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SUMMARY:E. F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:Small is Beautiful\, first published in 1973\, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern industrial economy. The author was the Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board\, a founder of the Intermediate Technology Development Group\, and an enthusiast for Catholic Social Teaching. Many of the ideas presented in Small is Beautiful remain both relevant and controversial. We will discuss selected chapters of this short and easy-to-read book\, their current implications\, and the broader economic\, ecological\, and political questions that they raise. \n  \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n  \nWeek One (January 18): “The problem of production” (Chapter 1) – the illusion of unlimited powers \nWeek Two (January 25): “The role of economics” (Chapter 3) – is “growth” good? \nWeek Three (February 1:) “A question of size” (Chapter 5) – small and large cities and countries \nWeek Four (February 8): “The greatest resource – education (Chapter 6) – human “capital” \nWeek Five (February 15): “The proper use of land” (Chapter 7) – in favour of farmers \nWeek Six (February 22): “Technology with a human face” (Chapter 10) – Appropriate tools \nWeek Seven (March 1): “The problem of unemployment in India (Chapter 14) – a theory of development \nWeek Eight (March 8): Organisation\, socialism\, and property (Chapters 16-18) – small is often beautiful \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/e-f-schumacher-small-is-beautiful-2023-03-01/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230302T160000
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SUMMARY:Sonderegger Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:A comprehensive reading of Katherine Soderegger’s Systematic Theology\, vol 1: The Doctrine of God (Fortress\, 2015). To be followed in Trinity term with a similar approach to the second volume. \nRegistration required\, please email oliver.keenan@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n  \nWk 1 (19 Jan) – Divine Oneness (§1 and §2) \nWk 2  (26 Jan) – Omnipresence: The Perfection of Divine Hiddenness (§3) \nWk 3 (2 Feb) – Omnipotence: The Perfection of Humility (§4) \nWk 4 (9 Feb) – Omniscience: The Perfection of Divine Spirituality (§5) \nWk 5 (16 Feb)– Methodological & Transcendental Questions in Omniscience (§6) \nWk 6 (23 Feb) – Doctrine of Illumination (§7) \nWk 7 (2 Mar) – The Perfection of Divine Love (§8) \nWk 8 (9 Mar) – Divine Perfections and Exegesis (§9) \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/sonderegger-reading-group-2023-03-02/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T170300
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SUMMARY:Truth and the Primacy of Practical Reason
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Joshua Hochschild on ‘Truth and the Primacy of Practical Reason: R.G. Collingwood and the Relation of Logic to Metaphysics and Theology’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/truth-and-the-primacy-of-practical-reason/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230307T183000
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SUMMARY:AQUINAS AND THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT
DESCRIPTION:Aquinas Lectures 2023\nAquinas and the Future of Christian Thought \nWhat contribution can Aquinas make to the Church and academy of today? \nA series of public lectures to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St Thomas Aquinas OP. \n26 January\nProf Mariusz Tabaczek OP: Contemporary Views on Anthropogenesis: An Aristotelian-Thomistic Contribution \n1 February\nRev Dr Reginald Lynch OP: Aquinas on the Priesthood Today\n \n8 February\nDr Joshua Madden: Reading Isaiah with Thomas Aquinas \n15 February\nProf Catherine Joseph Droste OP: Aquinas and the Virtues of a Spiritual Master \n7 March\nProf Simon Gaine OP: It might have been otherwise: Divine Power and Wisdom in Aquinas’s Theology
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/aquinas-and-the-future-of-christian-thought-2023-03-07/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
CREATED:20230105T170333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T170410Z
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SUMMARY:Life before God: Truth and the Liturgy
DESCRIPTION:A series of four reading classes examining contemporary continental philosophies of the liturgy as a locus of truth. \nRegistration required\, please email: aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n  \n25 Jan: Jean-Yves Lacoste: Liturgy and/as the House of Truth \n8 Feb: Jean-Yves Lacoste: The Liturgical Experience of Truth \n22 Feb: Jean-Luc Marion: Eucharist and Truth’s Disclosure \n8 Mar: Jean-Luc Marion: Liturgical Disruption of Onto-Theology
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/life-before-god-truth-and-the-liturgy-2023-03-08/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230308T180000
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CREATED:20230103T092610Z
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SUMMARY:E. F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:Small is Beautiful\, first published in 1973\, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern industrial economy. The author was the Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board\, a founder of the Intermediate Technology Development Group\, and an enthusiast for Catholic Social Teaching. Many of the ideas presented in Small is Beautiful remain both relevant and controversial. We will discuss selected chapters of this short and easy-to-read book\, their current implications\, and the broader economic\, ecological\, and political questions that they raise. \n  \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n  \nWeek One (January 18): “The problem of production” (Chapter 1) – the illusion of unlimited powers \nWeek Two (January 25): “The role of economics” (Chapter 3) – is “growth” good? \nWeek Three (February 1:) “A question of size” (Chapter 5) – small and large cities and countries \nWeek Four (February 8): “The greatest resource – education (Chapter 6) – human “capital” \nWeek Five (February 15): “The proper use of land” (Chapter 7) – in favour of farmers \nWeek Six (February 22): “Technology with a human face” (Chapter 10) – Appropriate tools \nWeek Seven (March 1): “The problem of unemployment in India (Chapter 14) – a theory of development \nWeek Eight (March 8): Organisation\, socialism\, and property (Chapters 16-18) – small is often beautiful \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/e-f-schumacher-small-is-beautiful-2023-03-08/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
CREATED:20230105T172523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230105T172523Z
