We are delighted to announce that the website for the Ecclesiological Investigations Network’s 17th International Conference is now live, together with the official Call for Papers and the Registration.
Entitled Iglesias De Los Pobres: Justice, Love, and Wisdom from the Margins, the conference will be held in Temuco, Chile, from 15–17 September 2027.
This conference will explore how Christians today understand the preferential option for the poor. Who are ‘the poor’ and what does it mean to be churches for, of, and with the poor? What theological significance does the moniker ‘Church of the poor’ hold? Pope Leo XIV has called the Church’s tradition of care for the poor “a beacon…of evangelical light” (Dilexi te, 103). The gathering centers on the question of poverty not as a social problem but as a transformative hermeneutical axis for the Church’s life. Not resting with discourse ‘about’ the poor, love invites us instead to take a theological and physical journey to the margins on a quest to learn.
Both English and Spanish will be working languages for the conference. The majority of the conference sessions will be held at the Catholic University of Temuco
Conference website:
https://temuco2027.ei-research.net/
Call for Papers:
https://temuco2027.ei-research.net/cfp/
Registration:
https://temuco2027.ei-research.net/register/
We warmly invite you to join us in Temuco for what promises to be a rich and inspiring gathering. Should you have any questions, please contact the organising team at info@temuco2027.ei-research.net.
With best wishes,
Temuco 2027 Organising Team
