Killeen Lecture Series Archive

2022-23: Climate Justice
Sept. 23, 2022	"Justice for Animals: Practical Progress Through Philosophical Theory" Martha Nussbaum, Ph.D
Nov. 10, 2022	"Ethics and the Climate Gap" Stephen Gardiner, Ph.D.
Feb. 23, 2023	"No Matter What: Habitation and the Great Overheat" Catherine Keller, Ph.D
Apr. 27, 2023	"Climate and Covenant" Ellen Davis, Ph.D.

2021-22: Norbertine Charisms
Sept. 30, 2021	“Why do they come?: Immigration and the Problem of Hospitality” Miguel De La Torre, Ph.D
Oct. 19, 2021	“A Mysticism of Place. Prairie Notes” Patricia Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Nov. 19, 2021	“Roots of Humanity: Lessons from Confucianism” Richard Kim, Ph.D
Feb. 15, 2022	"Moral Struggle in the Face of Systemic Injustice” Kevin Timpe, Ph.D.
April 21, 2022	“Ever ancient ever new. The history of the Congregation of the Norbertine Sisters” Norbertine Sisters, Sr. Adriana Gacikova and Sr. Therese Falcon

2019-20: Must We Speak? Civic Responsibility in Times of Polarization
Sept. 19, 2019	"The Feminist Politics of (In) Civility" Carrie Tirado Bramen
Oct. 22, 2019	"Spinoza, Toleration and the First Amendment" Steven Nadler, Ph.D.
Feb. 20, 2020	"Civility: Its Uses and Abuses in Public Discourse" John Corvino, Ph.D
March 26, 2020	"From Civility to Justice: Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good" MT Dávila, Ph.D. Cancelled due to COVID-19

2018-19: Community and Technology
Sept. 27, 2018	“Our Love-Affair with Technology: Some (Inconvenient) Truths” Carol Bruess, Ph.D.
Oct. 18, 2018	“On Virtuous and Virtual Communities: Civic Flourishing in the Digital Age” Shannon Vallor, Ph.D.
Feb. 21, 2019	“The Myth of the Global Village: How Technology Divides Us” Nicholas Carr
April 16, 2019	“Artificial Intelligence and Human Desire: Can a Robot Truly Love?” Sister Ilia Delio, O.S.F.
2017-18: Transformative Experience
April 5, 2018	“Beyond Original Sin: Genesis on the Emergence of True Adulthood” David M. Carr, Ph.D.
Feb. 21, 2018	“Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today” Bryan Doerries
Oct. 26, 2017	“Racism, White Privilege, and Thomas Merton on Transformative Spirituality and Justice” Rev. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.
Sept. 21, 2017	“Who Will I Become? Self-Discovery Through Transformation” L.A. Paul, Ph.D.
2016-17: Economic Justice
March 30, 2017	What (if Anything) Is Wrong With Economic Inequality? Paul Weithman, Ph.D.
Feb. 23, 2017	Stepping Out on Faith: Economic Justice Through Community Organizing Maureen O'Connell, Ph.D.
Oct. 27, 2016	Economic Inequality and Political Power in America Martin Gilens, Ph.D.
Sept. 29, 2016	Understanding Structural Injustice: What Is a Sinful Social Structure? Daniel Finn, Ph.D.
2015-16: Health and the Human Person
March 10, 2016	The Dark Side of Medicine Carl Elliott, M.D. Ph.D.
Nov. 5, 2015	On Being a Doctor: Lessons From a Patient Named Fred Daniel Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D.
Oct. 1, 2015	What Is Health? Ancient and Modern Perspectives Heinrich von Staden, Ph.D.
Sept. 2, 2015	Unwise Choices: Thinking About Responsibility, Blame and Compassion in Healthcare Contexts Hanna Pickard, Ph.D.
