Religion in a Post-9/11 World
A Yale professor and author will present "The Fall of Constantinople and the Fall of the Twin Towers: Religion in a Post-9/11 World."
February 5, 2009 - A Yale professor and author on religion and history will present "The Fall of Constantinople and the Fall of the Twin Towers: Religion in a Post-9/11 World" Thursday, Feb. 12.
Lamin Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity and Professor of History at the Yale Divinity School, will discuss how a worldwide religious awakening is affecting the post-Christian West, including its encounters with religious radicalism. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Union ballroom.
It's the last of three lectures in the "Pro Deo et Mundo: For God and the World" series, which commemorates the 1908 removal of the U.S. Catholic Church from mission status. The series is sponsored by UD's Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today.
Sanneh's most recent books include Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity; Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa; Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in 'Secular' Britain (with Lesslie Newbigin and Jenny Taylor); and Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West.
Sanneh is a member of the Council of 100 Leaders of the World Economic Forum. He also was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Commission of the Historical Sciences and by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Commission on Religious Relations with Muslims.
The Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today was created in 1990 to foster the Catholic intellectual tradition at UD. The forum includes members from all academic areas and sponsors speakers, seminars and national conferences; coordinates the Marianist Award; holds book discussions; and awards research grants.
Lamin Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity and Professor of History at the Yale Divinity School, will discuss how a worldwide religious awakening is affecting the post-Christian West, including its encounters with religious radicalism. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Union ballroom.
It's the last of three lectures in the "Pro Deo et Mundo: For God and the World" series, which commemorates the 1908 removal of the U.S. Catholic Church from mission status. The series is sponsored by UD's Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today.
Sanneh's most recent books include Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity; Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa; Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in 'Secular' Britain (with Lesslie Newbigin and Jenny Taylor); and Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West.
Sanneh is a member of the Council of 100 Leaders of the World Economic Forum. He also was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Commission of the Historical Sciences and by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Commission on Religious Relations with Muslims.
The Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today was created in 1990 to foster the Catholic intellectual tradition at UD. The forum includes members from all academic areas and sponsors speakers, seminars and national conferences; coordinates the Marianist Award; holds book discussions; and awards research grants.
