Conferences

Proposals are welcome from across religious and theological disciplines

Sample topics

  • Biblical perspectives on conflict, war, violence and peacemaking 
  • Ecclesial responses to conflict, war, violence and peacemaking 
  • Religion and genocide 
  • Inter-religious conflict and intra-religious conflict 
  • Complicity of religious communities in violence and war 
  • Role of the individual in violence and war 
  • Perspectives on race-based, gender-based, and intersectional violence 
  • Theodicy: challenging or enabling conflict and violence 
  • Theology in the shadow of particular historical violence: Post-Auschwitz Theology, Post-Mariupol Theology 
  • The role of colonialism in propagating conflict 
  • The role of fear and hope in fostering or mitigating the social causes of conflict 
  • The role of fear and hope in the context of political conflict and polarization 
  • Resistance movements and just war theory 
  • Peacemaking and non-violent approaches to resistance 
  • The role of art and creativity in resisting conflict, war, and violence 
  • Lessons on bridging difference from the ecumenism movement 

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Past Conferences

2019:The Role of the Bible in Theological Studies

Keynote Lecture: Theology and the Body of Moses: The Angelic Vocation of Preserving and Contending over Scripture

Keynote Speaker: Ephraim Radner, Professsor of Historical Theology, Wycliffe College

Plenary Panel:How Do You as a Scholar Understand the Place and Role of Theology in Your Engagement, Professional or Personal, with the Bible? Has Your Understanding Changed Over Time?

Plenary Panel Speakers:

Dr. Jonathan Bernier, Director, Lonergan Research Institute and Assistant Professor of New Testament at Regis College 

Dr. Marion Taylor, Professor of Old Testament and Graduate Director, Wycliffe College

Dr. Brian A. Butcher, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in the University of St. Micheal’s College 

2018: Privilege, Identity, Intersectionality: Global Theological Discourse

Keynote Speaker:Dr. Klaas Kraay Professor of Philosophy, Ryerson University

2017: Knowledge and Power in Theological Education

2016: From Sovereignty to Service: Theology’s Engagement with the Liberal Arts

Keynote Speaker: Prof. James R. Ginther, Dean of Theology, Professor of Theology, University of St. Micheal’s College Faculty of Theology

2015: Jewish/Christian Inter-Religious Dialogue

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rabbi David Novak, J.Richard and Dorothy Schiff Chair of Jewish Studies, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, University of Toronto 

2014: Spirituality and Sexuality
Keynote: Prof. Ellen Armour, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Feminist Theology, Director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Vanderbilt Divinity School.