Here’s more detailed information on the soon-coming day conference on the theological impact of Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger on Tuesday 8 November. This should be a cracker! New Testament folk will be particularly interested to hear Richard Burridge (pictured on the right above), whose work on the genre of the Gospels has been incredibly influential. The day conference is followed by the launch of the English translation of Benedict’s Last Testament, of which my excellent colleague Jacob Phillips is translator.
Date: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Times: Conference: 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.; Book Launch: 6.00 p.m.
Location: The Waldegrave Drawing Room, St Mary’s University, Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 4SX
The St Mary’s Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society and the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible present Pope Benedict XVI’s Theological Testament. A day conference exploring the theological legacy of Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger to celebrate the release of his final published work Last Testament, which will be launched after the conference. Please join us as we investigate three aspects of this Pope’s intellectual legacy, with presentations on Scripture, Theological Anthropology, and Political Theology.
Please register (free) by email: kathryn [dot] penny [at] stmarys [dot] ac [dot] uk
Timetable:
| 10.00-10.15 | Welcome |
| 10.15-11.30 | The Revd Canon Prof Richard Burridge, Dean of King’s College London and Professor of Biblical Interpretation:Writing ‘Lives of Jesus’—Pope Benedict and the Gospels Professor Burridge was one of two recipients of the 2013 Ratzinger Prize for Theology in reflection of his contributions to biblical scholarship, not least Four Gospels, One Jesus? (reprinted by SPCK Classics, 2013) and Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics (Eerdmans, 2007) |
| 11.30-11.45 | Tea and coffee |
| 11.45-1.00 | Dr Jacob Phillips, St Mary’s University, Twickenham: My Enemy’s Enemy is my Friend: Joseph Ratzinger and Martin Luther on the Conscience Jacob translated Pope Benedict XVI’s Last Testament (Bloomsbury, 2016), and his latest book Mary, Star of Evangelization is scheduled for release by Paulist Press in 2017. |
| 1.00-2.00 | Lunch (Delegates are invited to eat in the University Refectory, or make their own arrangements) |
| 2.00-3.15 | Dr Christopher A. Altieri, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Collegium Augustinianum Graduate Institute of Philosophy and Theology: The Things of the City: Preliminary Reflections on the Political Thought of Benedict XVI Dr Altieri is the author of The Soul of a Nation: America as a Tradition of Inquiry and Nationhood (Pickwick, 2015). |
| 3.15-3.45 | Tea and coffee |
| 3.45-5.00 |
Dr Mary McCaughey, The Priory Institute Dominican Centre for Theological Studies, Dublin: Through the Lens of the Pure in Heart: Ratzinger’s Theological Method and the Interpretation of Revelation Dr McCaughey is a member of the Ratzinger Neuer Schülerkreis, and author of The Church as Hermeneutical Community and the Place of Embodied Faith in Joseph Ratzinger and Lewis S. Mudge (Peter Lang, 2015).
|