A conference on the relation of Theology and the Humanities in the Modern University
Gathering scholars from North America and the United Kingdom, this conference will explore such questions as:
- What is a realistic idea of the relationship of Theology to the Humanities in the modern university?
- Is the development of a ‘theological humanism’ one of the tasks of theology? If so, how should theology go about it? If not, should one look to interdisciplinarity to ‘humanise’ theology?
- Does theology have something unique to say about interdisciplinarity?
- Is pursuit of interdiscipinarity a properly theological vocation, or is it a distraction?
To explore these issues, several invited speakers will tackle the relationship of theology to particular disciples—e.g., politics, law, philosophy and literature—while others examine theology’s relationship to the humanities in more comprehensive terms. In particular, keynote addresses on these themes are to be given by John Webster (University of Aberdeen), David Jaspers (University of Glasgow), Thomas Hibbs (Baylor University) and Gavin D’Costa (University of Bristol).
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
You may download the detailed programme for the conference (in PDF format) here.
