LEST XI conference: Ecclesia semper reformanda: Renewal and Reform Beyond Polemics

(Leuven, October 11-14, 2017).

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, LEST XI wishes to focus on the complex reality of the renewal and reform of the Churches. Four themes will be central during this conference:

1. the importance of the Scriptures for the inner life of faith and for Church and tradition;
2. the tensile relationship between sin, grace, free will, justification and sanctification;
3. sacramentality and rituality, with special attention to Eucharist and sacrifice;
4. democratization and the power structures within the Churches.
The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion on a topic which was already a painful reality during the Reformation Era and desperately needs our attention today, namely, religion, refugees and migration.

LEST XI invites junior and senior scholars to submit proposals for short papers (20’) which address the themes of ecclesial renewal and reform mentioned above. Papers on other aspects of Church reform will also be taken into consideration.

Proposals are to be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before March 15, 2017.