Killeen Chair Notable Speakers - St. Norbert College

The Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy is a resource that underscores the importance of theology and philosophy in a Catholic liberal arts education and highlights the commitment of St. Norbert College to provide an education that is personally, intellectually and spiritually challenging.

Notable Speakers

Philosophy	Theology
Robert Soloman Professor of Business and Philosophy University of Texas Oct. 3, 2005 “Emotions, Memory, Narrativity, and ‘Bad Faith’”	Sandra M. Schneiders Professor of New Testament and Christian Spirituality Jesuit School of Theology and Graduate Theological Union February 25, 1999 “’Because of the Woman’s Testimony…’:Women and the Authorship of the Fourth Gospel”
Richard L Schacht Professor of Philosophy University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign January 28, 2003 “Nietzsche and Human Nature”	Rosemary Radford Ruether Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary May 4, 1994 “Ecofeminism and Earth Healing”
Richard Rorty University Professor of the Humanities University of Virginia February 15, 1996 “Do We Need Ethical Principles?”	Rabbi Chaim Potok October 29, 1992 “The Story as a Map of Meaning for the Modern World”
Alvin C. Plantinga John A. O’Brien Chair of Philosophy University of Notre Dame November 9, 1995 “An Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism”	Martin E. Marty Professor of History of Modern Christianity Divinity School, University of Chicago February 18, 1988 “In the Combat Zone over U.S. Values: The Vision of One America vs. The Vision of Many Americas”
Ernan McCullin Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values University of Notre Dame October 10, 1994 “Evolution as a Christian Theme”	Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz Professor of Christian Ethics and Theology Drew University 2005-2006 “Mis Dios: Latinas’ Stories of God”
John J. McDermott Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Texas A&M University October 8, 1987 “A Cultural Introduction to Philosophy”	Stanley Hauerwas Professor of Christian Ethics The Divinity School, Duke University April 15, 1985 “The Family – A School of Character?”
John Haugeland Professor of Philosophy University of Pittsburg February 12, 1987 “Artificial Intelligence and it Implications for the Concept of Human Nature”	Gustavo Gutierrez Professor of Theology Pontifical Catholic University of Peru April 30, 1996 “Preferential Option for the Poor” and Spirituality
Susan Haack Professor of Philosophy University of Miami April 11, 1996 “Science as Social? – Yes and No”	Avery Dulles, S.J. Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, Fordham University Professor Emeritus, The Catholic University of America September 14, 1995 “Does Faith Need a Rational Foundation?”
Richard T. De George University Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy University of Kansas March 22, 1990 “Ethical Relativism and International Business”	Lisa CaHill Professor of Theology Boston College March 20, 1997 “Euthanasia: A Theological Symposium”
Richard J. Bernstein Vera List Professor, Graduate Faculty New School for Social Research March 19, 1996 “Hannah Arendt: ‘The Banality of Evil’ Reconsidered”	Raymond Brown Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies Union Theological Seminary March 28, 1996 “The Passion and Death of Jesus: Issues Biblical, Historical, and Theological”
	Mary Beard Fellow of Newnham College Professor of Classics University of Cambridge April 14, 2009 "The Athenian Acropolis: In What Sense a Holy Rock?"