Theology Department Events Archive

2012 


Monday, April 8, 6:00 PM
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library
"The Arab Spring and the Future of Christianity in the Middle East," a panel discussion featuring John Entelis (professor of political science and director of Middle East Studies Program at Fordham University), Michael Wahid Hanna (fellow at The Century Foundation), and other experts, moderated by George Demacopoulos (co-founding director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University). Please RSVP in advance.

Tuesday, March 19, 4:30-6:00 PM
Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel, LL 221, Lincoln Center
Theology Roundtable: Meditation
An exciting discussion about the purpose and benefit of meditation with two esteemed experts: Robert Kennedy Roshi, S.J., a Jesuit priest and beloved teacher in the Zen tradition; and Khenpo Pema Wangdak, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and humanitarian award recipient.  Our two guests will answer questions about meditation practice and offer introductory meditation instruction to those who attend. Sponsored by the Theology Department.

Thursday, March 7, 6:30 PM
Lowenstein 504, Lincoln Center
The Papal Conclave: How the Pope Is Elected, What We Can Expect
With Professor Maureen Tilley of the theology department, sponsored by Campus Ministry.

Wednesday, March 6, 6:30 PM
12th Floor Lounge, Lincoln Center
“Family Pain, Family Grace, and the Tender Quest to Tell Our Stories Truly: Notes from an Irish Catholic Memoir”
James A. Fisher (Fordham Professor of American Catholic History, author of On the Irish Waterfront).

Wednesday, January 30, 5:00 PM, Tognino Hall, Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus
The Department of Theology will sponsor a lecture by Prof. David Gushee of Mercer University (Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center on Theology and Public Life) related to his just-published book, The Sacredness of Human Life, with book signing afterwards. Prof. Gushee is a major voice in contemporary conversations about religion, politics and ethics on topics from the environment to nuclear proliferation, and abortion to torture.

Theology Department Christianity in Antiquity Lecture: “Jesus’ Parables in Jewish Contexts”
Thursday, January 24, 7:30 PM-8:30 PM
Butler Commons, 3rd Floor Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus
Lecture by Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University.

Annual Fall McGinley Lecture: "Life After Death: Hopes and Fears for Jews, Christians and Muslims"
Tuesday, November 13, 6:00PM
12th Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center
and
Wednesday, November 14th, 6:00 PM
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, Rose Hill
Delivered by Fr. Patrick Ryan, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Chair of Religion and Society, as a continuation of his effort to foster an understanding of the common ground among Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. His ultimate aim is to establish a Trialogue among these three faith traditions. Respondents will be Prof. Claudia Setzer of Manhattan College and Prof. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University. The lectures are free and open to the public. For further information, please contact  (718) 817-4745 or email mcgchair@fordham.edu.

The Orthodoxy in America Lecture: The Way of a Pilgrim: How the Orthodox Philokalic Tradition Came to Modern America--And What America Made of It.
Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 PM
Tognino Hall, Duane Library, Rose Hill campus
Presented by the Very Reverend John Anthony McGuckin, The Ane Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History, Union Theological Seminary; Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Columbia University; and Director, Sophia Institute, the William and Maria Spears International Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture
A reception immediately follows.

'Friend Me': The Bonds of Friendship as a Way to Understand Spiritual Experience.
Wednesday, November 14, 1:00-2:15 PM
Location TBA, Rose Hill campus
Brenna Moore, Department of Theology, Fordham University.

Christians and Other Animals: Moving the Conversation Forward 
Friday, November 16, 4:00-6:00pm
12th Floor Lowenstein Building, Lincoln Center
A panel with Peter Singer (DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University), David Clough (Department Chair, University of Chester), Eric Meyer (doctoral candidate in theology, Fordham University), R.R. Reno (editor, First Things and Professor of Christian Ethics, Creighton University); moderated by Charles Camosy (Fordham University).

The Orthodoxy in America Lecture - 2012
6pm, Wednesday, November 14th
Tognino Hall in Duane Library on the Rose Hill Campus
The Very Rev. John Anthony McGuckin, Ane Marie and Bent Emil Nielson Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Columbia University
Director, Sophia Institute, the William and Maria Spears International Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture

For more information, contact the Office of Special Events at (212) 636-6575 or specialevents@fordham.edu.

Friday, September 14, 7:00-8:30 PM, Rose Hill Gymnasium
The Cardinal and Colbert: Humor, Joy and the Spiritual Life
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, will join Stephen Colbert, the popular host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, for a conversation about humor, faith, joy, and the spiritual life, moderated by James Martin, S.J. For information on how to obtain a bracelet admitting you to the event, visit http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/dolancolbert_88446.asp



Seventh Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D., Memorial Lecture

4pm, Sunday, October 28th
Terrace View Lounge, 12th floor, Lincoln Center Campus
RSVP with Theology Department by calling (718) 817-3240.

For more information, click here.

"Voting, Religious Liberty, and the Common Good" - A lecture by Dr. M. Cathleen Kaveny
4:30pm - 6pm, Monday, September 17th
Tognino Hall in Duane Library on the Rose Hill Campus

For more information, click here.

