Sunday Theology Talk: Church, Social Justice, and Civil Society (Week 8)

Sunday, June 23, 2024

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10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. | Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom

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Today’s Theology Talk is led by Dr. Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft, Tutor and Bye-Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (UK).

This talk will offer short introduction to the life and thought of Simone Weil (1909-1943)”, and explore how some of her most famous writings, including The Need For Roots (1949) engage questions of Christian action and civil society.

The Adult Education program at Saint Thomas Church offers sound Christian teaching presented with intellectual vigor, teaching that is grounded in Holy Scripture, mediated by the catholic tradition that is the inheritance of Anglicanism and set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. For more information about our theology program and to receive links for weekly Sunday Theology Talks, please contact Fr. Gioia.

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More About Dr. Ravenscroft

Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft is an Undergraduate Tutor and Bye-Fellow in Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She is a theologian and philosopher of religion whose research has focussed primarily on nineteenth-century Germany, but also engages the themes of gender, experience, and dialogue in theological writings. She is the author of The Veiled God: Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Theology of FInitude (2019), and has co-edited, with Simon Goldhill, Victorian Engagements with the Bible and Antiquity: The Shock of the Old (2023).

The Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia

Luigi is a writer in theology and spirituality. He gives talks, preaches retreats, leads workshops, and teaches courses as an invited lecturer in universities, theological colleges, and parishes all over the world. He is fluent in English, French and Italian. His books have been translated in five languages. His spiritual meditations have been published by The Tablet, Crux, The America Magazine, The Church Times and broadcast by the BBC.

Besides his academic work on St Augustine, Luigi has written several wide-audience books on spirituality. His book Say It To God. In Search Of Prayer was chosen as the Archbishop of Canterbury Lent Book for 2018.

His latest book, The Wisdom of St Benedict. Monastic Spirituality and the Life of the Church received the First Place in the category of Spirituality Award by the CMA (Catholic Media Association, USA) in 2021.

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Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer. The teaching is rooted in Scripture, Christian tradition and spirituality. The lecturers are The Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, Theologian in Residence, and internationally renowned guest speakers who are committed to making theology accessible to non-specialists.

The classes are held on Sundays at 10 AM on the Fifth Floor of the Parish House and are streamed online. Additionally, recordings and handouts are made available for those who cannot attend the live sessions. For more information about our theology program and to receive links for weekly Sunday Theology Talks, please contact Fr. Gioia and register online.

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Sunday Theology Talk: Church, Social Justice, and Civil Society (Week 8)

Social Justice, Civil Society, and Simone Weil (1909-1943)

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