In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
On Tuesday 30th April, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will host Fr Gregory Pine OP to speak on: He Lived Our Life: The Mysteries of Christ in the Story of Salvation. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the aula, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Abstract: St. Thomas Aquinas insists that all...
2024 Las Casas Institute Annual Lecture Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE Law School, is returning to the Las Casas Institute to give this year's Annual Lecture. Open to all. The lecture will be live streamed as well. Professor Gearty has given an interview to Ian Linden ahead of his lecture....
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
On Monday 13th May, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Professor Marianne Schlosser, of the University of Vienna, to give a lecture entitled: “A friend particularly near to me”: St Bonaventure’s influence on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the aula, and will be followed by refreshments. All...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
The debate over censorship in the West is a complex tug-of-war. While freedom of expression is respected as a fundamental right, the question of whether and where to draw the line comes up time and again, and remains contentious. Advocates argue that censorship may be the only way to protect vulnerable minorities, new ones and...
2024 Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Annual Lecture There is a pressing need to address the lack of dignity and respect in the current world of work. Issues of low pay, working poverty and precarious work can be tackled by strengthening rights at the workplace. This will lead to greater human flourishing in our communities...
In the Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines to...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
In a global context marked by violent conflicts and an erosion of multilateralism, European countries have pledged to invest significant resources in the extension and modernisation of their military defence capabilities. A spreading logic of war is fuelling a rearmament dynamic in Europe and worldwide, posing not only serious security challenges but also ethical questions....
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
Catholic religious institutes of sisters and nuns were influenced by the Second Vatican Council’s (1962-1965) call to the renewal of religious life. This paper examines the changing ministries of Catholic sisters as they rethought forms of outreach from education, nursing and social welfare to those that emphasized social justice. It examines the religious meaning of...