Second Annual Fordham Graduate Theology Conference
"Sacred Topographies; or, Parks and Revelation"
Saturday, October 20th
Lincoln Center Campus
The keynote address will be given by Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Barnard College, Dr. Elizabeth Castelli.
For more information, please visit the Fordham Theology Graduate Student Association webpage or contact fordhamtgsa@gmail.com.

March 22, 2012
4:15p.m., 12th Floor Lounge, Lincoln Center Campus
Symposium on Derrida and Religion: Of Miracles and Machines
Speakers: Penelope Deutscher (Northwestern University), Sarah Hammerschlag (Williams College), Martin Hägglund (Harvard University), and Michael Naas (DePaul University)

Contact: Samir Haddad (sahaddad@fordham.edu)

March 14, 2012
7:00 p.m., Newman Hall of the Oratory Church of St. Boniface,
111 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, NY
Sacred Space: A Conversation with the Rev. Dr. Clair McPherson, Professor of Ascetical Theology, General Theological Seminary and Adjunct Professor of Theology, Fordham University

Sacred places are an integral part of the Christian religious tradition and a strong source of nourishment for our spiritual life. What is sacrality and how is a place invested with it? Why is any space sacred, if God is everywhere? What is the history of sacred space? How does the appearance of a sacred place affect our response to it? These and many others questions (including yours!) will be the topic of a conversation to which you are heartily invited.

February 24, 2012
2 p.m., Duane 140, Rose Hill Campus
Assistant Professor of Theology Michael Peppard will speak on “Papyrological Evidence for Circumcision (and its Reversal) in the Roman Period.” Sponsored by the Classics Department.

February 13, 2012
1 p.m., Faculty Lounge, McGinley Center, Rose Hill Campus
Wendy Mayer will speak on "John Chrysostom on the Biology of Madness and the Pathology of Sin". Sponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies, Christian Orthodox Studies, and the Department of Theology. A reception will follow.

2011

November 28, 2011
Orthodoxy in America Lecture by David Tracy:  "A Reflection on Contemplation, Speculation and Action in Orthodox Theology." 6:00pm, 12th Floor Lounge, Lincoln Center.

David Tracy, STL, STD, is the Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religion in the University of Chicago Divinity School, and also a member of the Committee on Social Thought. Dr. Tracy has taught a wide variety of courses in contemporary theology: in philosophical, systematic, and constructive theology and hermeneutics, and on issues and persons in religion and modern thought. His publications include Blessed Rage for Order, The Analogical Imagination, Plurality and Ambiguity, and On Naming the Present: Reflections on God, Hermeneutics, and Church. Dr. Tracy is currently writing a book on God based on his Gifford lectures.

November 10, 2011
“Spirit in the Art(s): Religion and the Black Cultural Imagination, from the Harlem Renaissance to Hip Hop”: a student-centered talk by Josef Sorett, Assistant Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Columbia University: 6:00–8:00pm, 12th Floor Lounge, Lincoln Center.

October 26, 2011
Theology Roundtable on the topic of Angels and Demons, Vampires and Zombies, featuring Dr. Clair McPherson and Kathryn Reklis: 2:30-4:00pm, South Lounge, Lincoln Center.

October 16, 2011
The Sixth Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D.,  Memorial Lecture,
"The Value of Water and the Catholic Imagination": Professor Christiana Z. Peppard will give the Sixth Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D., Memorial Lecture: 4:00pm, The Terrace View Lounge (12th floor, Lowenstein, LC). The lecture will be followed by dinner at 6:00pm RSVP by October 11 to the Theology Department, (718) 817-3240.

April 13 and 14, 2011
ANNUAL SPRING MCGINLEY LECTURE
"The Faith of Abraham:Bond or Barrier? Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives"
Lecturer: The Reverend Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society
Respondents: Rabbi Daniel Polish, Ph.D., Congregation Shir Chadash, Poughkeepsie, New York and Professor Amir Hussain, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

The lecture will be delivered at two locations:
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 6 p.m.
12th-floor Lounge, Lowenstein Center
Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W. 60th St., NYC
Thursday, 14 April 2011 at 6 p.m.
Flom Auditorium, William D. Walsh Family Library Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, New York

April 4, 2011
“Atheism and the War on Terror”
Lecturer:  Terry Eagleton
Time:       1:00 PM
Place:      Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library 

March 25, 2011
"The Virtues of Jesus in Aquinas and Bonaventure"
Lecturer:  Dr. Joseph P. Wawrykow, Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: University Commons, 3rd floor of Duane Library

March 24, 2011
“Liberation Theology: From Christian Base Communities to the Movement of Peace in El Salvador.”
Lecturer:  Jose Inocencio “Chencho” Alas, Foundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in Mesoamerica: 
Time:      7:30 PM
Place:     Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library

March 22, 2011
Jazz at Rose Hill
Artist:   Gilad Hekselman Band
Time:    8:00 PM
Place:   University Commons, Duane Library

February 24, 2011
"In Love with Islam, Believing in Jesus."
Lecturer: Interfaith speaker Paolo Dall'Oglio
Time: 12:45 - 2:15PM.
Place: McGinley Center Faculty Lounge
Free lunch included.
RSVPS required; email hillfletche@fordham.edu.

