Third Annual Conference
Evil and Suffering in the Patristic Period
October 12 - 14, 2006
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
The Ladder of Divine Ascent, 12thcent., St. Katherine’s Monastery, Sinai
Thursday, October 12, 2006
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM Registration in Maliotis Center
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chapel Service: Vespers
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner: Condakes Refectory
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Opening Reception: Introductory Remarks by Rev. Dean Thomas
Fitzgerald and Professor François Bovon, Maliotis Center
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM Plenary Session: 1
Sister Nonna Harrison, St. Paul School of Theology
Greek Patristic Perspectives on the Origins of Social Injustice
Pappas Patristic Institute Conference, Evil and Suffering in the Patristic Period
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Friday, October 13, 2006
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Chapel Service: Matins
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast: Condakes Refectory
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Plenary Session: 2
Rev. Dr. John Behr, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Learning Through Experience: The Pedagogy of Suffering and Death in Irenaeus
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Plenary Session: 3
Dr. David G. Hunter, Iowa State University
Evil, Suffering, and Embodiment in Saint Augustine
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch: Condakes Refectory
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Break: Bookstore open
1:30 PM - 2:05 PM Short Communication: 1
Dr. Dmitrij Bumazhnov, University Tübingen
The evil angels in the Letters and in the Vita of the St Antony the Great
Dr. Efthalia Makris Walsh, Independent Scholar
Evil and Suffering in St. John Chrysostom’s Commentary on Psalm Seven
Rev. Dr. Charles Talar, University of St. Thomas School of Theology
The Author of Evil: The Devil in the Patristic Scholarship of Joseph Turmel
2:05 PM - 2:40 PM Short Communication: 2
Dr. Demetrios Katos, Hellenic College
Evagrius of Pontus on Providence and the Utility of Evil
Regina L. Walton, Boston University
A Death in t