The Chadwick-Oden Lectures

What can today’s Christians learn from voices from the long history of the church in order to understand their faith in a disconnected, digitized, and divided world? This lecture series, supported by Fieldstead and Company (Irvine, California) and hosted by the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) St. Michael’s Abbey (Silverado, California), was created in honor of Henry Chadwick and Thomas C. Oden and their leadership among the church and academy. Annual pairs of lectures by leading scholars and authors explore the historical and theological roots of Christianity.

They apply ancient, patristic, and early medieval Judeo-Christian thought and expression that approach the faith, not simply as a collection of doctrines, but as a transformative way of life.