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  • Call for Proposals: Innovation: 2026 Emerging Scholarship Conference

    08/14/2026 11:35 AM | Annie Selak (Administrator)
    Innovation: 2026 Emerging Scholarship Conference
    November 19–20, 2026 | Denver, Colorado, and Online

    The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) invites proposals for the fourth annual Innovation: Emerging Scholarship Conference, an international hybrid event for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars. Held online and in Denver, Colorado, the conference provides emerging scholars with a collegial setting in which to present innovative research, receive substantive feedback, and develop their ideas through sustained scholarly discussion.

    The conference will begin at 10:00 am MT on Thursday, November 19, and conclude at 12:00 pm MT on Friday, November 20. Meals and refreshments throughout the conference, as well as housing for the night of November 17, will be provided for in-person participants.

    Rather than following a conventional presentation format, the conference is designed to foster sustained conversation about emerging research. Participants will read the submitted papers in advance, allowing each session to focus on the papers’ arguments, methods, implications, and potential for further development. Each two-hour session will feature four emerging scholars and two senior scholar respondents. Following brief, five-minute introductions from each presenter and respondent, the remainder of the session will be devoted to extended discussion among all participants. Those accepted to the conference are expected to attend and participate actively in every session of the event.

    The conference welcomes proposals from doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers working in biblical studies and related fields, including Tanakh and LXX, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies, New Testament and early Christianity, Rabbinic literature, or other related areas of ancient Judaism and Christianity. Scholars from all backgrounds are welcome to attend the conference and participate in its discussions.

    Proposals of 250–500 words must be submitted by September 28, 2026. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by October 9, 2026. Completed papers, not exceeding 6,000 words including notes, must be submitted by November 9, 2026 so that participants have sufficient time to read them before the conference. Applicants do not need to be CBA members to apply or present.

    Selected papers may be invited for publication in the conference proceedings, extending the conversation and making this emerging research available to a wider scholarly audience.

    To submit proposals and papers, please contact the organizing committee through Dr. Joshua Scott, Conference Secretary, at (events@cba-site.org). 

    See the event webpage for additional information: < https://www.catholicbiblical.org/meetings/esc--2026>.

  • New Discoveries and New Directions in Biblical, Hebrew, and Theological Studies (Conference)

    08/13/2026 10:38 AM | Annie Selak (Administrator)

    The Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature and the European Hebrew Journal's international online conference, “New Discoveries and New Directions in Biblical, Hebrew, and Theological Studies,” will take place on 6–8 November 2026. See https://conference.hebrew.edu.rs/ for more information.

    The programme brings together more than 30 international scholars across Biblical Studies, Hebrew, theology, early Christianity, archaeology, Jewish Studies, manuscript traditions, and digital approaches to biblical scholarship.

  • 'They Don't Want to Say Yes" How might Pope Leo change the conversation on women's leadership in the Church? by Phyllis Zagano

    07/29/2026 2:11 PM | Anonymous

    Congratulations to Phyllis Zagano on her publication of 'They Don't Want to Say Yes" How might Pope Leo change the conversation on women's leadership in the Church? (CommonwealMagazine.org, July 28, 2026).

    Read the publication at Commonweal magazine.org

  • Congratulations to Natalia Imperatori-Lee on receiving the Virgilio Elizondo Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theology (ACHTUS Honor)

    07/17/2026 9:01 AM | Anonymous

    Congratulations to CTSA member Natalia Imperatori-Lee on receiving the Virgilio Elizondo Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theology!  This award is ACHTUS's highest honor and was conferred at ACHTUS's annual meeting at Santa Clara University.

    The Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States confers two awards to recognize individuals and institutions that advance the mission of the Academy. The Virgilio Elizondo Award is awarded to an individual "for distinguished achievement in theology, in keeping with the mission of the Academy." The ACHTUS Award is awarded to an institution or organization "for institutional contributions to theology in keeping with the mission of the Academy." Accessed 7/17/26 at https://achtus.us/page/awards.

  • Scholarship for Research I Theological Formation for Ministry in a Synodal Church

    07/17/2026 8:40 AM | Anonymous

    The Xavier Centre for Theological Formation at Australian Catholic University are offering (1) full-time HDR scholarship for research into theological formation in and for a synodal Church.

    Theological Formation for Ministry in a Synodal Church

    CTSA member Maeve Heaney invites anyone interested in this type of work to consider to apply.  The The deadline is Monday 14 September 2026, 11:59 pm AEST. 

    If interested and you have questions about the scholarship or program, Maeve Heaney is happy to connect with you.




