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New Publication: The Crisis of Global Capitalism
The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Pope Benedict XVI’s Social Encyclical and the Future of Political Economy, edited by Adrian Pabst (Wipf & Stock, 2011). [Purchase: Wipf & Stock | Amazon US | Amazon UK] Publication description: This collection of essays outlines a new political economy. Twenty years after the demise of Soviet communism, the global recession into which free-market [...]
New Journal: Humanum
H U M A N U M Issues in Family, Culture and Science The Online Review of the Center for Cultural and Pastoral Research www.humanumreview.com The Center for Cultural and Pastoral Research, a recently founded subsidiary of the American session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, launched its [...]
New book from Stratford Caldecott: All Things Made New
A new book by Stratford Caldecott has been published entitled All Things Made New: The Mysteries of the World in Christ (Angelico Press, 2011). [Purchase: UK | US] Publication Description: All Things Made New explores the Christian mysteries in the tradition of St. John the Evangelist, and Mary, the Mother of Jesus, by studying the symbolism, cosmology, and meaning [...]
Conference: ‘A celebration of living theology: Engaging with the work of Andrew Louth’
Durham University in conjunction with the Department of Theology and Religion will be hosting the conference ‘A celebration of living theology: Engaging with the work of Andrew Louth’ on 9-12 July 2012 at Durham University. The conference aims to celebrate the work of Prof. Andrew Louth in the areas of Patristics, both Western and Eastern, Modern Theology [...]
New Publication: Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion
The following volume has just been released: Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion: A New Book of Nature, eds. Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans (Oxford Univerity Press, 2011). [UK | US] Publication description: Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion: A New Book of Nature brings together new essays addressing the role of images [...]
Adrian Pabst in ABC Religion & Ethics
Adrian Pabst has written an article in ABC Religion and Ethics entitled “What is to be Done? Overcoming the Capitalist Heresy“. It begins: As the leaders of the G20 met in the luxury resort of Cannes on the French Riviera, popular outrage and protest movements were spreading across the globe. From Occupy Wall Street to [...]
8th Annual Historical Materialism Conference: Spaces of Capital, Moments of Struggle
Spaces of Capital, Moments of Struggle Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Conference Central London 10–13 November 2011 http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences/8annual To register in advance and benefit from a reduction: http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences/8annual/register Advanced booking will stop on Monday 7 November All queries: historicalmaterialism@soas.ac.uk The themes discussed will include: the Aesthetics of Marxism; Alternative Histories of Marxism; Althusser; Anti-Imperialist Struggles and [...]
CFP: The Practical Philosophy of Michel Henry
The Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy (www.jffp.org) invites submissions for a special issue on the practical philosophy of Michel Henry. Increasing attention is being paid to Michel Henry’s work, especially with regard to its impact in the areas of phenomenology and theology. This special issue hopes to build on that momentum by examining his important [...]
CFP: Biblical Philosophy? Exploratory Essays
Call for Papers for a proposed volume: Biblical Philosophy? Exploratory Essays Editors, Mark Cauchi and Avron Kulak We invite essay submissions for a proposed volume entitled Biblical Philosophy? Exploratory Essays to be reviewed by Continuum Books. The purpose of the volume is to explore the relationship between the Bible and philosophy. According to the traditional [...]
CFP: Divine & Human Action: A Conference on Agency & Action in Philosophy & Theology
CALL FOR PAPERS Houston Baptist University SECOND ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE DIVINE AND HUMAN ACTION: AGENCY AND ACTION IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY MARCH 30-31, 2012 Keynote Speaker: William Abraham (Southern Methodist University) The Philosophy Department at HBU invites papers addressing the topics of agency and action in philosophy and theology. We welcome papers on divine agency, [...]
Music & Transcendence Conference: Registration Open
Registration is now open for a one-day inter-disciplinary conference on Music and Transcendence to be held in Cambridge on November 29, 2011. All papers and performances will consider the ways in which music relates to infinite and ultimate meaning as well as the ways in which music enables the creation of meaning and fulfilment within [...]
Notable Publication
Oltre l’idea moderna di lavoro: Suggestioni filosofiche e teologiche dal pensiero anglosassone, by Alessandra Gerolin, with an introduction by Evandro Botto Book Description: All’interno del panorama socio-economico contemporaneo, soprattutto in seguito alla recente crisi economica, si avverte sempre di più il bisogno di sviluppare un’educazione al lavoro che si collochi nella prospettiva di un’educazione completa della persona. [...]
Event: ‘Darwin’s Idea: Dangerous or Pious’ at Nottingham Contemporary
‘Darwin’s Idea: Dangerous or Pious’ To be held at Nottingham Contemporary [link] Presentation by Conor Cunningham Wednesday 14 December 7pm Free The Space Weber’s Shape of the Ape considers Darwin’s theory of evolution and man’s relationship to nature. In his talk Dr Conor Cunningham will trace the history of man’s humiliating relationship to nature from Copernicus [...]
CFP: Sovereignty, Representation & Authority: Current Interpretations of Political Theology
Second Call for Papers Revista Pléyade nº8 Year iv, 2nd Semester 2011 “Sovereignty, representation And authority: Current Interpretations of Political Theology” Carl Schmitt’s claim that “all significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts,” written in 1922, has proven to be influential in contemporary political thought. On the one hand, [...]
CFP: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion
Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion June 15-16, 2012 Ryerson University Toronto, Canada We invite submissions from scholars and graduate students based in Canada and abroad on the topic of Continental Thought and Religion. The general theme of the conference is meant to reflect the variety of articulations of religion that have emerged in contemporary [...]
Adrian Pabst in The Guardian
Adrian Pabst, lecturer in politics in the University of Kent at Canterbury, has published a piece in The Guardian entitled “Blue Ed, Red Dave and the new politics of preaching.”
Publications of Note
Reading Karl Barth: A Companion to Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans, by Kenneth Oakes (Wipf & Stock, 2011) Book Description: Karl Barth’s 1922 The Epistle to the Romans is one of the most famous, notorious, and influential works in twentieth-century theology and biblical studies. It is also a famously and notoriously difficult and enigmatic work, especially [...]
Lecture: ‘Jesus and Lucifer: Rival Sons of the Father’
Dr Patrick Madigan, SJ Editor of the Heythrop Journal of Philosophy and Religion ‘Jesus and Lucifer: Rival Sons of the Father’ October 26 2011 12:00pm – 1:30pm Gainesville State College Georgia, USA CE Auditorium 108 Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact: Daniel Haynes Gainesville State College dhaynes@gsc.edu
German Philosophy Seminar: Laurence Hemming on Hegel, Marx, & Heidegger
The German Philosophy Seminar at the IGRS will host a guest lecture by Laurence Hemming Monday, 31 October 16:00-18:00 ‘Beside myself with Indignation: Hegel, Marx and Heidegger on Alienation’ Marx’s understanding of alienation has increasingly become a key not only for understanding his own work, but also for certain self-presentations of the work of the [...]
