Theology Events
Thursday, November 6th, 6–7PM: Dead Man Walking: Art, Adaptation, Activism
Fordham University Law School, Moot Court, 150 West 62nd Street, registration here.
Sister Helen Prejean, the nation’s foremost death penalty opponent, joins Catherine Anyango Grünewald and Rose Vines, the illustrator and author of a new graphic edition of her award-winning memoir, for a discussion about capital punishment, social justice, and the power of story.
Thursday–Friday, November 6th–7th: Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law presents Staying Human in the Age of AI: Sixth Annual Tech Ethics Symposium
Duquesne University, Power Center Ballroom; also streaming online, registration here.
We will explore questions of humanity from intelligence to immigration to faith to politics, featuring speakers from across academia, industry, and politics! Featured panels include “Dignity and the Dangers of AI: Surveillance, Immigration” and “Faith and Love in the Time of ChatBots: AI, Faith, and Relationships.”
Wednesday, November 12th, 12–1:30PM: Colloquium: Catholics Institutions Past…Higher Ed Today with Jeannine Hill Fletcher and Joseph Strife
Rose Hill, Duane 140
Please join us for conversation and lunch. All are welcome!
Wednesday, November 12th, 7–8:30PM: The 32nd Annual Christopher F. Mooney S.J. Lecture in Theology, Religion and Society by Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou
Fairfield University, Aloysius P. Kelley Center, registration here.
1700 years ago, the Council of Nicaea (325) was convened by the Roman Emperor, Constantine, as the first global synod of Christian leaders. Along with practical matters like the date of Easter, the council affirmed the full divinity of Jesus Christ—“Godfrom God, Light from Light, true God from true God”—setting forth the foundations for the Christian creed and sparking a revolution in thinking about divine-human communion. To address this important topic, Fairfield University is delighted to be hosting Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, and Co-founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.
Thursday, November 13th, 2025, 12PM: Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies: New York Capital and the Making of the State of Israel by Jacob Beckert
Lincoln Center, registration here.
Join us for this fascinating exploration of New York’s economic influence in shaping modern Israel, revealing how the complex interplay between finance, politics, and humanitarianism laid the groundwork for one of the twentieth century’s most significant geopolitical events.
Monday, November 17th, 6–7:30PM: The Rise of Talmud with Moulie Vidas and Alyssa Gray (Series: On Disagreement in Jewish History)
Lincoln Center, registration here.
This year, Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies brings programs touching on a theme of disagreement in Jewish History. Join us for a discussion of The Rise of Talmud (Oxford University Press, 2025), Moulie Vidas’s new book on the emergence of commentary on rabbinic teachings in the third and fourth centuries CE. In conversation with Alyssa Gray, Vidas will explore how “The Rise of Talmud” reframes the Palestinian Talmud or Yerushalmi Talmud, as it is called in Hebrew, as a dynamic site of innovation and disagreement, where tradition is reimagined as a human project and interpretation centers on textual criticism, attribution, and the intellectual agency of the reader.
Monday, November 17th, 6PM: HIV/AIDS and the Death Penalty: One Priest’s Sacred Activism
Lincoln Center, Lowenstein Building, 12th Floor Lounge, registration here.
Grace Unbound: The Sacred Activism of an Orthodox Bishop is a story of how one priest’s mission to save a single life becomes a fight to transform an entire system. Fr. Demetri, a newly ordained Chicago-born priest, visits Bob—a man dying from complications due to AIDS, abandoned by his own parish priest out of fear—his life takes an unexpected turn. That single act of compassion sparks a deeper calling to social activism, setting him on a path he never anticipated. Yet nothing prepared the hard-nosed priest for a face-to-face encounter with a convicted murderer years later. Andrew, who is scheduled to be executed in less than three weeks, maintains his innocence regarding the grisly crime. But when the governor of the state—the inmate's last hope—refuses to show mercy, the priest must again face the true cost of his calling. Meet the author of Grace Unbound and listen to this gripping true story of faith, justice, and redemption. Moderated by Gregory Pappas.
Wednesday, November 19th, 5:30PM: Lecture: Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Américas (Christopher D. Tirres, Santa Clara)
Rose Hill, Duane, Tognino Hall
How can spirituality serve as a catalyst for social transformation and healing in an age of darkness and despair? What can we do to cultivate inclusive and justice centered approaches to spirituality? He will explore these questions drawing on rich traditions of liberation theologies and philosophies in the Americas in figures such as: Gloria Anzaldúa, José Carlos Mariátegui, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Paolo Freire, Virgilio Elizondo, and Ivone Gebara.
Thursday, November 20th, 6–7:30PM: Matrons, Murderesses, and Maidservants: New Voices of Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe with Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan (Series: On Disagreement in Jewish History)
Lincoln Center, registration here.
In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading institutions and sororities, and crafting objects and texts of exquisite beauty. Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach will explore the kehillah, a lively and thriving form of communal life that sustained European Jews for three centuries and retrieving vibrant portraits of Jewish women of all walks of life and their place within their homes, their community, and the market place.
Saturday, November 22nd, 6–7:30PM: Delvin Case’s “The Binding of Isaac According to the Elohist”: A Live Musical Performance and Panel Discussion at AAR/SBL in Boston
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, free and open to the public
Award-winning American composer Delvyn Case conducts the Deus Ex Musica Ensemble in a live performance of his dramatic new solo cantata based on Genesis 22. Daring to imagine alternative ending to this infamous story, this 25-minute piece explores the complex theological, narrative, and interpretive challenges of this infamous passage by highlighting how the thread of sacrificial violence tragically binds together Elohim, Abraham, and Isaac—and, through its historical legacy—all of us as well. The performance will be followed by an interfaith panel of scholars and clergy: Charisse Barron (Harvard University), Delvin Case (Wheaton College, Massachusetts, Ruth Langer (Boston College), and Tzemah Yoreh (City Congregation in New York City).
Saturday, November 22nd, 7–8:30PM: AAR/SBL Reception for Fordham Theology
The Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
Please join us for drinks and refreshments!