February 15, 2011
Jazz at Rose Hill
Artist: Ferenc Nemeth, featuring special guest Kenny Werner (a world-class pianist!).
Time:   8:00 PM.
Place:  University Commons, Duane Library.

January 31, 2011
"Sentire Cum Ecclesia: Thinking with and for the Church"
Inaugural lecture and reception for Terrence W.Tilley as the Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Chair in Catholic Theology 
Time: 5:30 PM: Installation and Lecture
         6:30 PM: Reception
Place: Tognino Hall in Duane Library (Rose Hill Campus)

January 28-29, 2011
"LOST? Twenty-Somethings and the Church" 
Co-sponsored by the Center for American Catholic Studies and the Center on Religion and Culture; 
Time: January 28, 6-8 PM 
         January 29, 9:30AM -5 PM 
Place: Lincoln Center Campus. 
Free and open to the public - registration requested.  

2010

December 14, 2010
Forum: "Avery Dulles and the Future of Theology"
Moderator:  Aristotle Papanikolaou, Associate Professor of Theology, Fordham University
Time:  6-8 PM
Place:  Duane Library's University Commons

December 9, 2010
Christianity in Antiquity Lecture:
"Jesus the Jew and Paul the 'Christian':  Jewish Scholars on Christianity's Heroes."
Lecturer:  Claudia Setzer, Prof. of Religious Studies, Manhattan College
Time:  4 PM
Place:  Duane Library's University Commons

November 19, 2010
Medieval Studies Lecture Series:
"Dystopia: Augustine's City of God" 
Lecturer:  Dr. Peter Iver Kaufman, University of Richmond 
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Theology department and will be followed by a wine-reception. 
Time: 5PM
Other details to follow.

November 19, 2010
Christianity in Antiquity Lecture
“The Conflict in Corinth: Socio-Historical Reflections on Paul’s Opponents in 2 Corinthians”
Lecturer:  Thomas Schmeller, Professor of New Testament Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Time: 9AM
Location: University Commons, Duane Library-3rd Floor 

November 15 and 16, 2010
Annual Fall McGinley Lecture
"Prophetic Faith and the Critique of Tradition Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives"
Lecturer: The Reverend Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society

The lecture will be delivered at two locations:

Monday, 15 November 15, 2010:
Location: 12th-floor Lounge, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus
Time: 6PM

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Location: Flom Auditorium, Walsh Family Library, Rose Hill Campus
Time: 6PM

October 24, 2010
The Fifth Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D., Memorial Lecture
Time: 4PM
Location: Terrace View Lounge, Lowensterin Building, Lincoln Center Campus
For more information, click here.

October 15 and 16, 2010
'Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Fair-Minded
Words': A Conference on Life and Choice in the Abortion Debate at Princeton University,  
(Fordham Theology Department is one of the co-sponsors)

August 13 and 14, 2010
The Fordham Conversation Project Summer
Colloquia (Rose Hill Campus)

2009

October 18, 2009
The Fourth Annual Julio Burunat, Ph.D. Memorial Lecture 
The Beauty of Justice: Community Muralism and Social Change
By Maureen H. O’Connell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Theology Fordham University 

April 29, 2009
Celebration Symposium
Dr. Lisa Sowle Cahill (Boston College) Guest Lecturer

April 22, 2009 
Colloquim with Professor Thomas Beaudoin, GSRRE
"The New Paradigm of Practical Theology"

March 23, 2009
LOYOLA CHAIR LECTURE
“Catholicism and Academic Freedom: Authorities in Conflict?"
By Stephen Fields, S.J., St. Ignatius Loyola Chair, Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University

March 2, 2009
The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews

February 19, 2009
From Classical Greek to Renaissance Europe: Islamic Definition of New Science
Dr. George Saliba, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Sciences, Columbia University

February 17, 2009 
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in America: A Normative Apporach 
A Lecture by Rev. Stanley Harakas, Th. D., Archbishop Iakonos Professor of Orthodox Theology Emeretus 

February 11, 2009
Inauguration of Barbara Hilkert Andolsen as the Janes and Nancy Buckman Professor of Applied Christian Ethics
Followed by a lecture by Dr. Andolsen: 
'Undying Hope': Racism and Catholic Social Thought in a New American Moment

February 6, 2009
Faith, Doubt and the War on Terror in the Obama Era
Lecture by Ira Chernus, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder

February 3, 2009
Saints, not Angels: Americal Catholic Female Saints
Duane Library: Tognino Hall

February 2, 2009
Conversation with Elizabeth A. Johnson about her new book, Quest for the Living God

January 29, 2009
“What is a ‘Lollard’?” a lecture by Dr. J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Assistant Professor in Theology, Fordham University.