James Alison is a Roman Catholic theologian and Alison is a Protestant leader. They are going to offer a joint lecture on Christianity in the 21st Century on Saturday, July 13, from 4-6 pm in Bengston Auditorium, Russell Hall, UNI. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Brian McLaren and James Alison will discuss together the ways in which René Girard's insight have given Christians a new basic paradigm for Christianity in the 21st Century. With reference to the Jesus the Forgiving Victim course which is being launched, both will explore some of the differences which Girard makes to how Christians read the Bible, how they might live the reality of Church, and what sort of worldwide networks they might find themselves getting involved in as this understanding of Christianity takes wing.
James Alison is a Catholic theologian, priest, and author. He studied at Oxford University and earned his bachelors and master’s degrees and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has lived and worked in México, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and the United States as well as his native England. Alison, whose work is informed by the thought of René Girard, is the author of many books including The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin through Easter Eyes and On Being Liked. He is featured in the new curriculum Jesus the Forgiving Victim.
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and networker among innovative Christian leaders. His dozen-plus books include A New Kind of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy, Naked Spirituality, and Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? He and his wife, Grace, live in Florida and have four adult children and three granddaughters.
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Their lecture is being sponsored by The Raven Foundation, http://www.ravenfoundation.org/, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion.