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SUMMARY:Creation & Evolution
DESCRIPTION: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) \nAll are welcome. Registration is required. \nConference Schedule and Speakers:\n08:45 | Introduction and Welcome \n09:00 | Mariusz Tabaczek O.P. \n09:30 | Daniel Kuebler \n10:30 | Coffee break \n11:00 | Christopher Austin \n12:00 | Lunch \n14:00 | Travis Dumsday \n15:15 | Tim Pawl \n16:15 | Coffee Break \n16:30 | Andrew Davison \n17:30 | Final Discussion \n \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/creation-evolution/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:The Book of Mormon as a Boundary Object in Cultural Encounters
DESCRIPTION: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 encounter which is specifically enshrined in the Mormon religion. This works through in practice as inviting\, sharing\, teaching\, and testifying about one’s faith\, but then recognizing and accepting the right of the other to choose their own way ahead while continuing to extend unconditional love. \nIn this talk\, Ian Finlay will confront the issue of a religion which is followed by many people in the United States and elsewhere with the way in which it has recently been represented on the theatrical stage. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nIan Finlay is a supernumerary fellow of Harris Manchester College\, University of Oxford. His bachelor’s degree is in social sciences\, and he has graduate qualifications in education and theology. Finlay is also secretary of the Oxford Council of Faith and\, with his wife\, serves as a missionary in the Wembley Outreach Centre teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Clare Broome Saunders\n4pm\, Mon\, 11 Nov: On Middlemarch \nDr Neil Garrod\n4pm\, Mon\, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country \nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-book-of-mormon/
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:20241104T193000
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute – Dr Robert McNamara
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \nAbstract\nReality is divided by a fundamental dichotomy separating persons and (mere) things. It is a metaphysical distinction with defined ethical import\, both of which are captured well by Thomas Aquinas when he concludes that the person is ‘that which is most perfect in all nature.’ Edith Stein takes up this objective centrality and reintroduces what she calls an ‘Augustinian way’ of philosophizing\, by attending to personal subjectivity via the phenomenological mode of investigation. The result is a form of Thomistic personalism that is attentive both to the substantiality of the person and to the subjectivity of the person\, a personalism that avoids the many problems emerging from the modern ‘turn to the subject’ while also judiciously encompassing the genuine insights of this ‘Copernican revolution.’ I propose that only such a personalism can provide an anthropology fitting for the needs of the contemporary era\, and indeed adequate to the singular being\, nature\, and life of the human person. \nThis lecture is free and open to the public. \n \nAbout the speaker\nDr. Robert McNamara is an associate professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville\, associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies\, associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project\, associate member of faculty at the International Theological Institute and the Maryvale Institute\, and a founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland. Robert researches anthropological and metaphysical questions in medieval and phenomenological thinkers\, especially as both bear reference to philosophical personalism. He has studied physics and computing\, philosophy and theology\, and received his Ph.D. for research in the thought of Edith Stein and Thomas Aquinas. Robert is originally from Galway\, Ireland and now lives in Steubenville\, Ohio (though currently residing in Gaming\, Austria) with his wife\, Caroline\, and their four children\, Vivian\, John\, Catherine\, and Oran.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thomistic-institute-dr-robert-mcnamara/
LOCATION:Democracy Endangered: The Case of Brazil
CATEGORIES:Priory,The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Narnia & the Political Imagination
DESCRIPTION: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 and profound questions about human conflict and cultural transformation. The conversation will focus on the cultural role our narratives and social imaginaries play; it will aim to provide insights into the intersection of literature\, philosophy\, and theology\, offering fresh perspectives on how these themes resonate with peacebuilding\, politics\, and reconciliation in contemporary society. All are welcome! \nRegistration Required \nSpeakers\nDr Michael Ward read English at Oxford\, Theology at Cambridge\, and gained his PhD at St Andrews University\, studying within its Institute for Theology\, Imagination and the Arts. He was Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford (2012-2021). His research interests focus on theological imagination\, especially in the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Best-known for his monograph\, Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Oxford University Press)\, he is also the author of After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man (Word on Fire Academic) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis (Cambridge University Press) \nAfter studying philosophy —BA (U. Sabana) and MA (U. Javeriana)—\, Dr Gutiérrez worked in faculties of Philosophy and Political Science in Colombia and subsequently did an MSt in Science & Religion at Oriel College\, Oxford\, strongly engaging with J.R.R. Tolkien´s literary imagination. He recently earned his doctorate at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, with a thesis focusing on the role of imagination in belief formation and transformation\, and its use for peacebuilding in Colombia. He is currently a JRF in Humanities and Social Sciences at Blackfriars Hall.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/narnia-the-political-imagination/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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SUMMARY:George Eliot's Middlemarch
DESCRIPTION: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 does not lead to happy resolutions for all\, but it does provide a wealth of cultural encounters; through these Eliot can offer a philosophical commentary on her own society and expose the failures and struggles she sees in her present day. \nIn this talk\, Clare Broome Saunders will explore these cultural encounters in Middlemarch\, focusing particularly on the ways in which Eliot uses both recent history and medieval hagiography to illustrate her ideas. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nClare Broome Saunders is the senior tutor at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford and a member of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. She is one of the United Kingdom’s leading contributors in discussions of nineteenth-century medievalism\, and her research interests include women’s poetry and European travel writers. Her books include Louisa Stuart Costello: A 19th Century Writing Life (2015)\, Women\, Travel Writing\, and Truth(2014)\, and Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism (2009). Forthcoming publications include work on the connections between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and William Blake\, and a book on political medievalism in the long nineteenth century. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Neil Garrod\n4pm\, Mon\, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country \nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/george-eliots-middlemarch/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country
DESCRIPTION: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 pull back from protectionism\, individualism\, and isolation to a more global perspective—in short\, to open our “local” arms to embrace a greater “global.” By looking at A Month in the Country\, Neil Garrod will discuss how someone who has lost their sense of local can rebuild themselves through engagement with the global. It is not as straightforward as adopting someone else’s local but\, rather\, reshaping one’s own local from interactions with the various other locals that make up the global. \nBy taking the perspective of rebuilding an empty husk\, A Month in the Country provides a strong endorsement of the importance of the global to each and every one of us. Rather than a hectoring\, political\, religious\, or moral stance\, it simply conveys the need we all have to maintain our own sense of self. \n\nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nNeil Garrod is an honorary professor in the Faculty of Economy at the University of Ljubljana and a lifelong academic. Originally a mathematician\, he studied management sciences and completed his doctorate in constrained optimization. He is also widely published in the field of accounting and finance. With time he moved into university administration and held senior positions throughout the United Kingdom\, South Africa\, and the United Arab Emirates. His love of literature never left him and now\, in retirement\, he spends much of his time thinking of the best word for his next line of poetry. He splits his time between London\, South Africa\, and as much of the world that he can visit. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/j-l-carrs-a-month-in-the-country/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241121T183000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Teaching from a Dominican Perspective - Video Launch
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegistration Required
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/catholic-social-teaching-from-a-dominican-perspective-video-launch/
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:20241125T160000
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SUMMARY:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
DESCRIPTION: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\, and the Judean deserts; however\, modern readers might seek spiritual wisdom to guide or understand themselves. The Sayings often seem larger than life\, revealing aspects otherwise obscured. The Desert Father Anthony of Egypt is reputed to have said: “A time is coming when men will go mad\, and when they see someone who is not mad\, they will attack him saying\, ‘You are mad\,’ since he is not like them.” During this webinar Anthony O’Mahony will offer a wide-ranging reflection on the context\, reception\, and continuing significance of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nAnthony O’Mahony is a tutor in Christianity and world religions at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford and Blackfriars\, Studium. He was reader in the history of Eastern Christianity at Heythrop College\, University of London\, from 1999 to 2018. In 2018\, he was appointed associate fellow at the School of Advanced Studies\, University of London. He held the Sir Daniel and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue Chair in Eastern Catholic Theology in 2018 and 2019 at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. His research interests include the modern history of Eastern Christianity\, dialogue between Eastern and Western churches\, Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations\, and the history of Jerusalem.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-sayings-of-the-desert-fathers/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Thomistic Institute – Fr Dominic Legge OP
DESCRIPTION: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? \nThe lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars\, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. \nAbstract\nEvil is a dark mystery.  What is it\, and where does it come from?  What causes it?  It is also sometimes posed as an objection to God’s existence: how could a good and omnipotent God permit evil?  Why would God allow innocent creatures to suffer?  Thomas Aquinas has much to say on these questions\, and thinks God offers us a good answer to evil.  This talk will explore the problem and his responses\, to assess whether they are philosophically defensible and theologically persuasive.\n \nThis lecture is free and open to the public. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nFr. Dominic Legge OP is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Associate Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington\, D.C.  He is an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas\, and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School\, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America\, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.  He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001\, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.  He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College.  He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press\, 2017).
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thomistic-institute-fr-dominic-legge-op/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Civitas versus Totus Orbis: On the possibility of an international "society" or "community" in a broken world
DESCRIPTION:Las Casas Institute Online Seminar \nRegistration Required via Zoom \nPresenting:\nDr 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.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/civitas-versus-totus-on-the-possibility-of-an-international-society-or-community-in-a-broken-world/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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