The Chicago Chapter-ITMS presents a talk by Pauline Viviano, Ph.D., "Can the Warrior God of the Old Testament Be a God of Peace?" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010, at Immaculate Conception Rectory Assembly, 7211 W. Talcott (at Harlem), Chicago.
The image of God as Warrior is one of the earliest and most pervasive images of God in the Old Testament. In this lecture, Dr. Pauline Viviano will focus on understanding this image in its historical and theological contexts and suggest ways in which we as Christians can make peace with the Warrior God of the Old Testament. The issue of peace was enormously important to Thomas Merton and we think you will find Dr. Viviano's presentation insightful. She is a member of our chapter and it is an honor to feature her as a presenter.
Dr. Viviano is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. She received her doctorate in Biblical Languages and Literature from St. Louis University. Besides articles in academic and popular journals, her publications include reading guides for the Books of Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings and Ruth, for the Catholic Study Bible published by Oxford University Press (April 1990) and a commentary on the Book of Genesis in the Collegeville Bible Commentary series. She is presently working on a commentary on the Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations. In addition to University teaching she often lectures at parishes in and around Chicago. Her specialty is Hebrew Scriptures, and her research interests include: Old Testament: Deuteronomistic History, formation; Genesis; Jeremiah; Hebrew poetry; Hebrew narrative; literary critical method; Bible: Methodology, methods of interpretation and history of interpretation.
Dues-paying members free, visit
ors $5. No registration is necessary. For more information, contact Mike Brennan at 773-447-3989.
Note: Immaculate Conception Parish will be hosting a St. Joseph’s Day table at 12 noon March 21 in Providence Hall, in the school, directly across the parking lot from the rectory. Also, the parish offers Catholic Mass at 12 noon. We invite you to come early for Mass and/or the St. Joseph’s table.
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. — Thomas Merton
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