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SUMMARY:Master Class on "Friendship with God:  Apprenticeship of the Christian life"
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\nOpen to current graduate students. Advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students are also welcome. Others who are interested in participating should contact us at info@lumenchristi.org. PDF copies of the readings will be provided for registrants. \nFar from offering a romantic or sentimental notion of divine friendship\, the Scriptures develop a theology of divine intimacy that portrays friendship with God as an apprenticeship in Christ.  Through the filial friendship established by the grace of baptism\, Christians are called to participate in Christ’s salvific mission.  Friendship with God initiates Christians into the mystery of Christ’s cross and resurrection and teaches them how to bear the fruit of salvation by working in the vineyard and by tending the flocks.  Divine friendship is nothing other than the way of Christ by which we are configured to his life\, death\, and resurrection.  Patristic authors develop their own understanding of these biblical themes\, offering theologies of divine friendship that will influence Thomas Aquinas’ definition of charity as itself a type of friendship with God.  This masterclass will offer an introductory account of this biblical and patristic vision. \nReadings \n\nScripture: Genesis 15.1-20; 18.1-33; 22.1-19; 38.1-26; Exodus 2.1-3.15; 15.22-27; 16.2-35; 17.1-7; 33.7-23; Song of Songs 5.1; 8.11-14; Wisdom 1.1-12.27; 15.18-19.27; Matthew 11.16-19; 20.1-16; 22.1-14; 26.47-50; Luke 12.4-7; 21.12-19; John 3.13-36; 11.5-12; 13.1-21.19; Acts 7.20-38; Second Peter 1.3-11; James 2.21-23; 4.4; Third John 1.15\nAristotle\, Nicomachean Ethics\, bks 8 and 9.\nKonstan\, David.  Friendship in the Classical World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press\, 1997)\, pp. 95-115\, 167-170.\nSherwin\, Michael. On Love and Virtue (Emmaus Academic\, 2018)\, chs 6-7\, 12 (pp. 123-153\, 221-248).\n\nSchedule \n1:30 Coffee & Pastries  |  2:00 Session 1  |  3:25 Break  |  3:35 Session 2  |  5:00 End\, wine & cheese
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-08-master-class-on-friendship-with-god-apprenticeship-of-christian-life-fr-michael-sherwin-op/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Mary & Muslims: Bridge or Barrier? 
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This event is part of a webinar series\, “Catholics & Muslims: History\, Theology\, Encounters\,” presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the American Cusanus Society. This event is cosponsored by the Collegium Institute. \nIn 1965\, Nostra Aetate 3 acknowledged that Christian and Muslims share a devotion to Mary. But did Christians always view Mary as a bridge? A few medieval Latins stressed concord between the two Marys\, but others raised the Virgin on military standards in battles against Muslims. This talk will consider the myriad ways in which Mary’s role in Christian-Muslim relations has shifted back and forth from bridge to barrier and back again. The lecture with Dr. Rita George-Tvrtković will be followed by a response from a Muslim scholar\, Dr. Zeki Saritoprak\, and further dialogue. \n\nProfessor George-Tvrtkovic generously provided the following bibliography for those interested in further reading: \n•Abboud\, Hosn. Mary in the Qur’an: A Literary Reading (Routledge\, 2014). \n•George-Tvrtkovic\, Rita. Christians\, Muslims\, and Mary: A History (Paulist\, 2018). \n•Hearden\, Maura. “Lessons from Zeitoun: A Marian Proposal for Christian-Muslim Dialogue.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 47\, no. 3 (2012). \n•Pentcheva\, Bissera. Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium (Pennsylvania State University Press\, 2006). \n•Remensnyder\, Amy. La Conquistadora (Oxford University Press\, 2014). \n•Saritoprak\, Zeki. Islam’s Jesus (University of Florida Press\, 2014). \n•Saritoprak\, Zeki. “Mary in Islam\,” in The Oxford Handbook of Mary\, ed. Chris Maunder (Oxford University Press\, 2019). \n•Schleifer\, Aliah. Mary the Blessed Virgin of Islam (Fons Vitae\, 1998). \n•Shoemaker\, Stephen. Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion (Yale University Press\, 2016). \n\nCatholics & Muslims: History\, Theology\, Encounters  \nThe 1965 Vatican II document Nostra Aetate 3 encouraged Catholics and Muslims to “forget the past” and focus on a more positive future together\, one based on dialogue and cooperation. Since then\, Catholics at all levels\, from popes to parishioners\, have heeded this call. However\, the complicated\, centuries-long history of Christian-Muslim relations demands attention. Instead of “forgetting the past\,” Catholics need to revisit this history\, both on their own and with their Muslim partners. In this series\, we will examine Nicholas of Cusa’s approach to the Qur’an; the history of Mary as a bridge or barrier in Christian relations with Muslims; and St. Francis and Pope Francis as models of fraternal encounter. \nThis series is co-presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the American Cusanus Society. This series is cosponsored by the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute\, the Australian Catholic University\, the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies\, St. Paul’s Catholic Center\, the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought\, the Saint Benedict Institute\, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage\, and both the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies and the Encountering Islam Initiative at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota). \nUpcoming events: \nSeptember 8\, 6:00 p.m. CDT \nFrancis & Francis: Encountering Muslims\, Past & Present\nDr. Jason Welle\, OFM (Pontifical Institute for Arabic & Islamic Studies\, Rome)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-08-mary-muslims-bridge-or-barrier/
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SUMMARY:The Monastics Before the Scholastics: An Introduction to Medieval Monastic Theology
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a summer webinar series on Monastic Wisdom.  \nWhat is monastic theology? Is it just an alternative to Thomism or the more “philosophical” (or more serious?) tradition of theology? Should the works of monastic theologians be relegated\, as Thomas Merton feared they were\, to the shelves of “spiritual” or devotional literature\, as pious options extrinsic to theological discipline? With St. Anselm as our guide\, Fr. John will discuss how theological method must include a properly “monastic” element. \n\nWisdom from the Heart of the Cistercian Tradition \nJoin us once per month\, June through September\, for four Sunday evening sessions featuring monks from Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey who will lead us through a series of reflections examining the contours of the monastic intellectual tradition. At the foundations of the Cistercian order is the reform movement of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. In faithfulness to their founder\, these webinars invite participants to see how the monastic approach to Scripture\, theology\, and the common life might reform our own understanding and endeavors in the labors of daily Christianity. \nThis series is co-presented with Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey\, and co-sponsored by the Harvard Catholic Forum\, the Nova Forum\, the Saint Benedict Institute\, and Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture at the University of Dallas. \nUpcoming sessions: \nSeptember 26\, 7:30 PM CT: \nThe Christological Structure of Spiritual Growth In the Thought of St. Bernard\nFr. Roch Kereszty\, O. Cist.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-08-monastics-before-scholastics-an-introduction-to-medieval-monastic-theology-fr-john-bayer/
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