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...
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 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 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 Metaverse Series is a forthcoming series of books from Taylor & Francis which will explore the role, opportunities and challenges of the Metaverse in the present and near future, from business and entertainment to our personal lives and to humanity’s future. The Metaverse Series will take a critical view of the potential and opportunities,...
1-day workshop led by Dr John Duddington, Mollie Cornell, and Anne Duddington. The aim of the workshop is to look at some ideas of what capacity actually means and should mean from the philosophical/legal angle and then to relate these to actual situations where there are difficult questions of capacity when, for instance, the patient...
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...
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...