The 2003 D.R. Sharpe Lectures on Social Ethics
October 21-23, 2003
Humanity before God: Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics
- Announcement
- Description
- Schedule
- Speakers
Conference Schedule
DAY 1 : Tuesday October 21
4:00 PM
Introductory Keynote: Hilary Putnam (Harvard University) Monotheism and Humanism
5:15 PM
Reception in Swift Commons (open to public)
DAY 2 : Wednesday, October 22
7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast (conference participants only)
8:50 AM
Dean's Welcome: Richard Rosengarten (University of Chicago)
1st Panel: The Distinctiveness of Human Beings
Moderator: Scott Alexander
(Catholic Theological Union)
9:00 AM
Paper 1
Abdulaziz Sachedina (University of Virginia)
Human Viceregency: A Blessing or A Curse? The Challenge to be God's Caliph in the Qur'an
9:40 AM
Paper 2
Michael Johnson (University of Chicago)
Attestation and Acknowledgment: Putnam and Ricoeur on the Ethics of Responsibility
10:20 AM
Coffee Break
10:40 AM
Paper 3
Michael Fishbane (University of Chicago)
The Image of God and the Human Ideal: Reflections from the Varieties of Judaism
11:20 AM
Paper 4
William Schweiker (University of Chicago)
Distinctive Loves: Christian Resources for Theological Humanism
12:00 PM
Q/A
12:30 PM
Lunch
Quad Club (speakers only)
2nd Panel: Natural and Embodied Life
Moderator: Mark Lilla
(University of Chicago)
1:45 PM
Paper 1
Azizah al-Hibri (Univ.of Richmond Law School)
ADALAH: A Womanist Understanding of Islamic Justice in Its Fullness
2:25 PM
Paper 2
Tikva Frymer-Kensky (University of Chicago)
Image, Glory, Holiness: The Nature & Responsibilities of Humanity in Biblical Faith
3:05 PM
Coffee Break
3:25 PM
Paper 3
Lawrence Vogel (Connecticut College) Natural-Law Judaism?: The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas and Leon Kass
4:05 PM
Paper 4
Lisa Sowle Cahill (Boston College)
The Body as God's Image: Created, Broken, and Redeemed
4:45 PM
Q/A
7:00 PM
Dinner
(Speakers only)
DAY 3: Thursday, October 23
3rd Panel: Social and Cultural Life
Moderator: W. David Hall
(Centre College)
9:00 AM
Paper 1
John Kelsay (Florida State University)
Armed Force and Political Responsibility: The Justification and Conduct of War in Abrahamic Traditions
9:40 AM
Paper 2
Paul Mendes-Flohr (Univeristy of Chicago)
Humanistic Ethos: A Jewish Reflection
10:20 AM
Coffee Break
10:40 AM
Paper 3
Kevin Jung (University of Chicago)
Religion and Morality Revisited: A Christian Perspective
11:20 AM
Paper 4
David Little (Harvard Divinity School)
Human Rights and the Three Faiths: Some Points of Convergence and Conflict
12:00 PM
Q/A
Concluding Reflections
Moderator: W. Clark Gilpin
(University of Chicago) 12:30 PM
Lunch Table Talk (pre-registration required)
2:00 PM
Closing Keynote: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (George Washington University)
Standing Before God-Human Responsibilities and Human Rights
3:00 PM
Conference ends
