Registration Information

• Registration Fee $10
• For information and registration contact Tracy Tiemeier <tiemeier@bc.edu>
• When registering, please provide name and email address; make checks payable to Francis X. Clooney, SJ, and mail them to:
  
  Tracy Tiemeier
  Boston College
  Theology Department
  140 Commonwealth Avenue
  Chestnut Hill , MA 02467
  
• Dinners on Friday and Saturday, and Lunches on Saturday and Sunday, are provided for registrants

Schedule:

Friday
Location: Barat House, Newton Campus

• Dinner
  5:00-7:00 PM
  
• Comparative Theology: Session 1
  7:00-9:00 PM
  • Toward a Comparative Theological Approach to Islam
    • Ann Michaud
      Fordham University
    • Respondent: Christian Krokus ( Boston College )
      
  • Loka-samgraha, Tianming, and Nachfolge Christi: Comparative Lessons for a Christian Peace Theology
    • David Kratz Mathies
      Boston University , Division of Religious and Theological Studies
    • Respondent: Ravi Michael Louis ( Regis College - Toronto )

Saturday
Location: St. Mary's Hall Conference Room, Chestnut Hill Campus

• Perspectives on Mission and Dialogue
  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Do You See What I See? The Literary Function of Dreams and Visions in Acts
    • David Creech
      Loyola University Chicago
    • Respondent: Carl Toney ( Loyola University Chicago )
      
  • Gasparo Cardinal Contarini at Regensburg : Early Ecumenist or Staunch Defender of Catholic Orthodoxy
    • Mike Canaris
      Fordham University
    • Respondent: Katherine Richman ( Boston College )
      
• Lunch
  12:30-1:30 PM
  
• Panel Presentation
  1:30-3:00 PM
  • Let No One Join What God Has Put Asunder
    • Scott Steinkerchner
      Boston College
    • Jon Paul Sydnor
      Boston College
    • Thomas Cattoi
      Boston College
    • Respondent: Steven Cone ( Boston College )
      
• Break
  3:00-3:30 PM
  
• Theology of Religions
  3:30-4:30 PM
  • Clark Pinnock, Amos Yong and the Charismatic-Pentecostal Contribution to a Pneumatological Theology of Religions
    • L. William Oliverio, Jr.
      Marquette University
    • Respondent: Jack Amick ( Boston University - School of Theology )
      
• Eucharist
  4:30-5:30 PM
  
• Dinner
  5:30 PM

Sunday
Location: St. Mary's Hall Conference Room, Chestnut Hill Campus

• Comparative Theology: Session 2
  Sacred Texts in Comparison
  10:30 AM-12:30 PM
  • Challenging God(s): A Comparative Analysis of Religious Questioning in Habakkuk and the Bhagavad Gita
    • Carrie Delmore
      Boston University School of Theology
    • Respondent: Erik Ranstrom ( Boston College )
      
  • Destructive Deities: The Undoing of Creation in Israelite and other ancient Near Eastern Texts
    • Melissa Tubbs Loya
      Boston College
    • Respondent: Catherine Muldoon ( Boston College )
      
• Lunch
  12:30-1:30 PM
  
• Interreligious Dialogue
  1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • "Orthodoxy and Religious Pluralism: The Case for Tolerance in Eastern Orthodoxy "
    • Rady Rogers
      Harvard Divinity School
    • Respondent: Maria McDowell ( Boston College )
      
  • "You Have Every Right To More Than Hope:" Human Plurality and The Problem of Evangelization For The Jewish-Christian Encounter
    • Kennith M. Chiha
      Loyola University Chicago
    • Respondent: Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski ( Boston College )

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