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traditio presents:

RADICAL
ORTHODOXY
A C O L L O Q U I U M

Tuesday 13 November
2:30 pm
Ratio Studiorum:
How the Jesuits Invented Modern Higher Education
John F Montag SJ
St. Louis University

Wednesday 14 November
2:30 pm
If Jesus is Fully Human, He Must be God
Patrick Aaron Riches
Centre of Theology and Philosophy
University of Nottingham

Thursday 15 November
2:30 pm
Nihilism, Art, Theology and the Prodigal Son,
Or, There is no Sex outside Marriage
Conor Cunningham
Centre of Theology and Philosophy
University of Nottingham

Thursday 15 November
4:00pm
Panel Discussion on Radical Orthodoxy
with
John F Montag SJ
Patrick Aaron Riches
Conor Cunningham
Peter Candler
Tony Baker
Robert Miner (chair)

Treasure Room
Armstrong Browning Library

Sponsored by:
THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH
THE HONORS COLLEGE
THE INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND LEARNING
WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHERS
SCM PRESS

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The seminar program seeks to promote a strong Christian voice in the academy by addressing issues of current debate within various disciplines from the perspective of a deep Christian commitment and encouraging the production of first-order scholarship.

Academic Seminars

Congregations and Religious Diversity in Contemporary America
http://www.calvin.edu/scs/2008/warner/
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago
June 23-July 18, 2008
Co-sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Communitas: A Visiting Scholars Program
http://www.calvin.edu/scs/2008/communitas/
June 23-August 1, 2008
Funded by the
Provost's Office of Calvin College

The application deadline is January 31, 2008

For further information on these and other events, please visit
http://www.calvin.edu/scs/

Seminars in Christian Scholarship
Calvin College
1855 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546-4402
616.526.8558
616.526.6682 fax

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SCPT: The Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology

CALL FOR PAPERS
SCPT's Fourth Biennial Conference
Postmodernism, Truth, and Religious Pluralism

April 11-12, 2008
Gordon College (Wenham, MA)

Keynote Speakers:
Roger Haight (Union Theological Seminary)
Richard Kearney (Boston College)

With the so-called "return of religion," it is almost impossible not to address the issue of religious pluralism, which acutely raises the question of truth. What kind of positive sense of religious truth is possible in a postmodern era? What is religious truth--is it representational, propositional, orthopractical, symbolic, aletheiological, or something else altogether? How does the notion of "truth" square with a multiplicity of religious traditions? Is the very term "religion" appropriate in a pluralistic society, since the term is distinctly western? How might the earnest faith of a Christian, say, be compatible with the equally earnest faith of other believers or even non-believers? With the varieties of religions (not to mention the varieties of expressions of religions), how can their respective differences be respected? Are there forms of religious expression that simply cannot find a place in the public square?

We encourage papers that draw on continental figures; philosophical traditions such as deconstruction, feminist philosophy, hermeneutics, and phenomenology; and religious traditions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Only complete papers (maximum of 3,000 words) will be accepted. Papers should be prepared for blind review and sent to Trent.J.Koutsoubos@Wheaton.edu as email attachments.

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology seeks to promote inquiry at the intersection of philosophy and theology. For more information about SCPT, visit http://www.scptonline.org . For further information regarding the conference, contact Bruce.Ellis.Benson@Wheaton.edu.

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