Saturdays at Seven Conversation Series

In the tenth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Praveen Sethupathy, Professor of Physiological Genomics, Director of the Center for Vertebrate Genomics, and Chair of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at Cornell University. Sethupathy begins by offering distinctions between genetics and genomics, distinctions that are often…

In the ninth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., the Vice President of Mission and Ministry at Catholic University of America (CUA). Guilbeau opens by discussing the renewed interest in the work of Thomas Aquinas amongst Catholic scholars as well as…

In the eighth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Nathan Hart. Hart opens by discussing the challenges campus ministry officials encounter while striving to serve a variety of internal and external constituents. Hart views the primary audience he strives to serve as students. However, he…

In the seventh episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Andrea Summers, Dean of Spiritual Formation and Campus Pastor at Indiana Wesleyan University. Summers opens by offering her assessment of the spiritual ecosystem in which today’s college students find themselves as well as the circumstances that…

In the sixth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Casey Beaumier, S.J., the Christian W.E. Haub Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Boston College. Beaumier begins by offering a brief overview of the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola, how he came to…

In the fifth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mike Ahn, Dean of Spiritual Development at Biola University. Ahn opens by discussing the ways Biola’s location in Southern California serves as a vibrant home for learning, discerning, and living. One of the ways in which…

In the fourth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jonathan Lunine, Professor of Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Chief Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Lunine begins by exploring the history of JPL, the evolution of the laboratory’s research…

In the third episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Xavier A. Cole, President of Loyola University New Orleans. Cole opens by exploring how students have changed over the course of his time serving in higher education and, in turn, how institutions have responded. Those changes…

In the second episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rt. Rev. Graham Tomlin, President of St. Mellitus College and Editor-In-Chief of Seen and Unseen. Tomlin begins by discussing the changes that occurred over the course of his lifetime in terms of the preparation of clergypersons.…

In the first episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for the PBS News Hour. Woodruff opens by discussing the discernment process that led her to make the transition from her long-standing role as the anchor and managing editor for the PBS…

In the fiftieth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with John C. Cavadini, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Cavadini begins by discussing the challenges and opportunities that define the relationships shared by the Church and Church-related colleges and universities. In particular, he…

In the forty-ninth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Gavin D’Costa, Professor of Catholic Theology Emeritus at the University of Bristol and Invited Professor of Interreligious Dialogue at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. D’Costa opens by discussing the legacy of Vatican II and…

In the forty-eighth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Hans Boersma, the Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. Boersma begins by discussing the working relationship he, as an Anglican theologian, shares with Matthew Levering,…

In the forty-seventh episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Sarah Coakley, the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity Emerita at the University of Cambridge. Coakley opens by discussing the complicated distinctions between constructive theology and systematic theology. Coakley’s work reflects some of the qualities of constructive theology…

In the forty-sixth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Andrew Davison, the Regius Professor of Divinity and Residentiary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford. Davison begins by discussing the arc of a vocational discernment process that led him from completing a D.Phil. in…

In the forty-fifth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with David I. Smith, Professor of Education and Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin University. Smith opens by discussing the development of the scholarship of teaching and learning. 30 years ago,…

In the forty-fourth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Jonathan Y. Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Tan begins by offering an overview of the impact Vatican II had on what is now referenced as world…

In the forty-third episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Peter W. Marty, Editor and Publisher of The Christian Century. Marty opens by discussing the theological commitments that prove imperative when coming to terms with grace. When doing so, he compares the commitments Dietrich Bonhoeffer noted…

In the forty-second episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Pamela Ebstyne King, the Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science and Executive Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development at Fuller Theological Seminary. King begins by differentiating between flourishing and thriving, terms that…

In the forty-first episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Molly Worthen, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Worthen opens by discussing how her interest in journalism over time also came include serving as a collegiate educator. Few individuals whose…