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-21 posts tagged "Theology"
Mary Steurer | Monday, January 21, 2019
With a devotion to academics, faith in God and charity to others, Gary N. Knoppers was someone who fully embodied the Notre Dame spirit. “He attracted many wonderful students to our department, graduate students [and] others, taught the honors classes and students really loved him,” chair of the department of theology Timothy Matovina said. “What
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, January 10, 2019
Gary N. Knoppers, the John A. O’Brien professor of theology, died at 62 from pancreatic cancer on Dec. 22, the University announced in a news release Thursday. Knoppers was a scholar of biblical studies and researched ancient Hebrew and Near Eastern history and law, the release said. “[Knoppers was] esteemed as a scholar and teacher,”
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Associate professor of theology and peace studies at Notre Dame Fr. Emmanuel Katongle has been selected as a 2017-2018 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology along with five other members of the Association of Theological Schools in the U.S. and Canada, the University announced in a press release Tuesday. According to the press release, Katongle
Kathryn Marshall | Friday, April 15, 2016
Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality hosted the 31st annual Madeleva Lecture on Thursday, honoring the 175th anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. The event featured three keynote speakers, all women scholars, to discuss religious dialogue. Sr. Eva Mary Hooker, professor of English at Saint Mary’s, began the night reading two original poems. The
Sydney Enlow | Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Fr. Brian Davies, a distinguished professor of philosophy at Fordham University, has dedicated his academic career to studying and writing about the philosophy of religion, and has focused on the work of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Davies explored the question of why, if God is all powerful and morally good, there is evil present in the
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Theology professor Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, who is widely considered the founder of U.S. Latino theology and received the 1997 Laetare Medal, committed suicide Monday in San Antonio, according to a South Bend Tribune report. “San Antonio Police Department officers were called at 1:55 p.m. Monday to a house owned by Elizondo,” the report stated.“The Bexar
Martha Reilly | Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Just last week, Sr. Marilyn Lacey resided in a cave in South Sudan, where she works to transform the lives of women in poverty. But last night she spoke over 7,000 miles away at Saint Mary’s about the abundance of mercy and joy in all of God’s creation. Lacey said God maintains connections with all
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, December 2, 2015
As the student body was reminded in a Nov. 30 email, Notre Dame is considering making changes to its core education requirements. In the discussion of these changes over the past several months, the most controversial decision on the table has been a change to or reduction in the University’s theology requirements. While there are certainly
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, December 1, 2015
After more than a year of deliberation, the Core Curriculum Review Committee, tasked with evaluating University requirements for undergraduates and proposing necessary changes, released a draft report Monday containing recommendations for certain changes to the courses that currently constitute the University’s core curriculum. The draft report, which is a preliminary write-up of the committee’s recommendations that will
Martha Reilly | Thursday, October 1, 2015
Most people do not associate fresh water scarcity and religion, but visiting speaker Dr. Christiana Peppard suggested a definite correlation in her lecture “What does Hydrology have to do with Theology?” on Tuesday night at Saint Mary’s. Peppard said the United Nations and the Vatican have demonstrated a link between the two concepts, establishing that the