Professor Mary-Catherine Hilkert of Notre Dame University, USA, will visit the Radboud University Nijmegen at the end of May 2012 to give a Masterclass on Edward Schillebeeckx’s Political Theology. Professor Hilkert is a renowned expert in Schillebeeckx’s thinking. Last year, she gave a very successful series of lectures in Nijmegen as well.

The full title of this year’s Master class is: Speaking of Salvation in a Secularized and Suffering World: Edward Schillebeeckx’s Social-Political Theology of Grace. The Masterclass will take two-and-a-half days of in-depth reading and discussion. Language will be English.

The Master class will start in the evening of Thursday, May 26, continuing the whole day on Friday, May 27, and Monday, May 30, 2011. Dr. Stephan van Erp of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies will give a preparatory lecture to this Master class on Wednesday evening, May 11.

More information, like Study manual and Literature to read, will be given on request. For more information or registration contact dr. Stephan van Erp (Radboud University, s.vanerp@rs.ru.nl) or Mijke Jetten (Edward Schillebeeckx Foundation, contact@schillebeeckx.nl). Please register as soon as possible, as only a limited number of people can take part. Costs for participation are 80 euro. Friends of the Edward Schillebeeckx Foundation (www.schillebeeckx.nl/donatie) pay 65 euro.