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SUMMARY:Fr Daniel Cardó: 'The Early History of the Eucharist
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to a short seminar in the Aula when Fr Daniel Cardo will speak on ‘The Early History of the Eucharist’. \n Father Daniel Cardó holds the Benedict XVI Chair of Liturgical Studies at St. John Vianney Seminary and is visiting professor at the Augustine Institute\, both in Denver. He is also pastor at Holy Name Parish\, Denver. He is the author of The Cross and the Eucharist in Early Christianity (Cambridge University Press\, 2019)\, What Does It Mean to Believe? Faith in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger (Emmaus Academic\, 2020)\, The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer (Catholic University of America Press\, 2021)\, and the coeditor of the Cambridge Companion to Joseph Ratzinger (Cambridge University Press\, 2023).
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/fr-daniel-cardo-the-early-history-of-the-eucharist/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ens Morale: The Scholastic Metaphysics of Morals
DESCRIPTION:Late scholastic reflection on cognitional being generated a parallel and consequential question: what is the distinctive metaphysical status of moral acts precisely as moral? The various schools proposed competing solutions under the heading of ens morale. This talk maps those positions and examines the Thomist account in particular\, reading it against the Summa theologiae‘s Treatise on Human Acts. \nMatthew Minerd\, Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius\, Pittsburgh\, will deliver this lecture at 4pm\, Tuesday the 16th of June. The event is free and open to everyone\, no registration is required. \nMatthew Minerd\, is a Ruthenian Catholic\, husband\, and father\, serving as a professor of philosophy and moral theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh. His academic and popular writing has been published in the journals Nova et Vetera\, The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly\, The Review of Metaphysics\, Études Maritainiennes\, Downside Review\, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He has also served as a translator or editor for volumes published by The Catholic University of America Press\, Emmaus Academic\, and Cluny Media.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/ens-morale-the-scholastic-metaphysics-of-morals/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Aquinas Institute
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SUMMARY:Passions\, Dispassion\, and the Ordering of Life. International Day Conference on Reception of the Tenth Commandment
DESCRIPTION:Passions\, Dispassion\, and the Ordering of Life.\nInternational Day Conference on Reception of the Tenth Commandment.\nSeptuagint\, Philo\, Clement of Alexandria\, Maximos the Confessor\, Aquinas \n\n\nAn international interdisciplinary conference exploring the tenth commandment and its prohibition on coveting or desire. \n\n\n\n\nThe tenth commandment “thou shalt not covet” is often the most obscure and yet has been the focus of much reflection by connecting it to a prohibition of desire. This day conference brings together scholars of the Greek Bible\, Antiquity and Patristics to discuss what it might mean for passion to be limited or regulated by law. \n\n\nSpeakers: \n\nThomas Cattoi (Angelicum);\nJane Heath (Durham University);\nJennifer Herdt (Yale University);\nEzra Sullivan (Angelicum);\nHans Svebakken (Loyola University Chicago);\nElisa Uusimäki (University of Aarhus).\n\nFree entry\, follow the link below to book your place. \nOrganised by the Lagrange Project for Scripture and Historical Theology: Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, in partnership with the Angelicum University\, Rome\, and the McDonald Agape Foundation.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/passions-dispassion-and-the-ordering-of-life-international-day-conference-on-reception-of-the-tenth-commandment/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lagrange Project for Scripture and Historical Theology
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SUMMARY:Realistic and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:The Las Casas Institute will be launching the recent publication Realistic and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence  by Maggi and Zak Savin-Baden on Thursday the 18th of June in the Aula\, Blackfriars Hall. This will be an ‘in-conversation’ event with the authors\, Kester Brewin\, David Burden\, Sarah Hayes\, and Elaine Kasket. \nThis event is open to everyone and free registration is required. \nCurrent perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI) tend to focus on the wide parameters between fear and hope. Realistic and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence provides some (ethical) hope with realistic solutions. It deals with the complexities of AI\, unpacking specific challenges presented by the AI problem and suggesting what we do about them. \nThis book is written by an experienced researcher and a young innovator\, with expert reflections from researchers and practitioners. It promotes community-focused\, collective values and ethical uses of AI\, and it challenges ideologies based on capitalist modes of consumption\, privilege and exploitation. Chapters explain current understandings of AI\, how it has developed since its inception and the various types of AI. The text explores issues such as scraping of data\, privacy\, unethical corporate practices\, trust and AI abuse\, as well as outlining the potential environmental\, social and psychological impact of AI – for better and for worse. \nYou can purchase the book at this link \nSpeakers\n \nKester Brewin is Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work\, a research and development institute exploring how AI and automation technologies are impacting the labour market in the UK. He is also an author of several books on technology and social history\, including\, most recently\, God-like: a 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths\, Machines\, Monsters. