Reimagining the Moral Life:
On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contributions to Christian Ethics

This two-day conference examines the current state and growing edges of the discipline of Christian ethics through the lens of Professor Lisa Sowle Cahill’s contributions to the field. Contemporary Christian ethics has undergone significant transformations with the rise of the critical study of the Christian tradition, innovative methodological approaches to address complex social problems, sustained commitment to advance moral discourse in the public sphere, and the recognition of global contributions of scholars, particularly from the Global South and historically marginalized communities. Since 1976, in her 45 years of teaching and research in the Theology Department at Boston College as J. Donald Monan Professor, Lisa Sowle Cahill has been at the forefront of these transformations.