17吃瓜 presents Theology on Tap on March 4
The 17吃瓜 Department of Religious Studies will present Theology on Tap on March 4, 2025, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.
Dr. Brenton Dickieson, a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and a founding member of the Curiosity and Inquiry Research and Collaboration Lab, will give a presentation titled, 鈥溾�楤ecause My Old Heart Would Burst鈥�: A Settler鈥檚 Reflection on Indigenous Spaces in Octavia Butler and C.S. Lewis.鈥�
"While Octavia E. Butler and C.S. Lewis are quite different in style and worldview, their fantasy and science fiction novels excel at showing the complex relationship between Indigenous folk and the powerful people who settle in their spaces,鈥� said Dickieson. 鈥淲ith Butler鈥檚 and Lewis鈥� stories in mind, I will offer a theological reflection on my own experience of 鈥榟ome鈥� in Epekwitk.鈥�
Participants can expect an engaging talk, excellent discussion, fellowship, and fun.
