Scarpa Conference: Come Visit Villanova, PA

A reminder that this Friday, September 15,  Villanova Law will host the first annual Scarpa Conference in Catholic Legal Studies.  This year's topic is "From John Paul II to Benedict XVI: Continuing the Re-Evangelization of Law, Politics, and Culture," and the keynote address will be delivered by someone uniquely qualified to address this topic with the breadth and depth it deserves, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.  The title of Cardinal Dulles's paper is "The Church's Indirect Mission to the Sociopolitical Order."

The three other papers will be uninterrupted MOJ:  Professor Rick Garnett, "Salt and Springtime: Pope Benedict XVI and the Freedom of the Church;" Professor Amy Uelmen, "Reconciling Evangelization and Dialogue Through Love of Neighbor in Law, Politics, and Culture;" and Patrick McKinley Brennan, "The Decreasing Ontological Density of the State in Catholic Social Doctrine."  Commenting on the papers will be Villanova Dean Mark Sargent, Villanova Law professors Michael Moreland and Robert Miller, and CUA law professor William Wagner.

For details about attending, see http://www.law.villanova.edu/calendars/showevents.asp?date=9/15/2006  Those of us doing Catholic legal theory here at Villanova look forward to welcoming lots of friends and to meeting new folks interested in our common questions. 

The four principal papers will be published in the Villanova Law Review this spring.