This is the final lecture in the 'Beyond the Dark Clouds' lecture series - "Building the Dream Together: The Meaning of Hope in the Anthropocene".
This lecture will be given by Dr Nancy Rourke, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, New York.
Dr Nancy Rourke has a PhD in theology from the Pontifical Institute of St. Patrick’s University, Maynooth (Ireland). Her research is in ecological ethics and health care ethics. Her most recent book is titled Ecological Moral Character (Georgetown University Press, 2024). Her forthcoming edited volume is The Locus of Theological Vocation (Orbis Press, 2026).
About the lecture series
In our second lecture series entitled ‘Beyond the Dark Clouds: Prophetic Voices from Around the World,’ we will be continuing our theme of education for hope. This year we will be focussing on how to humanise the world through the study of ethics, philosophy, technology and artificial intelligence as well as enquiring about the nature of values and mission in the contemporary higher education environment.
This series is a way of keeping our Catholic roots alive within our academic portfolio as well as contributing to debates in the public square concerning some of the most pressing ethical issues of our times. Please join us for these free lectures as we seek to try to heal a fractured world.
