Catholic Theological Society of America

Catholic Theological Society of America


Past Conventions

Convention 2013

  • 2013 Convention Plenaries
    • Presidential Address; Susan A. Ross (pdf file to be posted)

    • Conversion and Witnessing: Intercultural Renewal in a World Church; Peter Casarella. (pdf file to be posted)

    • Conversion and the Work of the Ethical Imagination: A Perspective from Social Ethics; Linda Hogan (pdf file to be posted)
      • A Response to Linda Hogan, Tobias Winright (pdf file to be posted)

    • Ecclesial Conversion after Vatican II: Forever Becoming a Church That Reveals 'the Genuine Face of God'; Ormond Rush (pdf file to be posted)
      • A Response to Ormond Rush, Natalia Imperatori‐Lee (pdf file to be posted)

  • 2013 Convention Program (pdf format)

  • 2013 Convention Program/Session Descriptions (pdf file)  

  • Presidential Address; Susan A. Ross (pdf file to be posted)

  • 2013 Convention pictures

  • John Courtney Murray Award Recipient for 2013:
    Anne E. Patrick

Convention 2012

  • 2012 Convention Plenaries
    • Presidential Address; John E. Thiel (pdf file)

    • Sacramental-Liturgical Theology Since Vatican II: The Dialectic of Meaning and Performance; Bruce T. Morrill, S.J. (pdf file)

    • A Global Sign of Outward Grace: The Sacramentality of the World Church in the Era of Globalization; Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, S.J.
      (pdf file)
      • A Response to Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, S.J., William O'Neill, S.J. (pdf file)

    • Sacramental Sights Through Women's Eyes: Spying in a Promised Land; Teresa Berger (pdf file)
      • A Response to Teresa Berger, Susan Abraham (pdf file)

  • 2012 Convention Program (pdf format)

  • 2012 Convention Program/Session Descriptions (pdf file)  

  • Presidential Address; John E. Thiel (pdf file)

  • 2012 Convention pictures

  • John Courtney Murray Award Recipient for 2012:
    Terrence W. Tilley


Convention 2011


Convention 2010

  • 2010 Convention Plenaries
    • Presidential Address; Bryan N. Massingale (pdf file)

    • A Theological Reading of Scripture? Critical Problematic and Prophetic Vision in the Aftermath and Crossroads of Disciplinary Transformation; Fernanco F. Segovia (pdf file)

    • Restorative Justice as a Prophetic Path to Peace; Stephen J. Pope
      (pdf file)
      • A Response to Stephen J. Pope, Kristin Heyer (pdf file)

    • Reimagining the Ecclesial/Prophetic Vocation of the Theologian; Catherine E. Clifford, Richard R. Gaillardetz (pdf file)

  • 2010 Convention Program (program info only - formatted to minimize paper)
    (pdf format)

  • 2010 Convention Program/Session Descriptions/Précis from Preliminary Schedule (pdf file)          Program Descriptions from 3/2010

  • Presidential Address; Bryan N. Massingale (pdf file)

  • 2010 Convention pictures

  • John Courtney Murray Award Recipient for 2010:
    Peter C. Phan


Convention 2009


Convention 2008


Convention 2007


Convention 2006


Convention 2005


Convention 2004


Convention 2003


2014 Convention

2014 Theme/Call for Papers

Leadership Teams' Resource Materials