'A Secular Age': Tracing the Contours of Religion and Belief

Date: Monday 8th - Thursday 11th June 2009
Location: Mater Dei Institute of Education

International Conference Timetable

Monday 8th June Tuesday 9th June Wednesday 10th June Thursday 11th June
*** Morning
  Conference registration
9.00 - 9.30
Venue: MDI foyer

Conference Plenary Session 1
(Dr. Joseph Dunne & Dr. Eoin G. Cassidy)
9.30 - 11.05
(Chair: Dr. Pat Brereton, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU)
Venue: B2

Followed by coffee/tea
Venue: MDI cafeteria 		Conference registration
9.00 - 9.30
Venue: MDI foyer

Conference Plenary Session 3
(Dr. Fáinche Ryan & Dr. Stephen J. Costello)
9.30 - 11.05
(Chair: Dr. Mary Shine Thompson, Dean of Research, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra)
Venue: B2

Followed by coffee/tea
Venue: MDI cafeteria 		Conference registration
9.00 - 9.30
Venue: MDI foyer

Conference Plenary Session 5
(Professor John Milbank & Prof. Patrick Hannon)
9.30 - 11.05
(Chair: Dr. Ethna Regan, School of Theology, MDI)
Venue: B2

Followed by coffee/tea
Venue: MDI cafeteria
  Conference Plenary Session 2
(Professor Gregor McLennan & Professor Michael Conway)
11.30 - 1.05
(Chair: Dr. Fáinche Ryan, School of Theology, MDI)
Venue: B2 		Conference Plenary Session 4
(Prof. Michael Cronin & Dr. Pádraig Hogan)
11.30 - 1.05
(Chair: Dr. Kevin Williams, School of Education, MDI)
Venue: B2 		 
  Lunch Lunch Lunch
*** Afternoon
  Followed by tea/coffee
4.00 - 4.30
Venue: MDI cafeteria 		Followed by tea/coffee
4.00 - 4.30
Venue: MDI cafeteria 		Conference Parallel Session 3
2.30 - 4.00
Venues: E1, E2, E4, E10, C1

Followed by tea/coffee
4.00 - 4.30
Venue: MDI cafeteria
  Conference Parallel Session 1
This session will consist of a series of short presentations given by graduate students and faculty.
4.30 - 6.00
Venues: E1, E2, E4, E10, C1 		Conference Parallel Session 2
This session will consist of a series of short presentations given by graduate students and faculty.
4.30 - 6.00
Venues: E1, E2, E4, E10 		Conference Plenary Session 6
(Dr. Conor Cunningham & Prof. Eamonn Conway)
4.30 - 6.05
(Chair: Dr. Timothy Mooney, School of Philosophy, UCD)
Venue: B2

Followed by conclusion of conference and summer school (Dr. Eoin Cassidy, MDI)
6.05 - 6.20
*** Evening
Conference registration
6.50 - 7.20

Opening of the conference followed by the Conference Public Lecture: 'Translating Taylor: Pastoral and Theological Implications', Prof. Michael Paul Gallagher, S.J. (Gregorian University, Rome)
7.30
(Chair: TBC)
Venue: B2

Followed by wine reception in MDI 		Conference: The Taylor Lecture
A Secular Age: the Missing Question Mark, delivered by Professor Ruth Abbey
7.30
(Chair: TBC)
Venue: B2 		Evening prayer in the Institute’s chapel
7.00

Followed by the conference dinner at MDI
7.30