2014-15: Science and Religion
March 12, 2015	Religion in a World of Science Gary Gutting
Feb. 12, 2015	Living Within the Universe Story Mary Evelyn Tucker
Nov. 12, 2014	Exploring Darwin's "Tangled Bank" - Evolution, God and Science in America Today Kenneth Miller
Sept. 25, 2014	Between Intelligent Design and the New Atheism: Science and Religion at the Crossroads Philip Clayton
2013-14: Happiness and the Good Life
March 27, 2014	Meaning of Life, Happiness, and the Pretty Good Life Laura King
Feb. 20, 2014	Human Flourishing: Lessons from Comparative Philosophy and the Human Sciences Owen Flanagan
Nov. 7, 2013	The Happiness That Matters Daniel Haybron
Oct. 8, 2013	Sacred Scripture In Song Performed by St. Norbert College Music Department
Sept. 26, 2013	Happiness in the Christian Life Ellen Charry
2012-13: The Common Good
Feb. 28, 2013	Working for the Common Good: Do I Have to Leave My Job to Do It? Dr. Michael J. Naughton
Jan. 31, 2013	Human Flourishing and the Common Good: Aquinas on Justice Dr. Eleonore Stump
Oct. 9, 2012	Anam Cara: A Celebration of Celtic Sacred Music Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department
Sept. 6, 2012	Prophecy, Civility and the Common Good Dr. Cathleen Kaveny
2011-12: Religious Pluralism in America
March 22, 2012	Truth as Practice: Alternative Conceptions of Religious Truth and the Problem of Religious Disagreement Dr. Mara Brecht and Dr. Tanya Randle
Feb. 23, 2012	Fundraising, Youth Groups, and “Sushi” Muslims: The Formatting of Islam in America Dr. Martyn Smith
Nov. 10, 2011	Religious Diversity – A Challenge to Political Philosophy and Democratic Politics Dr. Robert Audi
Oct. 11, 2011	Musica del Cielo: Sacred Music of Spain and the New World Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department
Sept. 22, 2011	“Born This Way”: The Political and Personal Challenges of American Religious Pluralism Dr. Kathleen Flake
2010-11: Music – Expression and Revelation
March 24, 2011	“Down in Adoration Falling” - Music, the Sacred and Worship Fr. Jan Michael Joncas
Nov. 4, 2010	Modes of Revelation: Music as Symbol and Experience Dr. Kathleen Higgins
Oct. 12, 2010	An Evening of Norbertine Sacred Music Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department
2009-10: Women in a Special Place – Women and the Norbertine Liberal Arts Experience
April 8, 2010	We Were the Change: The Stories of Women From the First Coeducational Classes of St. Norbert College Panel discussion of St. Norbert College women alumni
Nov. 5, 2009	Jane Addams’ Struggles with the Life of Art and the Art of Life Charlene Haddock Seigfried
Oct. 13, 2009	“Most Pleasing in Christ:” Premonstratensian Sisters in the Middle Ages Shelley Wolbrink
2008-09: Sacred Spaces – Marking the Extra/Ordinary
April 14, 2009	The Athenian Acropolis: In What Sense a Holy Rock? Mary Beard
March 26, 2009	Reflections on the (Im)Possibility of Virtuality as a Sacred Space Lucas Introna
Feb. 19, 2009	Shadowed Ground, Sacred Place: Reflections on Violence, Tragedy, Memorials and Public Commemorative Rituals Kenneth Foote
Nov. 13, 2008	Sacred Groves and the Diversity of Life Sahotra Sarkar
Oct. 7, 2008	Abbot Bernard H. Pennings (1861-1955): Revealing the Man Behind the Image Jean van Stratum
Sept. 25, 2008	The Sacred and the Secular at Machu Picchu, Peru Richard L. Burger
2007-08: Living Responsibly in a Culture of Fear
April 10, 2008	Unmasking, Analyzing and Confronting a Culture of Fear: Terror of Mind and Spirit Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Ph.D.
March 12, 2008	Exorcising Political Spectres with the Aid of Marx, Sartre and Derrida William L. McBride
Feb. 28, 2008	An Ethic of Risk in a Culture of Fear Scott Bader-Saye
Nov. 15, 2007	From Fright to Fight: How Fear Drives Us to Wage Wars on Everything Pat McCormick
Oct. 25, 2007	The Moral Vocabulary of Fear Corey Robin
Oct. 9, 2007	Ordo caritatis: The Ordering of Love in the 12th Century Bernard McGinn
Sept. 20, 2007	Fear Rules: What is Distinctive About 21st Century Fear? Frank Furedi
2006-07: Reconciliation, Truth, Solidarity and Dialogue in a Divided World
Sept. 7, 2006	Memory, Truth and Reconciliation Miroslav Volf
Oct. 10, 2006	Augustine, the Canonical Tradition and the Liberal Arts Carol Neel
Oct. 19, 2006	Human Solidarity in Justice, Truth and Dialogue: Reconciliation in a Divided World Anselm K. Min
Feb. 15, 2007	Reconciliation as a Means to Overcoming Polarization Robert Schreiter
