Statement.” Doing Justice to Mercy, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (April 2002).

28. “The Ethics of Responsibility and the Question of Humanism.” Ethics and Responsibility: Theology, Literature, and Film, York St. John College, University of Leed (Sept. 2002).

29. “On the Persistence of Realism: Theological and Non-Theological Ethics in the USA.” Wissenschafliches-Theologische Seminar, Universität Heidelberg, University of Zürich, Evangelische Seminar Universität München, and University of Munster (Feb. 2003).

30. “Distinctive Loves: Christian Resources For Theological Humanism.” D.R. Sharpe Lectures, University of Chicago (Oct. 2003).

31. “Ethics and the Question of Humanism.” Religion Department, Florida State University (April 2004).

32. “Things Written On High: Diderot’s Jacques The Fatalist.” The Power of Books. Fundamentals: Texts and Issues, University of Chicago (April 2004).

33. “God In Economics: Self-Interest, The Common Good and Some Paradoxes.” Keynote address for God in Economics? Conference on Economics, Religion and Theology, University of Brussels, Nijmegen, Netherlands (June 2004).

34. “Making and Living Myth: On Michael Fishbane’s Biblical Myth and Rabbinical Mythmaking.” Dean’s Forum, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Nov. 2004).

II. Churches, Ministry Programs, and Religious Organizations

1. “Beyond Emotivism and Moralism: Thinking About the Christian Life in a Confused Culture.” Beverly Hills-Morgan Park Ministerial Association (March 1990).

2. “The Temperament of Life in Thought: A Gloss on Trends in Theology and Ethics.” Visiting Committee of The Divinity School, University of Chicago (March 1990).

3. “Interpretation, Politics, and Hope: A Response to Stanley Hauerwas.” The John Wesley Institute of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church (Feb. 1991).

4. “John Wesley's Theological Ethics: Context, Features and Prospects.” Chicago Theological Seminary (Jan. 1992).

5. “Moral Integrity and the Christian Life.” Central Iowa Evangelical Lutheran Church of American Forum, (Sept. 1992).

6. “The Role of the Christian Scholar in a Changing Academy: Response and Reflection to Beverly Wildung Harrison and James Evans, Jr.,” Disciples Divinity House, University of Chicago (Jan. 1995).

7. “Moral Skepticism, Cyberspace, and Theological Ethics.” Keynote Address, Computer Ethics and Moral Theologies, The Computer Ethics Institute, Washington Theological Consortium, Virginia Theological Seminary, and the Brookings Institute (March 1996).

8. “Skepticism, Morality and Theological Ethics.” Disciple’s Divinity House, University of Chicago (Feb. 1997).

9. “Theology, Justice, and Transnational Corporations.” The Church and the World in a New Century: Faith and Responsibility in a Global Future, Princeton Theological Seminary (Oct. 1998).

10. “Having@Toomuch.com: Property, Possession and the Theology of Culture.” Wednesday Lunch, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Feb. 2000).

11. “The Appearance of Mercy.” Grace United Methodist Church, School of Applied Christianity (April 2001).

12. “In the Time of Many Worlds: Challenges to Christian Faith and Action.” A four session class given at Grace United Methodist Church, School of Applied Christianity (April 2001).

13. “Why Christians Should Keep Vice Alive: Take Greed, For example.” Grace United Methodist Church, School of Applied Christianity (April 2001).

14. “Creating Superman or Reading God’s Handiwork on Ethics and Genetics.” Discovering the Human Genome: The State of Ethics in 2002, First Congregational Church of Christ in Western Springs, IL (March 2002).

15. Featured guest at “Living with Money,” open conversation, Episcopal Media Center, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL (March 2002).

16. “Responsibility and the Moral Space of Open Societies.” Public Theology in Central Europe, Center of Theological Inquiry, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic (June 2003).

17. “Reading Together: Bonhoeffer’s Life Together.” Hyde Park Union Church (Oct. 2003).

18. “Ethics And The Study Of Religion.” Introduction to the Study of Ministry, M.Div Colloquium, University of Chicago (Feb. 2004).

19. “Violence in the Home: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Vulnerability of Responsibility.” Violence in the Home: A Latino Concern, The Hispanic Theological Initiative East Regional Meeting, The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Feb. 2004).

20. “Seeing Beyond The Screen: A Response To Daniela Augustine.” Public Theology In Central Europe, Center of Theological Inquiry, Reformed Theological College, Debrecen, Hungary (March 2004).

21. “Why Christians Should Be Liberals And Humanists, Theologically Speaking.” United Protestant Campus Ministry, University of Chicago (May 2004).

III. Academic Societies

1. “Beyond Imitation: The Retrieval of Mimesis in Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Derrida.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1985).

2. “On Iconoclasts, Architects, and Liturgists: The Use of Scripture in Ethics.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1986).

3. “Sacrifice, Interpretation and the Sacred: The Methodological Implications of Gadamer and Girard.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1986).

