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Daniel Finn Discusses Religion and Economic Inequality

Call for Applications

Inquiry on Religion & Global Issues:

Research Workshops in Princeton on Religion & Economic Inequality

Fall Semester 2019 - Spring Semester 2020

The Center invites proposals from researchers in theology, economics, the humanities, and sciences

Growing disparities of income and wealth are a global concern. While poverty is a critical issue, our interdisciplinary workshops focus on inequality itself, the effects that a difference in income and wealth makes. Theology, philosophy, and religious ethics rightly address the inequalities of status experienced in society. More attention needs to be given to the related issue of economic inequality and the normative questions it raises for the humanities, in dialogue with the sciences.

We invite proposals that relate scientific questions to our concern with the social and environmental impact of economic inequality. For economists, what does extreme inequality do to an economic system? For sociologists, what is its impact on society? For political scientists, how does it affect political participation? For psychologists, what are its effects on personal wellbeing? How do the life sciences link it to public health? Is religion a variable in all these areas?

We invite proposals that connect the fundamental human concerns of the humanities with the economic reality of inequalities of income and wealth. Does extreme economic inequality impair a basic sense of human dignity, equality, and belonging in society? Does it raise new questions for theology, philosophy, history, literary studies, or the arts? For example, should the world's religions consider economic inequality a moral issue, as they have poverty and wealth?

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution in Princeton, NJ, with an interdisciplinary program for visiting scholars who welcome theology's dialogue with other fields.

We convene research workshops, where resident members discuss their work in progress, before presenting it in a concluding symposium with Princeton University's Center for the Study of Religion. Members are provided with furnished short-term residences in Princeton to enable them to work at Luce Hall daily, Monday to Thursday. They cover all other costs, including living expenses and utilities.

Fall Workshop - Full-time in residence from August 18 to December 13, 2019

Spring Workshop - Full-time in residence from January 20 to May 15, 2020

Applications open September 1 and December 1, 2018

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Director’s Guest Fellows - Spring 2019 

The Director is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished guest fellows to be in residence for the spring semester, 2019. 

Willem Drees, CTI Distinguished Fellow in the Humanities, and Dean, Tilburg School of the Humanities and Digital Sciences, the Netherlands.  

Dirk Evers, CTI’s William Witherspoon Lecturer in Theology & the Natural Sciences 2019 and Professor of Systematic Theology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. 

Philip McDonagh, CTI Distinguished Global Fellow, and former Irish Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. 

The Director is pleased to announce the following members of the Center’s Research Workshop on Religion & Violence for the 2018-2019 academic year:

Etin Anwar, Associate Professor of Religious Studies (Islamic Studies), Hobart and William Smith Colleges, United States

Richard Davis, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, Pacific Theological College, Fiji

Louise Du Toit, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Mark Eaton, Professor of American Literature, Azusa Pacific University, United States

Joel Hodge, Senior Lecturer in Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Pauline Kollontai, Professor of Higher Education in Theology and Religious Studies, York St. John University, United Kingdom

Elisabet Le Roux, Research Director for Religion and Developmental Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Ephraim Meir, Professor of Modern Jewish Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Paul Middleton, Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chester, United Kingdom

Ed Noort, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Hebrew Literature and History of Ancient Israel, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Peter Ochs, Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia, United States

Wolfgang Palaver, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Antti Pentikäinen, Executive Director, Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, Finland

Christine Schliesser, Research Associate in Systematic Theology and Ethics, Zurich University, Switzerland

Hannah Strømmen, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Jonathan Teubner, Associate Director of the Initiative on Religion, Politics and Conflict, University of Virginia, United States

David Tombs, Howard Paterson Professor of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago, New Zealand

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Heinrich Bedford-Strohm gave the 2018 William H. Scheide Lecture on Global Concerns, with a lecture titled "The Ethical Challenge of the Digital Age." This event marked the 40th Anniversary of the founding of CTI in 1978.

Prof. Bedford-Strohm is the Presiding Bishop of the German Protestant Church and Lutheran Bishop of Bavaria. He was formerly Professor of Theology and founding Director of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre for Public Theology at Bamberg University. In that capacity he was one of the founders of the Global Network for Public Theology at its inaugural consultation at CTI in 2007.

Friday, November 2, 2018 at 4:30pm

Professor Eric Gregory

Professor of Religion & Chair of the Council of Humanities, Princeton University

Location: Luce Hall, the home of CTI in Princeton, NJ

To be followed by a Reception at Luce Hall.