Public Lecture | The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022): “A Glimpse of Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology of Creation, Sin, and Redemption: Reviewing His Canonical Interpretation of Genesis 1–3”
Public Lecture | The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022): "A Glimpse of Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology of Creation, Sin, and Redemption: Reviewing His Canonical Interpretation of Genesis 1–3''
18
May
The Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy will hold a Public Lecture on The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022) titled “A Glimpse of Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology of Creation, Sin, and Redemption: Reviewing His Canonical Interpretation of Genesis 1–3″on 18 May 2023.
ABOUT THE TALK:
In his well-known speech given in the 1988 Erasmus Lecture titled, “Biblical Interpretation in Crisis”, the then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger acknowledged the contribution that the historical method has offered to the better understanding of the bible; at the same time, he pointed out the inherit limitations that it has and the challenges that it has posed to the Christian faith. Thus, he proposed what is called “Method C” as an edifying method to read the Bible. This view was then further developed, among other places, in the preface to the first instalment of his three-volume work, Jesus of Nazareth. In this lecture, we shall take a closer look at what this “Method C” is according to the late Pope Benedict XVI, and to take as an example his interpretation of Genesis 1–3. In so doing, we may also have a glimpse at his theology of creation, sin, and redemption.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Chin Hei (Andrew) Leong holds a doctoral degree (Ph.D / S.Th.D.) in Theology specialized in biblical studies (Old Testament) from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He teaches biblical subjects for the Bachelor of Christian Studies and theories of hermeneutics and aesthetics for the Master of Philosophy at FRSP. He is currently the research coordinator of the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy at USJ and the chief editor of the faculty journal, Orientis Aura: Macau Perspectives in Religious Studies. He sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Macau Ricci Institute. He has published in the following areas: post-colonial biblical hermeneutics, Biblical Hebrew semantics, comparative reading of biblical and classical Chinese literature, cognitive metaphor theory, and the Vatican II document Dei Verbum.
Details:
Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (GMT+8)
Location: Library Conference Room, USJ Ilha Verde Campus
Organised by: Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of Saint Joseph
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