The Eckhart Society will be hosting a special US conference from May 15-17, 2025 at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C. as well as online.
Keynote:
- “How Dangerous Was/Is Meister Eckhart?” By Professor Joel Harrington, Vanderbilt University Professor of History, German Studies, Religion, Author of Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart’s Path to the God Within (2018)
Presentations from the Conference Organizing Panel will include:
- Eckhart & Spirituality in a Post-Covid World by Anastasia Wendlinder PhD (Gonzaga University)
- Mysticism’s Challenge to Philosophy: Past and Present by Yossef Schwartz PhD (Tel Aviv University)
- “The Nothing Whose Light is All Lights”: Reflections on Sermon 71 by L.J. Milone D.Min. (Catholic Cathedral, Washington, D.C.)
- The Nature of Nature: A Comparative Look at “Nature” in Eckhart, Sufism and Shakespeare’s King Lear by M. Ali Lakhani KC (Sacred Web)
- Eckhart on Stages / Stagnation in Spiritual Science by Ronald Haynes MA (University of Cambridge)
- ‘Not Yet Mother’: Mary as Eckhart’s Exemplar for Birthing God in a Time of Fear by Marvin Lee Anderson PhD (University of Toronto)
This is a hybrid conference, open to both in person and online participants.
For further information and to register, visit the Eckhart Society website.
