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Recovering Hymnography Symposium

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL
Jeffrey Wickes, University of Notre Dame | Cappella Romana, Vocal Ensemble | Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Brown University | Fr. Brian Dunkle, SJ, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry | Ashley Purpura, Purdue University | Rev. Andrew Summerson, University of St. Michael’s College

The Lumen Christi Institute, The Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, and the Fordham Center for Orthodox Christian Studies Present: Recovering Hymnography Symposium May 15-16, 2022 | University of Chicago Free and open to the public. Please note you must register for each day separately. This symposium will explore the tradition of hymnography as both prayer and pedagogy, sharing insights about how biblical interpretation, ethical injunction, and theological reflection are combined with ritual reenactment in the texts they consider. Papers on early Christian liturgical hymnography in the Greek, Syriac, and Latin traditions will be shared and discussed with expert respondents....

CANCELED: Brian Patrick McGuire on St. Bernard of Clairvaux

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future. Details for this event TBA

CANCELED: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas on the Soul

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future. Further details TBA

CANCELED: Panel on Joseph Singer’s “Persuasion”

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future. Lawyers have techniques to persuade decision-makers about what the law should be, using arguments based on common values, storytelling, and framing to help us see our own values in a new light. These tools of reasoned argument enable us to engage in civil debate about divisive issues and to justify decisions in hard cases. Joseph Singer's book, Persuasion: Getting to the Other Side, categorizes the arguments that lawyers use in debates about ambiguous...

CANCELED: A Report from the German Synod

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to restrictions put in place in response to the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed. We look forward to scheduling similar programming in the future.

CANCELLED: The Recovered Image: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings

University of Chicago–TBA N/A, Hyde Park, IL

Due to unforeseen personal reasons, Carol & Philip Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. Thursday, March 31, 7:00pm University of Chicago, Location TBA Carol & Philip Zaleski (Smith College) REGISTER HERE cosponsored by the Seminary Co-op Bookstore The literary historian, novelist and critic C. S. Lewis is the most widely read Christian writer of his century and ours; the philologist J.R.R. Tolkien our most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates (including the philosopher of language Owen Barfield and the eccentric fantasist Charles Williams) formed a literary club...