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Professor at Boston College Examines ‘Search For Truth’
Madison, Wis. (Oct. 20, 2011) –Edgewood College welcomes Dr. Richard Gaillardetz for the 2011 Siena Lecture.
Dr. Gaillardetz, a distinguished professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College, will present “The Search For Truth and the Virtue of Ecclesial Discernment.” The lecture will cover topics including the role of dialogue in the search for truth, and what wisdom may be gleaned for our day from the long history of the search for truth in the Catholic intellectual tradition.
This year’s lecture is at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011, in Anderson Auditorium on the campus of Edgewood College.
The event is free.
About Dr. Gaillardetz
Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz is the Joseph McCarthy Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College. Dr. Gaillardetz previously taught at the University of Toledo from 2001 to 2011 as the Thomas and Margaret Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies. From 1991 to 2001 he taught at the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Theology in Houston. He received a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Texas, an M.A. in Biblical Theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in Systematic Theology. He has published numerous articles and books.
About Edgewood College
Located in Madison, WI, Edgewood College is a liberal arts Catholic college in the Dominican tradition, with 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers more than 40 academic and professional programs, including master’s degrees in business, education, nursing, and other fields, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. For more information about Edgewood College, please visit www.edgewood.edu, or call Ed Taylor in Marketing & Communications at 608-663-2333.
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