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SUMMARY:Sonderegger Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:A comprehensive reading of Katherine Soderegger’s Systematic Theology\, vol 1: The Doctrine of God (Fortress\, 2015). To be followed in Trinity term with a similar approach to the second volume. \nRegistration required\, please email oliver.keenan@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n  \nWk 1 (19 Jan) – Divine Oneness (§1 and §2) \nWk 2  (26 Jan) – Omnipresence: The Perfection of Divine Hiddenness (§3) \nWk 3 (2 Feb) – Omnipotence: The Perfection of Humility (§4) \nWk 4 (9 Feb) – Omniscience: The Perfection of Divine Spirituality (§5) \nWk 5 (16 Feb)– Methodological & Transcendental Questions in Omniscience (§6) \nWk 6 (23 Feb) – Doctrine of Illumination (§7) \nWk 7 (2 Mar) – The Perfection of Divine Love (§8) \nWk 8 (9 Mar) – Divine Perfections and Exegesis (§9) \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/sonderegger-reading-group-2023-03-09/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T190000
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
CREATED:20230116T131733Z
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SUMMARY:Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death\, Loss and Grief
DESCRIPTION:Book launch to celebrate the publication of Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death\, Loss and Grief\, edited by Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode. \n\nThe Meaning of Mourning brings perspectives from leading philosophers\, psychologists\, theologians\, writers\, and artists exploring different dimensions of death\, loss\, and grief. \nThey together form a wide-ranging study of some of the most difficult and formative experiences in human life.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/meaning-of-mourning-perspectives-on-death-loss-and-grief/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Aquinas Institute":MAILTO:aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230314T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230314T160000
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
CREATED:20230313T142115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T143709Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Clare Broome Saunders Talk: Phoebe Anna Traquair
DESCRIPTION:Dr Clare Broome Saunders is giving a talk by Zoom on the artist Phoebe Anna Traquair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project; the Georgetown Humanities Initiative; the Georgetown Master’s Program in the Engaged and Public Humanities; Campion Hall\, Oxford; and the Las Casas Institute (Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford). It is part of the one-year-long series A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature\, Art\, and the Environment. \nFor more information and reservation\, visit Georgetown University website.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-clare-broome-saunders-dante-and-william-blake/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T161500
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
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SUMMARY:Democracy Endangered: The Case of Israel
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University)\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nJust weeks after taking office\, the new government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, which some have labeled as the most right-wing in the country’s history\, announced plans to weaken the Supreme Court and other democratic institutions\, prompting massive domestic protests and widespread concerns among the country’s friends about the future of Israeli democracy. Many say the proposal could eliminate the judiciary from serving as an effective check on the executive and legislative branches of government\, and add new complications to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It could also sideline Netanyahu’s scheduled trial on charges of fraud\, breach of trust and bribery. \nFree and open to all. Registration is required. \nFeaturing\n\n\nHagit Borer is a professor of linguistics at Queen Mary University of London\, and a member of the British Academy. A disciple of Noam Chomsky\, she earned her Ph.D. in linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Borer’s research for the past 40 years spans comparative syntax\, morphosyntax\, the syntax-semantics interface\, and grammatical acquisition. Originally from Israel\, she has been an activist for the rights of Palestinians in that country. \nIan Linden is on the advisory board of Las Casas Institute at Oxford and a visiting professor at St. Mary’s University\, London\, He was formerly CEO of the Catholic Institute for International Relations and a member of the Christian-Muslim Forum in the UK\, and has been awarded for his work on human rights. Linden has lived and worked in Africa and\, as an historian\, has focused on religion and conflict. His current research is on the psychology of the extremist mind. \nDebra Shushan is the first-ever director of policy at J Street\, a pro-Israel\, pro-peace organization in Washington that believes in a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Paleestinian conflict. She previously oversaw J Street’s congressional advocacy operations as director of government affairs. An analyst of US foreign policy\, Shushan was previously director of policy and government relations at Americans for Peace Now. She holds a BA from Harvard\, an MPhil from Oxford\, and a PhD from Yale. \nGil Troy\, a scholar of North American history at McGill University in Montreal\, lives in Jerusalem and is an award-winning presidential historian and a leading Zionist activist. He has been designated as an? Algemeiner?J-100\,?one of the top 100 people “positively influencing Jewish life.”? Troy wrote “The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s”?and eight other books on the US presidency. His essays have been featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and The Wall Street Journal. \nMichael Scott (moderator) is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/democracy-endangered-the-case-of-israel/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T183000
DTSTAMP:20260531T095443
CREATED:20230103T205432Z
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SUMMARY:Las Casas and His World: the Defender of the Indians in Context
DESCRIPTION:Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Annual Lecture\nBartolomé de Las Casas\, widely known as ‘the defender of the Indians’\, is often presented as a lonely voice confronting the forces of darkness that surrounded him. This lecture attempts to place Las Casas in a wider historical context in order to reassess the originality of his contribution to the struggle for justice in the New World. \n \nA lecture by Dr Fernando Cervantes\, Bristol University. \nOpen to all. The lecture will be live streamed as well.\nFor in-person attendance\, please email lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk.\nTo attend online\, please register here. \nThe event is sponsored by the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights (OCHR) and the Las Casas Institute.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/las-casas-and-his-world/
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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