Calling Ourselves Crusaders

What's in a Name?

Date of Event: April 11, 2017

The Panelists: Rev. John F. Baldovin, S.J., ’69, professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College; Sahar Bazzaz, associate professor of history;  Mark P. Freeman, Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society, psychology; Kendy M. Hess, associate professor of philosophy; Vickie Langohr, associate professor and chair of political science; and Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies. Thomas M. Landy, director of the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, moderates the discussion.

About the Discussion: Faculty panelists draw from their academic disciplines and personal experience to consider what it means to call ourselves Crusaders and if the name is an appropriate moniker to represent º£½ÇÉçÇø in the current context. The discussion follows a lecture by Kevin Madigan ’82, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, on the history and historiography of the Crusades.

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