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SUMMARY:Theological Society: Ellen Davis
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Ellen Davis\nApril 9th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nEmail to join \nScripture and Soil: How the Bible’s Vision Inspires Care for the Land\nWith the digital world at our fingertips and within a collegiate environment shaped by ideas and abstractions\, the slow\, seasonal labor of those who work the land can seem like a relic of days gone by. And yet\, Scripture begins in a garden. \nThroughout Scripture–particularly in the Old Testament–we encounter a persistent theme: the relationship between God\, humans\, and the land. Care for the land is both communal and sacred\, central to what it means to be human. Perhaps then\, the work of the humble farmer is far more sacred than we have imagined\, those callused hands participating in humanity’s original vocation. \nOver the course of her distinguished career as an Old Testament scholar at Duke\, Ellen Davis has drawn profound connections between the Hebrew Bible and the worlds of agriculture\, land care\, and agrarian life. For over fifteen years\, she has employed biblical interpretation as a lens for understanding what she calls\, “the global crisis of agriculture.” While this lens does involve a careful reflection on the past\, she argues that it can also provide invaluable instruction on a more whole future. \nJoin us in welcoming Ellen Davis to Theological Society to discuss how this compelling agrarian framework can shape both the intellectual and practical life of faith. \nEllen Davis\, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology\, Duke Divinity School\nEllen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. \nThe author of twelve books and many articles\, her research interests focus on how biblical interpretation bears on the life of faith communities and their response to urgent public issues\, particularly the ecological crisis and interfaith relations. Scripture\, Culture\, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge University Press\, 2009)\, integrates biblical studies with a critique of industrial agriculture and food production. Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology\, Discipleship and Ministry (Westminster John Knox\, 2014)\, explores the prophetic role and word across both Testaments of the Christian Bible. Her most recent books are Preaching the Luminous Word (Eerdmans\, 2016)\, a collection of her sermons and essays\, and Opening Israel’s Scriptures (Oxford\, 2019)\, a comprehensive theological reading of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Light within Light: Psalms and the Arts of Insight\, co-written with Makoto Fujimura and Shai Held\, is forthcoming from Baylor University Press in 2026. \nA lay Episcopalian\, she has long been active as a theological consultant within the Anglican Communion. Her current work explores the arts as modes of scriptural interpretation. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-ellen-davis/
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SUMMARY:Theological Society: Jason Staples
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Jason Staples\nA Newer Perspective on Paul: The identity of Israel in “All Israel will be saved” (Romans 11:26)\nApril 30th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nEmail to join \nWhen the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 11:25-26\, “For a hardening has happened on part of Israel\, until the fullness of the gentiles enters in\, and in this way all Israel will be saved\,” what did he mean? Specifically\, what did he mean by “all Israel”? \nThis is one of the most contentious questions in biblical and theological studies. And there is a new perspective that has emerged to answer it.In his much-discussed recent book\, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel\, Jason Staples has proposed that in Romans 11:25-26 Paul envisions the entry of the gentiles as necessary for the restoration of the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel\, which results in the salvation of “all Israel” (and not just in the salvation of the Southern Kingdom of Judah). This reading has significant consequences: it means that Paul thought the 10 tribes had become gentiles after breaking the covenant and needed to be ethnically transformed to become Israelites once again\, and that this restoration took place by incorporation into the Messiah. Gentiles who follow Messiah and receive the holy spirit\, in other words\, do not remain gentiles: they become Israelites (again) in order for all Israel to be saved. \nJoin the Theological Society at Cornell for a conversation with Jason Staples\, Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NC State University. \nJason Staples\nJason A. Staples (Ph.D.