University of Calgary Chair of Christian Thought

Be sure to attend the next University of Calgary Chair of Christian Thought talk at Calgary Public Library on Feb 2. Sarah Arthurs and Howard Lawrence will present "From Strangers to Neighbours", the 2024 Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics.

From Strangers to Neighbours: 2024 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics Sarah Arthurs and Howard Lawrence are neighbouring practitioners. They have discovered and created neighbourhoods in different contexts but with mu...

Don't miss the next Chair of Christian Thought lecture on Dec 9 at : "Critical Indigenous Theory and the Study of Religion: An Afternoon with Dr. Paul. L. Gareau." Register to attend at https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/event/450995-critical-indigenous-theory-and-the-study-of

Why would Christians want to watch horror movies? Join the Chair of Christian Thought for the Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology lecture with Josh Larsen, Oct. 4, . This event is free but you must register to attend.

Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies The Department of Classics & Religion in partnership with the Calgary Public Library and Ambrose College presents The Chair of Christian Though...

Mark your calendars for The Chair of Christian Thought Bentall Lecture on Education and Theology: An Evening with Beth Allison Barr at . Mar 2 @ 7PM. https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/event/429458-the-chair-of-christian-thought-bentall-lecture-on

The Department of Classics and Religion in partnership with the Calgary Interfaith Council presents the 2023 Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture in Christian Spirituality: "Attending to Spirit: Spirituality and Hope in Chronic Childhood Illness." Feb 3, 3:00PM. Via Zoom.

Attending to Spirit: Spirituality and Hope in Chronic Childhood Illness | 2023 Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture in Christian Spirituality Children with incurable chronic illness see hope as a relational resource that emerges in the present moment. This understanding accompanies their ...

Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics at 7PM on Dec 9, 2022. Venue: Calgary Central Library. Fr. Cristino Bouvette's talk will be about "Becoming New Treaty People: How the Catholic Church in Canada could accompany Indigenous Peoples navigating the modern threat of “ideological colonization".”

An Evening with Fr. Cristino Bouvette: 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics: Becoming New Treaty People: How the Catholic Church in Canada co...

Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics: Becoming New Treaty People: How the Catholic Church in Canada could accompany Indigenous Peoples navigating the modern threat of “ideological colonization.”

An Evening with Fr. Cristino Bouvette: 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics: Becoming New Treaty People: How the Catholic Church in Canada co...

Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology, November 4, 7:00PM. Patricia A. Whelan Performance HallCalgary Central Library, 800 – 3rd Street SE.

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, mediator, and theologian. From 2014-2019 he was the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation community. He is the author of several books of poetry and prose, including: Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community; In the Shelter; Sorry for your Troubles, and Readings from the Books of Exile. He is based in Ireland. For further information please contact Dr Carolyn Muessig, Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary ([email protected]).

The Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology - An Evening with Pádraig Ó Tuama Join us for the 2022 Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology. Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centres around themes of language, pow...

mourns the loss of Queen Elizabeth II: A message to the campus community from President and Vice-Chancellor Ed McCauley http://ow.ly/GBVc50KENmQ

Don't miss this quilting exhibit on Jun 26, "Sewing Hope: Women’s Religious Expression in the Christian Tradition: An Exhibition of Twelve Quilts, by the Grace Presbyterian Quilters." Presented by in conjunction with the Department of Classics and Religion and the Chair of Christian Thought: https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/ #!view/event/event_id/411466

Congratulations to 's , Resident Fellow, 2022-23. Carolyn is being recognized for the excellence of her research project, "Breaking the Glass Pulpit: Women Preachers in an Age of Silence." https://arts.ucalgary.ca/news/congratulations-2022-23-cih-resident-fellows University of Calgary Chair of Christian Thought

Congratulations to the 2022-23 CIH Resident Fellows The Calgary Institute for the Humanities is proud to announce the recipients of our 2022-23 Resident Fellowships and Graduate Student Fellowship. These awards recognize the excellence of the recipients' research projects and their scholarly accomplishments.

Join us today Participate in & Join Dr. Norman Ravvin for EDI Week for his talk: Language, Land and Literature: The Changing Legacy of the Holocaust https://events.ucalgary.ca/ #!view/event/event_id/397634

The Chair of Christian Thought Bentall Lecture on Christian Education and Theology: “Quilter as Truthteller? Harriet Powers, Rosie Lee Tomkins, and their Stitched Sermons | Dr. Donyelle C. McCray, Yale Divinity School Presented by the Department of Classics & Religion in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. What if truth is less of an abstract concept and something one experiences primarily through color, texture, and symbol? Harriet Powers and Rosie Lee Tomkins (aka Effie Mae Martin Howard) shared this m...

