2007: The Dialogue of Cultures
Taking its inspiration from Pope Benedict’s Regensburg Address, the eighth annual Fall Conference focused its attention on “The Dialogue of Cultures.” Concerned by the deep cultural divides that characterize so much of our world, this conference took up a variety of questions related to both the difficulties and opportunities involved in addressing cultural conflict. Participants tackled contemporary political issues, philosophical and theological inquiries about reason and natural law, and how all these subjects relate to the Christian faith. Watch video recordings of the presentations using the links below.
Featured Presentations
- “Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Address: A Project of the Universal Dialogue of Cultures, Especially with Islam,” Rev. Samir Khalil Samir, S.J., St. Joseph’s University, Lebanon
- “Two Modernisms, Two Thomisms: Reflections on the Centenary of Pius X’s Letter against the Modernists,” Russell Hittinger, University of Tulsa
- “Why Is Benedict XVI Wary of Inculturation? Missiological Reflections,” Rev. Paul V. Kollman, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
- “Beyond Dialogue: Keeping the Faith and Knowing the Truth,” H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., Baylor University
- “The Dialogue with Atheism: Chesterton’s The Ball and the Cross,” Ralph Wood, University of Notre Dame
- “How to Be a European,” Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame
Past Conferences
- 2013: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
- 2012: Exploring the Many Facets of Justice
- 2011: Radical Emancipation
- 2010: Younger Than Sin
- 2009: The Summons of Freedom
- 2008: The Family
- 2007: Dialogue of Cultures
- 2006: Modernity
- 2005: Joy in the Truth
- 2004: Epiphanies of Beauty
- 2003: Formation and Renewal
- 2002: From Death to Life
- 2001: A Culture of Life
- 2000: A Culture of Death