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Identifying the Christian Imagination
13th October 2020: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm BST
The Christian Literary Imagination Series
Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The ‘Christian Literary Imagination Series’ will explore the role and function of the arts and humanities in the development of the individual and society.
The series features talks by distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic discussing authors or works from Shakespeare to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Each speaker aims to examine the term ‘Christian imagination’ through a discussion of a particular writer, or an aspect of the term. The hour-long virtual events will be followed by a Q & As chaired by Professor Michael Scott.
In the opening session of the series, Michael Scott and Joseph Simmons, SJ, will explore the derivation of the term the ‘Christian Literary Imagination’ and the ways that the Christian intellectual tradition manifests itself both overtly and covertly. The discussion will draw on writers from the dramatists of Medieval morality plays to authors of the present day.
This event is free and hosted on Zoom by Georgetown University.
Contact:
Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk