20 years ago, the Presbyterian Church (USA) considered a study on sexual ethics in which the criterion for good/bad, right/wrong was the concept of "justice love." The General Assembly, the denomination's highest governing body, turned it down--because it did not conform to conventional moral views of a majority of commissioners. I was mighty sorry that happened.
Thus it is with great pleasure that I let you know that Margaret Farley will be on campus this week to receive the Grawemeyer award in religion for her book on sexual ethics. See the link for more information.
Farley is a Roman Catholic, religious, Yale Scholar, well known to several of our faculty, and she takes a very carefully developed stance that justice is the basic issue in sexual ethics! Imagine that. And it is this very Presbyterian seminary that's giving her the award.
- Here's the basic information for you:
Members of the LPTS community have the opportunity to meet Margaret Farley and hear her speak this Wednesday and Thursday. Margaret is the recipient of the 2008 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, for her book Just Love: A Framework for Sexual Ethics. Other distinguished guests will also be on campus to help celebrate Margaret’s receipt of this prestigious award, including Harold Attridge, Dean of Yale Divinity School, and Frank Oveis, former editor at Continuum (the publisher of Just Love). In addition, our own Kathryn Johnson is returning from Switzerland for the occasion. You should also plan to attend!
Margaret Farley will be lecturing in the chapel at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, preaching in chapel at 10:10 a.m. on Thursday, and speaking in Frances Adeney’s class at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday (in 122 Schlegel—community members welcome).
If you've been hankering for a more complex and progressive perspective on sexual ethics, this is for you!
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