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October 23, 2023

The New Testament in its Cultural Confrontation with the Roman Empire

Event Series: Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference

In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates.

To launch this new series, Dr. Terence Eagleton—one of the most distinguished literary theorists, critics, and public intellectuals of his generation—discussed the cultural encounters, and inevitable conflicts, in Roman society illustrated by the New Testament writings. Michael Scott, director of the Future of the Humanities Project, moderated a Q&A session following the presentation.

This event was sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.

Participants

Terence Eagleton

Terence Eagleton

Terence Eagleton, Ph.D., is distinguished professor of English literature in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. His book Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983) has sold over 750,000 copies and is one of over 40 books he has written ranging from Myths of Power (1975) to On Evil (2010). His most recent book is Critical Revolutionaries: Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read (2022). Eagleton has been a fellow of four Oxford and Cambridge colleges and has held the Thomas Warton Chair of English Literature at the University of Oxford.

Michael Scott

Michael Scott

Michael Scott, Ph.D. (moderator), is senior dean, fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, college advisor for postgraduate students, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University, where he is professor emeritus.