Poverty and the Pandemic in Oxford Blackfriars Poverty in Britain Group is holding its next event online, in partnership with the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice We welcome a panel of speakers to discuss the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on people experiencing poverty in Oxford, and how the situation has highlighted existing...
Panel Discussion series relating to Free Speech "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise," said the late Winston Churchill in 1947. "Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried . . ." Join the panel as they consider...
The Christian Literary Imagination Series Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The 'Christian Literary Imagination Series' will explore the role and function of the arts and humanities in...
Reading Group: Pope Benedict XVI's Spe Salvi Over six weeks the reading group will discuss this too often neglected encyclical. Topics include the nature of specifically Christian hope, the meaning of death, and the secularisation and loss of hope in the modern world. The discussion will be led by Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars...