30th Annual Aquinas Lecture–Sunday, January 27
The 30th Annual Aquinas Lecture will be held on Sunday, January 27, at 3pm in the St. Francis Xavier Church Ballroom on the Saint Louis University campus (Grand and Lindell). The Lecture “Toward the True and Holy: Catholic Engagement with Islam Today” will be presented by Dr. Sandra Keating of Providence College in Rhode Island. Dr. Ghazala Hayat, professor at SLU’s Medical School and former Interfaith Partnership president, will give a Muslim response. The lecture will be followed by a brief reception in the ballroom.
Admission to this event is free, and no reservations are required. Parking is available for a fee at Laclede Garage next to Saint Louis University.
For more information, call 314.256.8800 or visit the Aquinas Lecture web page.
Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis is pleased to announce that Dr. Sandra Keating, S.T.L. will present the 30th annual Aquinas Lecture, titled “Toward the True and Holy: Catholic Engagement with Islam Today”, on Sunday, January 27, 2013, at 3:00 P.M., at St. Francis Xavier (College) Church in St. Louis. Responding to Dr. Keating’s presentation will be Ghazala Hayat, M.D.
50 years after the Second Vatican Council, the dialog between Catholicism and Islam continues to bear fruit towards genuine understanding and mutual regard. Recognizing with Pope Benedict XVI that “we must seek paths of reconciliation and learn to live with respect with each other’s identity,” Dr. Keating’s lecture will explore areas of both cooperation and challenge that remain.
In the years following the Second Vatican Council, the Church’s relationship to the world’s religions has developed through committed dialog. In particular, the relationship between Muslims and Catholics has grown since the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate officially recognized several areas of potential agreement with Muslims in the Christian understanding of God, who is one, living, knowing, and all-powerful.
Dr. Sandra Keating, S.T.L., Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, is a member of the USCCB Catholic-Muslim Dialogue group and a consultor on the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims. She teaches and publishes in the area of comparative religion with an emphasis on Catholic-Muslim Relations, and has published numerous articles and a book on relations between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East.
Ghazala Hayat, M.D., is a Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Saint Louis University, and the former president of Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls. She also serves as Chairperson for the Public Relations Committee of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, and is a frequent speaker in interfaith dialogue events. Dr. Hayat will respond to Dr. Keating’s presentation from a Muslim perspective.
Aquinas Institute of Theology hosts the Aquinas Lecture each year, inviting leading theologians and other experts to speak on current topics in theology and ministry. The Lecture is held annually in honor of our school’s patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. Invited scholars bring the thought of Thomas Aquinas and Catholic intellectual tradition to bear on contemporary theological questions and issues.
Aquinas Institute of Theology hosts the Aquinas Lecture each year, inviting leading theologians and other experts to speak on current topics in theology and ministry. The Lecture is held annually in honor of our school’s patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. Invited scholars bring the thought of Thomas Aquinas and Catholic intellectual tradition to bear on contemporary theological questions and issues.
