STEP is pleased to
announce lectures from the University of Notre Dame
that are available free of charge on the web.
The ND
Forum is a year-long discussion on the role of
ethics, values and morals in the rebuilding and shaping
of the global economy.
The following presentations
are available for viewing:
Fall 2010 is the season
for saints! In September we celebrated the 100th anniversary
of the birth of Mother Teresa and the beatification
of John Henry Cardinal Newman. In October, we witnessed
the canonization of Blessed Brother Andre, CSC.
Now, courtesy of Institute
for Church Life, you can spend an hour with the saints.
Nourish your Catholic faith and your mind at the same
time with talks by three members of the Department
of Theology (these talks were given on Saturdays in
October before home football games).
The following presentations
are available for viewing on YouTube:
Dr. John Cavadini,
Associate Professor of Theology and McGrath-Cavadini
Director of the Institute for Church Life at Notre
Dame, is a scholar of patristic and early medieval
theology, with special interests in the theology of
Augustine and in the history of biblical exegesis.
Dr. Cavadini delivered this lecture from the Geddes
Hall Chapel October 5, 2010.
The presentation is
available for viewing on YouTube:
Rev. Brian Daley, Catherine
F. Huisking Professor of Theology at Notre Dame, is
a historical theologian who specializes in the study
of the early Church, particularly the development
of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth
centuries. Rev. Daley delivered this lecture in the
summer of 2009.
The presentation is
available for viewing at:
Rev. Groody is a Holy
Cross priest, a scholar, teacher, and film producer.
He is currently an Assistant Professor of Theology
and the Director of the Center for Latino Spirituality
and Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies at
the University of Notre Dame. He gave this lecture
in the summer of 2009.
The presentation is
available for viewing at:
Cathleen Kaveny, professor
of theology and John P. Murphy Foundation Professor
of Law; Lawrence Cunningham, John A. O’Brien
Professor of Theology; and Rev. Richard McBrien, Crowley-O’Brien
Professor of Theology, delivered this lecture in the
University of Notre Dame’s Saturday
Scholar Series, “A Change at the Top: Pope
Benedict XVI,” on Nov. 12, 2005.
The panelists examined
some of the political, theological and doctrinal issues
that will be addressed by the new pope, and what his
papacy might mean for contemporary Catholics.
The presentation is
available for viewing at:
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A panel of world leaders
convened at the University of Notre Dame on Sept.
22, 2005 in a forum that provided an academic cornerstone
to the inauguration of Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.,
as the University's 17th president.
Titled "Why God?
Understanding Religion and Enacting Faith in a Plural
World," the forum took place at 2 p.m. in the
Joyce Center arena.
Panelists for the forum
included Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez
Maradiaga, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras;
John C. Danforth, former U.S. senator from Missouri
and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations;
Naomi Chazan, professor of political science and African
studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a former
member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and a
three-decade participant in the Israeli-Palestine
peace process; and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder
and chief executive officer of the American Society
for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and imam of New York
City’s largest mosque.
Former NBC Nightly
News anchor Tom Brokaw served as moderator for the
discussion, which included participation by selected
Notre Dame faculty and students.
The presentation is
available for viewing at:
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