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...
Small communities and associations have a political component. Not only do they offer an opportunity for political participation at a small scale, but they also relate politically to other communities. I explore the politics among communities by looking at three different places where people with and without disabilities live together in intentional community—Geel, Belgium; L’Arche;...
A day conference on the theology of Erich Przywara, SJ open to members of the University of Oxford 9:00 – 10:00 Philip Gonzales, “Introducing the Life, Work, and Thought of Erich Przywara” 10:15-11:30 Carl Scerri, “Erich Przywara and Edith Stein: Dissimilarities within Similarities” Response by Gaven Kerr Break for Lunch 2:00-3:15 Julian Schuler, “Haupt und...
Religious Imaginaries & Victimhood Narratives in Colombia’s Road to Peace A joint Las Casas Institute – Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD) event in-person and online. After half a century of bloodshed and over nine million registered victims, a peace agreement was signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC insurgency. Since then, enormous political...
The Aquinas Group offers young adults an opportunity to enrich their spiritual and intellectual lives by studying the writings of St Thomas Aquinas. We meet on Mondays in term at 7pm. We begin with a light meal, then explore a topic guided by one of the friars, before finishing by praying Compline (night prayer) together...
The Aquinas Group offers young adults an opportunity to enrich their spiritual and intellectual lives by studying the writings of St Thomas Aquinas. We meet on Mondays in term at 7pm. We begin with a light meal, then explore a topic guided by one of the friars, before finishing by praying Compline (night prayer) together...
On Monday 19th February, the Thomistic Institute will be hosting Professor John Haldane to speak on: The Immaterial Mind and the Immortal Soul The lecture will be in the aula at 7.30pm, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome! Abstract: Beginning in the late 1950s, and with a few exceptions, anglophone philosophers began...
The Aquinas Group offers young adults an opportunity to enrich their spiritual and intellectual lives by studying the writings of St Thomas Aquinas. We meet on Mondays in term at 7pm. We begin with a light meal, then explore a topic guided by one of the friars, before finishing by praying Compline (night prayer) together...
The Aquinas Group offers young adults an opportunity to enrich their spiritual and intellectual lives by studying the writings of St Thomas Aquinas. We meet on Mondays in term at 7pm. We begin with a light meal, then explore a topic guided by one of the friars, before finishing by praying Compline (night prayer) together...
Our Technological Fate: George Grant and Pope Francis in Dialogue An in-person talk by Hallam Willis, Associate Member of the Las Casas Institute in the Aula at Blackfriars Hall. The event will also be available to follow online. To register for online attendance, please follow this link. The primary aim of this talk is to...