| For
2002-2003, the Catholic Studies Reading Group is coordinated
by Tom Landy and John Schmalzbauer, and is open to all Holy
Cross faculty
by pre-registration.
Those
wishing to attend should contact Pat Hinchliffe, phinchli@holycross.edu.
On the dates scheduled below, we will meet in Hogan
for dinner at 6 PM, and discussion from 7:15 to 8:30 PM.
2003-2004
Schedule
October
23, 2003 -
Mark Jordan Asa
Griggs Candler Professor, Department of Religion, Emory
University, discusses his
book The Ethics of Sex. Open
to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - Paige
Reynolds leads a discussion of the Kate O'Brien
novel The Land of Spices.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 -
John O'Malley, S.J. joins us to discuss
his
forthcoming
Four Cultures of Catholicism
(Harvard University Press).
Tuesday
April 20, 2004 -
Gauvin Alexander Bailey of Clark University joins
us for a discussion of his new book, Between
Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610
(University of Toronto Press, 2003).
Past
Catholic Studies Group Discussions
Wednesday,
April 30, 2003 - Notre
Dame historian John McGreevey discusses his forthcoming
book, Catholicism and American Freedom: A History.
February
18, 2003 -
Jim McCartin
discusses his research, "The Love of Things Unseen:
Catholic Prayer and the Moral Imagination in Twentieth
Century United States."
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002, CREC Visiting
Fellow Bruce Morrill, S.J. will lead a discussion
on the balance between practice and objectivity in Catholic
studies. Our starting point will be a text of the 2001
Presidential address by Rebecca Chopp at the American
Academy of Religion, entitled "Beyond the Founding
Fratricidal Conflict: A Tale of Three Cities."
Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - Historian James
O'Toole will join us to discuss his new book,
Passing for
White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920.
Tuesday,
September 17, 2002 - Mat Schmalz leads a discussion
on his current research on "Little Audrey."
Wednesday,
March 20, 2002 -
"The
Poetry of Billy Collins: A Subject for Catholic
Studies?" -
A
look at poems from HC alumnus Billy Collins' recent collection,
Sailing
Alone Around the Room
, including
a discussion of how Catholic Studies should approach a
poet like Collins, and what that says about the parameters
of this emerging field.
Tuesday,
February 19, 2002 -
"What
is Catholic Place?" - A
discussion led by John Schmalzbauer in conjunction with
the Cantor Gallery exhibition, "Sacred Spaces: Legacy
and Responsibility."
Tuesday,
January 29, 2002 -
Early Jesuit Churches in Germany -
Jeffrey Chipps Smith, University of Texas, will make a
presentation on
early Jesuit churches in Germany and their attempts to
create the ideal sacred spaces.
Tuesday,
November 6, 2001
- Rev. Edward Yarnold, S.J., "The Healing of Divisions"
-
Fr. Yarnold, one of two International Visiting Jesuit
Fellows at Holy Cross this Fall, is a distinguished theologian
and ecumenist form Oxford University, and a key figure
in the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue.
Tuesday,
October 16, 2001
Discussion
of
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
- Profs.
MaryLee Ledbetter and Bob Garvey will comment on the book
in its historical context, and the uses of Galileo in
later times.
Wednesday,
September 19, 2001 - Forgiveness
-
The conference is the text. Please plan on attending
the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture's inaugural
conference on Forgiveness, Friday evening, September 14
and Saturday, September 15. We will meet for dinner
and discussion on Wednesday, September 19 for dinner and
discussion.
The Anatomy of Evil
– Tuesday, April 16, 2001
The conference is the text.
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