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Green as a Leaf: Renewing a Theology of Creation
Green as a Leaf: Renewing a Theology of Creation Seeing the world afresh through the eyes of theologians, scientists, and artists 16 – 19 September 2010 an invitation to an international conference based at the School of Animal, Rural & Environmental Sciences at Brackenhurst Campus and at Southwell Minster Organized by Southwell Minster, the Diocese [...]
The Fourth Annual TELOS Conference
Rituals of Exchange and States of Exception: Continuity and Crisis in Politics and Economics January 15-16, 2011 New York City Whether they allow the circulation of ambassadors or of capital, exchange networks provide the basis for global cross-cultural relationships. Though liberal democratic governments pride themselves on the rationality of their procedures, diplomatic protocols and the [...]
Notable Publications
The Gift of Difference: Radical Orthodoxy, Radical Reformation Chris K. Huebner and Tripp York, Editors Foreword by John Milbank The Gift of Difference: Radical Orthodoxy, Radical Reformation is a collection of essays in which leading theologians consider the strengths and weaknesses of Radical Orthodoxy in dialogue with the Radical Reformation tradition. Writers in this volume [...]
Stanley Hauerwas Event
cordially invite you to the following event: Stanley Hauerwas in Conversation with John Milbank & Luke Bretherton to mark the publication of: Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir BY STANLEY HAUERWAS on Monday 18th October 2010 from 5.30-7.00pm at the Great Hall, Strand Campus, King’s College London Get directions here Demand is sure to be high [...]
Notable Publications
Below are books of note that may be of interest to affiliates of the Centre. Also below are books written, edited, or translated by members and staff of the Centre. All book descriptions come from the publisher. The Metaphysical Presuppositions of Being-in-the-world: A Confrontation Between St. Thomas Aquinas and Martin Heidegger by Caitlin Smith Gilson [...]
Alberto Toscano at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London
From Verso: Alberto Toscano will be launching ‘Fanaticism’ on Thursday 8 July, 6.45pm, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Toscano will address the key issues at the heart of his new book, and welcome discussion from attendees. For more information and to book tickets, please call +44 (0)20 7930 3647, or visit the [...]
Now Available: Protestant Metaphysics after Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger
Now available for purchase is Timothy Stanley’s Protestant Metaphysics after Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger, released in the Veritas series by SCM Press in conjunction with the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. From the author’s website: What is the relationship between Martin Heidegger’s critique of metaphysical theology and Karl Barth’s? Or, more broadly, what is [...]
Stanley Hauerwas Interview
In 2001 Time magazine named Stanley Hauerwas “America’s Best Theologian.” Hauerwas found the distinction humorous, but it catapulted him and his pacifist, anti-nationalistic views into the spotlight at a time when our country was poised for war. Soon he was also America’s best-known theologian. His new book, Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir (Purchase US | [...]
Darwin’s Pious Idea pre-order sale on Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk has a special pre-order price for the hardcover edition of Conor Cunningham’s Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get it Wrong (Interventions) going for £11.99 (£14.00 off retail, 54% off). It may be pre-ordered here.
Darwin’s Pious Idea announced by Eerdmans
Eerdmans Publishing Company has announced Conor Cunningham’s Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong (forthcoming in the Interventions series Fall 2010). Below is a sampling of endorsements. (Remaining blurbs can be found here.) “This work of stunning scientific erudition and critical insight differs from the common polemics with Dawkins’ and [...]
Did Darwin Kill God? receives Merit Award
RELIGIOUS TELEVISION AWARDS 2010 ‘On 25th May 2010 the Rt Revd Nick Baines presented 4 awards at Lambeth Palace. Roger Bolton, chair of the judging panel, announced the winners.’ [source] From the speech by Roger Bolton: We decided to give the second of our TV merit awards to a very different sort of programme. For BBC [...]
The Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars, Oxford: Special Lecture
Monday 17 May 2010, 5.00pm Blackfriars, 64 St Giles’. ‘The Summa Theologiae as Mystagogy? Thomas Aquinas and the Discipline of the Secret’ Speaker: Professor Peter M. Candler Jr., Professor Peter M. Candler Jr. is Associate Professor of Theology at Baylor University and author of Theology, Rhetoric, Manuduction or, Reading Scripture Together on the Path to [...]
Official Statement from the Centre on the Closure of the Middlesex Philosophy Department
From the director of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, Professor John Milbank: The Middlesex Philosophy Department has the full and unqualified support of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham on account of the excellence of its work which arguably sets the highest standards within contemporary British philosophical reflection. We [...]
Middlesex University Shamefully Cuts Philosophy Department
This week the administration at Middlesex University has made a decision to cut the entirety of their highest-rated department: their philosophy department including all undergrad and graduate (MA/MPhil/PhD) programmes. The following is an announcement letter from Peter Hallward, Peter Osborne, and Stella Sandford: Dear colleagues, Late on Monday 26 April, the Dean of the School of Arts [...]
Adrian Pabst in The Guardian
Adrian Pabst has written a piece in the ‘Comment is Free’ section of The Guardian entitled ‘This pope is Romantic, not reactionary’ with a lede of ‘Catholics like Küng fail to understand the long intellectual tradition which the pope seeks to preserve and extend’. Adrian Pabst is a lecturer in politics in the University of [...]
Grandeur of Reason now available
Now available for purchase from the Veritas series is the volume: The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism, edited by Peter M. Candler, Jr. and Conor Cunningham, with a foreword by Angelo Cardinal Scola. The essays contained in this collection arose out of the conference of the same name which took place in Rome, [...]
Call for Papers: Theology of Creation Conference
Green as a Leaf: Renewing a Theology of Creation Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire, 16-19 September 2010 Keynote speakers: Simon Conway Morris, Michael Northcott, John Rodwell, John Milbank, Simon Oliver, Alison Milbank, Margaret Barker Call for Papers Often today debates about our policy towards the environment are purely reactive to events or to the current perceived risk [...]
Howard V. Hong dies at age 97
Howard V. Hong, Professor Emeritus at St. Olaf College and translator of Kierkegaard’s corpus (along with his late wife Edna H. Hong), died this week. He was 97. A memorial service will be held at St. Olaf Saturday, March 27, at 11 a.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel. Link to news story Link to official announcement [...]
Edward Schillebeeckx Essay Prize
Tijdschrift voor Theologie organizes, in cooperation with the Edward Schillebeeckx Foundation, a biennial essay contest for young theologians and religious studies scholars (maximum age of contestants: 35). This prize has been named after the recently deceased theologian Edward Schillebeeckx (1914-2009), founder of the Tijdschrift voor Theologie in 1961. 2010 will be the first time this [...]
“Did Darwin Kill God?” Guest Lecture at Swansea University
Theology Public Lecture “Did Darwin Kill God?” by Dr Conor Cunningham Assistant Director of the Centre for Theology and Philosophy at Nottingham University At 7.00pm on Tuesday, 9th March 2010 Faraday Lecture Theatre A, Faraday Building, Swansea University Everyone is welcome and admission is free. Download the flyer here and please distribute.
