As the world focuses on Ukraine’s offensive against Russia, as well as Israel’s struggle with Hamas and Hezbollah, the temptation is to believe that other crises have meanwhile eased. However, many additional people around the world also suffer from devastating conflicts. In Sudan, ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces has shattered the country,...
The Metaverse Series is a forthcoming series of books from Taylor & Francis which will explore the role, opportunities and challenges of the Metaverse in the present and near future, from business and entertainment to our personal lives and to humanity’s future. The Metaverse Series will take a critical view of the potential and opportunities,...
1-day workshop led by Dr John Duddington, Mollie Cornell, and Anne Duddington. The aim of the workshop is to look at some ideas of what capacity actually means and should mean from the philosophical/legal angle and then to relate these to actual situations where there are difficult questions of capacity when, for instance, the patient...
The Old English poem Beowulf, dating from the late seventh or early eighth century, offers a textual encounter with the dynamic culture of early medieval England. Highlighting the theology of the early English church, the poem reveals a deep reverence of God as Creator and an acute awareness of God’s ongoing governance of creation through the...
Book launch for Dr Hugo Slim's Humanitarianism 2.0: New Ethics for the Climate Emergency. Registration is required to attend this event. This book spells out a new framework for humanitarian aid in the long emergency of climate change. Looking ahead to the massive needs of the late 2020s and the 2030s, Hugo Slim shows how...
The Book of Mormon is considered to be scripture by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, the use of The Book of Mormon in actual missionary work is contrasted with its dramatic representation in The Book of Mormon musical, attracting audiences in a form of encounter. There is however a more important...
Join us for an engaging online academic discussion exploring the literary imagination of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. The speakers — Dr Michael Ward and Dr Eduardo Gutiérrez González — will delve into the ways Lewis presents themes of polity, leadership, freedom, slavery, war, and peace, drawing connections between the fantastical worlds of Narnia...
Virginia Woolf famously called George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-1872) "one of the few English novels written for grownup people." One of the aspects of the novel that makes it "grownup" is the constant negotiation with conflict and community it presents. The characters consistently grapple with feelings of otherness as they strive to communicate and grow. This...
A Month in the Country (1980) by J. L. Carr is a short novel that describes the re-emergence of a shell-shocked World War I veteran through his engagement with a small community. The focus of Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti is for us to extend out from self and family to a suffering world. He urges us to...
The Las Casas Institute is launching six short online videos for use in parishes, Sixth-Forms, and University Chaplaincies. Dr Roderick Howlett looks at: (1) What it means to be human; (2) The Economy; (3) Work; (4) the Environment; (5) Conflict Resolution; (6) Citizens' Responsibility in a Democracy. Registration Required