Faculty Travels
John Stackhouse at the University of Calgary
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:30 PM –
9:00 PM
(Local Time)
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Regent College Professor of Theology & Culture John Stackhouse has been invited as the distinguished lecturer for the 2014 Peter Craigie Memorial Lecture at the University of Calgary.
LECTURE TITLE
Putting God in His Place: Does Theology Belong at the University?
LECTURE DETAILS
Whether theology (that is, formal “talk about God”) ought to be a part of the Great Conversation of the modern university has been answered very differently even in very similar communities. Oxford and Cambridge employ theologians, while in places like Australia, theology is utterly unknown in any reputable university. Harvard, Yale, and Chicago maintain divinity schools while Princeton, Stanford, and the best public institutions in America keep theology resolutely on the margins—in student clubs and chaplaincies.
In Canada, public universities vary not only from region to region and province to province but even from school to school. Why is there so much ambiguity and ambivalence over such an ancient discipline—one of the founding disciplines of the university itself? What good can theology do, if any, to advance the mission of the contemporary public university? What good, if any, can the public university do to advance the mission of contemporary theology? And what harms can come to the university or to theology if a proper relationship is not articulated and maintained?
___________________________This lecture is free and open to the university, and all Calgary area communities.
University of Calgary | Husky Oil Great Hall, Rozsa Centre | http://ucalgary.ca/map/
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The Peter Craigie Memorial Lecture series was established in 1988 to honour the memory of Dr. Peter Craigie. Dr. Craigie was a distinguished scholar of Biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern languages, and ethics. During his career, he authored seven books and over 40 articles. He was a member of the Religious Studies Department and served as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, and Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Calgary. Following his death at the age of 47, the Peter Craigie Memorial Lecture was established by the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Religious Studies, and the Chaplain’s Centre to sponsor public lectures by scholars of international stature to address issues related to the theme of religion as engagement with life.
Location
Husky Oil Great Hall, Rozsa Centre
