The Twentieth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
26 March 2019
Prof. Jennifer Wright Knust
Duke University
Desire's Social Good: The Fathers on Marriage Revisited
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The Nineteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
30 May 2018
Prof. Dr. Herwi Rikhof
Tilburg University
The Mystery of God: Thomas Aquinas on Speaking About God
Respondent: Prof. Yossi Schwartz
Tel Aviv University
The Variety of Negative Experience: An Inter-Religious Perspective
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The Eighteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
10 January 2017
Prof. Louis Caruana, SJ
Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, The Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Science, Religion and Common Sense
Respondent: Dr. Meir Buzaglo
Department of Philosophy, The Hebrew University
God, Hyper-hypotheses and Natural Science
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The Seventeenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
12 January 2016
Archbishop Bruno Forte
Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto
Religious Leadership in Secular Society: The Pattern of Moses
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The Sixteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
13 January 2015
Prof. Alexander Evers
Loyola University, Chicago; John Felice Rome Center, Rome (I)
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The Fifteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
25 March 2014
Prof. Marco Bais
Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome
Cosmopolitan Aspects of Holy Land Monasticism: Caucasian Albanians and Jerusalem
The Fourteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
14 January 2013
Prof. Robert Dodaro, OSA
President of the Augustinianum, Rome
Augustine on the Formation of the Statesman's Ethical Conscience
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The Thirteenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
29 November 2011
Prof. Frederick E. Brenk, SJ
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
Pagan Monotheism and Early Christianity
The Twelfth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
17 November 2010
Prof. Michael Hilbert, SJ
Faculty of Canon Law, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
All About Marriage in Roman Catholic Law
The Eleventh Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
20 January 2010
Prof. Justin Taylor, SM
École Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem
Myth, Fantasy and Gospel
The Tenth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
3 February 2009
Prof. Thomas G. Casey, SJ
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Kierkegaard and Levinas On More Perfect Human Love
The Ninth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
3 January 2008
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, SJ
What is the Meaning of "Intercession"?
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The Eighth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
24 January 2007
Prof. Craig Morrison
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
The Hebrew Bible without the Jews in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian
The Seventh Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
24 January 2006
Prof. Joseph Sievers
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome
Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University
How Irrevocable? Interpreting Romans 11:29 from the Church Fathers to the Second Vatican Council
The Sixth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
3 May 2005
Prof. Donna Orsuto
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Broken-Heartedness: A Key Theme in Christian Spirituality
The Fifth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
28 January 2004
Prof. Phillip Renczes, SJ
Pontifical Gregorian University
A Theology of Judaism in 7th Century Byzantium: Maximus the Confessor
Prof. Renczes also gave a seminar on Byzantine Biblical Exegesis in cooperation with the Scholion Center.
The Fourth Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
14 January 2003
Prof. Lorenzo Perrone
University of Pisa
Prayer and the Construction of Christian Identity in Late Antiquity
Prof. Perrone also gave presentations on
Fragmentation and Unity: Towards a Historico-Religious Phenomenology of Oriental Christianity
as a part of a graduate seminar on mysticism and
The 'Constitution of the Jews' in the Polemics between Celsus and Origen
as a part of the Center's Research Seminar on
Cultural Dynamics Between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity
The Third Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
29 May 2002
Prof. Bas ter Haar Romeny
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
From Religious Association to Ethnic Community: Identity Formation among West Syrian Christians
The Second Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
19 March 2001
Prof. Arij Roest Crollius, SJ
Pontificia Universita Gregoriana
How do Christians Deal with Pluralism: Some Jesuit Responses
Prof. Crollius also gave the following seminars:
The Adventurous Encounter Between Revealed Religion and the Cultures of Humanity
Interreligious Dialogue: Confusion or Convergence?
The First Annual Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Lecture
7 March 2000
during the dedication ceremony of the Center
Prof. Johannes Beutler, SJ
Vicerettore Accademico, Pontificia Universita Gregoriana
The Meaning of the "Jews" for the Readers of John
Prof. Beutler also gave the following seminars:
Jesus in Conflict: History and Theology in John 9-12
Jesus' Farewell: The Farewell Discourses John 13-17 in Biblical Perspective