Discussion group We will look at selected passages from Part I of this penetrating study into the loss of religious certainty in the modern age. We will look at how Taylor asks and tries to answer many hard and fascinating questions: What does it mean for an age to be secular? What were the principal...
Religious actors in the United States and Northern Ireland each face ongoing challenges of conflict and violence tied to political polarization. While the two cases present distinct dynamics and call for distinct responses, what lessons might be learned about how religion can be a force for peace, justice and reconciliation in deeply-polarized societies? Sponsors: Las...
Discussion group We will look at selected passages from Part I of this penetrating study into the loss of religious certainty in the modern age. We will look at how Taylor asks and tries to answer many hard and fascinating questions: What does it mean for an age to be secular? What were the principal...
China and the West: Cultural Dialogues Series Over the course of the 2021-2022 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 and The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU). Friday 5th November Plato and Xunzi on...
Dr Aaron Spevack (Brandeis University) will speak on the theme of 'Divinity' in the first in the Human Dignity in the Islamic Tradition seminar series. This four-part seminar series has been developed by the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, together with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and aims...
Discussion group We will look at selected passages from Part I of this penetrating study into the loss of religious certainty in the modern age. We will look at how Taylor asks and tries to answer many hard and fascinating questions: What does it mean for an age to be secular? What were the principal...
Truth and the Rise of Popular Lies Part of the 'Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogue' series The situation was already grave in many developing countries and those ruled by authoritarian leaders, but now western democracies have found truth being undermined and popular lies often taking its place, especially in the digital world. The...
Professor Edward Moad (Qatar University) will speak on the theme of 'Creation' in the second in the Human Dignity in the Islamic Tradition seminar series. This four-part seminar series has been developed by the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, together with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and aims...
The Christian Literary Imagination Series Continuing from the previous academic year, over the course of the 2021-22 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...
Discussion group We will look at selected passages from Part I of this penetrating study into the loss of religious certainty in the modern age. We will look at how Taylor asks and tries to answer many hard and fascinating questions: What does it mean for an age to be secular? What were the principal...