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SUMMARY:Is Christianity a Slave Morality? Max Scheler on Ressentiment
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive copies of the selected readings\, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  \nThis event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. \nIn his book Ressentiment\, the German philosopher Max Scheler deepens Nietzsche’s account of ressentiment\, the life-denying disposition of spite\, envy and revenge. Nietzsche finds this spiritual sickness to be the inner secret of so-called Christian love\, which is really an expression of weakness. Scheler turns this account upside down\, and finds Christianity a life-affirming doctrine that elevates its adepts into generosity and strength. Scheler also sharply distinguishes Christian love from egalitarian humanitarianism. Sometimes called “the Nietzschean Catholic\,” Scheler is thus a helpful guide for thinking through the quarrels that are emerging today between the neo-pagan\, online Right\, which takes its bearings from Nietzsche\, and the nascent revival of orthodox Christianity. Scheler equips us to see some overlap in the intuitions of these camps\, and to retrieve a more aristocratic and virile strand in the Christian tradition. It is a strand that can speak to our present discontents\, and to the pervasive sense of civilizational collapse. \nReadings:\nWe will read Max Scheler’s Ressentiment\, which may be found here  \nThe master class will focus on: \n\nCh. 1\nCh. 3\nCh. 4\n\nIf you prefer\, you can pick up a printout of the readings at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th Street) Mon-Fri\, 10am-4pm. Please email David Strobach at dstrobach@lumenchristi.org to let us know you are coming. \nDiscussion Questions Forthcoming\nSchedule:\n11:30-12:00 | Optional pre-event lunch \n12:00-1:20 | Session 1 \n1:20-1:40 | Coffee break \n1:40-3:00 | Session 2 \n3:00-3:30 | Reception
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-max-scheler-master-class/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Master Classes
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SUMMARY:Poverty\, Injustice\, Liberation: Class Conflict in Latin America and The Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThis event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program\, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Fabricio Wei\, who designed this program\, is a Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. \nWhat is the task of Christian theology in our time? How can we talk about God in the midst of poverty and injustice\, without being naive or paternalistic? How can theology help us understand the call for liberation coming from people experiencing marginalization\, violence and destitution? \nIn this class\, we will address these and other key questions drawing from the work of one of the most influential theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries\, Gustavo Gutierrez. We will focus on Gutierrez’s diagnosis of Modernity and how modern values such as autonomy and freedom\, together with growing industrialization and capitalism shaped most theological discourse during the 20th century. With Gutierrez\, we will examine whether modern\, European and North American theology has been mainly focused on the needs of the most privileged in society\, being often complicit with systems that cause poverty and inequality. In turn\, we will study the emergence and main tenets of liberation theology as a response to both the inadequacies of modern theology and the needs of the poor and most vulnerable. Can theology be both a source for political liberation and spiritual growth\, especially for those who experience the destructive effects of poverty\, racism\, and other affronts to our human dignity? Liberation theology’s answer is in the affirmative. Our task–through close textual analysis and critical discussion–will be to examine how Gutierrez and the liberation theology movement reached such a conclusion\, while drawing lessons for the present. \nReadings:\nWe will read Gustavo Gutierrez’s The Power of the Poor in History (Maryknoll\, NY: Orbis Books\, 1992 [1979])\, Chapter 7\, “Theology from the Underside of History.” Optional reading includes the 1st Chapter of A Revolutionary Faith (Stanford UP\, 2023) by Dr. Raul Zegarra. \nBoth the required and recommended readings will be distributed to participants via Dropbox and PDFs. If you prefer\, you can pick up a printout of the readings at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th Street) Mon-Fri\, 10am-4pm once they are ready. Please email David Strobach at dstrobach@lumenchristi.org to let us know you are coming. \nSchedule:\n2:30-3:00 | pre-event pastries and coffee \n3:00-4:20 | Session 1 \n4:20-4:40 | Coffee break \n4:40-6:00 | Session 2
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-liberation-theology-master-class/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Master Classes,Nicklin Fellowship
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