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.
Keeping 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.
Christian 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.
Ecological 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.
Technoculture 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 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 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.
