This talk was hosted as part of the ongoing DC Young Adult's Speaker Series, hosted at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Arlington, VA. The lecture was held on March 11th, 2019 and sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Diocese of Arlington. The talk handout is available at: tinyurl.com/u5ndo2d
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Speaker Bio:
Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification.
Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the AnglicanLutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the LutheranRoman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
