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International Conference Richard R. Gaillardetz Murray/Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies University of Toledo, OH, USA The Christian Household as School of Discipleship: Reflections on the Ecclesial Contributions of the Household to the Larger Church At the heart of Jesus’ life and ministry was his preaching of the coming reign of God. Jesus taught that under God’s rule, kinship relations were to be subordinated to the spiritual bonds of discipleship. Therefore the ecclesial significance of the household must lie in the complex of human relations and practices that constitutes a household and which, together, forms household members as disciples. To the extent that the Christian household is related to the sacrament of marriage, it calls forth a theology of marriage that goes beyond the modern romantic and largely introverted conception of sacramental marriage to one defined by Christian mission. Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz is currently the Margaret and Thomas Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo. He received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Gaillardetz has authored numerous articles and seven books including, Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent (Orbis, 2008) and A Daring Promise: A Spirituality of Christian Marriage (Liguori, 2007). In 2000 he received the Sophia Award from the faculty of the Washington Theological Union in recognition of “theological excellence in service to ministry,” and he has received numerous awards from the Catholic Press Association for his occasional pieces. Dr. Gaillardetz was an official delegate on the U.S. Catholic—Methodist Ecumenical Dialogue from 2001 to 2005 and he served on the board of directors for the Catholic Theological Society of America, 2006-08. He is married to Diana Gaillardetz and they are the parents of four boys. Personal website Conference Main Page | Theme | Travel Programme | Call for Papers | Information | |
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