The Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS) will hold an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Notre Dame, June 29-July 2, 2013.  The theme of the conference, Wondrous Fear and Holy Awe, reflects on the Fear of the Lord as a multi-faceted gift of the Spirit inclusive of reverent awe, a dynamic psychological state, a powerful virtue for Christian living, and an inspiration for artistic expression and evangelization.  Papers given at the conference will explore holy fear and awe as they have been experienced by persons and communities in different Christian traditions from the dawn of the Christian era until today.  In addition to a rich offering of scholarly papers and discussions, the retreat-like program will include times for shared morning and evening prayer, singing, instrumental music and meals.…

Call for Papers: Workshop on Religious Epistemology and the Safety Condition for Knowledge

Oxford University 12 & 13 June 2013

The New Insights and Directions in Religious Epistemology project at Oxford University invites the submission of papers related to the application of the safety condition for knowledge to any question in the philosophy of religion or analytic theology.
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Mandatory Orientation for new students at 12:00pm in 119 O'Shaughnessy.

Welcome picnic for MA participants. 

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Happy Hour at Legends for MA participants.

Start date for Module 2. Mandatory orientation for new students, 12:00pm in O'Shaughnessy 119.

Picnic for MA program participants.

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End of program celebration for MA participants.

First day of classes for all students.

Originally published at al.nd.edu.

The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs (Harvard University Press, 2013)

Emma Anderson will speak about her new book, which explores the history of devotion to eight Jesuit missionaries slain by native people during the 1640s. This book examines how these violent encounters were understood by the missionaries, their native slayers, and those native Catholics who, although they died alongside the “Jesuit martyrs,” have yet to receive comparable recognition as martyrs by the Catholic Church.…

This international conference is the culmination of a a major research project designed to produce the first comparative, international, lived history of Catholicism in the Vatican II era.

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the opening and closing of the Second Vatican Council, the Cushwa Center enlisted researchers to write close-grained local social histories of the immediate Council era and its aftermath in fifteen select dioceses spanning every continent.…