Human Dignity Reading Group Everyone knows that a "balance of terror" is a poor substitute for the true peace of human flourishing. Pope Paul VI said, "No more war!, war never again". How can Christians help bridge the gap between the dire reality of actual and threatened military destruction and the Christian aspiration for the...
This event is part of 'The Future of the Humanities' project organised by the Las Casas Institute and Georgetown University. Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, is giving a lecture on 'Women in Public Life: Transforming a Culture' followed by a Round Table Discussion with Baroness Mary Goudie and Baroness Margaret Prosser to be...
Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives Book launch Dignity is a fundamental aspect of our lives, yet one we rarely pause to consider; our understandings of dignity, on individual, collective and philosophical perspectives, shape how we think, act and relate to others. This book offers an historical survey of how dignity has been understood...
Human Dignity Reading Group Everyone knows that a "balance of terror" is a poor substitute for the true peace of human flourishing. Pope Paul VI said, "No more war!, war never again". How can Christians help bridge the gap between the dire reality of actual and threatened military destruction and the Christian aspiration for the...
The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on 'Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark' as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. The second talk of the series: Dr Beatrice Groves, Trinity College, Shakespeare and the Psalms Prof Michael Collins, Georgetown, Shakespeare and the Parables...
Human Dignity Reading Group Everyone knows that a "balance of terror" is a poor substitute for the true peace of human flourishing. Pope Paul VI said, "No more war!, war never again". How can Christians help bridge the gap between the dire reality of actual and threatened military destruction and the Christian aspiration for the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJg0e9zMYYg Isabella Tree: WILDING - the return of nature to a British farm Isabella Tree is an award-winning travel writer and author, married to the conservationist Sir Charles Burrell. Together they have embarked on a daring wildlife experiment: the rewilding of Knepp Estate in West Sussex. Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy...
Human Dignity and Mother Earth: Historic and Contemporary Sources in Conversation for a Socio-Ecological Ethic The seminar opens with each panellist giving a short reflection on the confluence of respect for the human person and care for the larger natural world. With the aid of an expert moderator, Professor Celia Deane-Drummond, they enter into conversation...
The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on 'Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark' as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. The third talk of the series: Dr Yvette Khoury, Blackfriars, Nuns and Friars in Shakespeare Clare Asquith, Literary Historian and Critic, Shakespeare,...
The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on 'Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark' as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. The fourth talk of the series: Professor Paulina Kewes, Jesus College, Oxford, Religion and Politics in Hamlet Professor Elizabeth Schafer, Royal Holloway...