IJCR Upcoming Events
From Jewbu to Chrislam: How Religions Might Respond to Religious Hybridity
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025, 5:00-6:30 P.M.
TELETORIUM IN MANDEVILLE HALL (CAMPUS MAP)
As individuals are more than ever exposed to a variety of religious beliefs and practices, they often combine elements from various traditions into their own personal synthesis. This phenomenon has been variously referred to as multiple religious belonging, religious hybridity, religious fluidity, etc. While it is generally regarded as a threat to religious traditions, we will explore whether it may also be a source of inspiration.
Catherine Cornille is Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College, where she holds the Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture. Her areas of research focus on Theology of Religions, Comparative Theology, Interreligious Dialogue, and Religious Hybridity. Her most recent book is Atonement and Comparative Theology (2021). She is founding and managing editor of the book series "Christian Commentaries on non-Christian Sacred Texts" and is a member of the board of the journal Concilium. She has received honorary doctorates from the University of Oslo and from the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Evangelical Understandings of Other Christians, Jews, and Israel
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025, 5:00-6:30 P.M.
TELETORIUM IN MANDEVILLE HALL (CAMPUS MAP)
Evangelical Christians are often discussed but less often understood in comparative terms when it comes to the State of Israel and the movement of Christian Zionism, which is made up today mostly of evangelical Christians. Surveying some of the key beliefs and attitudes of evangelicals in relation to other Christian and Jewish views, we will explore the tensions and emerging issues at the intersection of evangelicalism and Jewish-Christian relations.
Dr. Daniel G. Hummel is the director of The Lumen Center in Madison, WI and a research fellow in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author most recently of The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation (Eerdmans, 2023). His next book-length project is "Eternal Life Now: The Persistence, Promise, and Peril of Modern Evangelical Spirituality" (with Eerdmans).
Jerusalem—How Christians Made a Small Pilgrimage Site the World's Most Disputed City
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025, 5:00-6:30 P.M.
TELETORIUM IN MANDEVILLE HALL (CAMPUS MAP)
At a time when Muslims and Jews in the Middle East are locked in a fierce struggle over contested land, this talk will place today's conflict in a much-needed historical context. In modern times, Jerusalem emerged as a place of intense friction with the arrival of European Christians—explorers, spies, diplomats, and treasure hunters—in the mid 1800s. Their efforts to unearth the biblical past set in motion a chain of events that turned Jerusalem into the world's most disputed city, and, in the process, helped create the state of Israel and ignite a seemingly intractable conflict that remains stubbornly in the headlines.
Andrew Lawler is a journalist, National Geographic Explorer, and author of four books. He has written more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles, and his byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He is a contributing writer for Science Magazine, and contributing editor for Archaeology.