Stephen Bevans is a priest in the missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books, among which are Models of Contextual Theology, An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, and, with Roger P. Schroeder, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today. From 2014 until 2022 he was a member of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Longtime CTU faculty member Stephen B. Bevans, SVD has written an important new book drawing Pope Francis’s call to missionary discipleship into dialogue with ecclesiology—how we understand what the Church is. Join us in this synodal season to hear Professor Bevans talk about his book as we celebrate his new missionary ecclesiology with responses from three scholars. Copies of the book will be available for sale and Professor Bevans will sign copies during a public reception where free hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be available.
Catherine E. Clifford is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. She holds a PhD (Theology) from the University of St Michael’s College, Toronto, and a Licentiate (STL) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Her teaching, research, and publications are focused in the areas of ecclesiology, ecumenism, and the history of the Second Vatican Council.
Catherine’s recent publications include the collection, Vatican II at 60: Re-Energizing the Renewal (Orbis, 2024), and The Oxford Handbook on Vatican II, co-edited with Massimo Faggioli (Oxford, 2023). Catherine is a delegate from the North American region to the General Assembly of the International Synod: For a Synodal Church in Mission.
Respondents:
- Stan Chu Ilo (DePaul)
- Catherine E.Clifford (St. Paul)
- Robin Ryan, CP
