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Modern Science and Christian Faith for Undergraduates

University of Virginia University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

APPLY HERE The goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. Among the...

Two-Day Online Seminar | Galileo: Faith, Reason, and the New Science

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET
Robert Porwoll, Gustavus Adolphus College

TWO-DAY ONLINE SEMINAR Session 1: Wednesday, Aug. 10 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Session 2: Saturday, Aug. 13 | 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Lumen Christi Institute has designed this two-day seminar to introduce major themes and debates from the Catholic Church's history to a wide online audience. It offers the opportunity to read primary sources in the context of a seminar-style discussion, led by Catholic faculty.   *This course requires no advance training nor prior reading and is open to all for participation. All course reading will be provided electronically.  What happened at the famous Galileo Trial? Galileo...

Synodality Series Session 1 | Synodality in the Ancient Church

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET
Nathan Tilley, Duke University | Robin Darling Young, Catholic University of America | Christopher M. Bellitto, Kean University

Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, America Media and the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought. About the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis is inviting the...

Synodality Series Session 2 | Synodality and Medieval Reform

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET
Nathan Tilley, Duke University | Robin Darling Young, Catholic University of America | Christopher M. Bellitto, Kean University

Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, Harvard Catholic Forum, America Media, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. About the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis...

Synodality Series Session 3 | Synodality and the Roots of Vatican II

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, Harvard Catholic Forum, America Media, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. About the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis...

Renewing Digital Space: Addressing Pope Francis’ Concerns and Warnings

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Pope Francis has challenged the Church and the world to explore “both the pathologies our digital culture imposes – especially on our young – and investigate how this technology can and has helped people reach their full potential.” Join us for a virtual conversation that will explore the anthropological, theological, sociological and legal constructs that are necessary to address these challenges posed by the digital age. This online event is free and open to the public. This event is hosted by CAPP-USA and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute.  SPEAKERS: Prof. Evelyn Aswad The University of Oklahoma College of Law’s Herman G....

Synodality Series Session 4 | Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Christians: Contexts and Dialogue

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, Harvard Catholic Forum, America Media, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. About the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis...

In Lumine Network Meeting

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

The In Lumine Network consists of six independent institutes for Catholic Thought located at elite research universities in the United States. Funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the In Lumine network aims to advance dialogue between theology, philosophy, and the natural and social sciences on the campuses they serve. The founding members of the network include: the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago, the Nova Forum at the University of Southern California, the Saint Anselm Institute at the University of Virginia, COLLIS at Cornell University,  the Collegium Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and the...

Master Class: “Adventures of a Primary Care Theologian” with Fr. Roch Kereszty

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants will receive copies of the prepared reading. An Online Master Class with Fr. Roch Kereszty, O. Cist For over 40 years, Fr. Roch Kereszty has taught and published in nearly every area of theology—Christology, ecclesiology, and interreligious dialogue to name a few. During this master class, Fr. Kereszty will discuss selected texts from his own work and discuss his life and vocation: a clandestine novice in Communist Hungary, a student during the years of the Second Vatican Council, long-time professor at the University of Dallas and form...

Synodality Series Session 5 | Pope Francis’ Vision of a Synodal Church: CELAM and Ignatian Tradition

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

Free and open to the public. This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, Harvard Catholic Forum, America Media, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. About the Series | In light of Pope Francis’ call for global Catholic communities to enter into a two-year process on synodality, this six-part series will examine both the history of synods and the current dialogue around the future of synodality in the Church. This series is an opportunity to learn more about the topic in advance of the October 2023 Rome summit, “For a Synodal Church.” Pope Francis...

Magis Lecture | Pro and Con: Does Faith Ignore Reason?

Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL

Free and open to the public. Every Sunday, Christian worshipers profess the Nicene Creed. The Creed formulates and supports our belief in one God, but there appears to be scant empirical evidence for many of its claims that we acknowledge to be true.  We don’t profess the Creed because we’ve been persuaded by overwhelming evidence. Is it reasonable, then, to believe that the Creed's claims are true? Or does our profession of faith shove our reason into exile?  So says Sam Harris, a recent "popular atheist,” who argues that faith is by nature unreasonable. But William James, the 19th-century American psychologist,...

Symposium on “The Future of Christian Art”

Social Sciences, Room 122 1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Is there a future for Christian Art? Can beauty save a “modern” world? This symposium features a presentation by Fr. Stephen Fields, SJ (Georgetown) in which he distinguishes between modernity and previous periods of the Western Christian experience and draws upon the work of Hans Urs von Balathasar to argue that Christians must reconceive the meaning of “beauty.” Responses will follow from University of Chicago art historian Karin Krause and Chicago Artist John David Mooney. This event is being supported by funds from the Fr. Paul V. Mankowski, S.J. Memorial Fund for Jesuit Scholarship. Fr. Paul, former Jesuit Scholar-in-Residence for the Lumen...