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Two seminary faculty members, Dr. Michael Root, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean, and Dr. David Yeago, Professor of Systematic Theology, will present at "Reading Romans with St. Thomas Aquinas: Ecumenical Explorations" conference, February 5-7, 2009 in Naples, Florida.

 

The conference is a gathering of international ecumenical scholars.  In accord with the current interest in theological exegesis and the history of exegesis, the conference investigates Aquinas's Lectures on Romans in hopes of understanding what Aquinas can teach contemporary Christians about the realities that Paul, and the Holy Spirit, sought to convey.

 

The Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal (the Aquinas Center) aims at providing scholarly resources that will assist in a transformation – a new evangelization – of the academic discipline of theology. It seeks to reinvigorate the place of Catholic theology in the academy by supporting research, writing, lecturing, and teaching. As a central part of its mission, the Center seeks to develop bonds of friendship and dialogue between scholars, Catholic and Protestant, from around the world.

 

Root has served as Dean of Southern Seminary since 2003, after previously serving on the faculty from 1980-1988.  Yeago joined the seminary faculty in 1988.  Both have extensive experience in ecumenical dialogues.

In addition to Root and Yeago, the Aquinas conference will  include:

 

Gary Anderson
Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP
Markus Bockmuehl
Hans Boersma
John Boyle
Edgardo Colon-Emeric
Holly Taylor Coolman
Scott Hahn
Mary Healy
Paul Keller, OP
Matthew L. Lamb
Matthew Levering
Bruce Marshall
Emmanuel Perrier, OP
Charles Raith
Patrick Henry Reardon
Michael Sherwin, OP
Gregory Vall
Geoffrey Wainwright
Michael Waldstein
Robert Louis Wilken