How to Conduct a Theological Argument

Posted on January 21, 2013 by exec_admin

Faith & Reason: The Thomistic Toast & Turkey Roast
7:00pm to 8:30pm, Friday, January 25th, 2013
St. Anthony Daniel Parish, 29 Midland Drive, Kitchener, Ontario

Title: How to Conduct a Theological Argument
Speaker: Deacon Charles Fernandes
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS SERVED

The Thomistic Toast & Turkey Roast is the annual celebration of the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, sponsored by the Communio Circle of the Diocese of Hamilton. Communio is an international Catholic movement, founded by a group of theologians including then Fr. Joseph Ratzinger in 1970, which aims at promoting the theological renewal of the Second Vatican Council.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Fr. Mark Morley (mmorley@communiohamiltondiocese.org)
Dcn. Charles Fernandes (519-923-0454)

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Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong

Posted on December 21, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, January 11th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. Norman Klassen, our Nature and Grace contributor, will be facilitating a discussion based upon his review of Conor Cunningham’s book “Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong,” which is posted here at our Web site. In addition to reading the book, Klassen also recommends Cunningham’s BBC documentary “Did Darwin Kill God?”:

We now have a new location within our new location. Our new location is St. Michael’s Church, at the corner of University Avenue and Hemlock Street, Waterloo (across from Laurier). Enter the door closest to University Avenue, on the parking lot side of the church, and proceed down the stairs to the entrance of the hall. Our new meeting room is located in the far right-hand corner of the hall.

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Theo-Logic

Posted on November 15, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, December 14th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. We continue our three part series on the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar facilitated by Peter Erb. For this final session we will be discussing the “General Introduction” found in Theo-Logic, Volume One: Truth of the World (Ignatius Press, pages 7-22).

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Darwin’s Pious Idea

Posted on November 10, 2012 by review_ed

Conor Cunningham, Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. xx + 543. Reviewed by Norm Klassen.

Introduction

This is an important book. It models a Christian engagement of biology that thoroughly defends evolutionary theory while challenging entrenched assumptions of what Conor Cunningham calls “ultra-Darwinians.” These assumptions now constitute core beliefs among most evolutionists, but are not actually demanded by Darwin and are contradicted by important recent discoveries in biology, as well as a significant body of theorizing on their discipline by biologists, chemists, and other scientists. On the other side, Cunningham also thoroughly critiques creationism and intelligent design as Christian attempts to “answer” evolution that neither do justice to the science nor fit with an orthodox theological understanding of the created order and God’s relationship to it. This is a book very rich in theological reflection, very demanding in terms of its philosophical rigour (by which I mean especially its careful logic), and very much engaged with the details of the science. Continue reading →

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Theo-Drama

Posted on October 31, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, November 9th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. We continue our three part series on the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar facilitated by Peter Erb. For this session we will be discussing an excerpt from “Infinite and Finite Freedom” found in Theo-Drama, Volume Two: The Dramatis Personae: Man In God (Ignatius Press, pages 189-213).

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The Glory of the Lord

Posted on September 29, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, October 12th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at our new location, St. Michael’s Church, at the corner of University Avenue and Hemlock Street, Waterloo. We will begin our three part series on the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar facilitated by Peter Erb. For this meeting we will be discussing an excerpt from the Introduction to The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics Volume One: Seeing The Form (Ignatius Press, pages 17-45).

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Panel Papers from The Church Engaging the Modern World

Posted on September 29, 2012 by exec_admin

TBP (To Be Posted)

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The Church Engaging the Modern World

Posted on August 30, 2012 by exec_admin

Three Christian Witnesses: Bulgakov,Balthasar, Williams.
Three of the most important contemporary Christian voices on the Church and the modern world are the Orthodox, Sergeii Bulgakov, the Catholic, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and the Primate of the Church of England, Rowan Williams. Please join us to learn more about these three significant theologians, and how their work might inform the engagement of the Church today. The topic chosen coincides with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, and will be a wonderful introduction to the Year of Faith. Location: St. Jerome’s University, Board Room. Time: 9 am to 2 pm, Saturday, September 15th, 2012.

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What is a human body?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, August 10th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at Notre Dame Hall, beside St. Louis Church, Waterloo. We will be discussing Alasdair MacIntyre’s essay “What is a human body?” taken from The Tasks of Philosophy: Selected Essays: Volume 1 (2006).

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Difficulties Confronting the Faith in Europe Today

Posted on June 30, 2012 by exec_admin

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, July 13th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at Notre Dame Hall, beside St. Louis Church, Waterloo. We will be discussing Joseph Ratzinger’s “Difficulties Confronting the Faith in Europe Today” taken from the Winter 2011 issue of Communio. The article can downloaded from the journal Web site here.

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