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SUMMARY:War\, Peace and the Christian
DESCRIPTION:Human Dignity Reading Group\nEveryone 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 “peace which surpasses all understanding”? \nFor general background on the topic please see: \nLisa Sowle Cahill\, Love your Enemies: Discipleship\, Pacifism\, and Just War Theory\, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press\, 1994) \n  \nAll meetings will be held between 4 and 6pm in the Aquinas Room\, 17 Beaumont Street.  \n  \n23rd October 2019 \nJust War and the Commitment to Peace: This session explores the horror of modern warfare and its influence on changes in Catholic teachings relating to war and peace. \n\nBenedict XV\, To Peoples now at war and their rulers\, (1915)\nPaul VI’s Address to the United Nations\, 1965\nJohn Paul II\, Speech to the United Nations\, (1979)\n\nWhilst it is not essential to do so\, it might be useful to read: \n\nJohn XXIII\, Pacem in Terris\, (1963)\n\n  \n6th November 2019  \nDevelopment as Peace: This session will investigate the meaning behind Paul VI’s famous dictum ‘if you want justice\, work for peace’. \n\n Paul VI\, Populorum Progressio\, (1967)\n\n  \n20th November 2019  \nThe Human Person and the Nature of Peace: This session will explore the relationship between God’s plan for humanity and the need to pursue peace. \n\n Benedict XVI\, The Human Person and the Right to Peace\, (2007)\nFrancis\, No Longer Slaves\, But Brothers and Sisters\, (2015)\n\n  \n4th December 2019  \nThe Environment: during this session we will discuss the relationship between care for creation and peace. \n\nFrancis\, Laudato Si\, (2015)\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/war-peace-and-the-christian-2019-11-06/
LOCATION:Aquinas Seminar Room\, 17 Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2NA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191107T193000
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SUMMARY:One of the Trinity was Crucified
DESCRIPTION:Traditional Christian theology affirms that Jesus of Nazareth is both truly God and truly human. This leads to theological questions about the predication of human and divine attributes to the person of Christ. Did God suffer and die on a cross? Is this man the creator of the world? By examining the traditional ‘rules of predication’ as presented by John Damascene and Thomas Aquinas\, one comes to a deeper understanding of the mystery of the Incarnation\, the suffering of God\, and the metaphysics of Creation. \nFr. Thomas Joseph White\, OP\, is the director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum in Rome. Originally a native of southeastern Georgia\, Fr. White studied at Brown University\, where he converted to Catholicism. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University and is the author of The light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism\, Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Thomistic Study in Natural Theology\, The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology\, and Exodus. He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and\, in 2011\, was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/one-of-the-trinity-was-crucified/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thomistic Institute (Oxford Chapter)":MAILTO:reginald.herbert@english.op.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191108T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191108T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
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SUMMARY:The Anscombe Memorial Lecture 2019: ‘Twinning and Human Individuality’
DESCRIPTION:The 10th Anscombe Memorial Lecture\nThe lecture is an annual lecture in honour of the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe who taught at Oxford and Cambridge. \nThis year’s Lecture will be delivered by Dr Maureen Condic\, on the subject of identical twinning and the status of the human embryo. \nDr Maureen Condic is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is also a member of the US National Science Board and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. \nHer current research involves the control of human stem cell potency and differentiation. In 2018 she co-authored a book entitled Human Embryos\, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach. \nThe Lecture is co-sponsored by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, and will be followed by a wine reception. \nRegistration (free of charge): admin@bioethics.org.uk \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-anscombe-memorial-lecture-2019-twinning-and-human-individuality/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191109T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191109T170000
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SUMMARY:The Infused Science of Christ
DESCRIPTION:A Seminar on Christ’s Knowledge\nThomas Aquinas’s theory of the knowledge of Christ may seem to have little relevance for modern historical-critical study of the figure of Jesus of Nazareth.  In his mature work\, represented emblematically by the third part of the Summa Theologiae\, Aquinas presents the knowledge of Christ in a fourfold descending perspective from the highest forms of knowledge to the most basic. He begins from the divine wisdom that Christ possesses as God and then examines three modes of human knowledge: the immediate vision of God that Christ possesses in his human soul\, the infused science that Jesus possesses as the most perfect of the prophets\, and the acquired knowledge that Christ possesses as man in virtue of the human nature that he shares with us. \nIn this seminar led by Fr Thomas Joseph White\, OP\, we will engage with St Thomas’ work and see what relevance it might have to theology today. The seminar will take place  on Saturday 9th November at 3.00 p.m. at Blackfriars \n*** Places are limited\, so please register your interest by emailing Br Albert Elias Robertson\, OP ***\nYou will be also sent the reading for the seminar.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-infused-science-of-christ/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Thomistic Institute (Oxford Chapter)":MAILTO:reginald.herbert@english.op.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191111T183000
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SUMMARY:Women in Public Life: Transforming a Culture
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of ‘The Future of the Humanities’ project organised by the Las Casas Institute and Georgetown University. \nJulia 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 chaired by Professor Evelyn Welch\, Provost\, Kings College. \nAttendance is free with registration.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/women-in-public-life-transforming-a-culture/
LOCATION:Bush House East Wing\, King’s College London\, 44-46 Aldwych\, London\, WC2B 4LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191113T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
CREATED:20190730T073721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T113608Z
