Colloquy VII

May 1-2 1987

Starr King School, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

Simone Weil and the World of Religions

Martin Andic, University of Massachusetts-Boston, “Simone Weil’s Taoism.”

Katherine Brueck, Mount St. Mary’s College, “Simone Weil and the Tragic Vision.”

John Dunaway, Mercer University, “Art and Morality in Simone Weil.”

H.L. Finch, Hunter College, CUNY, “Some Gnostic Elements in Simone Weil.”

Laurie Gagne, Trinity College, VT, “Weil’s Mysticism.”

Cynthia Goheen, Graduate Theological Union, “Transcendence in Simone Weil’s Thought.”

Carolyn Mitchell, Berkeley, CA, “Weil and Afro-American Women’s Spirituality.”

Eric O. Springsted, Illinois College, “Why Study the Dusty, Old Greeks? Or, Weil’s Model for World Religions.”

Also: Panel Discussion with Rene Girard and John Dunne.