Life, Land, and Community
Once thought of as the 'quiet in the land,' Mennonites are increasingly considering what it means to live responsibly on the land, sometimes even within the concrete confines of the city. The "land," broadly conceived, signifies a movement toward sustainability and interrelatedness that encompasses both urban and rural realities. Also, land is not simply about farming, but about location, community, quality of existence, and justice. The topic "Life, Land, and Community" is a way of framing the current term “agrarianism” and is meant to be broad and inclusive of many academic disciplines.
This is the fifth Mennonite Graduate Student Conference planned by the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre. The primary purpose of this conference is to provide Mennonite and like-minded graduate students an opportunity to present their academic research in a collegial interdisciplinary context. Therefore, participation of students from a wide variety of disciplines is encouraged (e.g. Human and Natural Sciences, Peace studies, Religious studies, Theology, Philosophy, English, Biblical Studies, Ethics, and History).
Read the call for papers (PDF).
Women's group meeting
Time/place to be announced. If you are interested to join, contact: mennonite.centre@utoronto.ca.
