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Bellarmine Forum 2020: Building Transformative Justice Where We Stand

The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, along with a host of campus and community partners, calls upon the Loyola Marymount University community to join the work of Building Transformative Justice … Read more

“Islam in America” Connects Students, Writing, Sports, and Spirituality

Muhammad Ali, regarded as one of the greatest sporting figures of the 20th century, holds a prominent and complicated place in American culture. In addition to being a three-time heavyweight … Read more

Beyond the Bluff: Isaac Cardenas ’20

Isaac Cardenas ’20 Major: Theology Minor: Sociology Next Step: Volunteer with Rostro de Cristo in Guayaquil, Ecuador Isaac Cardenas will graduate with honors as the Theological Studies Program Scholar. Cardenas … Read more

LMU Professor Named Temporary Chaplain for Destroyer Group

Loyola Marymount University is now connected in a significant way to the effort to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic: Brian Reedy, S.J., a visiting assistant professor of philosophy and theological … Read more

LMU Graduate Yoga Studies Program Holds 8th Annual Yoga Day

On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, LMU’s Graduate Yoga Studies program held its 8th annual Yoga Day! This free, all-day event offered over fifteen individual workshops that focused on the theme … Read more

Twelve Days Abroad Immersed in “Christian Faith and Visual Culture in Rome”

The rich history of Rome made the perfect classroom for 16 students this past May in the biennial study abroad class, “Christian Faith and Visual Culture in Rome.” The course … Read more

BCLA Announces the next T. Marie Chilton Chair of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University: Prof. Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Since its founding in 1999, the T. Marie Chilton Chair was held by Thomas Rausch, S.J., who retired from the full-time Loyola Marymount University faculty in 2017. After a year … Read more

Professor Christopher Key Chapple Receives Fulbright Award to India

Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, is a respected scholar of the renouncer religious traditions of India: Yoga, Jainism, and Buddhism. His research and work as … Read more

Keeping the Faith(s)

This profile originally appeared in LMU Admission. LMU Professor of Theological Studies Professor Amir Hussain leads students on a global crusade for the why in a society increasingly concerned with the … Read more

Philosophies of Liberation Encuentro: An encuentro in defense of life, earth and humanity

The inaugural meeting of the Philosophies of Liberation Encuentro will be co-hosted by LMU and Casa 0101, a community arts center in Boyle Heights, on May 18th and May 19th 2019. This event brings together diverse approaches to questions and practices of liberation from philosophy, to theology, art, activism, and community. The events of Saturday, May 18th will be hosted at Casa0101 Theater (2102 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033) from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. The events of Sunday, May 19th will be hosted at LMU in Ahmanson Auditorium (UNH 1000) from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday’s keynote speaker, Enrique Dussel, will deliver his address, “Philosophy of Liberation and Decolonization,” from 4-6 p.m. in Ahmanson Auditorium.

This event is free to attend and all are welcome. Please email Don Deere at ddeere@lmu.edu to register and secure your place.

The Philosophies of Liberation Encuentro is proudly sponsored the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Office, the Office of Mission and Ministry, and the departments of History, Philosophy, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Political Science, and Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, as well as Casa0101.org and otherbooksla.com.

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