Beyond Global Violence Initiative
Gustavo Gutiérrez: Ancestor of Liberation Theology.
A ritual of remembrance.
November 1st, 2024
Descolonial Talks I: Transignification or the Theopolitics of God's "Strange" Sacramentality in Wounded and Trashed Bodies.
Speaker: Ángel Méndez
Boston College - October 17, 2024
Book Launch: "The Resurrection as a Messianic Anticipation. Grieving, Memory, and Hope from the Survivor's Perspective" by Carlos Mendoza Álvarez, OP
September 13th, 2024
Mendoza et al. “Social Salvation. The Wisdom of the People in the Peripheries”, Baltimore, 2024
Past Events
NOTHING IN COMMON
Apophatic Philosophy & Political Theology.
Boston College, April 2024
Public Panel: Apophaticism And Philosophy: "The Unfounded Self"
Speakers: James Heisig, Joseph O'leary and Amador Vega.
Moderated by: Catherine Cornille.
Round Table 1 | Apophaticism And Esthetics: Poetics Of The Void
Speakers: Amador Vega, Matt Kruger and Richard Kearney.
Moderated by: Tiffany Hartnell-Howdenz.
Round Table 2 | Apophaticism And Comparative Philosophy Of The Self
Speakers: Joseph O'leary, Matthew Vale and David Johnson.
Moderated by: Yiyi Zhang.
Round Table 3 | Apophaticism And Political Theology Of The Divine An-Archy
Speakers: James Heisig, Carlos Mendoza and Raquel Bouso.
Respondent: Jeff Bloechl.
Moderated by: Francis Boccuzzi.
WINTER COLLOQUIUM
Mimetic Theory And Political Theology: Paths To Overcome Polarization.
Boston College, February 2024
Public Lecture | After Fiducia Supplicans: The Status Of Witness And The Ecclesial Endgame
Speaker: James Alison
Panel 1 | Spirituality & Forgiveness
Speakers:
- Brian Robinette | Let This Mind Be In You: Mimetic Theory And The Spirituality Of Forgiveness.
- Greg Mileski | Remember Your Baptism: Baptism, Buddhānusmrti, And Living As If Death Were Not.
- Maddie Jarrett | The Contours Of Freedom: Sources Of Agency In The Process Of Identity (Re) Construction.
Moderator: Francis Boccuzzi
Panel 2 | Anthropology Of Grace
Speakers:
- Zac Karanovich | A Radical Revision: Grace, Narrative, And The Possibilities For Me And Us.
- John Edwards | Ministerial Formation Through Interpersonal Transformation: Putting Mimetic Theory To Ministerial Use.
- John Steichen | What Has Transcendental Thomism To Do With Mimetic Theory? Continuing The Lonergan-Girard Conversation.
Moderator: Madeline Jarrett
Panel 3 | Political Theology Beyond Resentment
Speakers:
Carlos Mendoza | The Political As Eschatological Inter-Dividuality From The Debris Of The Identity Self .
João Cezar de Castro Rocha | Inter-Dividuality As A Collective Challenge: Mimetic Theory And Its Discontents.
Matt Cuff | The Politics Of Being Wrong: René Girard, Ignacio Ellacuría, And The Cross.
Moderator: Valentina Nilo
FALL SEMESTER COLLOQUIUM
Decoloniality And Christian Political Theology. The Spiritual Potency Of The Survivors.
Boston College, September 2023
Public Lecture | Decoloniality In Latin American Liberation Theology And Philosophy: Limits And Possibilities
Speaker: Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Respondent: Rufus Burnett
Moderator: Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez
Conversatorio 1 | Decolonial Christianity? Epistemological Issues
Speakers: Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Callid Keefe-Perry and Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez.
Escuchador: Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Moderator: Barbara Anne Kozee
Conversatorio 2 | Descolonial Rituals: Performativity And Resistances
Speakers: Nelly Wamaitha, Aída Hernández and Heather Dubois.
Escuchador: Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Moderator: Francis Boccuzzi
Conversatorio 3 | Decolonial Spiritualities Of Re-Existence
Speakers: Rufus Burnett, Soledad Del Villar and Ernesto Valiente.
Escuchador: Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Moderator: Valentina Nilo
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