The Jewish/Catholic Studies Institute presents a unique adult education opportunity in a “Town and Gown” setting. The community is invited to share in six evening sessions as part of a regular Walsh Theology Division course entitled “Conscience: The Voice of God.” The six Tuesday evenings will feature Walsh faculty and members of the community addressing the structure, philosophy, formation and application of Conscience.
The evening classes are open to the public without charge and will be held in the Barrette Business and Community Center on the main campus of Walsh University. Each class will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude at 8:30 p.m. The community is invited to attend one or more of the sessions. Community participants wishing to order the textbooks for the course may do so through the Walsh University Bookstore. A limited number of copies will be available for sale at the evening sessions. Texts includeConscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey by Rabbi Harold Schulweiss and The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz. Handouts for other presentations will be available free of charge at the sessions. For further information, contact Rabbi John Spitzer at jspitzer@walsh.edu
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The schedule of topics and presenters is as follows:
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January 24, 2012
The Psychology of Conscience.
Dr. Kimberly Metz, PhD – Assistant Professor of Psychology, Walsh University
February 14, 2012
The Philosophy of Conscience.
Dr. Laurence Bove, PhD – Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Walsh University
February 28, 2012
"History, Hyperbole, and the Hippocampus: Nazi Propaganda and the Distortions of Memory"
Dr. Douglas Palmer, PhD –Associate Professor of History and Associate Chair of Humanities, Walsh University
March 13, 2012
Contemporary Issues of Conscience in Government, Medicine and the House of Worship.
Panelists: Michael E. Hanke - Stark County Administrator
Sr. Carolyn Capuano - Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Mercy Medical Center
Rev. Donald King - Pastor, St. Michael the Arch Angel Parish
March 27, 2012
A Jewish Perspective on Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey.
Rabbi John Spitzer, D.Min, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Walsh University Director of the Jewish/Catholic Studies Institute.
April 10, 2012
“The Supremacy of Conscience” as articulated in Cardinal Newman’s Letter to the Duke of Norfolk.
Rev. Patrick Manning, PhD - Chair of the Division of Theology, Walsh University
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