Spring 2012
Explorations in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series
“Faith in the Public Arena"
Mary Doak, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, USD
Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 12:00-1:30 p.m.
UC Forum A
*Free and open to the public - no RSVP required.
Assisi 2012
Where We Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century
April 17 – 20, 2012 in Assisi, Italy
In April 2012, the CCTC is playing a lead role in the organization of an international and ecumenical gathering exploring the theme of dialogue from the perspectives of the past, present and future. The overall aim is to discern new ways, means and methods of advancing the ecumenical cause in the wake of the ‘ecumenical winter’ and with renewed energy for a new century. It is intended to be not so much a conference, as the beginning of a process or series of ongoing processes. This gathering will seek to identify, share and shape, as well as to put into practice, productive pathways for dialogue in these times. It wishes to encourage ecumenical ‘thinking outside the box’ and to gather together a richly diverse array of voices from around the globe in order to help make this happen. CCTC Director, Gerard Mannion is chair of the Assisi 2012 Organizing Committee and a delegation of USD Faculty will be present and participating throughout.
The venue of Assisi has been chosen because of its long and instinctive association with openness, charity, dialogue, peace, harmony and communion – with the particular charisms of the orders founded by Francis and Clare alike having helped inspire countless ventures in promoting dialogue and openness amongst peoples.
In all, we hope to discuss, to enhance and to promote the ‘science of bridge-building’ for our contemporary communities and for their shared tomorrows. Naturally the challenge of dialogue today spreads far beyond the intra-Christian world and so inter-faith and still wider dialogue amongst faith communities and the wider ‘world’ will naturally also feature at our gathering as important themes. We will also seek to learn from those with experience in peace-building and conflict resolution and to discern how the methods, strategies and sheer resilience of such initiatives might be adaptable to the ecumenical and inter-faith situations we seek to address.
The venue of Assisi has been chosen because of its long and instinctive association with openness, charity, dialogue, peace, harmony and communion – with the particular charisms of the orders founded by Francis and Clare alike having helped inspire countless ventures in promoting dialogue and openness amongst peoples.
Please visit www.assisi2012.com for further information and to register.
"Is there such a thing as a Catholic Imagination? Asking Augustine, Francis, and Hopkins"
Robert Kiely, PhD, Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Emeritus at Harvard University
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 12:15-1:45 p.m.
Solomon Lecture Hall
This lecture is part of the "Explorations in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition" lecture series. These are intended to be at an accessible and introductory level and designed for students, staff, faculty and guests who are not experts in the field. Classes are always most welcome.
Professor Kiely discussed some of what he has learned teaching courses on Christian literature at Harvard. He explored some of the ways in which the work of the imagination— especially in literature— addresses scripture and theology; and bears witness to the experience of God.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Robert and Karen Hoehn Family Galleries, Founders Hall
Reception to follow
A Display of 16th and 17th Century Religious Prints from USD's Hoehn Collection, featuring works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Beham, Goltzius, Jordaens and Ribera. Introduced by Victoria Sancho Lobis and followed by a brief talk by Professor Kiely, on discerning the theological meaning behind religious works of art.Followed at 5:00 p.m. by a lecture in the Galley Talk Series by Professor Sally Yard, Department of Art, Art History + Architecture together with Megan Walter ('12), Humanities and Art History
In collaboration with the Hoehn Print Study Room and University Design
Blessed and Beautiful: Picturing the Saints in Italian Renaissance Art
Robert Kiely, PhD, Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Emeritus at Harvard University
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 6:00-7:45 p.m.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theatre
With a reception to follow KIPJ Room D
Robert Kiely, a distinguished scholar of modernist literature and a historian and critic of exceptional sensibility, discussed his latest book, Blessed and Beautiful: Picturing the Saints. This book offers a powerful and searching meditation on the lives of the saints and the images of them painted by Renaissance artists in Italy. Through word and image, Professor Kiely shared with us his researches into how renaissance artists in Italy went about reflecting in and refracting through their works the lives, legends and meaning drawn from traditions surrounding Saints Francis of Assisi, Mary Magdalene, the lesser known Louis of Toulouse and Mary the Mother of Jesus. Professor Kiely then unpacked the theological meaning behind these great works and spoke of their enormous and enduring impact and significance.
The talk was an aesthetic experience in multiple ways, featuring images of the amazing works of art in question.
Religion and Science Forum
"The Genetic Revolution: Can Ethics Keep Pace?"
Monday, March 12, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Executive Classroom
A Faculty Seminar featuring perspectives from the disciplines of philosophy, science, law, ethics, theology and from the biotech industry itself discussing the ethical and social implications of some of the most recent developments in stem cell research.
Panel:
Keynote expert guest: Antonio Autiero, PhD, Professor of Moral Theology of the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Münster. He was also Director of the Centre for Religious Studies of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento, Italy from 1997 until 2011.
John Evans, PhD, Professor and Chair of Sociology, UCSD
Jeffrey Janus, CEO of Lifeline Cell Technology; Senior Vice President of Operations, International Stem Cell Corporation
Lawrence Hinman, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and former director of the Center for Ethics in Science & Technology , USD
Chair: Gerard Mannion, DPhil, Director, Center for Catholic Thought and Culture and Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, USD
Vatican II @ 50
“Vatican II Fifty Years On: What Would the Four/Fore Fathers Say Now?”
Paul Lakeland, PhD, Aloysius P. Kelley S.J. Chair in Catholic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University, CT
Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Manchester Theater
With reception to follow in the Manchester Conference Center Lobby
Paul Lakeland is Director of the Center for Catholic Studies and the undergraduate academic minor program in Catholic Studies at Fairfield University, CT. Dr. Lakeland received his Licentiate in Philosophy from Heythrop Pontifical Athenaeum, an M.A. from Oxford University in English Language and Literature, a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of London, and his Ph.D. in religion from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of some 35 scholarly articles and 8 books, the most recent of which are, Catholicism at the Crossroads: How the Laity Can Save the Church (Cotinuum, 2007), which also won an award from the Catholic Press Association and Church: Living Communion (Liturgical Press, 2009). He will be the first speaker in our Vatican II @ 50 series. The four "forefathers" in question are those giants of 20th century Catholic theology and especially of the Council who were all born in 1904: Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, Bernard Lonergan and John Courtney Murray.
Faculty/Staff Workshop with Fr. William Meninger
Monday, February 6, 2012 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Center for Catholic Thought and Culture (Maher Hall, 253)
Sponsored by the Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture and the Center for Educational Excellence
With an introduction by Louis Komjathy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, Program Director, Contemplative Studies and member of the Contemplative Pedagogies Professional Learning Community. A light dinner will be served.*RSVP required. Please email cctc@sandiego.edu or call (619)260-7936.
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