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Praying with Scripture

 

Lecture Description

The family has traditionally been called the domestic church. Dr. John Cavadini, Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, reviews both personal and communal prayer forms and the nature of spiritual reading. From the perspective of domestic church, Dr. Cavadini provides both a historical and contemporary look at how these prayer forms can shape our Christian lives. This lecture was originally released on October 27, 2001 as part of a STEP videoconference series.

Meet the Developer

Dr. John Cavadini

Dr. John Cavadini

Dr. Cavadini is a scholar of patristic and early medieval theology, with special interests in the theology of Augustine and in the history of biblical exegesis, both Eastern and Western, as well as in the reception and interpretation of patristic thought in the West from the sixth through the ninth centuries. His publications include three books, Miracles in Christian and Jewish Antiquity: Imagining the Truth, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1999); Gregory the Great: A Symposium, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1996); and The Last Christology of the West: Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993). His articles have appeared in such journals as Theological Studies, Religious Studies Review,Traditio, Augustinian Studies, and American Benedictine Review.

B.A., 1975, Wesleyan University; M.A., 1979, Marquette University; M.A., 1981, M.Phil., 1983 and Ph.D., 1988, Yale University

 




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