Lectures on Church History Scheduled for New York

The following lecture series will be presented by the Roman Forum in Manhatten.

“Binding the Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature
(1025–1153)

Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University

Autumn-Spring 2007-2008 Schedule

September 16: Imperial Christianity & National Churches
September 30: Bishops, Priests, Monks, Hermits & the Laity
October 7: A Passion for Wider Reform
October 21: St. Leo IX and the Roman Revolution
November 4: Radical Reform, Simony, Celibacy & the East
November 18: Hildebrand, Investiture and the Battle with the Empire
December 2: The Many Fronts of the Reform War
December 16: A Fragile Peace of Church and State
January 20: From Malitia to Preudommes & Militia Christi
February 3: Islam, the Turks and the Plight of the East
February 17: The First Crusade
March 2: The Crusading States, Byzantium & the West
March 16: Poets, Monks & Mystical Theology
March 30: Canons, Preachers & Cathedral Schools
April 13: The Dialectical Method: Its Friends & its Enemies
April 27: The “Two Swords” and the “Two Laws”
May 4: St. Bernard, the Military Orders & the Second Crusade
May 25: The Complex Christendom of 1153

All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 pm.
Wine & Cheese Reception. Entrance Fee at door of $10.00

University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue, Manhatten
Church Hall Entrance on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street Station
Wheelchair Accessible