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The Chair of Christian Thought brings the academic study of religion into the wider community through events such as lectures and symposia. Initiatives include four annual, endowed lectures: The Bentall Lecture on Education and Theology; The Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology; The Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics; The Swanson Lecture in Spirituality. These and other events are featured on this website.
The current Chair of Christian Thought is Professor Carolyn Muessig.
For further details about the Chair of Christian Thought please see the link below.
Bentall Lecture in Education & Theology: Teaching Global Religious Traditions in Higher Education
Reconciliation and Repair: Treaty, Covenant, Relationship, Bond
Church on Thin Ice: Lessons from the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada
Creation and Creativity: Art, Theology, and Ecology
The Bentall Lecture on Education and Theology: Critical Indigenous Theory and the Study of Religion
Josh Larsen, Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies
Beth Allison Barr
Dr. Duane Bidwell, The Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture in Christian Spirituality
Fr Cristino Bouvette, The Chair of Christian Thought Lebel Lecture on Christian Ethics
An Evening with Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture on Urban Theology
Chair of Christian Thought Bentall Lecture on Christian Education and Theology.
What Counts as a Charism? Discerning Signs of Grace in the Life of Pauli Murray
The Chair of Christian Though Lebel Lecture in Christian Ethics
What Do Emotions Mean? Aquinas, Descartes, and Modern Mental Health Care
The Chair of Christian Thought Iwaasa Lecture
Broken Promises, Broken Systems: An Indigenous view of theodicy in the form of systemic injustice
Toward a Comparative Theology: Faith Seeking Understanding across Religious Borders
Signs of leadership women and invisible stigmata in the late Middle Ages
The Compassion of the Mystics - Dr. Bernard McGinn
Perspectives on Prayer from Meister Eckhart and Julian of Norwich
Why We Want To Kill You - Islamophobia in American Evangelicalism
Dr. Douglas Shantz - How Should We Teach Religion?
Panel on Money & Religious Virtue
Dr. Ryan J. Williams - Redeeming the “Unredeemable”
Dr. Douglas Shantz - The Moravian Tradition of Recording One’s Spiritual Journey
Panel on Addressing Poverty in Calgary
Panel on the Issue of Homeless Youth in Calgary
Dr. Douglas Shantz - The Church and the Academy
James Smith - Worship, Worldview & Cultural Liturgies