Theological Studies

LMU Graduate Yoga Studies Program Holds 8th Annual Yoga Day

November 13, 2019November 12, 2019 by Alison Mullin

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”

November 22, 2019September 12, 2019 by Alison Mullin

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

November 21, 2019September 3, 2019 by Alison Mullin

Nancy Pineda Madrid - 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

November 18, 2019August 27, 2019 by Alison Mullin

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)

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 by Alison Mullin

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

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 by Stephanie Roy

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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