Phenomenology and Revelation
Seminar 2023
August 10-16, 2023
Immaculate Conception Conference Center
Huntington, Long Island, New York
accessible on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) from JFK Airport (via AirTran), LaGuardia Airport (via Q70 bus + Subway E line), Penn Station, or Grand Central
Seminar Leaders
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College)
Tamsin Jones (Trinity College)
Neal deRoo (Institute for Christian Studies)
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Opening/Welcome & Dinner
Thursday, August 10, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #1
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College)
"Phenomenology and the Secret"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #2
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College)
"Phenomenology and the Secret"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Paper Discussion Session #1
Jorge Luis Roggero (Salvador University)
“The Secret of Manifestation: The Phenomenon of Revelation”
3:15 pm – 3:30pm
Brief Coffee Break
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Paper Discussion Session #2
Chad Maxson (Olivet Nazarene University)
“Revelation as Eschatological Call”
4:45pm – 5:00pm
Brief Coffee Break
5:00pm – 6:15pm
Paper Discussion Session #3
David de la Fuente (Fordham University)
“The Mediation of the Mediator and the Visibility of the Saint: Ricoeur and Lonergan as Hermeneutical Correctives for Marion’s Phenomenology of Revelation”
6:30pm
Dinner
Friday, August 11, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #3
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College)
"Phenomenology and the Secret"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #4
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College)
"Phenomenology and the Secret"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Paper Discussion Session #4
Andreas Gonçalves Lind (Universidade Católica Portuguesa/ Centre Sèvres)
“God as the life of mortal persons”
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:30pm
Paper Discussion #5
Max Schaefer (University of Prince Edward Island)
"Desiring Parousia: A Critique of Henry's Concept of Revelation"
5:30pm
Break followed by Dinner
Saturday, August 12, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #5
Tamsin Jones (Trinity College)
"Capax Dei? Theological Debates on the Reception of Revelation"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #6
Tamsin Jones (Trinity College)
"Capax Dei? Theological Debates on the Reception of Revelation"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Paper Discussion Session #6
Charles Gillespie (Sacred Heart University)
“Dramatic Revelation: Theatrical Sacraments and a Phenomenology of Spectacle”
3:15 pm – 3:30pm
Brief Coffee Break
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Paper Discussion Session #7
Angelika Wimmer (University of Munich)
“Theology of Disclosure and Eucharistic Revelations?”
4:45pm – 5:00pm
Brief Coffee Break
5:00pm – 6:15pm
Paper Discussion Session #8
William C. Woody (Boston College)
“Divine Disruption and a Phenomenology of Conversion”
6:30pm
Dinner
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Free
Monday, August 14, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #7
Tamsin Jones (Trinity College)
"Capax Dei? Theological Debates on the Reception of Revelation"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #8
Tamsin Jones (Trinity College)
"Capax Dei? Theological Debates on the Reception of Revelation"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Paper Discussion Session #9
Matt Clemons (Stony Brook University)
“A Theological Application of Phenomenology: Is Grace Experienced?”
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:30pm
Paper Discussion Session #10
Manuela Steinemann (University of Zürich)
“The Christian Under the Universal Lordship of God the Father and Heidegger’s Dasein: Phenomenological Considerations on Jesus Christ as Revealer of God's Providential Action”
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Break followed by Dinner
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #9
Neal DeRoo (Institute for Christian Studies)
"Spirituality and Transcendental Phenomenology"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #10
Neal DeRoo (Institute for Christian Studies)
"Spirituality and Transcendental Phenomenology"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Paper Discussion Session #11
Hannah Lyn Venable (University of Mary)
“Revelation in Suffering: The Merits of a Phenomenological Approach”
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:30pm
Paper Discussion Session #12
Sean Haefner (Boston College)
“The Unconditional in the Broken World: Gabriel Marcel on Hope as Revelation”
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Break followed by Dinner
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
09:00am – 10:30am
Seminar Session #11
Neal DeRoo (Institute for Christian Studies)
"Revelation and Spiritual Expression"
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm
Seminar Session #12
Neal DeRoo (Institute for Christian Studies)
"Revelation and Spiritual Expression"
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
Afternoon
Free
7:00pm
Conference Begins
For questions, please contact: gschwandtner@fordham.edu