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2024 Schedule

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:: Location for Today's Sessions ::

With the exception of the 1:30 Research Poster Presentation held in Room 325 of the DePaul Student Center (see floor plan here), all of today's sessions will be held in the

DePaul Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Ave. (map)
Room 314AB 

:: Schedule ::

1:30-3:00pm

Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation (held in Student Center Rm. 325)

This interactive session features undergraduates from DePaul's Catholic Studies courses who are presenting their research on the conference topic; their research was chosen by their professors as among the top in their courses. Three of our conference speakers will serve as respondents, offering their feedback and comments following the presentations:

  • Stephanie Wong (Villanova University) 
  • David Ngong (Stillman College
  • Emilce Cuda (Pontifical Commission for Latin America)

Student Presentations:

  • Alan Cruz—The Struggle over Idolatry and Identity in Colonial Mexico
  • Tim Filipiuk—Pope Francis' View of the Modern Economy: Idolatry and Injustice
  • Brittany Garcia-Saucedo—Tara Isabella Burton's Examination of New Religious Practices in the West
  • Oliver King—Idolatry around the Globe: How Witchcraft and Consumer Culture Both Bring about Idolatry in the World
  • Keaton Moore—Baseball and Witchcraft
  • Madalyn Moscinski—Nationalism and Religion in Brazil
  • Tyler Pronobis—Consumerism as Idolatry 
  • Gelse Tecalero—Pope Francis' Criticisms of the Modern Economic System as Idolatrous 
3:00-3:30pm Registration & Check-In / Book Sales*
3:30-4:00pm


 Introduction to the Conference—William T. Cavanaugh (CWCIT Director & Professor of Catholic Studies, DePaul University)
4:00-6:00pm
 ROUNDTABLE—Enchantment, Disenchantment, and Misenchantment
  • Paul Gifford—Disenchantment and its Significance
  • Patrick Gilger, SJ—Disambiguating Disenchantment, or Secularity and the Social Sciences
  • Eugene McCarraher—Sunshine of the Idols, or How American Christianity Perfected the Art of Capitalism Misenchantment

Moderator: Mark Franzen (Director, St. Gregory's Hall—Chicago)
*Book Sales—We've collaborated with the DePaul Bookstore to have aselection of books authored by our speakers available for purchase during the conference. 

:: Location for Today's Sessions ::

All of today's sessions will be held in the

DePaul Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Ave. (map)
Room 314AB

:: Schedule ::

9:30am Continental Breakfast, Registration/Check-in; Book Sales*
10:00am-12:00pm ROUNDTABLE—Scriptural & Theological Reflections on Idolatry

  • Victor Carmona—Bordering on Temptation: Idolatry, Polarization, and the Reign of God at the U.S.-Mexico Border
  • Stan Chu Ilo—"Don’t Bow Down and Worship Idols: I Am the Lord Your God”: Biblical Theological Critique of Idolatry (Exodus 20:5)
  • Bungishabaku Katho—Idolatry, Dysfunctional Communities, and Failed States in the Book of Jeremiah: Interpreting Idolatry in Jeremiah from an African Perspective

Moderator: M. Therese Lysaught (Professor, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Healthcare Leadership—Loyola University of Chicago's Stricht School of Medicine)
12:00-1:30pm Break for Lunch / Book Sales*
1:30-3:30pm ROUNDTABLE—Colonialism & Idolatry Critique

  • David Lantigua—Being Possessed by Mammon: Idolatry, True Worship, and New World Catholicism
  • Andrew Redden—Seeing Idolatry: Devotion, Divergence, and Dogma in the Latin American Colonial and Postcolonial Experience
  • Emilce Cuda—Ideology v. Theology: Pope Francis' Call to Cultivate Hope

Moderator: Rafael Vizcaino (Assistant Professor & Director of Teaching Practicum, Philosophy Department—DePaul University)
3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break / Book Sales*
4:00-6:00pm

ROUNDTABLE—Naming Today's Idols

  • Stephanie Wong—And You Will Be Protected (Job 11:18): A Chinese Critique of Security
  • David Ngong—Did God Create Cameroon? Providence, Colonialism, and the Nation-State in Africa
  • Jung Mo Sung—Is Idolatry Dead? The Discernment between the Idol and True God

Moderator: Abdul-Malik Ryan (Assistant Director, Religious Diversity & Pastoral Care—DePaul University)
*Book Sales—We've collaborated with the DePaul Bookstore to have aselection of books authored by our speakers available for purchase during the conference. 

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