University of Calgary

2011 Events

Thomas Merton Exhibit, October 31 to November 10, 2011:
A Hidden Wholeness: The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton”

Little Gallery, 6th Floor, Art Building
University of Calgary



The 2011 Swanson Lectures in Christian Spirituality

Made possible by the generous support of Dr. Marian C. McKenna,
Professor Emerita, Department of History, University of Calgary

with

Peter C. Erb, Professor Emeritus of Religion, WLU

Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:3pm
“John Henry Newman’s Conversion and Path to Sainthood”

 

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:30pm
“John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University and its continuing Relevance”




The Bentall Lectures in Christian Theology

Professor Gordon Campbell, Leicester University (UK)

Monday, September 19, 2011, 7:30pm
“The King James Bible Then and Now:
how a 1611 Translation has impacted the English language”

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:30pm at the University of Calgary
The History of the King James Bible as Literature and Sacred Text”


     

Chair of Christian Thought - The Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology 

a panel on

How Christian Faith Adapted to the Age of Enlightenment Reason

A panel of students from Professor Douglas Shantz's Religious Studies graduate seminar on Christianity in the Age of Pietism and Enlightenment will examine this topic from various perspectives.

Sunday, April 17, 2011
Valleyview Presbyterian Church

 

 


 

Chair of Christian Thought - The Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics
with
Dr. Douglas H. Shantz, PhD, Professor of Christian Thought, University of Calgary
The Church & the Academy: What an Historian of Christianity Can Offer the Church of Today

Response of Dr. Roy Darcus to Prof. Douglas Shantz’s Lecture, The Church and the Academy

Monday, February 7, 2011
Location: Christ Church, Elbow Park