Culture in the Thought of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:30 p.m., University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum, Houston, TX 77006
 Tracey Rowland, dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne, Australia, has focused her previous scholarship on the interpretation of Vatican II and the theology of culture. Her first book, Culture and the Thomist Tradition After Vatican II (2003), addressed whether Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes should be read as an accommodation to modern culture – envisioned
as a religiously neutral space – or whether elements of culture should be seen as antithetical to the Gospel. Rowland’s latest book, Ratzinger’s Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI, extends her inquiry, showing the implications of Joseph Ratzinger’s thought in the cultural sphere. This lecture is sponsored by the University of St. Thomas Catholic Studies Program. The lecture, made possible
through the generosity of the John W. and Alida Considine Foundation, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sr. Paula Jean Miller, FSE, at 713-525-6989.
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