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Who's Afraid of the Renaissance? The Once and Future Tradition of Christian Humanism
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Who's Afraid of the Renaissance? The Once and Future Tradition of Christian Humanism
Gregory Wolfe, publisher of and editor of Journal Image and director of the low-residency of MFA in Creative Writing at Seattle Pacific University |
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Nov 19 2009 |
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7:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
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Seattle Pacific University
Beegle Hall, Room 201
3214 Fourth Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119 |
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This event is hosted by the G.K. Chesterton Society of Seattle and is free and open to the public.
For campus map, click here.
The era of the Renaissance has long been obscured by potent and persistent myths—that the Renaissance constituted a radical break from the Middle Ages, and that it was essentially secular. Contemporary scholarship has in fact debunked many of these myths, giving rise to a richer and more complex picture of the early modern era. In many ways, the Renaissance presents an especially relevant mirror to our own age, and the tradition of Renaissance Christian Humanism offers a model for contemporary believers. In this evening's presentation, Gregory Wolfe will provide a window onto this era, showing how Renaissance Humanists sought an incarnational balance of flesh and spirit, faith and reason, ancient… and modern. |
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For more information, contact Nicole Rizkallah at nrizkallah@isi.org. |
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