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Event Tag Archives: theology

Is God Going to Save Us from this Ecological Mess We’re In?

03 April 2013
  • Venue: Collegeville Institute
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: earth, eco-theology, environment, theology
Daniel Brunner discusses why Christians should care about the earth, what the Bible has to say on this issue, and why Christians are divided about environmental concerns.

Graham-Bill-lectureKeeping the Catholic in Catholic Higher Education

13 November 2013 3:30 pm
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: academy, Catholic, faculty, higher education, philosophy, theology
Resident scholar Fr. William Graham led us in an exploration of Catholicism’s role in the academy.

Gerald SchlabachChristian Peace Theology

01 March 2014 12:00 pm
  • Venue: Minneapolis Convention Center
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: dialogue, pacifism, peace, theology, violence
This lecture, held at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, will survey theological debates over war and violence within the Christian tradition in a way that assumes others are listening in.

NothwehrEcological Footprints

23 April 2014 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture
  • Tags: climate change, ecology, franciscan, theology
This lecture will explore the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition and raise key questions about Christian environmental ethics.

Anthony SiegristTechnoculture and Transcendence

22 April 2015 3:00 pm
  • Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: literature, Margaret Atwood, science fiction, theology
This lecture will explore themes related to the doctrines of creation and eschatology emerging from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian take on modern culture.

Toward a Noncompetitive Theology of the Church

16 November 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.

Play and WisdomPlay and Wisdom: Liturgy and the Liberal Arts

22 February 2017 7:30 pm
  • Venue: Quadrangle Building 264
  • Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation
  • Tags: Benedictine Spirituality, Brendan McInerny, higher education, lecture, liberal arts, liturgy, play, resident scholars, theology
Resident Scholar Brendan McInerny will present an alternative view of liberal arts as rooted in a theological account of play on February 22, 2017.

writing theologyWriting Theology for the General Reader: A Week with Thomas G. Long

06 July 2017
  • Venue: Collegeville Institute
  • Categories: Writing Workshop
  • Tags: public theology, Sari Fordham, theology, Thomas G. Long, writing workshops
Theological writing for life and practice.
The application deadline for this workshop has passed.

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