Events at The Center for Applied Christian Ethics
The Center for Applied Christian Ethics holds events throughout the year to promote and encourage the formation of moral character and the application of biblical ethics to contemporary moral decisions.
It's Complicated: Finding a way beyond the binary with Angela Weszely, Founder of ProGrace
7:00 p.m., Mon., March 23, 2026, Lower Beamer Student Center, Phelps, 421 N. Chase St., Wheaton
Conversations about abortion often center on the question: Are you pro-life or pro-choice? What if that's the wrong question? What if conversations about abortion didn’t have to feel so tense, divided, or dehumanizing? What does it mean to affirm the image of God in every person involved? How do we navigate tension we may feel when our deepest Christian values seem to conflict? What would it take for Christian communities to become spaces of empathy, listening, and grace?
Biography:
Angela Weszely is CEO and founder of ProGrace, an organization that facilitates transformative learning experiences for Christ-followers to break through the abortion divide. With over twenty years of experience helping churches and direct service organizations develop a Christ-centered response to abortion, Angela is passionate about uniting Christians across fault lines to have a broader influence than any one organization can have on their own. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and enjoys tackling challenging conversations with leaders of diverse perspectives, always elevating shared values above differences. A steadfast believer in the power of the Church, Angela is a trusted guide for Christians who want to live out the way of Jesus in one of today’s most challenging conversations. Angela lives with her family in Evanston, Illinois.
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Feature Film: Black + Evangelical
Created by CACE at Wheaton College and Christianity Today
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Hope that Hustles
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Blanchard Hall, Classroom 339, 501 College Ave., Wheaton
Hope that Hustles: A Virtue for Adversity (and Lent)
A lecture by Dr. Kendra Thomas, Associate Professor of Psychology from Hope College
Virtuous hope is a purposeful vision for the common good that encourages others despite adversity. Dr. Kendra Thomas, associate professor of psychology at Hope College, draws on qualitative, longitudinal, and cross-cultural research to explore the role of hope in contexts of adversity. Her work integrates philosophy, theology, and the Christian faith and collaborates with scholars in South Africa, Brazil, and the United States. In an age of uncertainty, and in the season of lent, how do Christians practice the virtue of hope with wisdom, realism, and faith?
Sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, Sociology and Urban Studies, CACE, Education, Art, HNGR, and Psychology.
Biblical Peacemaking in the Middle East
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 7 p.m.-9:00p.m.
Lower Beamer Student Center, Phelps Room, 421 North Chase St., Wheaton
Biblical Peacemaking in the Middle East
Free Lecture with Dr. Selim Munayer, Regional Hub Coordinator of the Middle East and North Africa region for the Peace and Reconciliation Network
Sponsored by School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Poli-Sci/IR and CACE
Can I be my full self? How can I move from being a history-reader to a history-maker?
7:00 p.m., Wed., Feb. 4, 2026
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Continuing the conversation of Black + Evangelical with Dr. Vincent Bacote and Ed Gilbreath, creators of Black + Evangelical, Dr. Vanessa Quainoo, Intercultural Engagement Officer at Wheaton College, Jeff Wright, CEO of UMI, and Sho Baraka, editorial director of Big Tent at Christianity Today, this webinar will explore important people in history and how they have impacted the lives of our panelists. You won't want to miss it!
Racial Justice in Real Life: How do Christians Find Rugged Hope and Create Enduring Change
7:30 – 8:30p.m., Wed., Jan. 21, 2026
Blanchard Hall, Seminar Room 339, 501 College Ave., Wheaton
Come hear stories from two new books about how ordinary Christians faithfully pursue racial justice. Dr. Christine Jeske (anthropology), author of Racial Justice for the Long Haul, and Dr. Karen Johnson (history), author of Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice, will talk with Dr. Vince Bacote (theology) about what they learned about race, Christianity, and faithful perseverance.
Sponsored by the History Department, the Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Urban Studies, and the Center for Applied Christian Ethics.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the History Department at 630.752.5130 or history@wheaton.edu.
Christian Nationalism is Nationalism: Biblical Analogy as Political Theology in Contemporary Zambia
7:30 pm, Mon., Jan. 26 in Blanchard Seminar Room 339, 501 College Ave., Wheaton
By tracing Zambian Christian nationalism’s internal contradictions and tensions, Haynes charts its ultimate failure, which she ascribes in part to institutional opposition from the civil service and Catholic and mainline Protestant denominations. She also points to what she terms its fatal theological flaw, going beyond the usual secular analysis in anthropology to engage with theological critiques of Christian nationalism.
This event is open to the public.
AI at the Moment
3:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 3
Memorial Student Center, Classroom 105, 515 Irving Ave., Wheaton
The Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College presents this panel discussion with Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Richard Gibson, Ph.D. and William Struthers, Ph.D.
Come learn about Artificial Intelligence. What developments are on the horizon? What might be especially useful? What are some myths about where AI research and development is at the moment?
Mr. de S. Cameron is former chief executive officer of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, Dr. Gibson is a Professor of English, and Dr. Struthers is a Professor of Psychology.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jill Caballero at 630.752.5886 or CACE@wheaton.edu.
Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General
7 p.m., Mon., Nov. 3
Blanchard Hall, Room 339, 501 College Ave., Wheaton
The Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College presents "Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General," a book signing by Nigel M. de S. Cameron
Dr. Koop, the evangelical Surgeon General who astonished both supporters and critics as he went after Big Tobacco, led America through the 1980s AIDS crisis, and as an octogenarian helmed DrKoop.com, the world's top healthcare website. The world's most celebrated pediatric surgeon, Koop was invited to Wheaton's 1973 Commencement. In a stunning speech, just months after Roe vs Wade, he launched the evangelical pro-life movement. Eight years later, after his collaboration with Francis Schaeffer had made him America's best-known anti-abortion physician, President Reagan appointed him Surgeon General. Activists on both sides of the abortion debate assumed he would carry on his pro-life speech-making, and were taken aback when he said no. He would focus on issues like smoking (which dropped by nearly one-quarter during his time in office) and then AIDS - where he became an unlikely hero to the gay community. There was talk of tattooing HIV-infected patients or sending them all to Alaska. He said no: God is the judge, I'm a doc and I'll save your lives. Famed ethicist Harold O.J. Brown, a Koop friend but also critic, described him as the most important evangelical in American public life since William Jennings Bryan.
Among a long list of accomplishments, Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D. has experience as President and CEO of start-up companies, served as Provost of Trinity International University, was Commissioner, U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, and written many books, his most recent Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jill Caballero at 630.752.5886 or CACE@wheaton.edu.