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Calendar of Events

“Does Religion Cause Violence?” And why do so many people think so? William T. Cavanaugh, Senior Research Professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, DePaul University, will be exploring themes in his new book, The Myth of Religious Violence (Oxford, 2009). The lecture is Wednesday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m., Room 331, Smith Hall, UMN. For more details, download the poster.

Save the date! James K. A. Smith of Calvin College will deliver the annual Holmer Lecture on November 19, 2010. Details TBD.

Reading Groups

New Fall 2010 Reading Groups!

The MacLaurin Institute is pleased to announce six new Reading Groups for the fall semester, most beginning mid to late September. Reading groups are free and open to the public, although we limit the number of participants to facilitate healthy discussion. All participants receive complimentary copies of all reading materials. University of Minnesota students and faculty are particularly encouraged to enroll.

To enroll, please send an email of interest to Ruth Pszwaro at pszwaro.ruth@maclaurin.org.

WE ARE WHAT WE WORSHIP: EXPLORING HEART AND MIND IN CHRISTIAN FORMATION
James K. A. Smith, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Baker, 2009).
Facilitator: Charlie Clauss, Area Director, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, North Central Region
Location and Time: MacLaurin Institute, Tuesdays beginning October 5, 10-11:30am

CHRIST AND CULTURE REVISITED
James Davison Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, & Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (Oxford, 2010).
Facilitators: Andrew Garnett, Goodrich Corporation; Bryan Bademan, Executive Director, MacLaurin Institute
Location and Time: MacLaurin Institute, Fridays beginning September 24, 12:00-1:30pm

PEACE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY
John Polkinghorne, Faith, Science & Understanding (Yale, 2000).
Facilitator: Steve Aldridge, Graduate Student in Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics, UMN
Location and Time: Bordertown Coffee, Tuesdays beginning September 28, 5:15-6:30pm

LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Thomas Nelson, 2010).
Facilitator: James Struve, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMN
Location and Time: MacLaurin Institute, Fridays beginning October 8, 2:00-3:30pm

THE CHURCH FATHERS ON SINGLENESS AND CELIBACY (100-600 A.D.)
Excerpts from Tertullian, Augustine, Ambrose of Milan, Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom, and Benedict of Nursia
Facilitator: Katy Wehr, Graduate Student in Pastoral Theology, Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, England
Location and Time: Bordertown Coffee, Mondays beginning September 27, 6:45-8:00pm

EXAMINING THE "NEW PERSPECTIVE ON PAUL"
Magnus Zetterholm, Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship (Fortress, 2009).
Facilitators: Dean Furlong, Graduate Student in Classical and Near Eastern Studies, UMN; and Andrew Lucius, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, UMN
Location and Time TBA

See the downloads below for past MacLaurin Reading Groups.

 

Downloads

Christianity, Art and Transformation
» Theology_and_the_Arts.pdf

Faithful Civic Participation
» Faithful_Civic_Participation.pdf

Fall 2010 Reading Groups
» Fall_2010_Reading_Groups.rtf