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SUMMARY:Fratelli Tutti at Five: An Encyclical for a Divided World
DESCRIPTION:Released in October 2020\, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic\, the encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“Brothers and Sisters All”) marked an important juncture in the development of Catholic social thought. Pope Francis’ call for human fraternity\, social friendship\, and a culture of encounter built on the teaching of his predecessors\, adapting the tradition to the challenges of a divided world. In this online talk\, Thomas Banchoff\, director of the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion\, Peace\, and World Affairs\, will discuss the message of Fratelli Tutti and its significance for our current global moment. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nupcoming events in this series\nRev Dr Dominic White O.P.\n20 Oct: ‘Lucy Beckett’s A Postcard from the Volcano’ \nProfessor Kate Crosby\n3pm\, 27 Oct: ‘U Dhammaloka: the Irish Buddhist’ \nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/fratelli-tutti-at-five-an-encyclical-for-a-divided-world/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Life\, Ideas\, and Revelation: Lucy Beckett’s 'A Postcard from the Volcano'
DESCRIPTION:Lucy Beckett’s A Postcard from the Volcano: A Novel of Pre-War Germany (2009) is a great intellectual novel situated in a time of massive of geopolitical changes. Set in what was then Germany and is now Poland (mostly) between 1914 and 1939\, young European intellectuals and artists—Catholic\, Protestant\, Jewish\, some religious\, some atheist\, friends and sometimes lovers—wrestle with the great ideas in the light of real events which are impinging increasingly on their daily lives. In this online talk\, Rev Dr Dominic White O.P.\, Blackfriars Hall\, will be exploring how Lucy Beckett\, former head of classics at Ampleforth College\, brings together an intellectual feast with writing of profound compassion and humanity that unfolds the subtle and mysterious workings of divine grace. He will also look at how she positions the narrative voice as a kind of “revelator” and discuss the award-winning sequel\, The Leaves Are Falling (2014)\, in which the creative possibilities of this “revelator” role are developed further. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nRev Dr Dominic White O.P. is a fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, prior of Blackfriars Priory\, and a research fellow at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology\, Cambridge. A Dominican friar and Catholic priest\, he received a Ph.D. at Imperial College London. His theological interests focus especially on theology of the arts and the implications of the arts for metaphysics\, liturgy\, and spirituality. Fr. White is the author of The Lost Knowledge of Christ: Christian Cosmology\, Contemporary Spiritualities and the Arts (2015) and How Do I Look? Theology in the Age of the Selfie (2020)\, for which he was awarded a Ph.D. in theology by the University of Cambridge. \nMichael Scott is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nProfessor Kate Crosby\n3pm\, 27 Oct: ‘U Dhammaloka: the Irish Buddhist’ \nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/lucy-becketts-a-postcard-from-the-volcano/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Is it ever necessary or desirable to revise history?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and announced close to the date of the month’s panel. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos.  For more details about this series see: https://global.georgetown.edu/series/free-speech-at-the-crossroads-international-dialogues. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nThe panel will include: Professor Martin Johnes\, Swansea University; Jennifer Scott\, Director\, the Dulwich Picture Gallery. \nRegistration is required. \nupcoming events in this series\n12 Nov: ‘Who will emerge as the next world power?’ \n10 Dec: ‘Are universities losing the battle for free speech?’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/is-it-ever-necessary-or-desirable-to-revise-history/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Going Against the Stream: The Irish Buddhist Monk U Dhammaloka in Colonial Burma
DESCRIPTION:The dominant voices in early Western encounters with Buddhism adapted the religion to their own purposes: romanticism\, esotericism\, an emphasis on scientific religion (at the cost of the history of Catholicism)\, and a form of social capital. Even those who were ordained as Buddhist monks seemed to look more to their Western audience back home than their Asian hosts. An exception to this is the Irish Buddhist monk U Dhammaloka\, an illiterate working-class Catholic man who ended his career as a sailor while in Rangon\, Myanmar\, to be ordained at a local temple. He then became a renowned preacher among the Burmese\, drawing crowds of thousands. What did he preach\, and how did he find common cause with the locals who supported him? \nIn this online talk\, Balliol College Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies Kate Crosby will explore the book The Irish Buddhist: The Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire (2020) and examine how common concerns were able to unite subjects of British colonialism across the globe. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nKate Crosby holds the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at Balliol College\, University of Oxford. She completed her D.Phil. on medieval Sri Lankan Pali literature at the University of Oxford in 1999. Her publications cover the history\, ethics\, and practices of Theravada Buddhism. She has taught widely on the religions\, history\, and literature of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian mainland\, with appointments between 1994 and 2022 at the University of Edinburgh\, University of Lancaster\, University of Cardiff\, the School of Oriental and African Studies\, and King’s College\, London\, as well as visiting posts in Cambodia\, Canada\, Taiwan\, and Korea. \nMichael Scott is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/u-dhammaloka-the-irish-buddhist/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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