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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 2322: Nicholas of Cusa, IV: Ecclesiology, Church Reform, and Inter-Religious Dialogue

Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:American Cusanus Society / Cusanus Society of UK & Ireland
Organiser:Christopher M. Bellitto, Department of History, Kean University, New Jersey
Moderator/Chair:Louise Nelstrop, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford / Department of Theology & Religious Studies, York St John University
Paper 2322-aReforming the cura animarum: The Good Shepherd Metaphor in Late Medieval Sermons
(Language: English)
Richard J. Serina Jr., Commission on Theology & Church Relations, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, St Louis
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Sermons and Preaching, Theology
Paper 2322-bCusanus on Correcting Popes
(Language: English)
Christopher M. Bellitto, Department of History, Kean University, New Jersey
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought, Theology
Paper 2322-cEcclesiology and Reform in Nicholas of Cusa's Encounter with Islam
(Language: English)
Joshua Hollmann, Department of Theology, Concordia College, New York
Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology
Abstract

This panel explores the relationship among ecclesiology, church reform, and interreligious dialogue primarily, but not exclusively, through the lens of Nicholas of Cusa. Sources mined include sermons and treatises with a particular concern with reexamining accepted conventional wisdom about Cusanus' relationship with the Reformation, papacy, and Islam. The papers marry institutional concerns with spiritual issues by also exploring the lived experience of pastors, bishops, and Christians and Muslims engaged in sometimes-tenuous dialogue.