Imago Dei and a theology of disability
An online talk by Donna Jennings, Evangelical Alliance. Free and open to all. Registration is required.
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Las Casas Institute
The influence and ‘presence’ of Charles de Foucauld at the Second Vatican Council and in modern papal thought in delineating the contours of the Church in the World Today
Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United KingdomPope Francis canonised Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) on 15 May 2022 in Rome. The Pontiff identified him as frère universel or ‘Universal Brother’ in his Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti on ‘Fraternity and Social Friendship’ (3 October 2020) ‘Blessed Charles directed his ideal of total surrender to God towards an identification with the poor, abandoned in the depths...
Dorothy Day: Cultural critic and Catholic activist
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) challenged the world to become more Christian, and challenged Christians to live up to their beliefs. The Catholic Worker movement, which she co-founded and continually inspired, put her many powerful and thoughtful words into action. In this term’s reading group, we will be looking at some of those words and actions, focussing...
Sebastião Salgado: Photographic Images of a World in Distress
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature, Art, and the Environment — we delve into the topical area of our environment. In recent years, we have rightly heard much about the world’s environmental problems, dangers, and disasters. However, in this series, we will invite speakers to...
Dorothy Day: Cultural critic and Catholic activist
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) challenged the world to become more Christian, and challenged Christians to live up to their beliefs. The Catholic Worker movement, which she co-founded and continually inspired, put her many powerful and thoughtful words into action. In this term’s reading group, we will be looking at some of those words and actions, focussing...
Hacking for Fun or Profit
This event 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), the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. Cyberspace – the vast digital landscape that has brought so many benefits to separated societies...
Christian Literary Imagination Conference
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy Rose Place, St Aldate’s, Oxford, United KingdomWhat is the Christian Literary Imagination and how is it manifested in writers from the medieval period to the modern age? Is it something which is consciously espoused by some writers, but unconsciously manifested in the writings of others who happen to be influenced by a Christian culture? Our speakers will offer their perspectives on...
E. F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful
Small is Beautiful, first published in 1973, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern industrial economy. The author was the Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board, a founder of the Intermediate Technology Development Group, and an enthusiast for Catholic Social Teaching. Many...
Money, Finance, Reality, Morality – Book launch
Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United KingdomA book launch for Edward Hadas’ new book, Money, Finance, Reality, Morality: A New Way to Address Old Problems. The author, a Research Fellow with the Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, will present the book, which offers a philosophical, practical, technically knowledgeable, and readily comprehensible analysis of the role and arrangements of money and...
E. F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful
Small is Beautiful, first published in 1973, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern industrial economy. The author was the Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board, a founder of the Intermediate Technology Development Group, and an enthusiast for Catholic Social Teaching. Many...