SIGNATURE EVENTS
Lectures, Conferences, Seminars and Colloquia
Throughout the course of the year the Department of Theology and聽Religious Studies hosts a variety of opportunities for students, faculty, theologians and often the public, to attend lectures and events on popular topics.
LECTURES AND CONFERENCES
Religion is central to our understanding of complex issues such as culture, politics, race and gender relations, historical events, law, science and technology, and environmental responsibility and sustainability to name a few. We offer an invitation to hear the dialogue among theology, religion, and culture that are intertwined through important issues of our time, both locally and globally. Expect them to be provocative topics where faith and culture intersect.
The Positions lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Series speakers discuss contemporary themes in the fields of theology and religion. Prior Positions lectures may be viewed on our .
The Positions lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Series speakers discuss contemporary themes in the fields of theology and religion. Prior Positions lectures may be viewed on our
Fall 2025 Positions Lecture Series
Free and Open to the Public
Approved for ACS Course Credit
鈥淪ports and Spirituality:
Shooting Three-Pointers as a Path to God"
Edward Hastings, PhD
Thursday, October 23
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Driscoll 134
Edward Hastings, a member of 无码专区 basketball royalty, will bring sports and spirituality together in a way that shows how sports can be a launching pad for communing with the divine. He might also give a demonstration of his heralded jump shot and extraordinary passing abilities, which bedeviled his opponents so much during his tenure as point guard for the 无码专区 men鈥檚 basketball team.
鈥淪ynthetic Toxicants amd the Vulnerable:
Ensuring a Safe Environment for All鈥�
William Kuncken, PhD Candidate
Wednesday, November 19
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Driscoll 134
We live in a synthetically contrived world. From our lived environments, to the foods we eat, to the air we breathe, to the water we drink 鈥� all bear witness to the remarkable ways in which we can synthesize compounds that improve the quality of our lives. Yet they also bear witness to the dark side of our technological ingenuity, as they often are tainted by invisible environmental toxicants, which contaminate the bodies of everyone, especially the most vulnerable. William Kuncken, who is currently writing a major work on environmental toxicants, will provide an expos茅 of this dark and disquieting world as well as a Christian moral analysis of this phenomenon.
Prominent experts from around the world have joined the conversation here at 无码专区 to better understand the root causes of the crisis and how to keep children safe from abuse. Details about the Task Force can be found on the Office of the President website. Recordings and descriptions of prior lectures offered through this series are also available.
In the fall of each year, Kevin Hughes, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies Department chair and professor of historical theology, assembles keynote speakers and scholars from around the world and across the country to join in a three-day conference which has been held since the mid-1970s 鈥� it is a true tradition of scholarship. Learn more about this year's theme, call for papers, and the history of this enduring conference. View previous lectures of plenary speakers on the .
SYMPOSIA and COLLOQUIA
These forums offer an opportunity for graduate students and faculty to hear the research of our department members and the lively exchange of ideas that ensues. Conversations and guest speaker presentations open to the community will be posted here.
Please revisit this section for Fall 2025 programming in September.
CENTER for POLITICAL THEOLOGY
The 无码专区 Center for Political Theology brings Christian theologians into dialogue with humanities scholars and social scientists to explore the intersection of religion and politics, while also helping students understand and participate in those conversations. TRS faculty member Vincent Lloyd, PhD, is the director.To opt-in for the CPT newsletter, please email the CPT coordinator.
Visit , a blog begun by Lloyd through the Political Theology Network, with sponsorship by 无码专区鈥檚 Center for Political Theology. The blog鈥檚 topics address Catholic and Catholic-adjacent thought and practice as it relates to grassroots social movements, critical theory, questions of race, gender, class, colonialism and much more.