  • Funeral Mass Livestream Update I John T. Pawlikowski, OSM - d. Saturday, June 26

    06/29/2026 12:51 PM | Anonymous

    The CTSA remembers and prays for longstanding member John T. Pawlikowski, OSM who died on Saturday, June 26th.  


    Photo from the Catholic Theological Union faculty website page

    Eternal rest grant unto John, O Lord,
    and let perpetual light shine upon him.
    May John’s soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,
    through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

    2014 Recipient of the CTSA’s John Courtney Murray Award for Theology At the CTSA's annual convention, the Society honors one of its members for a lifetime of distinguished theological achievement through the conferral of the John Courtney Murray Award, named for one of its early Board members who was a major theologian in the American Catholic Church.  Nominations can be made by CTSA members each fall for the award to be given at the next convention.
     

    John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Biography and Achievements, Catholic Theological Union faculty website page.

    Wecker, Menachem, “Fr. John Pawlikowski, ‘giant’ of Christian-Jewish relations who taught Pope Leo XIV, dies at 86,”  Cleveland Jewish News, June 28, 2026.

    Contributions to the CTSA Proceedings:

    Mass of Christian Burial Friday, July 10th at 10 a.m. (CST)
    Presider:     CTSA Member Joe Cheah

    The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed and recorded for those who are unable to attend in person. The YouTube link is:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_UvoZzWmc

    Donations in memory of a deceased member are gratefully received. 


  • CFP - St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry

    06/29/2026 12:16 PM | Anonymous

    The Life,  Thought, and Holiness of Fulton J. Sheet:
    Proclaiming Christ and the Wisdom of the Cross

    October 23 - 25, 2026

    CFP submission deadline: July 15th

    See St. Bernard's CFPs

    We invite papers that will explore the life, thought, and holiness of Fulton J. Sheen from various perspectives. Specific topics might include:

    • Fulton J. Sheen’s sanctity and lived witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Fulton J. Sheen’s spirituality and spiritual writings
    • Fulton J. Sheen’s role in evangelization and catechesis
    • Fulton J. Sheen and the Second Vatican Council

    Presentations will be interdisciplinary in nature, ranging from theology to history, from spirituality to philosophy, and from biographical episodes to the current reception of his legacy.

     

    Please submit a 300-word title and abstract by July 15th, 2026


  • Congratulations to Members Recently Published via Orbis Press: Todd Walatka, James Robinson, Phyllis Zagano, Stephanie Edwards, Ramon Luzarraga

    06/25/2026 4:24 PM | Anonymous

    Todd Walatka, Words of Life: The Preaching of Saint Oscar Romero

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/words-of-life-the-preaching-of-st-oscar-romero

    James Robinson, Beyond Factory Farming: A Contemplative-Prophetic Approach to Food

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/beyond-factory-farming-a-contemplative-prophetic-approach-to-food

    Phyllis Zagano, The Vatican and Women Deacons

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-vatican-and-women-deacons

    Stephanie C. Edwards, ed., Witnessing the Wounds: Catholic Theology, Trauma, and Social Healing

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/witnessing-the-wounds

    Nathaniel Holmes, Ramon Luzarraga, Nancy M. Rourke, eds., The Locus of  the Theological Vocation 

    https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-locus-of-the-theological-vocation


  • Congratulations to Joseph Flipper on the Publication of "The Black Catholic Movement: An Unfinished Fight for Self-Determination in the Church"

    06/25/2026 11:29 AM | Anonymous

    Joseph Flipper’s book The Black Catholic Movement: An Unfinished Fight for Self-Determination in the Church (New York University Press, 2026) will be available in early October.  https://nyupress.org/9781479841363/the-black-catholic-movement/

    The Black Catholic Movement reconstructs the history of Black Catholic efforts to maintain distinct Black Catholic communities and to preserve their spiritual, liturgical, and theological heritage from the time of the Civil War until the 1990s. Inspired by the Black Power Movement and the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the Black Catholic Movement of the 1960s–1990s sought to establish new ecclesiastical structures that would give them ownership over their church. When American Catholicism proved inflexible to their demands, the break-away Afrocentric Church, Imani Temple, drew thousands of Black Catholics away from Roman Catholicism. Ultimately, the book makes the case for the urgency of Black Catholic self-determination and self-governance. 

    It is now available for pre-order. Use the promo code PRIDE40 for 40% off all NYU Press titles through June.


  • "New and Familiar Faces--and Emerging Voices--in American Catholic Theology" by James T. Keane, AmericaMagazine.org

    06/17/2026 6:13 PM | Anonymous

    New and familiar faces--and emerging voices
    --in American Catholic theology
    by James T. Keane, AmericaMagazine.com  ( June 16, 2026)

    Highlights the CTSA convention and awards.

    Access the piece here.



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