EROS & THE MYSTERY OF GOD
On the Body, Sex & Asceticism
What does it mean to be created in the image of God, male and female?
Join us at the 9th annual Eighth Day Symposium where Catholic, Orthodox & Protestant Christians committed to the historic Nicene Christianity of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church cultivate a community of friendships through a dialogue of love & truth.
THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
We've brought together a great line-up of Catholic, Orthodox & Protestant speakers for a dialogue of love & truth.
Hans Boersma
Professor of Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House.
Adam Cooper
Professor of Patristics & Theology at John Paul II Institute of Marriage
David Ford
Professor of Church History at St. Tikhon's Orthodox
Ephraim Radner
Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College
THE LECTURES
WITH LINKS TO ABSTRACTS
Hans Boersma Plenary - Body, Gender & Sex: Lessons from St Gregory of Nyssa
Hans Boersma Breakout - Eight Theses on Sex
Adam Cooper Plenary - Can Asceticism Make Us Better Lovers? The Promise & Limits of St Maximus the Confessor's Theology of Marriage
Adam Cooper Breakout - When Lovemaking Becomes Liturgy: John Paul II's Reflections on Song of Songs & Tobit
David Ford Plenary - An Orthodox Theology of Eros, Sexuality & Marriage: The Vision of St. John Chrysostom
David Ford Breakout - From Garden to Eschaton: The Eternality of Marriage as Understood in the Orthodox Church
Ephraim Radner Plenary - There Is No Desire Out of the Desires of Scripture
Ephraim Radner Breakout - How Do We Shape Desire?
Alicia Bradford Breakout - Communion of Love: The Spousal Vocation of Man & Woman in Light of the Trinitarian Nature of God
Fr. Paul O'Callaghan Breakout - Adam, Eve & Eros
Joshua Sturgill Breakout - Art & the Incarnation: Poetry as a Chastely Erotic Art
Dcn. Aaron Taylor Breakout - Metanoia in Faerie: Ascetic Peregrinatio & the Transfiguration of Eros in Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Tale"
THE AGENDA
Thursday, January 24
4:00 pm: VIP Meeting with Plenary Speakers Adam Cooper & Ephraim Radner - exclusive event for Eighth Day Patrons, Pillars & Olympians. If you're not yet a member, join the community today!
6:00 pm: Vespers at St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church
7:00 pm: Welcome Reception at Eighth Day Books
Friday, January 25
9:00 am: Third Hour Prayer at St Mary Orthodox Christian Church
9:30 am: Eighth Day Convocation with a Patristic Contemplation by Director Doom: On the Body & Asceticism
10:00 am: Plenary Lecture 1 by Ephraim Radner: "There Is No Desire Out of the Desires of Scripture"
11:00 am: Break
11:30 am: Breakouts
Boersma: "8 Theses on Sex"
Bradford: "Communion of Love"
Ford: "From Garden to Eschaton"
O'Callaghan: "Adam, Eve & Eros"
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm: Plenary Lecture 2 by Adam Cooper: "Can Asceticism Make Us Better Lovers?"
2:30 pm: Break
6:00 pm: Festal Dinner Banquet at St Mary Orthodox Christian Church: The Life of St. Mary of Egypt with the Cathedral Choir and Reflections on Cultural Renewal by Plenary Speakers
Saturday, January 26
9:00 am: Third Hour Prayer at St Mary Orthodox Christian Church
9:30 am: Eighth Day Convocation with a Patristic Contemplation by Director Doom: On Eros & Sex
10:00 am: Plenary Lecture 3 by David Ford on "Orthodox Theology of Eros, Sexuality & Marriage"
11:00 am: Break
11:30 am: Breakouts
Cooper: "Lovemaking & Liturgy"
Radner: "How Do We Shape Desire"
Sturgill: "Art & the Incarnation"
Taylor: "Metanoia in Faerie"
12:30 pm: Lunch & Book Signings
2:00 pm: Plenary Lecture 4 by Hans Boersma on "Body, Gender & Sex"
3:00 pm: Break
3:15 pm: Panel Dialogue
4:30 pm: Break & Dinner on Your Own
6:00 pm: Great Vespers at St George Orthodox Cathedral with Cathedral Tour available immediately following.
8:30 pm: Open House at Eighth Day Books and Eighth Day Institute
What PAST ATTENDEES Are Saying
My thanks to you and other staff and volunteers for the tremendous conference last weekend. Personally, I think it set my life on a new course. I can't say that about any other symposium I've ever attended!
Tim Rives
An Eighth Day Member
As the head of an ecumenical household – my wife is an Evangelical Protestant and I am Roman Catholic – Eighth Day Institute's efforts toward promoting authentic unity are more than just theological exercises or cultural improvements; they’re beacons of hope that something like a non-uniform unity is possible (and beautiful!), and they offer a formula for presenting an authentic vision of our shared Christianity to our children.
Tom Rhein
President of EDI Board
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