March 13, 2007	Justice and the Voices of Women: Steps Toward Reconciliation Susan Ross
April 12, 2007	The Land of Unlikeness: Explorations into Reconciliation David Stevens
2005-06: Remembering for the Future – Narrative of Truthfulness and Hope
April 20, 2006	Truth in Memoirs Kyoko Mori
March 23, 2006	Mi Dios: Latinas Stories of God Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
Feb. 16, 2006	How Does a Nation Confess its Sins? Memory, War and the Blood-Soaked Soil Charles Pinches
Nov. 10, 2005	The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By Dan McAdams
Oct. 26, 2005	Narrating Pain: Mourning, Catharsis and Rebirth Richard Kearney
Oct. 3, 2005	Emotions, Memory, Narrativity and “Bad Faith” Robert Solomon
2004-05: God & Popular Culture – Explores the Images of the Divine
April 18, 2005	Waking Life Darin Davis
Feb. 3, 2005	The Wisdom of American Political Life: Can it be Sustained? David Solomon
Nov. 15, 2004	Jazz and Human Transformation Tom Reynolds, Bruce Tychinski, Karlyn Crowley
Oct. 29, 2004	Sensorium – Art Exhibit and Reception Fr. James Neilson, Donald Taylor, Wiliam Bohné, Brian Pirman
Oct. 19, 2004	Reading Homer, or: Everything I Need to Know About American Religion I Learned from The Simpsons Eric Mazur
Oct. 4, 2004	Movies from the Dark Side: Cinematic Journeys to Depth John Neary
Sept. 20, 2004	Finding God at the Airport Mall: New Intersections of Religion and Popular Culture Kate McCarthy
2003-04: American Values - Ethics, Religion, and Citizenship
Feb. 12, 2004	Truth and Politics in America Stanley Hauerwas
Oct. 16, 2003	One Nation Under Therapy Christina Hoff Sommers
Sept. 17, 2003	Serving Two Sovereigns: When Law Commands One Thing and God Commands Another Stephen Carter
2002-03: Culture, Education, and Understanding - The Challenge to Rise Above Conflict
April 10, 2003	Religious Pluralism and the New Globalization: Ethical Challenges Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M.
April 4, 2003	Killeen Chair Symposium - The Holocaust in American Culture: Past Appropriations and Future Remberance John Roth, F. Burton Nelson, Victoria Barnett, Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M.
March 6, 2003	Gender and War: Reflections on Recent Events Iris Marion Young
Feb. 6, 2003	Working for Justice in a Divided World David Hollenbach, S.J.
Nov. 14, 2002	Religious Diversity and Social Responsibility Linda T. Zagzebski
Oct. 10, 2002	Peril and Promise of a Shrinking Planet John B. Cobb, Jr.
Sept. 12, 2002	Jihad vs McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy Benjamin R. Barber
2001-02: Human Nature and The Arts
April 25, 2002	The Need for Art in a World of Mass Media Robert Hughes
March 20, 2002	On Pictures and Reading Through a Glass Darkly Patty Wickman
Feb. 20, 2002	Why Theatre Works Alfred Uhry
Nov. 15, 2001	Being Human and the Arts: A Sacramental Reflection Edward Farley
Oct. 10, 2001	Composing the Spirit: Composer as Steward of Infinity Libby Larsen
Sept. 27, 2001	Art, Aesthetics, Experience, and Human Nature Noel Carroll
2000-01: Moral Imagination - Shaping a More Humane Future
April 26, 2001	An Evening With John Updike - Readings from Current Work, with Commentary John Updike
March 15, 2001	Moral Imagination and Earthkeeping: A Visual and Oral Report from the Field Larry L. Rasmussen
Dec. 5, 2000	Politics and the Arts Susan Sontag
Oct. 10, 2000	Peace in Our World is Everybody's Business Betty Williams
Sept. 28, 2000	Imagining, Cherishing and Giving in the Abundance of the Earth Stephen David Ross
1999-00: Millennial Visions
April 13, 2000	Apocalypse and Antichrist Toward the End of the First Millennium A.D. Zacharias P. Thundy
March 23, 2000	The Apocalypse in Art: Bodies and Vision at the End of Time Catherine E. Karkov
Feb. 17, 2000	Apocalypse Now: Fear and Hope at the Turn of the Millennium Philip Lamy
Nov. 18, 1999	What If the World Will Never End Peter C. Phan
Sept. 16, 1999	Apocalypticism and Christian Origins John J. Collins and Adela Yarbro Collins
1998-99: Time and Transition
April 13, 1999	Norbertine Heritage: Inspiring or Expiring? Xavier G. Colavechio, O. Praem.
March 18, 1999	Hold Fast to What is Good: Catholic Tradition and the Experience of Women Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.
Feb. 25, 1999	Because of the Woman's Testimony...: Women and the Authorship of the Fourth Gospel Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.
