Sean Freyne: 26th Oct: Ecology and the Bible.
Fr. Pat O’Brien: 2nd Nov: Religious freedom and slavery
Dr. Linda Hogan: 10th Nov: Exploring feminist philosophies
Dr. Felix O Murchadha: 16th Nov: Violence
Speaker to be announced 23rd Nov: Business Ethics
Admission Free: All are welcome
"It is a worrying trend in today’s society that many people are not familiar with any type of research or academic endeavours, other than science or technology; this series hopes to show that academic research in the arts is just as prominent." says Davy Walsh, Religious Studies lecturer at GMIT Castlebar and co-ordinator of the public lecture series.
The series will run over a five-week period, from Wednesday, 26th October to 23rd November. The guest speaker(s) will present a short paper followed by an open floor discussion. The series program is as follows:
Wednesday, 26th October
Prof. Sean Freyne (Trinity College) will present a talk on the area of Christianity and Ecology. Professor Sean Freyne has being writing books on religion for over 30 years and has recently turned his attention to Christianity and Ecology. He has lectured extensively around the world including Oxford and Yale, Melbourne, Oslo, and New Zealand.
Wednesday, 2nd November
Fr. Pat O Brien will present a paper on "Religious freedom and slavery". Fr. Pat O Brien is currently in the Arch Diocese of Tuam. He is a published author, has edited books on Irish poetry and submitted papers to a number of international conferences.
Thursday, 10th November
Dr. Linda Hogan (Trinity College) will present a paper on "Feminist Philosophy". Linda is a major voice in Christian ethics and feminism. She is the author of three books on this theme and has presented papers at several universities in Europe and Australia.
Wednesday, 16h November
Dr. Felix O Murchadha (NUI, Galway) will deliver a paper on "Violence". Felix has published works on 20th century philosophy including Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and the Philosophy of Religion. He is also an authority figure on the philosopher Martin Heidegger.
Wednesday, 23rd November
Business ethics. (Details to be confirmed).
*All lectures take place on Wednesday nights at 8pm, with the exception of Linda Hogan who will speak on Thursday night 10th Nov
