Mission Today

The First Rev. Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp., Missiology Symposium

Mission Today: Where and Why

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Power Center Ballroom

Free and open to the public.
For more information, please call 412.396.6530
Agenda

Keynote Speakers

Victor AndersonVictor Anderson
Oberlin Alumni Professor of Christian Ethics
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Religious Studies
Vanderbilt University

Creative Conflict and Creative Exchange: The Religious Critic Between the Church and Empire

 

Michel AndraosMichel Elias Andraos
Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Ministry
Catholic Theological Union

Christian Communities and Islam in the Middle East: A Shift in the Self-Definition and Understanding of Mission Among the Eastern Catholic Churches


Gerald BoodooGerald Boodoo
Associate Professor of Theology
Acting Director, Center for African Studies
Duquesne University

Mission and Coloniality: Christianity and the Caribbean


Teresia Mbari HingaTeresia Mbari Hinga
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Santa Clara University

The Church in the 21st Century: Rethinking and Equipping For Mission in The Age of Globalization: An African Gendered Perspective


Chung Hyun KyungChung Hyun Kyung
Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

"Do not touch one flower, even one stone": Mission of Spirit in Korean People’s Movement, an Inter-Faith View


Maureen R. O'BrienMaureen R. O’Brien
Associate Professor of Theology
Director of Pastoral Ministry
Duquesne University

Relational Theologies of Ministry and Implications for Plural, Missional Identities


James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp.James Chukwuma Okoye, C.S.Sp.
Carroll Stuhlmueller Professor of the Old Testament
Catholic Theological Union

Africa: Priorities of Mission. The Propositions of the Second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, 2009


Peter C. PhanPeter C. Phan
Ignacio Ellacuría Chair of Catholic Social Thought
Founding Director of Ph.D. program in Theology and Religious Studies
Georgetown University

Insights on Mission from the Asian Catholic Churches: Challenges and Opportunities for Christian Mission Today


Jamie T. Phelps, O.P.Jamie T. Phelps, O.P.
Professor of Systematic Theology
Director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies
Xavier University of Louisiana

U.S. Catholic Mission in the U.S. African-American Community: Local and Global Implications


Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.
Vatican Council II Professor of Theology
Catholic Theological Union

The Role of Intercultural Hermeneutics in the Understanding of Mission as Intercultural Studies


Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp.Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp.
Rev. Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair in Mission
Associate Professor of Theology

Pierre Schouver: Insight into Spiritan and World Mission