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"How Catholics Encounter the Bible" | Book Review Panel with Michael Peppard at the 2025 CBA Annual Meeting

Saturday August 2, 2025 | 7–8:30pm

Lake Shore Campus

In How Catholics Encounter the Bible, award-winning biblical scholar and historian Michael Peppard explores the paradoxical role of the Bible for Catholics--a book central to their tradition, but not usually in the form of a book. Biblical ideas and beliefs are more often mediated through diverse modes of storytelling, artistic imagination, and ritual.

The Hank Center is delighted to host a panel of scholars discussing Michael Peppard's recent book, How Catholics Encounter the Bible as the first plenary session of this year's Annual Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association at Loyola University Chicago. All are welcome to join for the discussion and the reception that follows. As a way to experience and glimpses into the varied Catholic encounters with Scripture through history, the panel will be supplemented with two opportunities to visit a display of medieval and early modern manuscripts curated and presented by Loyola's Archives and Special Collections.