University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents a lecture by Prof. Michael Root of the Catholic University of America titled “What is Our Hope? Heaven and the Kingdom of God.”

Wednesday, March 29

7:00 PM

UNL Nebraska Union (City Campus) - Heritage Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.  Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology).  He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010.  His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification.  Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the AnglicanLutheran International Commission.  He served on the drafting teams that produced the LutheranRoman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.