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nDavid Burden has been involved in AI and immersive environments since the 1990s\, delivering over 100 Virtual reality and conversational AI projects across the globe\, including for the MOD. David has published widely\, co-authoring Virtual Humans in 2019 and is currently series co-editor for Taylor & Francis on The Metaverse  Series. David is an ex-Royal Signals officer\, a Chartered European Engineer and is currently studying for a PhD in Wargaming Urban Conflict. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nProfessor Sarah Hayes\, University of Bath Spa has co-edited the Springer books Bioinformational Philosophy and Postdigital Knowledge Ecologies (2022) and Human Data Interaction\, Disadvantage and Skills in the Community (2023). She recently led two projects funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council about Data and disadvantage and Extending Human Data Interaction. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Dr Elaine Kasket is an expert on technology’s role within our work\, individual psychology\, and relationships. Her latest book is Reboot: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World (2023). She is a leading Counselling Psychologist\, inspiring keynote speaker\, effective psychological/ transformational coach\, and seasoned storyteller. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Maggi Savin-Baden is Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford\, is the co-author\, this is her 30th book. Funded by JISC and the Leverhulme Trust\, Maggi has explored the impact of learning in Virtual Worlds\, and now plans to continue researching Digital and Artificial Intelligence at Blackfriars Hall’s Las Casas Institute for Social Justice. For the last five years she has been a member of the William Temple Foundation Ethical Futures group\, through which she met which Dr Maria Power\, resulting in a fruitful collaboration. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nZak Savin-Baden is a PhD student at Cranfield University studying AI driven monitoring of UK  and Australian pollinators for biodiversity and sustainable land management. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/realistic-and-ethical-use-of-artificial-intelligence/
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SUMMARY:Action: Human and Divine\, Civic and Ecclesiastical
DESCRIPTION:A Research Symposium\nA joint collaboration between Ave Maria University and the Aquinas Institute\, Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, to be held at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, on 25-26 June 2026. Open to the public. \nSpeakers include: Gerald Boersma\, Janice Chik Breidenbach\, Michael Breidenbach\, Richard Conrad\, Daniel De Haan\, Gaven Kerr\, Dawn LaValle Norman\, Roger Nutt\, William Simpson\, Jeffrey Walkey \nDay 1\, Thursday\, June 25\, 2026\nAula\, Blackfriars Hall\n08:45-09:00   Introduction \n09:00-10:00   Dawn LaValle Norman\, “What Monica Learned: Enslaved Women as Educational Agents in Augustine’s Confessions” \nRespondent: Michael Breidenbach \n10:00-11:00   Michael Breidenbach\, “Enslaved to a Bishop: Slave Agency and Sacramental Action in Early America” \nRespondent: Dawn LaValle Norman \n11:00-11:30   Tea & Coffee break \n11:30-12:30   Daniel De Haan\, “Developmental Flourishing: Answering the Riddle of the Eudaimonic Sphinx”  \n12:30-14:30   Lunch Break               \n14:30-15:00   Tea & Coffee  \n15:00-16:00   Janice Chik Breidenbach\, “Civic Action\, Religious Practice\, and Social Ontology” \nRespondent: Daniel De Haan \n16:00-17:00   William Simpson\, “Created Instruments of Grace: Hylomorphism and Sacramental Action” \nRespondent: Janice Chik Breidenbach \n17:00-18:00   Drinks Reception \n19:00                  Dinner\, Blackfriars Hall \nDay 2\, Friday\, June 26\, 2026\nAula\, Blackfriars Hall\n09:00-10:00   Gaven Kerr\, “An Anscombian Analysis of God’s Causal Acts” \nRespondent: Gerald Boersma \n10:00-11:00   Jeffrey Walkey\, “Providence and Proofs for the Existence of ‘God’: Reflections on the Scope of Divine Action and (Un)Successful Reference to the God of Jesus Christ” \n11:00-11:30   Tea & Coffee break \n11:30-12:30   Gerald Boersma\, “Aristotle’s horm? in Aquinas’s Theology of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.” \nRespondent: Gaven Kerr \n12:30-14:30   Lunch Break                \n14:30-15:30   Roger Nutt\, “The Virtue of Penance and Sacramental Absolution: Historical and Speculative Considerations from Thomas Aquinas’s De forma absolutionis.” \nRespondent: Fr Richard Conrad\, OP  \n15:30-16:00   Tea & Coffee \n16:00-17:00         Fr Richard Conrad\, “The Sacrament and Virtue of Repentance for the Remission of Sins: Translating the Latin Graciously and Hopefully.” \nRespondent: Roger Nutt \n17:00-18:00   Drinks Reception \n18:30                  Dinner\, Pierre Victoire (9 Little Clarendon Street)
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/action-human-and-divine-civic-and-ecclesiastical/
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