4. “Truly Theological - Truly Ethical: Disputes and Possibilities in Theological Ethics.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1987).

5. “Ideology and the Revolution of Faith: A Critical Engagement with the Theology of Juan Luis Segundo.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1988).

6. “The Limits of Love? A Response to Meilander’s Theological Ethics.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1989).

7. “Currents in Reformed Theological Ethics.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1989).

8. “Time and Measure: Philosophical Disputes and Theological Possibilities.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1989).

9. “Interpretation and American Theological Ethics.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1990).

10. “The Plight of Responsibility: A Report of Research in Progress.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1991).

11. “Christology and American Theological Ethics.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1991).

12. “Directions for Christological Reflection.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1992).

13. “Matter and Medium in the Moral Life: A Critical Assessment of Charles Taylor’s Sources of the Self.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1993).

14. “Responsibility and the Integrity of Life in a World of Power.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1994).

15. “The Meaning and Task of Hermeneutical Realism.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 1997).

16. “Consciousness and the Good: Schleiermacher and Contemporary Ethics.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1997).

17. “The Required Voice and Sacred Whispers: Reflections on Literature and Ethics.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1997).

18. “Christian Ethics in Europe: A Response to Werner Wolbert.” Society for Christian Ethics (Jan. 1998).

19. “Encounter, Character and Responsibility: Meaningful Texts on the Model of Moral Action.” Character Ethics and Biblical Interpretation Consultation of the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual National Meeting (Nov. 1998).

20. “Freedom and Authority in Political Theology: A Response to Oliver O’Donovan’s The Desire of the Nations.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 1999).

21. “Beyond the Captivity of Theology: Toward a New Theology of Culture.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 2000).

22. “Neither Prophecy Nor Magic But Christ.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 2001).

23. “Response: Recasting the Globalization Debate.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 2001).

24. “Theological Ethics and the Question of Humanism.” European Ethics Network, European Parliament and the Societas Ethica Annual Meeting, Brussels, Beligium (Aug. 2002).

25. “Theological Humanism and the Question of Humanism.” Society of Christian Ethics (Jan. 2003).

26. “Comparative Ethics beyond Disciplinary Wars.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 2003).

27. “Responsibility And Theological Humanism.” American Academy of Religion (Nov. 2003).

28. “On Conscience And Spiritual Conviction: Theological Humanism And The Challenge Of Religious Pluralism.” The Challenge of Pluralism—the Power of Interpretation Society for Religion, International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture, Uppsala, Sweden (Oct. 2004).

29. “Matters of Method and A Companion to Religious Ethics.” American Academy of Religion, Ethics Section, San Antonio, TX (Nov. 2004).

30. “Universality, Indeed: A Response to Michael Walzer.” Society of Jewish Ethics and Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting (Jan. 2005).

IV. Public Institutions

1. “The Fear of God and Peace Among Citizens: Calvin on Politics.” Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA, under the auspices of Augustana College and sponsored by The University of Iowa, The Renaissance Connection, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (April 1986).

2. “One World, Many Moralities: A Diagnosis of Our Moral Situation.” Women’s Board, University of Chicago (April 1993).

3. “Power and the Agency of God: On the Transvaluation of Power from a Theological Ethical Perspective.” Bible and Theology Project, Lilly Foundation (May 1995).

4. “Clinical Psychology and the Diversity of Moral Values.” PhD course “Professional Issues: Ethics” at the Chicago Institute of Clinical Psychology (Nov. 1995).

5. “Comparing Religions, Comparing Lives: Ethics and Humor after 9/11.” Alumni Association of the University of Chicago in New York City, Los Angles, and San Francisco (Jan. 2002).

6. “The Perils of Moralism: A Theological Response To Charles Taylor.” Theology, Morality, and Public Life, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and The Divinity School, University of Chicago (Feb, 2003).

7. “What Lesson Before Dying.” UCLS High School Orientation, University of Chicago (Sept. 2003).

8. “Power and the Agency of God: On the Transvaluation of Power from a Theological Ethical Perspective.” Bible and Theology Project, Lilly Foundation, University of Heidelberg (March 1994).

V. Radio Broadcasts

1. “Thoughts on Crime and Punishment.” Interviewed by Robert Siegel on All Things Considered, National Public Radio (June 13, 1997).

2. “Having and Possession: Ideas of Property and Possession in Social and Political Life.” Interviewed by Gretchen Helfrich on Odyssey, Chicago Public Radio (Oct. 26, 2000).

3. “The Monetary Value of the Environment.” Interviewed by Gretchen Helfrich on Odyssey, Chicago Public Radio (July 17, 2001).

4. “The Ethics of Valuation.” Interviewed by Gretchen Helfrich on Odyssey, Chicago Public Radio (Sept. 10, 2001).

5. “Identity and Property Ownership.” Interviewed by Gretchen Helfrich on Odyssey, Chicago Public Radio (August 26, 2003).