Master Class on Newman’s Oxford University Sermons
REGISTER HERE This event will be held online over Zoom. Open to current graduate students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us. More info TBA. Fr. Fields will […]
The Theologian’s Vocation in the Academy Today: A Master Class for Graduate Students in Theology
Open to current graduate students in theology. Others interested in participating should contact us. A two-part, online master class for graduate students in theology on the vocation of the theologian […]
Ecumenical Panel on “For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church”
Free and open to the public. This program will be held as a hybrid, in-person and online event. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center. […]
Catholic Culture Series on “Catholic Literary Heritage”
The Lumen Christi Institute’s West Suburban Catholic Culture Series returns in 2021-22 with a monthly series on the theme of Catholic literary heritage. We will survey the history of literature […]
Magis Series on Faith and Reason
Free and open to the public. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Saint Ignatius College Prep. What does it mean to believe? Does one believe because of evidence? In […]
Negotiating Tragedy and the Tragic: Discursive, Performative, and Interpretive Strategies in Late Ancient Christian Literature
Free and open to the public. Early Christian authors rarely composed tragedies, but they did discern elements of “the tragic” both in the background of sacred history and in the […]
The Theology of Nature and the Nature of Theology
A conference held by the University of Chicago Divinity School, cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute. Download of Conference Abstracts. For more information see the Divinity School’s conference webpage. Schedule: Wednesday, […]
Finding Tragedy in the Bible with Its Early Christian Interpreters
Open to current students and faculty. Box lunches will be served. Prof. Blowers will also give a lecture on “Negotiating Tragedy and the Tragic: Discursive, Performative, and Interpretive Strategies in Late […]
Lunch Discussion on “Theology and the Erotic: Has the Internet Killed Love?”
Due to circumstances outside our control, this event has been canceled. We hope to schedule events with Fr. Fields in future quarters. Open to current students. Others interested in participating should […]
Friendship and Community: The Monastic Experience, 350-1250
A master class with Brian Patrick McGuire (Roskilde University). Open to current graduate students, faculty, and advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Registrants will […]