THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, VU AMSTERDAM ORGANIZES
A TWO- DAY VENUE WITH GAVIN D’COSTA AND RICHARD KEARNEY
Both prof. Dr. Richard Kearney (Boston College) and prof. Dr. Gavin D’Costa (Bristol) have
each agreed to come to the VU Amsterdam, June 3-4, 2015.
OVERAL PROGRAMME OF THE TWO DAY VENUE
June 3, 2015 (2pm-5pm): Book discussion with Gavin D’Costa
The book discussion focuses on D’Costa’s book: Vatican II: Catholic Doctrines on Jews and
Muslims (Oxford University Press, 2014). In this book, D’Costa, who is an internationally
renowned theologian, who has advised the Vatican and the English and Welsh Catholic Church
and the English Anglican Church on interreligious dialogue. His book breaks new ground in this
authoritative study of the Second Vatican Council's doctrines on other religions, with particular
attention to Judaism and Islam. Junior scholars are invited to participate and two of them will be
asked to formulate the first questions opening the debate. Senior scholars (Catholic, protestant
and Jewish) and Junior scholars will thoroughly discuss D’Costa’s interpretation of Vatican II.
Those interested to participate should register with [email protected] Participants are asked to
read the book.
Deadline for Registration May 1, 2015
June 4, 2015: Two Master classes
The master classes take place over two sessions at June 4, 2015 at VU University Amsterdam.
D’Costa and Kearney have agreed to a give a short presentation that will be discussed in the
presence of both experts and junior members. In the second hour of each session, the floor will
be open to junior NOSTER-members and their research can be discussed.
Master Class with Gavin D’Costa followed by lunch with the students (ROOM 2A16)
10am-11.15am: D’Costa presents paper and two students respond, followed by discussion.
11.15am-11.30am: Coffee break
11.30am-1pm: 2 to 3 students present short papers (in areas related to D’Costa’s research
interests: theology of religions, interreligious dialogue, systematic theology and dual belonging).
D’Costa responds, followed by discussion. Students should send the papers a week in advance to
Marianne Moyaert. She will send the papers to D’Costa.
1pm-2pm: lunch with D’Costa
2. Master class with Richard Kearney followed by drinks with the students (ROOM 2A16)
2.30pm-3.45 pm Kearney presents paper and two students respond, followed by discussion.
3.45pm-4pm: Coffee break
4pm-5.30pm: 2 to 3 students present short papers (in areas related to Kearney’s research interests
hermeneutics, continental philosophy, interreligious dialogue, narrativity, imagination).
Kearney responds, followed by discussion. Students should send the papers a week in advance to
Marianne Moyaert. She will send the papers to Kearney.
5.30pm: Reception with ample opportunity for informal conversations.
Students who wish to participate, please register with Marianne Moyaert before May 1, 2015:
[email protected]
Students who would like to present a short paper, should send their paper (2500 words) to
Marianne Moyaert too, before May 7, 2015.
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WHO IS WHO?
Gavin D’Costa
Gavin D'Costa has taught at Bristol since 1991. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya and completed
his education in England. He studied English and Theology (BA) at Birmingham University with
John Hick as his dissertation tutor and then completed his doctoral work at Cambridge
University. He taught in London until moving to Bristol and was also Joseph McCarthy
Professor at the Gregorian University, Rome. He acts as an advisor to the Roman Catholic
Church in England and Wales and the Anglican Church on matters of interreligious dialogue and
theology. He also advises the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican City.
Gavin D’Costa’s research interests include the following: modern Roman Catholic theology,
systematic theology, theology of religions, aspects of philosophical theology related to religious
pluralism. His books include
Vatican II. Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014.
Making Nothing Happen. Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality, Ashgate, Farnham,
2014.(with Eleanor Nesbitt, Mark Pryce, Ruth Shelton and Nicola Slee)
Co-authored with Paul Knitter and Daniel Strange, Only One Way? Three Christian Responses
on the Uniqueness of Christ in a Religiously Plural World, SCM, London, 2011.
Christianity and the World Religions. Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions,
Blackwell, Oxford, 2009.
Theology in the Public Square: Church, University, and Nation, Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, 264pp
Sexing the Trinity. Gender, Culture and the Divine, SCM, London, 2000.
The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 2000; T & T
Clark, Edinburgh, 2000.
John Hick's Theology of Religions. A Critical Evaluation, University Press of America,
Lanham/New York/London, 1987.
Theology and Religious Pluralism. The Challenge of Other Religions, Basil Blackwell,
Oxford/New York, 1986, 155 pp
Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has
served as a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, the University of Paris (Sorbonne),
the Australian Catholic University and the University of Nice. He is the author of over 20 books
on European philosophy and literature (including two novels and a volume of poetry) and has
edited or co-edited 14 more. His books include:
Anatheism: Returning to God after God, New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
On Paul Ricoeur: The Owl of Minerva, Ashgate, Hampshire, UK, 2004.
Debates in Continental Philosophy: Conversations with Contemporary Thinkers, Fordham
University Press, New York, 2004.
Strangers, Gods and Monsters : Interpreting Otherness, Routledge, London and New York,
2003.
On Stories, Routledge, London and New York 2002.
The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion, Indiana University Press, Evanston, Illinois,
2001.
PROGRAMME
March 9, 2015
Room: Main Building VU, De Boelelaan
1105, room 2E-53
VU-University Amsterdam
1.30 pm: Introduction W. van der
Merwe (VU University Amsterdam)
1.35 pm: M. Moyaert (VU University
Amsterdam)
2-2.15: response A. Scott-Bauman
(Univ. of Derby)
2.15-2.30 pm response R. Burggraeve
(KU Leuven)
2.30-2.45pm: response A. Halsema (VU
University Amsterdam)
3pm: prof. Response M. Moyaert
Coffee/tea
Registration: [email protected]/
[email protected]
VU UNIVERSITY, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam