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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...
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One of the world’s foremost composers, and Fellow of Blackfriars Hall Oxford, will speak at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre on Monday, 28 October 5pm – 6:30pm In the third Oakeshott (formerly Scruton) Lecture of 2024, world-renowned composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan will speak about music and the idea of the sacred, contrasting antiquity with the modern world,...
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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... |
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The Angelicum Thomistic Institute Project for Science and Religion along with the Aquinas Institute is holding a day long book symposium on Mariusz Tabaczek's new book, Theistic Evolution. A Contemporary Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective (2024, Cambridge University Press) All are welcome. Registration is required. Conference Schedule and Speakers: 08:45 | Introduction and Welcome 09:00 | Mariusz Tabaczek... |
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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...
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On Monday 4th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Dr Robert McNamara, of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, to speak on Thomistic Personalism: A Steinian Perspective. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Abstract Reality is divided by a fundamental... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum, c. fifth century CE) are perhaps the most widely read patristic texts throughout history. They have been constantly translated and retranslated into almost all modern languages, deployed in spiritual direction, and featured in literature and art. Scholars seek to locate and understand the historical context in Egypt, Palestine,...
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On Monday 25th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Dominic Legge OP, of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, to speak on What is evil? Why does God permit it? The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome.... |
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Las Casas Institute Online Seminar Registration Required via Zoom Presenting: Dr Carlos Espaliú Berdud, Full Professor of Public International Law and International Relations, University of Fernando 3, CEU, Seville, Spain. Associate Member, Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars, University of Oxford. |
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