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Las Casas Annual lecture 2020: Patrick Watt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWRqNyspJw&t=3s A Christian vision of 'development' Traditional approaches to social and economic 'development' are being questioned in a world where hundreds of millions of people live in extreme poverty, while humankind also consumes beyond its environmental limits. Can Christianity offer both a critique of mainstream approaches to development, and a more positive vision of human...

Reinterpreting History in an Evolving World

Nationalism, populism, and resurgent racism have combined in a toxic political and cultural stew around the world to challenge established patterns of civic dialogue and interrupt the natural evolution of democracy. In response, monuments are toppling, schools and buildings are being renamed, and historical memory itself has come under review and regulation in some countries....

A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty – Book launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwwXwavssmg Blackfriars Oxford is hosting a panel discussion of A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty, a new book by Blackfriars JRF,  Edward A. David, featuring: Brett Bertucio, University of Wisconsin-Madison Edward A. David, University of Oxford Robert J. Matava, Christendom College Moderated by Rev Dr Bruno Clifton OP, this event is sponsored by the...

Cyril Tourneur’s The Atheist’s Tragedy – The Christian Literary Imagination Series

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...

Poverty and the Pandemic in Oxford

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...

How is Democracy Doing?

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...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning – The Christian Literary Imagination Series

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...

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Pope Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi – Reading Group

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...

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Pope Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi – Reading Group

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...

Michael Drayton, Faire Matilda Poems – The Christian Literary Imagination Series

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...