The Institute for Saint Anselm Studies will host scholars from around the country and world this weekend for the Fourth Saint Anselm Conference, themed “Faith and Reason from Saint Anselm to Pope Benedict XVI.”

Among the presenters, offering a total of twenty four papers, are seven Saint Anselm College faculty: Prof. Montague Brown, Fr. John Fortin, O.S.B., Prof. Susan Gabriel, Prof. Joel Hodge, Prof. Peter Josephson, Prof. Kevin McMahon, and Prof. Kevin Staley. Also on the presentation rolls are scholars from Boston College, Catholic University, Fairfield, Merrimack, Villanova, and Anselm von Canterbury Stifung in Beuron, Germany.

The keynote presentation, “Is God Beyond Reason?,” will be given by Fr. Brian Davies, O.P., of Fordham University on Friday evening at 5 o’clock The closing address, “Words of Thunder: I Believe in God,” will be presented on Saturday at 1 pm by Prof. Anthony Esolen of Providence College.

Anselm of Canterbury, college’s patron saint, was a Benedictine monk, archbishop, Christian philosopher, and writer who passed away in 1109, nine hundred years ago.