On Nicholas of Cusa
Thursday, June 4, 2020
8:00PM EDT (7:00PM CDT)
Registration required
On Thursday, June 4th, the spring webinar series Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought will conclude with a presentation by Professor David Albertson “On Meister Eckhart.” The webinar will be held on Zoom at 8:00PM EDT (7:00PM CDT) on Thursday, June 3th. The Saint Benedict Institute is a cosponsor of this event.
This event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required. For more information and to register for this webinar, click here.
Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464) was a great late medieval, early modern thinker and polymath who digested the medieval theological and contemplative traditions and pressed these in new directions. Living in tumultuous times, his career in the Church as a cardinal was occupied by his work as a reformer and his efforts to re-unify the Eastern and Western Churches. Professor David Albertson will offer an introduction to the lesser-known but rich life and thought of this great German personality.
David Albertson is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California. He received his B.A. in Religion from Stanford University, and both his M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Professor Albertson studies the history of Christian thought in medieval and early modern Europe, particularly the way that theological discourses have been conditioned by other modes of knowledge. His research has focused especially on mystical literature. He is the author of Mathematical Theologies: Nicholas of Cusa and the Legacy of Thierry of Chartres (Oxford University Press, 2014), and has co-edited a volume on biotechnology and ecological crisis in contemporary religious ethics, Without Nature? A New Condition for Theology (Fordham University Press, 2009).