\, UNC-Chapel Hill) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NC State University\, where he teaches courses on the Bible\, early Judaism\, Christian origins\, ethics\, globalism\, conflict\, and various theoretical perspectives in the study of religion and society. \nHe is a sought-after speaker and gives lectures on a variety of subjects. To book him for an event\, please use the form here. \nHe is the author of Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews\, Former Gentiles\, Israelites (Cambridge University Press\, 2024)\, which reviewers have called “enormously important and theologically productive\,” “an astonishing contribution\,” “the cutting edge of Pauline scholarship by a master of his trade\,” “arguably the most consequential contribution to Pauline studies since John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift [2017]\,” a book that “will undoubtedly stand at the center of Pauline discussions for years to come\,” and “potentially as ‘epoch-defining’ as Paul and Palestinian Judaism by E. P. Sanders in 1977.” \nHe is also the author of The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People\, Exile\, and Israelite Identity (Cambridge University Press\, 2021)\, which reviewers have called “a constructive\, cogent\, and compelling book\, the “best academic book I read this year\,” and concluded “should accomplish nothing less than a paradigm shift.” \nHis articles have been published in The Journal of Biblical Literature\, New Testament Studies\, Journal for the Study of the New Testament\, Harvard Theological Review\, Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft\, the Journal of Religion and Film\, and more. He was a 2008 recipient of the U.S. Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and is a member of the UNC Royster Society of Fellows. \nOutside the scholarly world\, Jason has also worked in sports media for over fifteen years\, providing analysis and digital content for a variety of outlets\, including The Wilson Times\, InsideCarolina.com (247Sports/CBS Sports)\, Scout.com\, Fox Sports\, and the Unconquered Podcast. \nAs a below-average football walk-on (=practice dummy) at Florida State from 2000–2002\, Jason had the opportunity to see what athletic greatness looks like up close\, learning from some of the best coaches and players in the game. He has since attempted to pass on some of that knowledge at the high school level\, serving as the passing game/WRs/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning coach at Jordan High School (Durham\, NC) from 2017–2018\, QBs/Passing Game Coordinator at Southern Durham High School (Durham\, NC) in 2016\, and as a private QB/WR coach in association with Carolina Elite football. \nIn addition to writing\, teaching\, and coaching\, Jason is a voice actor/artist\, with over a decade of experience including ad reads\, audiobook narration\, and more. He also provides services as a contract/freelance copyeditor. \nJason is a member of the the American Academy of Religion\, Society of Biblical Literature\, Society for Classical Studies\, Association for Jewish Studies\, Catholic Biblical Association of America\, and Football Writers’ Association of America and a former CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. \nHis full Curriculum Vitae can be found here. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-jason-staples/
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SUMMARY:Theological Society: David Gallagher
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House’s Theological Society Presents: \nA Conversation with Dr. David Gallagher\nApril 9th\, 2026 | 1:00pm \nemail to join \nOrdo Amoris: “Thomas Aquinas on Self-Love as the Basis for Love of Others”\nWhile most Christians understand that love for God is to supersede all other loves\, that does not mean all other loves should reside at an equal level. Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas’s massive work of systematic theology\, the Summa Theologiae\, explores the idea of ordo amoris\, or “the order of loves.” Perhaps surprisingly\, Aquinas identifies a proper love of self as foundational to rightly loving others. \nTheological Society welcomes Dr. David Gallagher to examine Aquinas’s framework for the ordo amoris\, including the categories through which Aquinas understands the proper ordering of love. Drawing on his own work as well as the Summa Theologiae\, Dr. Gallagher will guide us through this Thomistic framework before opening the evening to an extended question and answer session. \nDavid Gallagher\, Independent scholar\, former Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America\nDr. David Gallagher received his B.A. degree at the University of Navarra\, Spain\, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington\, DC.  From 1988 to 1999 he was Assistant and then Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He focused primarily on the moral psychology of Thomas Aquinas\, publishing numerous scholarly articles in this area. Since then\, he has worked in New York on the U.S. National Board of the Catholic Prelature of Opus Dei. He continues to pursue academic interests by teaching and occasional publishing. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. \n  \nemail to join
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SUMMARY:Kavin Rowe
