The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Disunity of the Church: June 14-16, 2010

This is an ecumenical conference for clergy and laity sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. It will be held Monday evening, June 14, through Wednesday noon, June 16, 2010, at Loyola University, Baltimore, MD. While doctrinal issues have often in the past been the most ecumenically neuralgic topics, increasingly today ethical issues – abortion and homosexuality most prominently - have become a focus of difference between the churches and of potentially splintering debate within churches. These issues are more laden with emotion than many traditional doctrinal disputes, but ecumenical discussions have yet to address them in detail. We have little sense of just when and how ethical disputes rightly impact communion within and among the churches. When can we live together with difference over such matters and when does unity in Christ require common teaching? These questions will be addressed from a variety of perspectives. Accommodations will be available on the Loyola Campus. Conference cost (including banquet): $210; reduced price for early registrations, retired clergy ($175), and students ($95). For more information, contact Michael Root at 803-735-1178 or mroot1@sc.rr.com. Online registration at http://www.acteva.com/go/ccet. More information and mail-in registration at http://www.e-ccet.org.