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Every two years, the Research Unit Systematic Theology of KU Leuven hosts the international conference “Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology”. The next LEST conference will take place at KU Leuven, 20-23 October, 2021. The topic is “DISSENTING CHURCH – Exploring the Theological Power of Conflict and Disagreement“. The Call for Papers is now life – deadline 1 March 2021: https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/lest/lest-xiii/call-for-papers​

We are happy to announce two of our sessions will be held at this year virtual AAR: LGBTQ+ Experience as an Ecclesial Issue Ecclesiological Investigations Unit and Wesleyan and Methodist Studies Unit (A1-306) Tuesday, December 1, 4:00 – 5:30 pm EST The reality of LGBTQ+ experience is a complex phenomenon among churches on local, regional, […]

We are happy to announce that the new blog series on “Changing the Church: The Legacy of Gerard Mannion,” featuring responses from 15 scholars, is now published by Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/changing-the-church-the-legacy-of-gerard-mannion

Dear Friends, With the permission of  the European Academy of Religion we are happy to share with you the panel Ecclesiological Investigations: Writing Difference, Reading the World, organised and chaired by Aaron Hollander (Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute / Ecumenical Trends). This panel was organized as an Ecclesiological Investigations contribution to the European Academy of Religion’s […]