Day 1 - Video 1 : Opening Plenary

This video is made at the DC2015 Ecclesiological Investigations Conference:

The concept of this event was to explore the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), fifty years on, through the eyes of scholars and practitioners from beyond the Roman Catholic world, with further perspectives from prominent Roman Catholics.

The focus of the gathering was broken down thematically for each day as well as around the major council documents. There was contributions on the council and its key documents from Christians belonging to other churches, figures from other faith traditions and leading secular thinkers alike. The intention is for this event was to offer something quite distinct and yet complementary to the numerous other events elsewhere marking the end of the cycle of fiftieth-anniversary programs in relation to the Second Vatican Council.

Other supporting institutions include Ripon Theological College, Oxford, UK; New York Theological Seminary, the Institute for Ecumenical Research and Interfaith Dialogue, University of Tübingen, Germany.

This gathering will constitute the Ninth Annual International Conference of the EI Network. Past conferences have been held in Oxford (England), Belgrade (Serbia), Assisi (Italy), Dayton-Ohio (US), Leuven (Belgium), Utrecht (Netherlands), Durham (England), Kottayam (India), Hawarden (Wales).