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Continuing a Jesuit tradition of leadership in theological research and education, Loyola offers both undergraduate and graduate coursework and degrees in Theology which can prepare you for life beyond Loyola, whatever career you choose to pursue.

The Reception of Golden Calf Traditions

On November 14 - 16, 2012, the John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology will host a conference titled "The Reception of Golden Calf Traditions in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam."

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The Richard A. McCormick, S. J., Chair

On March 28, 2012, Professor Richard Kearney gave the 2nd McCormick Chair lecture titled "Anatheism: A Poetics of the Sacred." The following morning Prof. Kearney addressed a graduate seminar on the topic of "Narrative and Catharsis."

Audio of ''Anatheism: A Poetics of the Sacred''

Audio of ''Narrative and Catharsis''   

 

 

 

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The Public Character of Theology

On April 8th, 2011, Loyola University Chicago honored the lifetime work of Professor David Tracy, Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School. 

"The Public Character of Theology - Part 1"

"The Public Character of Theology - Part 2" 

The John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology

On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, Professor Larry Hurtado, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at The University of Edinburgh, participated in a graduate seminar titled "Jesus in Early Christian Prayer" with the NTEC students. Professor Hurtado's most recent publication is "God in New Testament Theology."

 

 

 

 

Women's History Month at LUC

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Dr. Karen Lebacqz opened Women’s History Month with a presentation titled "Quliting and the Enigma of Women's Liberation." Ordained in the United Church of Christ, Rev. Dr. Karen Lebacqz taught for three decades at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and at McGill University in Montreal.


 

"Either Must Die": Justice and Killing Evil in Harry Potter

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Danielle Tumminio, the author of God and Harry Potter at Yale, spoke on the topic of "Justice and Killing Evil in Harry Potter."