Lecture Series
The New York City Lecture Series in Church History offers an in-depth discussion of consecutive periods in the life of Christendom each year from September through May.
The Roman Forum Lectures in Church History 2014–2015
War in Heaven
and the City of Man
Laying the Groundwork for a Garden of Earthly Delights, 1629-1689
| Lecturer: |
John C. Rao (D. Phil., Oxford) Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University |
| Date & Time: |
All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 p.m. (See schedule below for specific dates of lectures.) $15 payable at the door / Wine & cheese reception following |
| Location: |
Church Hall University Church of St. Joseph 371 Sixth Avenue New York, N.Y. The entrance to the Church Hall is on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place. Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, V to West 4th Street. Wheelchair accessible. |
| Schedule: |
September 7Stairways to Heaven: The Baroque Cultural EnvironmentSeptember 21Popes, Bishops, Religious, & Tridentine Reform: ISeptember 28Popes, Bishops, Religious, & Tridentine Reform: IIOctober 19Dévots, Bon Français & Ambiguous Christian MonarchyNovember 2Westphalia and the Collapse of International ChristendomNovember 16Baroque Regalism and the Fractured EmpireNovember 30The Regalist Onslaught in the Ibero-Italian WorldDecember 14New World Christianity: Religion, Regalism, & the CreolesJanuary 18Jansenius, Saint-Cyran, the Great Arnauld, & Port RoyalFebruary 1Regalism, Le Roi Soleil, and the Gallican ThreatFebruary 15Piety, Mysticism, and Pastoral DiscontentsMarch 1Intercontinental Crimes Committed in the Name of GraceMarch 15The Turk You Will Always Have With YouMarch 29Raskol and Russian TsardomApril 12Descartes, Deus, et MachinaApril 26The Dutch Kaleidoscope and the Shadow of SpinozaMay 10Manifold Agonies of the Anglican WorldMay 17Glorious Revolution & the Foundations of Locke Land |
