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Presbyterian ethics professors mark major transitions

Posted January 17th, 2024

The annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago, Jan. 4-8, showed a great generational transition in the professors who teach religious ethics in seminaries, divinity schools, colleges and universities. The SCE is an ecumenical professional association of almost 1,000 members, including as many as 90 Presbyterians in recent years.

Presbyterian ethicist and eco-justice advocate the Rev. Dr. Dieter T. Hessel dies at 87

Posted October 18th, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Dieter T. Hessel, a Presbyterian minister, educator, author, and leading religious advocate in the global ecological justice movement, died Sept. 22 at the age of 87 at his home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.