1. ACE 2008 Annual Meetings: New Orleans, January 4-6, 2008
2. On-line resources in Catholic Social Thought, Catholic Social Thought Organizations, Business and Management Education, and Faith and Work issues
3. Association for the Study of Religion, Economics
and Culture
ACE will sponsor two professional sessions on the morning of Friday January 4:
Session I: The Virtues in Economics
Presiding: Robert Mochrie, Heriot-watt University,
Edinburgh, UK
Gordon Menzies (University of Technology, Sydney) and Donald Hay (University of Oxford), “Economics and the Marriage Wars”
Dierdre McCloskey (University of Illinois, Chicago), “On Faith and Hope”
Andrew Yuengert (Pepperdine University), “Models of Prudence”
Robert Mochrie (Heriot-Watt University), “Temperance and the Godly Commonweatlh.”
Discussants:
Paul Oslington (University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Forces Academy)
James Halteman, Wheaton College
Patrick Raines, Belmont University
Irene van Staveren (Radboud Universtiy, Nijmegen and Institute of Social Studies)
Session II: Spiritual, Human, and Physical Capital: Are They Complementary Factors in Economic Growth?
Presiding: Sarah Hamersma University of Florida
Carl R. Gwin (Pepperdine University), Charles M. North (Baylor University), "Spiritual, Human, and Physical Capital: Are They Complementary Factors in Economic Growth?"
Brooks B. Hull (University of Michigan-Dearborn), Jody Lipford (Presbyterian College) "Free Riding, Market Structure, and Member Commitment in South Carolina Churches."
Jonathan Gruber
(MIT and NBER), Daniel M. Hungerman (University of Notre Dame), "The Church vs. The Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?"
Joshua J. Lewer
(Bradley University), R. Nicholas Gerlich (West Texas A&M University), Doyle Lucas (Anderson University), "The Effects of Religious Adherence and Intensity on Illegal Media File Sharing."
Discussants:
Michael A. Anderson, Washington and Lee University
Christopher M. Cornwell, University of Georgia
Peter G. Klein, University of Missouri
We will meet for our annual fellowship luncheon and business meeting immediately following the professional sessions on January 4 at 12:30 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street. (Check hotel directory for exact meeting room.)
Pre-registration for the luncheon is encouraged but not required via email. The luncheon is supported by a free-will offering at the time of the meal. Students are especially encouraged to attend without paying the meal's full cost.
2. Resources in Catholic Social Thought
The John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought of the Center for Catholic Studies offers a database of Catholic Social Thought organizations, over 200 papers from past conferences on Catholic Social Thought and Business and Management Education, and links to publication related to faith and work. The resources are available from http://www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/webindex/ Available papers include those from the recent
conference entitled "The Good Company: Catholic Social Thought and Corporate Social Responsibility in Dialogue," held October 5-7, 2006 in Rome, Italy.
The Database of Catholic Social Thought Organizations features information from over 400 institutes, organizations and associations from all over the world who are active in areas related to Catholic social thought and action. It contains both institutes that pursue theoretical research and academic activities on CST-related issues, as well as organizations that are involved in the practical implementation of the principles of the CST.
It is a free, online, searchable database that can help you discover and contact the organizations and individuals that work on areas of Catholic social thought. If you are part of an organization that would like to be included in the database, or if you know of any organization that is not listed, please contact the organizers through the web site.
For more information about these resources, contact Dr. Michael Naughton
3. Association for the Study of Religion, Economics
and Culture
ASREC (not affiliated with ACE, but potentially of interest to ACE members) manages the annual Religion, Economics and Culture
October conferences in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association,
and also promotes a variety of other activities.
