Drawing on their varied experiences in community leadership, studies of the Holocaust and analysis of Jewish texts, Rabbi Anson Laytner, Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD, and Andrew Davis, PhD, will lead a panel discussion on the relationship of Jewish faith and culture and Christianity.
Inspired in part by Fr. Phillip Renczes' Oct 8th Catholic Heritage Lecture, "A Vision Meant to Stay 'Centered': Cardinal Augistine Bea, SJ, Vatican II and the Cardinal Bea Centre."
Including a fishbowl Discussion on America Magazine's interview with Pope Francis
The Ann O'Hara Graff Lecture Series honors the memory of Theology and Religious Studies Professor Ann O’Hara Graff, known for her commitment to the vitality of the Church, the role of women in Catholicism, and diversity issues. The series is sponsored annually by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Cahill received her Ph.D. from University of Chicago Divinity School and is the recipient of 11 honorary degrees. A prolific writer and scholar, she most recently published Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics (Cambridge, 2013). A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she is a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian Ethics. Co-sponsored by the Theology and Religious Studies Department.
"Interreligious encounter has made me more human as well as more Catholic."
Fr. Heru Prakosa, SJ works among Muslim and Christian students in Indonesia to facilitate interreligious dialogue. He is a scholar of Qur'anic hermeneutics and teaches Islamic Studies for Catholic seminarians. He is responsible for the Desk of Dialogue with Muslims at the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific and is the Society of Jesus' advisor for Dialogue and Relations with Islam.
"...the same threat to India's neighborliness and human bond has regenerated an awareness to be together."
Fr. Vincent Sekhar, SJ attended the University of Madras and is one of the few Christians to receive a doctorate in Jain religion and philosophy. He has served as the Secretary for Interreligious Dialogue for the Jesuit Conference of the South Asia and is Executive Director of the Institute of Dialogue with Culture and Religion, a PhD Research Institute on Comparative Religion & Culture affiliated with the University of Madras.
"How can a religious faith, with its truth and vision, act as a source of hope to the contemporary world?"
Fr. In-gun Kang, SJ has been actively engaged in Buddhist-Christian dialogue in the Theravada countries of Asia, including Cambodia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. He worked with the Jesuit Service in Cambodia for five years, immersing himself in the daily lives of the Khmer people, who for many years have been victims of war, disease and hunger. He received his PhD in Buddhist-Christian Relations from the University of London.
Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
January 23, 2014
What does it mean to be American and Catholic?
Mel Piehl, visiting scholar from Valparaiso University in ID, will explore the history of American Catholicism, tracing the intersections of the faith's development with immigration, Catholic schools and life in a secular age.
February 19, 2014
Pope Francis critiques of the economy in Evangelii Guadium have drawn considerable press and sparked controversy. Albers invites you to a public forum to reflect on the ethics of markets and the promotion of justice. Three faculty members will discuss research that both supports and problematizes the pope's statements about the tyranny of autonomous markets. Topics include humane living standards, transformative marketing, microcredit and empowerment.
The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Business Ethics, the Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, and Mission and Ministry. Light refreshments will be served.
February 14, 2014
In the second installment of the 2013-14 annual catholic Heritage Lectures, José Casanova, PhD, introduces the audience to a historical tension within the Catholic Church between orthodoxy and universalism. Using the Jesuit order as an example and the reforms of Vatican II as support, he argues for Catholicism that emphasizes its catholic, universal, truth, one enriched but not undermined by its multiplicity of material and cultural forms.
Sponsored by: Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture
October 8, 2013
In the first segment of the 2013-14 Catholic Heritage Lectures, Philipp Renczes, S.J., retraces the historical posture and engagement of the Catholic Church with Judaism and the Jewish People, with specific emphasis on growth since the publication of Nostra Aetate at Vatican II. Highlighting the underlying challenge to Jewish-Christian relations, Fr. Renczes describes issues of independence and contingency that arise from varying views of Jewish and Christian traditions. He posits an image of fraternity between church and synagogue, one in which each tradition is tasked with finding the meanings of sacred scripture in the contemporary world.
Sponsored by: Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture