Seminar Committee:
Now in its fourth year, the Oxford-Princeton Seminar in Christian Ethics engages in discussions on different aspects of Christianity and Western political thought. This year’s theme is Christianity and the State: 16th to 20th Century Perspectives.
The basic question guiding this year’s seminar is: What should Christians want from the state?
The plan is to engage in monthly online sessions on key figures and texts on this question, led by scholars who are already working on resourcing each figure’s thought. In continuity with our previous seminars, the purpose of these sessions is to investigate texts and figures from the past to answer present questions and concerns. We will aim to have a final conference where the invited participants in the seminar–senior and graduate students alike–will have a chance to present a paper on the topic of Christianity and the State.
Seminar Sessions
Once per month. Format: 90 minute session: (a) introductions (b) 20 minute introduction on text and figure by seminar guide (c) 60 minute group discussion of text. Followed by 30 minutes of casual and optional hangout.
This schedule will be updated regularly!
Session #1: John Calvin (Gerald McKenny)
January 28th at 9am EST/2pm GMT
Session #2: Hugo Grotius (Oliver O’Donovan)
February 25th at 9am EST/2pm GMT