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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute – Giving a Voice to Mary in Syriac Liturgical Tradition – Dr Sebastian Brock
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 2nd February\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Dr Sebastian Brock\, of Wolfson College\, Oxford\, to speak on Giving a Voice to Mary in Syriac Liturgical Tradition. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \n \nAbout the speaker\nSebastian Brock is Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies in Oxford University; having taught previously at the Universities of Birmingham and Cambridge\, he moved to Oxford in 1974\, where he taught Aramaic and Syriac for the following thirty years\, retiring in 2003. \nHe has written extensively on Syriac literature and on the history and theology of the different Syriac Churches. Among his publications are The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life\, The Luminous Eye: the Spiritual World Vision of St Ephrem\, Bride of Light: Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches\, Fire from Heaven: Studies in Syriac Theology and Liturgy\, St Ephrem: Hymns on Paradise\, The Bible in the Syriac Tradition\, Treasure-House of Mysteries: Explorations of the Sacred Text through Poetry in the Syriac Tradition\, and Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian): Headings on Spiritual Knowledge. \nHe has worked closely with the St Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (SEERI) in Kottayam (Kerala\, India)\, and served as an academic advisor for PRO ORIENTE’s Syriac Dialogue. He is a Fellow of the British Academy\, and was awarded the Medal of St Ephrem by the late Syrian Orthodox Patriarch\, HH Moran Ignatius Zakka Iwas.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thomistic-institute-giving-a-voice-to-mary-in-syriac-liturgical-tradition-dr-sebastian-brock/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Nietzsche or St Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Fr Michael Sherwin OP (Angelicum)\, ‘Nietzsche or St Thomas: Thoughts on Alasdair MacIntyre’\nPart of this term’s lecture series\, Thursdays at 5pm unless otherwise noted\, presenting the breadth of Thomistic thought and its applications. \nupcoming events in this series\nWk 5 Jan Bentz (Blackfriars)\, ‘Aquinas and the Real Distinction: Historical-Philosophical Notes’ \nWk 6 Jack Norman (Blackfriars)\, ‘McCabe’s Social Ontology: Sin\, Sacraments\, and the New Left’ \nWk 8 Fr Richard Conrad OP (Blackfriars)\, ‘“Faith Believes\, nor Questions How”: St Thomas on How (Not) to Understand the Eucharist’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/nietzsche-or-st-thomas/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:The Instinct to Save: Thomistic Healthcare Decision-Making
DESCRIPTION:A Thomistic case for the rule of rescue as a normative principle in healthcare allocation decision-making\nThe rule of rescue (RR) describes the tendency in healthcare to prioritise treatment for identified patients facing severe immediate need over prevention benefiting unidentified/statistical lives. It is criticised by health economists for preventing cost-effective healthcare allocation. Accordingly\, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)\, one of the chief bodies guiding the commissioning of NHS services\, rules out RR as a principle for healthcare allocation – even though this goes against the deep instincts of most healthcare professionals. Using the philosophical and theological framework of Thomas Aquinas\, this talk makes the case for RR as a normative principle for healthcare allocation decision-making. \nRegistration is required for this online seminar. Everyone is welcome. \nDr Joseph Kwon is a Senior Researcher in Health Economics at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences\, University of Oxford. He holds a Doctorate in Health Economics and a Master’s degree in Theology. His health economics research spans dementia\, frailty\, end-of-life care\, long covid\, mental health\, preterm birth and childhood health measurement. Since August 2025\, he has been seconded to NICE’s Science Policy & Research team to represent the national Mental Health Mission. He is interested in the theological ethics of healthcare allocation.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-instinct-to-save-thomistic-healthcare-decision-making/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute,The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Aquinas and the Real Distinction
DESCRIPTION:Jan Bentz (Blackfriars)\, ‘Aquinas and the Real Distinction: Historical-Philosophical Notes’\nPart of this term’s lecture series\, Thursdays at 5pm unless otherwise noted\, presenting the breadth of Thomistic thought and its applications. \nupcoming events in this series\nWk 6 Jack Norman (Blackfriars)\, ‘McCabe’s Social Ontology: Sin\, Sacraments\, and the New Left’ \nWk 8 Fr Richard Conrad OP (Blackfriars)\, ‘“Faith Believes\, nor Questions How”: St Thomas on How (Not) to Understand the Eucharist’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/aquinas-and-the-real-distinction/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute – Pope or Antipope?: Schism and the Medieval Papacy – Prof Rebecca Rist
