Tuesday, May 7, 2024 @ 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Tonight's presentations are:
The Parish Church as Civic Witness to the Common Good by Prof. Luke Bretherton, Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Research Professor of Moral & Political Theology, Duke University, and Moral Shocks: Christian Resources for Public Grief and Social Change by Dr. C. Melissa Starr E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University.

Communities of Faith and Civil Society: Modalities of Engagement

Part of a a symposium to explore the modalities in which communities of faith are called to engage in society.

Part of the event series Symposium — Communities of Faith and Civil Society

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Saint Thomas Church

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As part of the celebrations of its Bicentennial, Saint Thomas Church is organizing a symposium to explore the modalities in which communities of faith are called to engage in society. We will have five inspiring speakers and excellent communicators who are deeply involved in Christian social and charitable outreach in the USA and in the UK. The aim of the symposium is reflective and practical. It will help us to reflect on the connection between faith and the vocation to be responsible and passionate actors in society, and to explore practices honed by other organizations and communities of faith. The conclusion of the symposium will be delivered by the Archbishop of York (UK), the Most Rev. Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell.

The Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia
Theologian In Residence

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Tonight’s Talks

Our online participants can download the presentations for our guest lecturers using the two “handout” links below.

The Parish Church as Civic Witness to the Common Good

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Prof. Luke Bretherton
Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Research Professor of Moral & Political Theology, Duke University

Moral Shocks: Christian Resources for Public Grief and Social Change

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Dr. C. Melissa Starr
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University

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A. Greening
A. Gregory Murray OSB
A. Herbert Brewer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Travers
Ad Wammes
Adam Gumpeltzhaimer
Adam MacDonald
Adam Pajan
Adolphus Hailstork
Adrian Batten
Adrian Cruft
Adrian Peacock