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Liberating Theology for the Common Good

Join us for a day-long conference honoring the achievement and assessing the legacy of two of the most important Christian theological and moral thinkers of the last half-century: Schubert M. Ogden, of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology, and Franklin I. Gamwell, of the University of Chicago Divinity School. This event is co-sponsored by Perkins School of Theology, The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, the Graduate Program in Religious Studies, and Bridwell Library.

Online and in-person options are available. Webinar links will be sent out by email to those who register for attendance online. The conference is free and open to the public. Optional CEUs (0.5 continuing education units) are available for attending the conference with registration, a $15 payment, and sign-in on the day of the event. The conference without CEUs is free and open for all to attend. Please register and indicate your selections below. 

Information about SMU guest and event parking can be found on the SMU Parking website. Read more about the Liberating Theologies and Ethics for the Common Good: The Contributions of Schubert M. Ogden and Franklin I. Gamwell conference in SMU Libraries News.

Photo courtesy of the University of Chicago Divinity School. 

Date:
Friday, October 3, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 5:15pm
Hosted by:
Bridwell Library
Space:
Methodist Collection Reading Room
Audience:
  Faculty/staff  
Categories:
  Other  

Registration is required. There are 150 seats available.

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact Bridwell Library at 214.768.3483, bridadmin@smu.edu at least one week prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation.

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