Nov. 12, 1998	Theology in the Third Millennium: How We Got Here; Where We Are Going J.J. Mueller, S.J.
Oct. 13, 1998	The Liberal Arts: In Defense of a Tradition That Should Need No Defense Kenneth L. Woodward
Sept. 17, 1998	Continuity and Change in the Christian Tradition Jaroslav Pelikan
1997-98: Cosmology and God
March 19, 1998	God's Creative Action in Our Evolving Universe William R. Stoeger, S.J.
Jan. 29, 1998	Science Stumbles on Design Michael J. Behe
Oct. 6, 1997	Cosmology from Alpha to Omega Robert John Russell
Sept. 18, 1997	God and the Big Bang Ian G. Barbour
1996-97: Medical Ethics
April 16, 1997	Health Care Economics and Health Care Ethics: Can They Be Reconciled? Victor R. Fuchs
March 20, 1997	Euthanasia: A Theological Symposium Lisa Sowle Cahill, John M. Stanley, Maura A. Ryan
Jan. 30, 1997	The New Genetics: Should We Do What We Can Do? Mary Brody Mahowald
Nov. 7, 1996	Morality as Metaphor Mark Johnson
Sept. 26, 1996	Euthanasia: A Philosophical Symposium James Rachels, Victoria S. Wike, Daniel Wikler
1995-96 Lecture Series
April 30, 1996	"Preferential Options for the Poor" and Spirituality Gustavo Guiterrez
April 11, 1996	Science as Social? - Yes and No Susan Haack
March 28, 1996	The Passion and Death of Jesus: Issues Biblical, Historical, and Theological Raymond E. Brown
March 19, 1996	Hannah Arendt: The Banality of Evil Reconsidered Richard J. Bernstein
Feb. 15, 1996	Do We Need Ethical Principles? Richard Rorty
Jan. 25, 1996	Genesis 2:2-3: Honoring Time and Rest in a Contemporary Christian Work Ethic Christine Firer Hinze
Nov. 9, 1995	An Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism Alvin Plantinga
Sept. 14, 1995	Does Faith Need a Rational Foundation? Avery Dulles, S.J.
1994-95: Faith and Reason
April 20, 1995	Christianity and the Plurality of Faiths John Harwood Hick, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar
March 2, 1995	Reflections on Faith and Reason at Chartres - An Illustrated Lecture Malcolm Miller
Feb. 27, 1995	A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Al Staggs
Feb. 9, 1995	The Unexpected Return of the Mystics in Contemporary Theology David Tracy
Jan. 26, 1995	What's New With Job? Dianne Bergant
Nov. 10, 1994	St. Norbert and the Impulse for Reform Castle, Town, and Wilderness: The World of St. Norbert Constance B. Bouchard Converting the Clergy and Preaching to the People: The Mission of Norbert of Xanten John Van Engen
Oct. 10, 1994	Evolution As A Christian Theme Ernan McMullin
Sept. 28, 1994	Disuniting of America Arthur Schlesinger
Sept. 22, 1994	Questioning and Disputing Authority With St. Anselm of Canterbury Marilyn McCord Adams
1993-94: Redirecting the Economy Toward a Just and Sustainable Future
May 4, 1994	Ecofeminism and Earth Healing Rosemary Radford Ruether
March 24, 1994	Achieving Economic Development Consistent With Environmental Preservation The Honorable Dan Quayle
Feb. 15, 1994	The Economics of a Sustainable Future Jim MacNeill
Jan. 27, 1994	Ecofeminism Spiritualities: A Philosophical Look at Why They Matter Karen Warren
Nov. 3, 1993	Capitalism and Christians Arthur J. Jones
Sept. 30, 1993	Confronting the Economics-Ecology Dilemma James A. Nash
1992-93: Story as the Quest for Meaning and Transcendence
April 14, 1993	Story as Truth Madeleine L'Engle
March 25, 1993	Faith and Narrative: What Stories Can and Cannot Do Reverend John J. Shea
Feb. 3, 1993	God in the Movies: Religion and Popular Culture Father Andrew M. Greeley
Jan. 28, 1993	Nietzsche and Human Nature Richard Schacht
Oct. 29, 1992	The Story as a Map of Meaning for the Modern World Rabbi Chaim Potok
Oct. 1, 1992	Story and Place in the Religious Imagination Belden C. Lane
1991-92: International Perspectives on the Philosophy of the Person
March 19, 1992	The Jewish-Catholic Dialogue After Vatican II: Perspectives and Prospects Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum and The Most Reverend Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B.
