Spinoza and the Theological-Political Complex
University of Toronto
Spinoza and the Theological-Political Complex
October 21-22, 2012
Sunday, October 21
3:00PM-3:15PM
Greetings and opening remarks
3:15PM-4:45PM
Chair: Ronald Beiner (University of Toronto)
15:15- 16:00 Michael Rosenthal (University of Washington), “Spinoza on Circumcision and Ceremonies”
16:00 – 16:45 Edwin M. Curley (University of Michigan), "Spinoza and the New Testament"
5:00PM-6:30PM
Chair: Cliff Orwin (University of Toronto)
Ariela Di Castro-Bzhezinsky (University of Toronto), “Spinoza and the Divine Message of Scripture”
Susan James (Birkbeck College, London), “Civil and Religious Power in Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus”
Monday, October 22
9:15AM-10:45AM
Chair: Ariela Di Castro-Bzhezinsky(University of Toronto)
Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Scripture and Truth: A Problem in Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise"
Elhanan Yakira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), “Where has the Theological Gone? From the TTP to the TP”
11:00AM-12:30PM
Chair: David Novak (University of Toronto)
Idit Dobbs-Weinstein (Vandebilt University, Nashville), "The Tension Between Salus and Salus Publica in Christian States: The Usurpation of Sovereign Power by the Churchmen"
Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto), “Figuring the Post-Secular: The Diacritical Function of the Hyphen in Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise”
12:30 – 13:00 Concluding remarks
Free Admission • No Registration Required
Click here to view the poster.
DATE & TIME
Sunday, Oct 21st, 2012 3:00 PM
LOCATION
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100, 170 St. George Street
ATTACHMENTS
Spinoza Conference Poster - FINAL.pdf
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