American Academy of Religion
   “Seminaries and the Arts of Public Engagement,” 2004
   “A Phenomenological Account of the Constitution of Social Involvement,” 1978
   “The Self as Center: Phenomenological Analysis and Implications for Ethics,” 1977
   “The Foundations of Moral Meaning: A Phenomenological View,” 1976
   “Fire and Ice: A Phenomenological Inquiry,” with George Procter-Smith, 1975

 American Academy of Religion Southwest
   “Themis and the Muses: On Morality and Literature,” 1986
   “Modes of Moral Knowing,” 1985
   “Toward a Social Ethics Text,” 1983
   “Experiential and Practice-Oriented Courses in the Teaching of Ethics,” 1981
   “On Choosing a New History,” 1973

Association for the Scientific Study of Religion Southwest
   “The Social Sciences and Ethics,” 1986 “Changing Frames: A Phenomenological Account
   of Moral Alternation,” 1980

Lutheran Ethicists Gathering
   “Lutherans in Public: A View from the Public Square,” 2006
 
Religious Research Association
   “Action Training for Justice,” 1983

Society of Christian Ethics
   “Bread for the World and Hunger Policy Advocacy,” 2005
   “The Ethics of Food Trade,” 1992 
   “The Crescent, the Cross, and the Bull: Indonesia's Pancasilla as Ideology,” 1988
   “Response to a Review of Up From Apathy,” 1985
   “Syllabi and Social Ethics Methodology,” 1984

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association
   “Phenomenology and Social Research,” 1977