Feb. 13, 1992	The Grounds of Moral Rights Carl P. Wellman, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar
Jan. 30, 1992	Schools of Thought in Late Medieval Universities William J. Courtenay
Nov. 13, 1991	Islamic Perspectives of the Person Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Oct. 28, 1991	Images of Fire: Poetry and the Zen of Primary Experience David Whyte
Oct. 17, 1991	The Hindu Concept of the Self A.L. Herman
Sept. 26, 1991	Japanese Buddhist Philosophy of the Person Kenneth K. Inada
1990-91: U.S. Catholic Colleges - A Profile for the 1990s
April 9, 1991	Interfaith Dialogue and the World Community Frederick J. Streng
March 19, 1991	Measuring the Moment: Is There a Future for Catholic Social Teaching? M. Shawn Copeland, O.P.
Feb. 28, 1991	Economic Justice for Some Sydney Tompson Brown, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar
Feb. 21, 1991	Vatican II Revisited: Protestant Reflections 25 Years Later Robert McAfee Brown, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar
Feb. 7, 1991	Catholic Agenda for the 90s: The World's Challenge to Gospel Values Monika K. Hellwig
Jan. 31, 1991	Killeen Chair Faculty Symposium: Advocacy in the Classroom
Nov. 26, 1990	The Achievement of Newman Reverend Ian Ker
Oct. 21, 1990	The Rationale for Academic Freedom in Catholic Higher Education Reverend Charles E. Curran
Sept. 27, 1990	Killeen Chair Symposium: Catholic Colleges in the 1990s William M. Shea, Patricia Byrne, C.S.J., Ralph McInerny
1989-90: Nonviolence and Social Conflict
March 22, 1990	Ethical Relativism and International Justice Richard T. De George, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar
Feb. 20, 1990	In the Footsteps of St. Augustine - A Memorial Lecture for Father Vincent Conway, O. Praem. Mary T. Clark, R.S.C.J.
Jan. 23, 1990	Killeen Chair Faculty Symposium: What Difference Gender Difference?
Nov. 7, 1989	Waging Peace: An Agenda for the 1990's William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
Nov. 6, 1989	Strategic Implications of Some Contemporary Nonviolent Struggles Christopher Kruegler
1988-89: Moral Crisis in Church and Society
April 3, 1989	A.I.D.S. and Abortion: Toward a Radically Catholic Sexual Ethics Denise Larnder Carmody
Feb. 23, 1989	Symbolic Defense: SDI in American Culture Edward T. Linenthal
Jan. 24, 1989	The Challenge of Relativism St. Norbert College Faculty
Nov. 16-17, 1988	Being Christian in a Revolutionary Time John W. deGruchy and Geffrey B. Kelly
Oct. 6, 1988	How to Make People Moral James P. Sterba Particular Communities and Public Problems Robin W. Lovin
1987-88: Values in the U.S. Heritage - Conflict and Consensus
Feb. 18, 1988	In the Combat Zone over U.S. Values: The Vision of One America vs. The Vision of Many Americas Martin E. Marty
Dec. 4, 1987	Leo Ornstein Festival - American Values and the Music of Leo Ornstein Vivian Perlic, Suvero Ornstein, William Westney, Pro Arte Quartet
Oct. 8, 1987	Killeen Chair Symposium John J. McDermott, Vine Deloria, Jr., Barbara Hilkert Andolsen, Rev. James Hennesey, S.J., Rosemary Skinner Keller, Preston N. Williams
1986-87: Human Nature After Darwin
April 8, 1987	Purpose and Value After Darwin Edmund Pellegrino
Feb. 11-12, 1987	Artificial Intelligence Larry Birnbaum and John Haugeland
Nov. 18-20, 1986	Freedom and Determination David Barash and Neil Delaney
Oct. 24, 1986	The Recovery of Our Creatureliness James M. Gustafson What's So Special About Being Human? Willard Gaylin
1985-86: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy
April 17, 1986	The U.S. Bishop's Pastoral Letter on the United States Economy: The International Agenda Rev. J. Bryan Hehir
Feb. 18, 1986	The Possiblity of Change: Further Reflections of the Bishop's Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy Rosemary Haughton
Nov. 19, 1985	Feminization of Poverty Maria Riley, O.P.
Oct. 24, 1985	Killeen Chair Symposium The Most Reverend Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., Kenneth P. Jameson, Daniel Rush Finn, Paul J. Schierl
1984-85: A Christian Agenda for the Year 2001
April 15, 1985	The Family: A School of Character? Stanley Hauerwas
March 14, 1984	Killeen Chair Symposium Fr. Bernard Harring, C.S.S.R., Fr. Richard McBrien, Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere, S.S.S.

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