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“The Dumb Ox”
Student Theology Forum
The Dumb Ox is a gathering of students, professors, and a
community of thinkers who meet two or three times each semester to hear a
presentation on theology and to discuss theology
with each other. It is an informal place for graduate students to present their original
ideas for discussion in a non-threatening environment, and to freely agree with or
disagree with the ideas being presented.
The Dumb Ox is a great way to meet people, to hone critical
thinking and speaking skills, and to learn in a casual setting. Admission is
free – along with the drinks and the snacks!
Each Dumb Ox is held on a weekday evening in the Galleria of
the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
(map).
For information about upcoming Dumb Ox events, see the
DSPT calendar.
If you would like to be notified by e-mail of upcoming Dumb Ox events,
please contact us through the
DSPT
website contact form or by e-mail.
Previous “Dumb Ox” Events
- April 10, 2008
- “The Joint Declaration on Justification:
Do Catholics and Lutherans Really Agree?”
Daniel Smith, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and GTU doctoral student,
and Lawrence King, DSPT graduate student
March 13, 2008- “The Future of Religion in the World:
Will You Recognize the Christianity of 2100?”
Lawrence King, DSPT graduate student
February 28, 2008- “Ekphrasis and the Mystic:
Interart Issues in Julian of Norwich's Revelations”
Regina Schwerd, U.C. Berkeley doctoral student
November 28, 2007- “The Sacerdotal Office of the Laity:
Reflections on Christian Initiation, Orders and Eucharist”
Matthew Hysell, DSPT graduate student
November 6, 2007- “Christ-Figures and Self-Sacrifice in Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Elissa McCormack, DSPT graduate student
September 24, 2007- “The Political Implications of St. Thomas’ Proofs for the Existence of God”
Jason van Boom, GTU doctoral student
April 25, 2007- “God, Buddhism, and the Problem of Suffering:
Unravelling the Misunderstandings”
Eva Natanya, DSPT graduate student
March 20, 2007- “Christ’s Descent into Hell, and the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Dr. Alyssa Lyra Pitstick, author of Light in Darkness
March 6, 2007- “The Practice of Fasting: Can Catholicism Learn from Islam?”
Elissa McCormack, DSPT graduate student
November 13, 2006- “Is Original Sin a Bad Idea?”
Br. Augustine Hilander, O.P., DSPT graduate student
October 16, 2006- “When Does an Embryo Have a Soul?”
Elissa McCormack, DSPT graduate student
Scenes from Past Events
St. Albert the Great said of Thomas Aquinas, “You call him a ‘Dumb Ox’. I tell you
that this Dumb Ox will bellow so loud that his bellowing will fill the world.”
All opinions presented at this forum are those of the speakers. Admission is free!
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