For our July reading group on Genealogies of Modernity and Catholic Thought, we will explore evolutions of atheism and how it developed through the modern world from something almost impossible to believe to something almost hard not to. In so doing, we’ll consider the lessons that theists can learn from atheism and explore opportunities for living a theocentric life in a God- forgetting world.
Tuesday, July 5 with Alan Charles Kors: Identifying Atheism: Meanings and Origins
In person at Leadership Hall (3814 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104) 4:30-5:45pm
Reading: TBD
Tuesday, July 12 with Terence Sweeney: Typologies of Atheism
In person at Benjamin Franklin Room of Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St #307, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Rm. HH218) 4:30-5:45pm
Reading: Atheism's Lessons for Theists | Church Life Journal | University of Notre Dame (nd.edu)
Tuesday, July 19 with Carlo Lancellotti: On Contemporary Atheism and its Discontents
In person at Bishop White Room of Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St #307, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Rm. HH217) 4:30-5:45pm
Reading: TBD
Tuesday, July 26: Renewing Theism in an Atheistic Age
On Zoom 4:30-5:45pm (participants who sign up using the RSVP form will receive the Zoom information for that session)
Gaudium et Spes and Old Atheists and New Theists - Public Discourse (thepublicdiscourse.com)
Dates: Tuesdays, July 5-26, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM-5:45 PM ET
Location: The location differs each week. Please see the information above.
Registration: This seminar is open to students at Penn and other University City colleges. Click the button on the left to sign up.
Professor Lancellotti’s opening remarks at the beginning of the third session were recorded. To watch the video on our YouTube channel, click the button on the right.