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Welcome to The Theology Institute Website! The Theology Institute was launched in 1967 as a forum for distinguished scholars to take up the Second Vatican Council’s mandate of bringing the church into dialogue with the contemporary world. Today, through its annual conferences, lecture series, and related events, the Theology Institute promotes serious and innovative interdisciplinary reflection on religious, cultural, and political issues of importance to the Church. >>Read more...

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Past Events

  • October 26-27, 2007 - 2007 Theology Institute Annual Conference: God and Mammon
     
  • October 3-5, 2006 - 2006 Theology Institute Annual Conference: Discipleship and the City The Dialogue between Faith and Culture: A Series of Conferences and Symposia in Honor of the Inauguration of the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A.

Call for Papers

Who is My Enemy?
Religious Hope in a Time of Fear
Villanova U. Theology Institute Annual Conference
October 27-28, 2009


In an age marked by an abiding sense of threat, what is the role of religion? Can religious traditions be a source of hope for responding to real threats, and unmasking false ones? How do religious beliefs shape both the identification of, and the response to, enemies?...read more

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