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 23rd February\, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Prof Rebecca Rist\, of the University of Reading\, to speak on Pope or Antipope?: Schism and the Medieval Papacy. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \nAbout the speaker\nProfessor Rebecca Rist is a professor of medieval history at the University of Reading. Her research and teaching interests focus on the papacy\, the crusades\, Jewish-Christian relations\, and heresy and dissent. More widely she is interested in the medieval Church\, religious belief and political ideas in the High and Late Middle Ages (11th-15th centuries). She is also increasingly expanding her interest in religious and political history into the Early Modern period (16th century). \nProf Rist’s first monograph The Papacy and Crusading in Europe\, 1198-1245 (Continuum\, 2009) examined the papacy’s authorisation of crusades against heretics and political enemies in Europe during the first half of the 13th century. Her co-edited book The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade: A Sourcebook\, ed. C. Leglu\, R. Rist and C. Taylor (Routledge\, 2014) brought together a rich and diverse range of medieval sources to examine key aspects of the growth of heresy and dissent in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries. Her book Popes and Jews\, 1095-1291 (Oxford University Press\, 2016) examined the papacy’s relationship to Jewish communities in western Europe in the High Middle Ages. Recent articles by Prof Rist in journals and edited collections have explored aspects of papal policy regarding crusading and the papacy’s treatment of heretics and Jews in the High Middle Ages. \nProf Rist is currently working on a monograph on the medieval papacy and heresy for Oxford University Press\, and a book for Routledge on the theme of medieval and early modern Catholic piety and devotional lay sensibilities. She also enjoys media and outreach work and often provides expert commentary for radio\, TV and the press on religious history\, particularly the history of the Catholic Church. She is the current Director of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Reading.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thomistic-institute-pope-or-antipope-schism-and-the-medieval-papacy-prof-rebecca-rist/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Sin\, Sacraments\, and the New Left
DESCRIPTION:Jack Norman (Blackfriars)\, ‘McCabe’s Social Ontology: Sin\, Sacraments\, and the New Left’\nHerbert McCabe OP’s thought was shaped by and phrased in Marxist social theory\, and he shows undeniable sympathy to Marxism. This has been picked up by several recent writings on McCabe. However\, read in context\, I will show that McCabe gave a critical account of Marxism that is embedded in his theology of sin and of grace\, and an ecclesiology that challenges the possibility of a non-Christian community flourishing. In an Augustinian manner\, McCabe thought that without the Church\, and the sacraments\, and certainly without grace\, communities inevitably turn against themselves. As such\, a secular Marxism cannot achieve its own aims. They might be able to diagnose problems but cannot bring about a harmonious society. Thus\, while Marxism influenced McCabe’s thought from his social theory even into his sacramental theology\,  his Marxism is always secondary to his theological convictions.  This\, in turn\, will raise broader theological questions of the kinds of societal progress that can be achieved in light of an account of nature and grace. \nDr Jack Norman is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall. Before that\, he was a Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University. He completed his AHRC funded PhD at the University of Bristol in 2019. His research focuses on systematic theology\, especially a group of theologians sometimes called the ‘Grammatical Thomists’\, including thinkers such as Herbert McCabe OP and David Burrell CSC. He is currently writing articles on Thomism and realism\, and Marxism and Christianity. \nPart of this term’s lecture series\, Thursdays at 5pm unless otherwise noted\, presenting the breadth of Thomistic thought and its applications. Open to all\, no registration required. \nupcoming events in this series\nWk 8 Fr Richard Conrad OP (Blackfriars)\, ‘“Faith Believes\, nor Questions How”: St Thomas on How (Not) to Understand the Eucharist’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/sin-sacraments-and-the-new-left/
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