Roundtable Dicussion: "(Re-)Introducing Vatican II"
Friday, April 5, 2024 3:30–5:00 PM
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- DescriptionJoin the Cushwa Center for a roundtable discussion of Shaun Blanchard and Stephen Bullivant’s Vatican II: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2023). A panel of Notre Dame faculty—Kimberly Belcher, Ulrich Lehner, Sarah Shortall, and Thomas Tweed—will provide opening remarks on the book. After the coauthors offer their own comments, the discussion will open for question and answer with the larger group.
If you are planning to attend and would like a copy of the book to read in advance, please complete the request form linked below.
This event is cosponsored by Notre Dame’s Department of Theology.
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The Cushwa Center is hosting this roundtable in tandem with its Dolan Seminar in American Religion on Bullivant’s Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America, taking place Saturday morning, April 6.
Originally published at cushwa.nd.edu. - Websitehttps://events.nd.edu/events/2024/04/05/roundtable-re-introducing-vatican-ii/
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