Scripture and Liturgy in the Theology of Benedict XVI

Conference in Oxford on Pope Benedict XVI

A landmark theological conference with Dr Scott Hahn the popular American writer and biblical scholar, which also features Dominican theologian Aidan Nichols, leading Biblical scholar Michael Waldstein, and Adrian Walker the translator of the Pope’s book on Jesus Christ, will take place at the Catholic Chaplaincy of Oxford University opposite Christ Church College on Saturday 1 November 2008. It is organized by the Centre for Faith and Culture in Oxford, directed by Stratford Caldecott, and co-sponsored by the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Steubenville, Ohio.

The purpose of the conference is to focus attention on the principles underlying the Pope’s ongoing reform of the reform of Catholic liturgy. The relationship between SCRIPTURE AND LITURGY underpins the Pope’s teaching on both. The Pope reminds us that ‘The privileged place for reading and listening to the Word of God is in the liturgy.’ Furthermore, that liturgy is cosmic, for the love of the Trinity moves the stars. These principles are inspiring the new liturgical movement.

Here is some information on the conference on the blog The Hermeneutic of Continuity.

Here is another related link on the website Second Spring

Schedule of the Conference

10 am to 5.30 pm, Sat. 1 November - www.catholic-chaplaincy.org.uk

The Newman Room, University Catholic Chaplaincy, St Aldates, Oxford

Provisional programme

10.00 am: Aidan Nichols OP, Benedict XVI and the Theology of Liturgy
Aidan Nichols is a Dominican priest and former Prior of Blackfriars in Cambridge. From 2006 to 2008 he was the John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at Oxford University. He is the author of The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI and (forthcoming) G.K. Chesterton, Theologian, as well as numerous books on Theology and Liturgy.

11.00: coffee, bookstall and general conversation

11.30: Michael Waldstein, The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church
Michael Waldstein is Max Seckler Professor of Theology, Ave Maria University in Florida, formerly President and Professor of New Testament, International Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria. He is a peritus on the Theological Commission at the Synod on Scripture in Rome during October 2008.

12.45: Lunchbreak. Salad Bar included in Conference Fee.

2.00: Adrian Walker, Living Water: The Spiritual Reading of Scripture and Liturgy in Jesus of Nazareth

Adrian Walker is a contributing editor of the American edition of the international review Communio and the translator into English of Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI. His PhD was on Maximus the Confessor, and he has taught philosophy for a number of years at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC. He currently lives in Germany.

2.45: Scott Hahn, Eucharistic Kingdom and the World as Temple

Scott Hahn is Professor of Theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the founder and director of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. In 2005, he was appointed as the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

3.45: Teabreak

4.15-5.30: Closing plenary discussion with main speakers