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Climate Emergency: An Ethical Challenge for Humanity

Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

A day conference co-sponsored with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and the Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice. Principal Speakers: Profs. Natalie Seddon, Thomas Hale, Radhika Khosla, and Celia Deane Drummond, and Dr Hugo Slim; Respondents to include: Cllr Anna Railton, Drs Maria Exall, Valerie Kapos, Christian Gsodam, Mark Speich, and Lukas Mandl MEP. To...

The New Testament in its Cultural Confrontation with the Roman Empire

In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes...

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Four American Women Saints (almost) – discussion group

All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. The group will...

Reluctant Prophet: Tributes to Albert Nolan OP

Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

Celebrating a new volume of essays with discussion led by Prof Ian Linden and publisher Hilary Regan. All welcome

The Roots of Encounter

Meeting Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's “White Teeth” In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite...

Recurring

Four American Women Saints (almost) – discussion group

All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. The group will...

The Limits of Worst

Bad Experience in “Paradise Lost” In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars...

Recurring

Four American Women Saints (almost) – discussion group

All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. The group will...

Kipling’s “Kim”: A Tale for Our Time

In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes...

Recurring

Four American Women Saints (almost) – discussion group

All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton, Katherine Drexel, and Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness, Catholic feminism, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. The meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. The group will...