Lunch and Learn with Tonya Lawrence Dec 12th, 2016 | 12:00 pm Venue: Collegeville Institute Categories: Scholar Presentation Tags: Brown-bag Lunch and Learn, resident scholars, scholar presentation, short-term residencies Short-term resident scholar, Tonya Lawrence, presented her work at a Lunch and Learn event at the Collegeville Institute Butler Center on December 12, 2016.
Prayer in Schools (English-style) Nov 10th, 2016 | 12:15 pm Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: England, prayer, Public Schools, worship The provision of a daily act of collective worship is a legal requirement in all state-funded schools in England. Sarah Lane Cawte, Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar and Education Officer for Free Churches Group and Churches Together in England, will present … Read more >
Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Oct 29th, 2016 | 5:30 pm Venue: Faith Mennonite Church Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: decolonization, doctrine of discovery, Mennonites, resident scholars Resident Scholar Anita Amstutz will share her writing project, “My Heart is Indigenous: Of Mennonites, Bees and Land," on October 29, 2016 in Minneapolis.
Re-membering the Body Apr 4th, 2016 | 7:45 pm Venue: Abbey Chapter House Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation This lecture will explore the significance of the Joint Ecumenical Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, and the celebratory points of 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.
Why Should Ecumenists Care about Syriac Christianity along the Ancient Silk Road? Mar 17th, 2016 | 3:30 pm Venue: HMML Reading Room Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: Eastern Orthodox, Middle East, Syriac, Todd Godwin Christianity has been a global religion virtually from its inception. Yet this is not well known among the general public.
Francis: The First Latin American Pope Jan 27th, 2016 | 7:30 pm Venue: Quadrangle Building 264 Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: Latin America, Pope Francis How has Pope Francis’ pontificate—and, in particular, the changes in tone and agenda he has brought to the Catholic Church—been shaped by his experiences in Latin America?
Bridging the Divide Jan 21st, 2016 | 7:45 pm Venue: Quadrangle Building 264 Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: ethics, liturgy, worship This discussion presents a way forward in navigating the often tumultuous question of how to concretely relate liturgy to justice and love of neighbor.
Discovering an Australian Spirituality through Aboriginal-Christian Dialogue: A “White” Woman’s Dreaming Dec 4th, 2015 | 6:30 pm Venue: Collegeville Institute Categories: Art, Drama & Music, Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: Aboriginal, art, Australia Through ritual, song, images, and art, Margaret Broadbent presented her story of a white woman’s dreaming as it relates to a new consciousness materializing in the universe.
Between Constantinople and Jerusalem: Music and Sacred Ritual in Medieval Slavia Orthodoxa Dec 3rd, 2015 | 4:00 pm Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: Anna Levy, Constantine, Gregory Myers, Jerusalem, music This lecture by Gregory Myers and Anna Levy explores the music and sacred ritual in Medieval Slavia Orthodoxa.
Toward a Noncompetitive Theology of the Church Nov 16th, 2015 | 7:45 pm Venue: Abbey Chapter House Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: theology, vatican II In this evening’s event, Rick Gaillardetz will propose a noncompetitive theology of the church that can resolve enduring problems concerning the relationship between the pope and bishops, laity and clergy, church and the world.
