2008 September

All Catholic Theology Research Seminars
5:15 – 7:00pm

Michaelmas 2009

Prof. Elaine Wainwright
‘Reading the Gospel of Matthew Ecologically: Exploring a Test Case’
Thurs 15th Oct
Venue: TBC
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Dr Adrian Cunningham
‘Purity and Danger: Catholics and Contraception’
Tues 3rd Nov
Venue: Dunn Cow Cottage, Dun Cow Lane, (the cobbled lane to the right of the Department, Abbey House)
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Prof. David Burrell
Alan Richardson Lecture
Tues 24th Nov
Venue: TBC
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Fr Henry Wansborough
Title: Jesus was a Pharisee
Tues 8th Dec
Venue: St Chad’s SCR

Epiphany 2010

Dr Tom Villis
‘The Chesterbelloc and Fascism’
19th Jan
Venue: Dun Cow Cottage
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Fr Lloyd Baugh SJ
‘Jesus Reinvented: Aesthetic and Theological Issues in the Gospel Films’
9th Feb
Venue: St Cuthbert’s/Catholic Chaplaincy
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Prof. Sheridan Gilley
‘John Henry Newman and the Crises of Capitalism’
23rd Feb
Venue: Cosins Libray (TBC)
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Dr Geraldine Smyth
St Cuthbert’s Lecture
[title TBA]
2nd Mar
St Cuthbert’s (Chapel)

Other Events of Interest

Rt Rev Paul Richardson
‘Christian Witness and the Myth of the Naked Public Square’
Theology and Ethics Seminar
Weds 28th Oct. 11:30-13:00, Seminar Room B
Abbey House
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Micheal O’Siadhail
The author of 11 poetry collections, and recipient of the Irish
American Cultural Institute Prize for Poetry and the Martin
Toonder Prize for Literature in 1998 will be reading some of his works.
17th Nov.  Time: TBC
Venue: St. Chad’s
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The Future of Trinitarian Theology: Catholic Perspectives
One Day Colloquium
Weds 25 Nov
10:00am-19:00, followed by a meal
Venue: Abbey House
Participants include: Prof. Lewis Ayers; Prof. David Burrell;
Dr Karen Kilby; Prof. Andrew Louth; Prof. Mark McIntosh;
Prof. Paul D. Murray; Prof. David Tracy

Places are limited and on an application basis with a charge of £TBC
(Lunch buffet included, evening meal is extra.)

Easter 2010

Dr Eliana Corbari
‘Singing the praises of Catherine of Siena ‘
29 April
Venue: Dun Cow Cottage
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The Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture
Prof. Paul D. Murray
‘Catholic Theology and the Public Academy: The View from the Durham Centre for Catholic Studies’
5 May 7:00pm.  This is to be followed by a ticketed reception.  For further details contact the Centre.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Old Elvet
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Prof. Tom O’Loughlin
‘The Didache and the theology of the current Eucharistic Prayers’
27 May
Venue: TBC
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Dr Julia Clague
‘How does a Catholic conscience differ from a non-Catholic
conscience?’
24 June
Venue: TBC

From 11th-15th January 2009 the second international Receptive Ecumenism conference will take place, Receptive Ecumenism and Ecclesial Learning: Learning to Be Church Together.  As in 2006, this by invitation event is being organised and jointly hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies and St. Cuthbert’s Seminary, Ushaw College, Durham and will again take place at Ushaw.  This is being done in association with Churches Together in England, the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, One in Christ, the Society for Ecumenical Studies, and Focolare UK (tbc).  Sponsoring assistance has thus far been received from Churches Together in England, the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, Durham University, the Jerusalem Trust, the Northern Synod of the United Reformed Church, One in Christ, Ushaw College, and an anonymous trust. 

The core aims of the conference are:

1. to focus attention on the fresh ecumenical strategy that Receptive Ecumenism represents in order to subject it to critical scrutiny and to explore its potential for further development;
2. to explore the implications of the receptive ecumenical question – ‘What can we and what need we learn from our others for the sake of our further flourishing?’ – in relation to a broad range of Christian traditions;
3. to explore the on-the-ground relevance of Receptive Ecumenism at the level of local church life. 

The January 2009 conference will issue in a second major volume of essays to complement that deriving from the January 2006 colloquium: Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning: Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism, (Oxford: OUP, 2008).  The event will gather 200 invited church leaders, ecclesial officials, theologians, and ecumenists (both those operating at national and international levels, and those operating at the level local church) from across the world.  Should you be interested in receiving further information about this event, please contact Dr Marcus Pound, Deputy Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies, at m.j.p.pound@durham.ac.uk