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The Catholic Theological Union in Chicago invites you to join us in celebrating the book Evolving Methodologies in the Study of Spirituality (Leuven: Peeters, 2023), edited by Rossano Zas Friz De Col, SJ and Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM. This book, a collection of talks in either Italian or English at an international gathering of scholars and students of Theology, is a significant contribution to Spiritual Theology and Spirituality Studies, offering fresh perspectives and innovative methodologies.
Date: Monday February 3, 2025 Time: 12-13:30 (in Chicago) 19-20:30 (in Rome) For time in your area please check the Time Zone Converter. Register here to receive the link for the event It has been over 5 years since professors of Spirituality and Spiritual Theology gathered for the Evolving Methodologies Conference, organized by the international committee of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS) and the Forum dei Professori di Teologia Spirituale in Italia (FPTSI). The Conference (25-28 September 2019) was sponsored by the OFM Pontificia Università Antonianum and had 38 speakers from all five continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The speakers, representing 16 different nations and multiple cultures and Christian denominations, brought a rich diversity of perspectives and ideas. These professors were chosen from over 70 proposals because they are at the “cusp of the development of the scholarly enterprise and the definition and understanding of” (5) the sister disciplines of Spirituality and Spiritual Theology. |
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The dialogue between the two disciplines was enriching, and the conferences were organized thematically into eleven sessions.
They are 1) Approaches to the Spirituality of Religious Communities, 2) Theoretical Approaches, 3) Spiritual Theology: Three New Methods, 4) Literary and Performative Methods, Subjectivity, 5) Ethnography and Mystagogy as Methods, 6) Interdisciplinary Studies, 7) Research Methods for Formation, 8) Emotions and Art: Interdisciplinary Approaches, 9) Transformation and Practice as Methods, 10) Interreligious Methodologies and 11) Vatican II: Contribution to Methodology and Spiritual Theology. Click here to see the Table of Contents The book Evolving Methodologies offers the contributions of all English presentations and the English translation of the Italian presentations. The works collected in the book represent a refreshing awareness of the methodological condition of the sister disciplines and are a significant stimulus for further developments in both theological fields. The book's contributions are not just valuable, but they are also shaping the future of our disciplines. |
The Book Launch is sponsored by CTU’s Bernadine Center, Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry Department and the John Duns Scotus Endowed Chair of Franciscan Spirituality.