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House presents: \nC. Kavin Rowe\nThursday\, October 29th\, 2026\nTime & Location TBD \nregistration to come! \nMore information coming soon… \nC. Kavin Rowe; Ivey Distinguished Professor and Vice Dean\, The Divinity School\, Duke University \nC. Kavin Rowe is vice dean for faculty and George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. The first of three volumes of his collected essays has recently been published as “Leading Christian Communities.” He also is the author of “Christianity’s Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope\,” “One True Life: the Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions\,” “World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age” and “Early Narrative Christology.” He has published dozens of articles and essays\, and co-edited “The Word Leaps the Gap” and “Rethinking the Unity and Reception of Luke and Acts.” \nHe is on the editorial board of several international peer-review journals. Rowe has been a Fulbright Scholar\, Regional Scholar for the Society of Biblical Literature\, chair of the Society’s Southeastern Region New Testament section\, president of the Society’s Southeastern Region\, and was elected to the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. He was awarded a Lilly Faculty Fellowship\, a Christian Faith and Life Grant from the Louisville Institute\, the John Templeton Prize for Theological Promise\, the Paul J. Achtemeier Award\, and a Distinguished Scholars grant from the McDonald Agape Foundation. \n 
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/kavin-rowe-2026/
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SUMMARY:Theological Society: Dean Sujin Pak
DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with Dean Sujin Pak\nDean Sujin Pak\, Professor of the History of Christianity\, Boston University School of Theology\nDr. G. Sujin Pak is Dean of the Boston University School of Theology and Professor of the History of Christianity. Her scholarship and teaching focus on the early modern period\, the Protestant Reformation\, and the history of biblical interpretation. Pak is the author of The Judaizing Calvin: Sixteenth-Century Debates on the Messianic Psalms (Oxford University Press\, 2010) and The Reformation of Prophecy: Early Modern Interpretations of the Prophet and Old Testament Prophecy (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, as well as several articles appearing in journals such as Church History\, Renaissance & Reformation Review\, Religions\, and Calvin Theological Journal. As a teacher\, Pak encourages her students to engage a variety of perspectives with attention to their social contexts. Pak serves as secretary of the ATS Board of Directors\, president of AUMTS and Wesley Works\, vice president of the Calvin Studies Society executive board\, Reformation Area Editor for the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception\, and member of the University Senate of the UMC. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. \n  \nEmail to join
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-dean-sujin-pak/
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SUMMARY:Theological Society: Ryan O'Dowd
DESCRIPTION:Guest Scholar: \nA Conversation with Ryan O’Dowd\nRyan O’Dowd\, Pastor of Christ Church of Atlanta and Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House\nRyan O’Dowd is the Pastor of Christ Church of Atlanta and Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House. Ryan started volunteering with Chesterton House in 2010 while serving on Air Force active duty at Cornell ROTC. He briefly served on the governing board before joining the staff in 2013. His academic research focuses on biblical wisdom and law and their intersection with Christian ethics. He has written several essays and book chapters as well as five books on topics related to biblical law and wisdom literature including “The Preacher’s Hebrew Commentary on Deuteronomy” (Hendrickson\, 2024) and “Proverbs” (Zondervan\, 2017). Ryan is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (1994)\, Reformed Theological Seminary\, and the University of Liverpool (PhD). He and his wife\, Amy\, have three grown children and recently moved to Atlanta with their youngest daughter. \n\nTHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY\nThis society seeks to gather Cornell faculty and graduate students to discuss major themes in biblical and theological studies. Discussion aims to satisfy what Simone Weil once described as the basic need of the soul to consider “every sort of opinion\, without the least restriction or reserve.” To this end\, we invite dialogue that explores and even challenges historic orthodox beliefs as well as those ideas that reign in the contemporary church\, academy\, and culture. \nOur dialogue is collegial and cordial without shying away from the hard questions scholars face in their life and work. Members of the group seek to nurture discussion by listening attentively to one another\, guarding the length of our responses\, and avoiding diversions to pet issues unrelated to the subject at hand. In short\, we seek to embody a uniquely Christian form of intellectual hospitality that we can pass on to future generations. \n  \nEmail to join
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/theological-society-ryan-odowd/
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