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2008 Albert Cardinal Meyer Lecture Series |
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His Eminence, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Lawrence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society Fordham University
2008 Albert Cardinal Meyer Lecturer Univ. of St Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary |
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The Theological Contribution of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. |
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The 2008 Meyer Lecture Series will examine the work of Avery Cardinal Dulles. Cardinal Dulles is one of the most important theologians alive today. His long career as an author and professor has produced twenty three books and over seven hundred and fifty articles covering a broad range of topics. Those topics will be organized under two broad heading and treated in two keynote lectures. Keynote Lectures: Fr. Aiden Nichols, O.P. will examine Cardinal Dulles’ contribution to the understanding of the Church ad intra. Fr. Paul McPartlan will explore Dulles’ insights about the Church ad extra. Seminars Five other speakers will present seminars to explore the principal topics which Cardinal Dulles has written upon over the years. Fr. Thomas A. Baima Models of the Church and its contribution to Ecclesiology and Ecumenism Fr. Robert E. Barron A Tale of Two Cardinals: Avery Dulles’s Creative Engagement of the Thought of John Henry Newman Fr. Emery de Gaal Scio cui credidi: The Contributions of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. to a Catholic Appropriation of Vatican II’s Understanding of Revelation Fr. Edward T Oakes, S.J. The Biblical Apologetics of Avery Dulles Fr. Raymond J. Webb Shaping Catholic Practical Theology with Avery Dulles
On Friday, April 4th, Cardinal Dulles informed us that his health will not allow him to travel. He will be represented by his executive assistant, Sr. Ann Marie Kirmze, O.P., Ph.D |
