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Special Events and Conferences
Carroll's Theology faculty have organized numerous major conferences to stimulate reflection on issues related to religion and society. Speakers at these special conferences have included Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina and Betty Williams of Northern Ireland. Theology faculty also assisted in organizing a visit from Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. Conferences have featured topics such as "Raising Lazarus: On the Frontiers of Life-Extending Technology," "Business, Labor, and Religion: Cooperation and Conflict," "Prophecy and Politics," and many others.
The theology department at Carroll is a member of Theta Alpha Kappa (TAK), the National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theological Studies. The purpose of the society is to encourage, recognize, and support excellence in these areas of study, as well as to prepare students for the rigors of graduate work.
Theology Club
The Theology Club at Carroll is a popular student-run club that provides students an opportunity to explore religious questions and contemporary religious issues in an open, non-threatening atmosphere that respects and encourages different points of view. All students at Carroll are welcome to participate in the club, which sponsors casual dinners, movie nights, guest speakers, community projects, student presentations and conferences.
Outcomes
- Margaret Scanlon ('04) will be attending Weston Jesuit School of Theology in the Fall of 2005.
- Katherine Greiner ('05) will be attending Weston Jesuit School of Theology in the Fall of 2005.
- Anjalie Graham ('05) will be volunteering for a year at an orphanage in Tanzania, East Africa, beginning in June 2005.
"After graduating from Carroll, I entered graduate school well-equipped and well-prepared to continue to develop as a theologian, with a crucial sense of reverence towards and responsibility for the discipline."
- Kat Greiner, '05