Katongole to Close Out William H. Shannon 2015-16 Lecture Series, April 7 & 8
Theologian, author, and lecturer, Emmanuel Katongole, will present Reconciling Tenderness: On Learning Mercy from God on Thursday, April 7th, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Forum of the Otto A. Shults Community Center. Katongole will also present Planting Tenderness: Laudato Si and the Bethany Land Institute in Uganda on Friday, April 8th at 1:30 p.m. in the Linehan Chapel of the Golisano Academic Center. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Nazareth College is located at 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y., 14618. For further information, please contact Christine M. Bochen at (585) 389-2728 or at cbochen4@naz.edu.
Emmanuel Katongole was born in Uganda and was ordained as a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Mampala before earning a doctoral degree at the Catholic University of Louvain. He taught at many universities across Uganda and in South Africa, while also serving as a professor of theology/world Christianity at Duke Divinity school; simultaneously, he co-founded and co-directed the school’s Center for Reconciliation. Katongole is currently the Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies and a member of the faculty of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
His most recent books include: Stories from Bethany: On the Faces of the Church in Africa (2012); The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa (2010); Mirror to the Church: Resurrecting Faith After Genocide in Rwanda, co-authored with Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove (2009); and Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing, co-authored with Chris Rice (2008). Most of his topics include reflect a wide range of research interests, but Katongole primarily focuses on the Christian social imagination; politics and violence in Africa; Christian approaches to justice, peace, and reconciliation; and Catholicism in the global South.
The Shannon Lecture Series honors William H. Shannon, former professor of religious at Nazareth College. Father Shannon advanced the educational mission of Nazareth College and contributed significantly to Catholic intellectual life, both nationally and internationally.
The 2015-16 William H. Shannon Lecture Series aims to capture the true definition of ‘mercy;’ inspired by the words, actions and writings of Pope Francis, who fittingly has proclaimed a year-long jubilee of Mercy to begin in December 2015. These speakers will reflect on the context of this term in their work and daily lives. Our lecturers do not shy away from difficult questions and issues; rather, they confront the problems and challenges before us with integrity, courage, and mercy, inviting us to do the same.
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