Putting God in His Place: Does Theology Belong at the University?

Peter Craigie Memorial Lecture Putting God in His Place: Does Theology Belong at the University? Dr. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Whether theology (that is, formal “talk about God”) ought to be a part of the Great Conversation of the modern university has been answered very differently even in very similar communities. Oxford and Cambridge employ theologians while in Australia theology is utterly unknown in any reputable university. Harvard, Yale, and Chicago maintain divinity schools while Princeton, Stanford, and the best public institutions in America keep theology resolutely on the margins—in student clubs and chaplaincies. In Canada, public universities vary not only from region to region and province to province but even from school to school. Why is there so much ambiguity and ambivalence over such an ancient discipline—one of the founding disciplines of the university itself? What good can theology do, if any, to advance the mission of the contemporary public university? What good, if any, can the public university do to advance the mission of contemporary theology? And what harms can come to the university or to theology if a proper relationship is not articulated and maintained? https://rels.ucalgary.ca/Peter_Craigie_Memorial_Lecture_2014
Location:
Husky Oil Great Hall Rozsa Centre
Speaker:
John G. Stackhouse, Jr is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor, Theology & Culture, at Regent College, UBC, Vancouver, BC.
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/putting-god-his-place-does-theology-belong-university