Wednesday, October 20th, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gods-terrible-springtime-tickets-175625018157
In April of 1944, John Mackay wrote in the inaugural issue of Theology Today that his moment – at the height of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust – might indeed prove to be “one of God’s springtimes, albeit one of His terrible springtimes.” Pointing to revolutionary changes not only on the political stage but also in education, economics, and indeed in the churches and in relations between the churches, Mackay called on the readers of the fledgling journal to attend not only to the tremendous crises at hand but also to the opportunity for “house-cleaning” that would accompany the storms and stress of their time. This webinar poses the questions: Without presupposing the shape they will take, in what new ways might ecumenism – both between and within religious communities – best serve the world in our time of economic, cultural, political, and ecological upheaval? What might be the role, and what are the opportunities and pitfalls, of a vision of unity and reconciliation that is mistrusted on either extreme of the political/ethical spectrum that dominates American (indeed Western more generally) civil discourse and imagination today?
Panelists include Dale Irvin (New School of Biblical Theology; Georgetown University; Ecclesiological Investigations Network); Mary Doak (University of San Diego); and Tony Kireopoulos (National Council of Churches). Moderated by Aaron Hollander (Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute; Fordham College)