This talk by Dr. Donyelle C. McCray on January 29 is co-presented by the University of Calgary Chair of Christian Thought and Calgary Public Library. Register at https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/ #!view/event/event_id/396659.

The Chair of Christian Thought Bentall Lecture on Christian Education and Theology: “Quilter as Truthteller? Harriet Powers, Rosie Lee Tomkins, and their Stitched Sermons | Dr. Donyelle C. McCray, Yale Divinity School Presented by the Department of Classics & Religion in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. What if truth is less of an abstract concept and something one experiences primarily through color, texture, and symbol? Harriet Powers and Rosie Lee Tomkins (aka Effie Mae Martin Howard) shared this m...

Don't miss this talk on January 28 by Dr. Donyelle C. Mcray of Yale Divinity School. Presented by the University of Calgary Chair of Christian Thought. Register at https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/ #!view/event/event_id/396659.

What Counts as a Charism? Discerning Signs of Grace in the Life of Pauli Murray | Dr. Donyelle C. McCray, Yale Divinity School Should we think of charisms as a specific set of spiritual gifts demarcated in scripture? Or might certain human lives expand our understanding of what counts as a spiritual gift? Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a path-breaking activist, attorney, poet, and scholar who was celebrated as the first Afric...

Dec 4, "Why Mental Disorders Are Not Brain Disorders (Alone): A Holistic Christian Approach to Mental Health Care. Warren Kinghorn MD, ThD, Duke University. Presented by and . Register for this talk at: https://arts.ucalgary.ca/classics-religion/events-0 #!view/event/event_id/392382

Dec 3, "What Do Emotions Mean? Aquinas, Descartes, and Modern Mental Health Care". A talk by Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, Duke University. Register for this talk at https://arts.ucalgary.ca/classics-religion/events-0 #!view/event/event_id/392303

Which matters more, belief or experience? This talk argues that gods must come to feel real for people in order to sustain their belief, and that the process of real-making changes people in profound ways. The speaker presents what she has seen about the features of religion which enable people to feel that gods and spirits are vividly real.
Presented by the Department of Classics & Religion this talk by Tanya Marie Luhrmann, Albert Ray Lang Professor at Stanford University, https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/classics-religion/ #!view/event/event_id/385326

University of Calgary Department of Classics and Religion's Dr. Harjeet Grewal explains what students can expect from Pluralism 201

U of C launches new embedded certificate in Pluralism and Global Citizenship - The Gauntlet By Cristina Paolozzi, September 20 2021— This Fall 2021, the University of Calgary is launching a new embedded certificate program in Pluralism and Global Citizenship.  The program is open to all undergraduate students from any faculty and the first course needed in the program is called Pluralis...

The University of Calgary will require students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated-or have a legitimate vaccine exemption-by 1 January 2022. https://ucalgary.ca/news/winter-semester-vaccination-requirements

Hindu Stories Led by the Hindu Chaplaincy in partnership with the FSC

Broken Promises, Broken Systems: An indigenous view of theodicy in the form of systemic injustice. The Department of Classics & Religion presents a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, First United Church Community Ministry Society and First United Church Social Housing Society.

Lessons from the Streets: The liberative wisdom of Brené Brown in addressing multiple existential threats. The Department of Classics & Religion in partnership with the Calgary Public Library presents the Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology by the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, First United Church Community Ministry Society and First United Church Social Housing Society.

Craig Stinn's song, "Let Justice Roll" moved up to #25 on this week's Indigenous Music Countdown (IMC) for Canada! You can vote for it here via the link to the IMC: https://indigenousmusiccountdown.com

Craig Stinn's, "Let Justice Roll" is #39 on this week's Indigenous Music Countdown (IMC) for Canada! You can vote for it here via the link to the IMC: https://indigenousmusiccountdown.com

Doctoral candidate shines a light on the past at Nickle Galleries Brittany DeMone rounds out her classics research with a Transformative Talent Internship in numismatics

Senior instructor Craig Maynes feels that the most important thing he offered his students in the move to online teaching was compassion.

Teaching through a pandemic calls for creativity, flexibility When classes went online, these Faculty of Arts instructors earned accolades for creating engaging online spaces