What is the relationship between nature and grace in Catholic thought? What relevance do traditional controversies about natural and supernatural have for theology today? This conference asks about the significance of Christ’s own grace for salvation, the openness of human nature to the divine, and the ultimate destiny of humanity.
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12:00 Simon Francis Gaine, OP
Was Adam’s Grace Christ’s Grace?
14:00 Guilio Maspero
Can God Work Through Other Religions? On Christ’s Unique Salvation, the Universality of Grace, and the Problem of Relativism
15:30 Philipp Renczes, SJ
Patristic and Ressourcement Contributions to a Renewed Theology of Grace and Nature
17:00 Thomas Joseph White, OP
On Pure Nature: Do We Need This Scholastic Concept?
12:00 Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP
The Epistemological Question: Philosophical Theology and the Intellectus Fidei
14:00 Judith Wolfe
Practising the Presence of God: Imaginative Formation and the Sensus Divinitatis
15:30 Karen Kilby
The Continuing Significance of de Lubac’s Surnaturel for Contemporary Theology
17:00 Mats Wahlberg
Controversies Regarding Eschatology and Universalism: Can a Good God Permit Eternal Damnation?