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SUMMARY:Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Catholic\, Orthodox\, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives\nBook launch\n  \nDignity 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 and explores the concept in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. \nWorld-renowned contributors examine the roots of human dignity in classical Greece and Rome and the Scriptures\, as well as in the work of theologians\, such as St Thomas Aquinas and St John Paul II. Further chapters consider dignity within Renaissance art and sacred music. The volume shows that dignity is also a contemporary issue by analysing situations where the traditional understanding has been challenged by philosophical and policy developments. To this end\, further essays look at the role of dignity in discussions about transhumanism\, religious freedom\, robotics and medicine. \nGrounded in the principal Christian traditions of Catholicism\, Orthodoxy\, Anglicanism\, and Protestantism\, this book offers an interdisciplinary and cross-period approach to a timely topic. It validates the notion of human dignity and offers an introduction to the field\, while also challenging it. \nThe book is edited by Prof John Loughlin\, Fellow at Blackfriars Hall and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund’s College\, University of Cambridge\, UK. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/human-dignity-in-the-judaeo-christian-tradition/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
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SUMMARY:War\, Peace and the Christian
DESCRIPTION:Human Dignity Reading Group\nEveryone 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 “peace which surpasses all understanding”? \nFor general background on the topic please see: \nLisa Sowle Cahill\, Love your Enemies: Discipleship\, Pacifism\, and Just War Theory\, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press\, 1994) \n  \nAll meetings will be held between 4 and 6pm in the Aquinas Room\, 17 Beaumont Street.  \n  \n23rd October 2019 \nJust War and the Commitment to Peace: This session explores the horror of modern warfare and its influence on changes in Catholic teachings relating to war and peace. \n\nBenedict XV\, To Peoples now at war and their rulers\, (1915)\nPaul VI’s Address to the United Nations\, 1965\nJohn Paul II\, Speech to the United Nations\, (1979)\n\nWhilst it is not essential to do so\, it might be useful to read: \n\nJohn XXIII\, Pacem in Terris\, (1963)\n\n  \n6th November 2019  \nDevelopment as Peace: This session will investigate the meaning behind Paul VI’s famous dictum ‘if you want justice\, work for peace’. \n\n Paul VI\, Populorum Progressio\, (1967)\n\n  \n20th November 2019  \nThe Human Person and the Nature of Peace: This session will explore the relationship between God’s plan for humanity and the need to pursue peace. \n\n Benedict XVI\, The Human Person and the Right to Peace\, (2007)\nFrancis\, No Longer Slaves\, But Brothers and Sisters\, (2015)\n\n  \n4th December 2019  \nThe Environment: during this session we will discuss the relationship between care for creation and peace. \n\nFrancis\, Laudato Si\, (2015)\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/war-peace-and-the-christian-2019-11-20/
LOCATION:Aquinas Seminar Room\, 17 Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2NA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
CREATED:20191101T092904Z
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SUMMARY:Aquinas on Divinisation
DESCRIPTION:All sorts of people desire to have a different kind of life. Christians propose that Jesus Christ offers the grace to have a life very different from what we have at birth. St. Thomas Aquinas\, following Scripture and witnesses in the Christian tradition\, uses deification language to describe this different kind of life. For example\, Aquinas says\, ‘The gift of grace surpasses every capability of created nature\, since it is nothing short of partaking of the divine nature\, which exceeds every other nature’ (Summa Theologiae I-II\, q. 112\, a. 1\, co.; cf. 2 Pet 1:4). He also says\, ‘The good of grace in one is more than the good of nature in the whole universe’ (Summa Theologiae I-II\, q. 113\, a. 9\, ad 2). Do non-Christians realize that the Christian invitation is that radical? Do Christians? This talk explores what deification means for Aquinas—and what it can mean for us. \nRev Dr Andrew Hofer\, OP\nFather Andrew Hofer\, OP grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000\, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. \nFather Andrew is on sabbatical in fall 2019 as a visiting lector at the Blackfriars Studium\, Oxford and in spring 2020 as a visiting fellow at Yale Divinity School. During this sabbatical\, he is at work on a book tentatively titled Patristic Preaching: The Word of God Becoming Flesh\, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s Teacher-Scholar grant.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/aquinas-on-divinisation/
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191126T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
CREATED:20191012T125045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T151430Z
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SUMMARY:Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark - talk series
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 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. \nThe second talk of the series: \nDr Beatrice Groves\, Trinity College\, Shakespeare  and the Psalms\nProf Michael Collins\, Georgetown\, Shakespeare  and the Parables \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFurther events in the series: \n28th January\, 2020 \nDr Yvette Khoury\, Blackfriars\, Nuns and Friars in Shakespeare\nClare Asquith\, Literary Historian and Critic\, Shakespeare\, Religion and Toleration \n  \n18th February\, 2020 \nProfessor Paulina Kewes\, Jesus College\, Oxford\, Religion and Politics in Hamlet\nProfessor Elizabeth Schafer\, Royal Holloway University\, Measure for Measure\, #Me Too and Performing Christianity Today \n  \n13th March\, 2020 \nRound table conversation with invited guests followed by\na lecture given by the Very Rev Dr Rowan Williams\, Magdalene College\, Cambridge\nvenue tbc \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/christian-shakespeare-question-mark-talk-series-2/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191127T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T082837
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SUMMARY:Accompaniment to Virtue
DESCRIPTION:The Thomistic Institute are very pleased to welcome Fr Romanus Cessario to Oxford. Fr Romanus Cessario\, OP completed doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg and continues to carry on research in psychology and moral theology. He is author of more than a hundred articles in theology and related fields and has published eighteen books mostly on the virtues and Christian ethics. Father Cessario teaches at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton\, Massachusetts\, and is a Fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/accompaniment-to-virtue/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thomistic Institute (Oxford Chapter)":MAILTO:reginald.herbert@english.op.org
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