Hanely Lecture Series

The Hanley Memorial Lecture Series was initiated in 1980 in memory of Fr. Jack Hanley, SJ. The Series has brought world-class religious scholars to Winnipeg and has come to be acknowledged as one of the most prestigious lecture series of its kind in Canada. 


Past Hanley Lectures

2010
Lisa Sowle Cahill, PhD, Universiity of Chicago Divinity School
Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice
2009
Fr. Michael Paul Gallaher, SJ,
Our Religious Imagination
2008
Dr. Roger S. Gottlieb, PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Religious Environmentalism, Ecological Democracy, and the Problem of Evil
2007
Dr. A. Rashied Omar, PhD, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Islam & the Challenge of Peace
2006
Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M., Jesuit School of Theology, Berkley
The Bible as the Word of God
2005
Achiel Peelman, omi, St. Paul University
The Traditional Spirituality of Canada's First Nations peoples and Christianity: A Commitment to Dialogue
2004
Joseph Komonchak, Catholic University of America
Vatican II and Beyond: Thinking about the Church
2003
Elizabeth Johnson, csj, Fordham University
Exploration into God
2002
Mary Boys, snjm, Union Theological Seminary
Questions that Touch on the Heart of our Faith: Judaism as a New Catechism for Christians
2001
Walter J. Burghardt, SJ, Georgetown University
Justice 2001: A Fresh Perspective
2000
Dr. Eamon Duffy, Divinity College, Cambridge University, England.
Catholicism and its Pasts
1999
Luke Timothy Johnson, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Jesus Then & Now: A Consideration of History and Faith
1998
Thomas Groome, Boston College
Educating For Life: From the Depth Structures of Catholic Spirituality, Drawing A Vision for Every Teacher and Parent
1997
Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center & Sidney Callahan, Mercy College
Ethics, Pluralism, and Modern Medicine
1996
John Finnis, Oxford University and Notre Dame University
Public Reasons: Re-reading Aquinas on Some Strategic Questions in Ethics and
Politics
1995/96
J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University
The Social Character of Catholic Faith, Teaching, and Policy
1994
Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University
Toward a Discipleship of Equals
1993 Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley
The Literary Study of the Bible
1992 Jon Sobrino, S.J., Central American University, El Salvador
Jesus Christ Liberator: A Christology of Liberation
1991 Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Notre Dame University
Catholicism and the Rise of Modern Atheism
1990 Walter Principe, c.s.b., Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto
History and the Teaching Church
1989 Joan A. Chittister, O.S.B., Mount St. Benedict Priory
Christian Response to the Winds of Change
1988  James M. Gustafson, Emory University
Varieties of Moral Discourse
1987
Petro B. Bilaniuk, University of Toronto
Preparing for the Millenium or a Bimillenium of Christianity in Ukraine
1986
Avery Dulles, S.J., Catholic University of America
The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome in 1985
1985 Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Union Theological Seminary
What Modern Biblical Research Means for Catholic Life and Doctrine
1984 Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Georgetown University
Continuing Problems in Bioethics: An Overview
1983  John Noonan, University of California, Berkeley
Moral Directives from the Church: How should they affect civil society?
1982 Francis G. Morrisey, O.M.I., Saint Paul University
A Shift from a Church of the Clergy to a Church of the Faithful
1981 Johannes B. Metz, University of Munster
Religion and Politics
1980  Brian Tierney, Cornell University
Religion and Western Constitutional Thought










































































To ensure the continuation and enhancement of the Series, donations to the Hanley Memorial Lecture Fund will continue to be most gratefully accepted. Cheques should be made payable to St. Paul's College; charitable donation receipts will be issued.
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