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Call for Proposals & Applications: The Philosophy and Theology of Intellectual Humility Project
Call for Proposals and Applications: The Philosophy and Theology of Intellectual Humility Project at Saint Louis University Saint Louis University announces a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore the subject of intellectual humility. The project will focus on a variety of philosophical and theological issues relevant to the topic of intellectual humility, [...]
The Radiance of Being, by Stratford Caldecott
The Radiance of Being: Dimensions of Cosmic Christianity, by Stratford Caldecott, with a Foreword by Adrian Walker (Angelico Press, 2013. [Purchase UK | Purchase US] Book description: The Radiance of Being offers nothing less than a portrayal of the full glory of Catholic tradition. From an initial engagement with the insights of the natural sciences emerges [...]
Free Conference on Islam and Higher Education
FREE CONFERENCE ON ISLAM and HIGHER EDUCATION — Places Now Available Registration now open – Academic Conference Collaborative partnerships between universities and Muslim institutions: dismantling the roadblocks Funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) http://www.derby.ac.uk/collaborative-partnerships-project 23rd May 2013, Senate House, London (in collaboration with Human Rights Consortium, University of London ) 27th June 2013, Birmingham [...]
Now available: The Unknown God: Sermons Responding to the New Atheists
Now available from Wipf & Stock: The Unknown God: Sermons Responding to the New Atheism, edited by John Hughes and with a foreword by the Rt Rev & Rt Hon Richard Chartres. [Order directly from Wipf & Stock here] Contributors to this volume: Terry Eagleton David Fergusson Timothy Jenkins Conor Cunningham Alister McGrath John Hughes [...]
Research Grants from the Varieties of Religious Understanding project
Psychology Request for Proposals (RFP) Psychology RFP Director: Tania Lombrozo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley This $1.2 million dollar RFP is intended to support empirical work in psychology on the nature and varieties of human understanding. We anticipate applicants from cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, but will consider additional subfields as well. [...]
Available Soon: Michael Hanby’s No God, No Science?: Theology, Cosmology, Biology
Available soon: No God, No Science?: Theology, Cosmology, Biology, by Michael Hanby, the latest addition to the Illuminations series [Pre-order UK | Pre-order US] Book description: Are creation and evolution mutually exclusive terms? Or is there instead a deep relationship between science, metaphysics, and theology that can help shed light into mankind’s quest for the ultimate [...]
Now Available: Christopher Ben Simpson’s Deleuze and Theology
Now available: Deleuze and Theology (Philosophy and Theology series), by Christopher Ben Simpson (T & T Clark, September 2012) [Order UK | Order US] Book description: What can a theologian do with Deleuze? While using philosophy as a resource for theology is nothing new, Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) presents a kind of limit-case for such a [...]
Recent Angelico Press Publications
From the latest Angelico Press newsletter. Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England (reprint) by Donna Fletcher Crow [Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon Kindle edition] Glastonbury Abbey was, according to legend, the center from which radiated a Christian presence on that island for two thousand years, a sacred site from which the Christian faith was passed down through [...]
Webinar: Not Afraid of Darwin or Christ
Not Afraid of Darwin or Christ A Webinar on Theology, Evolution, and Human Nature Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:00 – 8:30 PM EST Now open to individuals! Overview Can science and religion coexist? Should Christians be afraid of Darwin or scientists afraid of Christ? We will tackle these and other provocative questions in a webinar [...]
2nd CFP & Keynote Announcement: Kierkegaard in the World
Second Call for Papers and Announcement of Keynotes New deadline for abstracts: 1st April 2013 The conference organizers are pleased to announce that “Kierkegaard in the World” will feature keynote lectures from: C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University) Kevin Hart (University of Virginia/Australian Catholic University) Daphne Hampson (Oxford University) Charles Guignon (University of South Florida) John [...]
Now available from Veritas: Covering up Luther, by Rustin E. Brian
Now available in the Centre of Theology and Philosophy’s Veritas series is Covering Up Luther: How Barth’s Christology Challenged the Deus Absconditus that Haunts Modernity, by By Rustin E. Brian. [Purchase directly from Wipf & Stock] Book description: Karl Barth’s Christology provides a key to out-narrating the Deus absconditus, which, as Rustin Brian contends, is in fact the [...]
London Bonhoeffer Colloquium
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre London is pleased to announce the London Bonhoeffer Colloquium. June 15th 2013 This one-day colloquium will pursue a celebration and perpetuation of Bonhoeffer’s legacy in the context of contemporary postgraduate study in the United Kingdom, where Bonhoeffer is currently being given much attention by the Academy. The colloquium will involve short-papers [...]
The Oxford Handbook of Theology and Modern European Thought: A Seminar
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK of THEOLOGY AND MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT: A SEMINAR A seminar marking the publication of THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THEOLOGY AND MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT edited by Nicholas Adams, George Pattison, and Graham Ward Panel Discussion ‘What is Theology and Modern European Thought’ led by Clare Carlisle (King’s College London) Jennifer Geddes (University [...]
Interviews with Milbank, Oliver, Cunningham, and Riches in the latest issue of the Edification journal
Two interviews of note are available in the latest issue of Edification: The Transdisciplinary Journal of Christian Psychology Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2012. The following interviews with John Milbank, Simon Oliver, Conor Cunningham, and Aaron Riches were conducted by Peter Hampson, with Zoë Lehmann Imfeld providing assistance with question planning, transcription, and editing of the interviews. ‘Interview [...]
Now Available: The Perfection of Freedom, by D. C. Schindler
Now available from the Veritas series is The Perfection of Freedom: Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel Between the Ancients and the Moderns, by D. C. Schindler. [Purchase direct from Wipf & Stock for the US | Purchase Amazon.co.uk for the UK and Europe] Book description: The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of [...]
Institute of Ideas Academy: Student Scholarship Programme 2013
A letter from Claire Fox, the Director at the Institute of Ideas: Dear All, Do you have a passion for the greatest works in the classical, literary, historical and philosophical canon? Does the idea of grappling with the complexities of human nature through the works of Cicero and Plato, Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franz [...]
Korean Translation of Darwin’s Pious Idea
Conor Cunningham’s Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong has recently been translated into Korean as 다윈의 경건한 생각 : 다윈은 정말 신을 죽였는가? Below are two reviews (in Korean) of Cunningham’s book: The Kyunghyang Newspaper Gospel and Situation (a Christian magazine) Various places for purchase: Aladin.co.kr Gangbuk Culture Information [...]
2nd CFP: The Soul (abstract deadline extended)
*Please note that the deadline for paper abstracts has been extended below to the 29th of March* St Anne’s College, University of Oxford 28 June – 1 July 2013 Conference Précis: Ever since Descartes, the soul understood as immediate mental consciousness has tended to stand as a last bastion securing religious belief against naturalistic reduction. But [...]
Articles on Benedict XVI’s decision to renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome
The following articles come in light of Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to step down as pope this past week: The future of love: The erotic politics of Benedict XVI, by John Milbank Pope Benedict XVI: God’s Rottweiler or the Church’s German shepherd?, by Tracey Rowland Analysis: What is the role of a modern pope?, by [...]
Notable Publication
Now available: The Time of Revolution: Kairos and Chronos in Heidegger, by Felix Ó Murchadha [Purchase UK | Purchase US] Book description: This book presents Heidegger as a thinker of revolution. Understanding revolution as an occurrence whereby the previously unforeseeable comes to appear as inevitable, the temporal character of such an event is explored through Heidegger’s [...]
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