Dr Philip Gonzales, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, spoke to Prof. Cyril O’Regan (University of Notre Dame) ahead of the upcoming Future of Christian Thinking conference at St Patrick’s, Maynooth this April.
Dr Philip Gonzales, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, spoke to Dr. David Bentley Hart ahead of the upcoming Future of Christian Thinking conference at St Patrick’s, Maynooth this April.
Dr Philip Gonzales, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, spoke to Professor John Milbank, Theologian and Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham, ahead of the upcoming Future of Christian Thinking conference at St Patrick’s, Maynooth this April.
Cyril O’Regan on Apocalyptic and Metaphysics MONDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2022, 15:00-17:00 GMT (10:00-12:00 EST) Professor Cyril O’Regan’s work has been persistently occupied with the “spaces of apocalyptic” in modern theology. In this paper O’Regan explores the relationship between (Pauline inflected) apocalyptic theology and metaphysics. What are the potential promises and perils of bringing these two […]
Today, perhaps more than ever before, Christian thought faces unprecedented challenges; ranging from a denial of metaphysics, to previously unforeseen ethico-moral questions arising from contemporary science and ever-advancing technologies, to a full-blown economizing of the political, to name just some of the most obvious.Couple this with the fact that amongst Christian thinkers there is no […]
Interactions between Christian thinkers and continental philosophy often have a critical focus, whether on the intellectual debt continental philosophers owe to the Christian tradition, or on the ways secular philosophers critique classical theological accounts of ultimate reality. The newly-funded Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology project at the University of St Andrews focuses on the joint potential of theology […]
The distinction between tekhne and episteme reverberates through the history of Western philosophy; tekhne becoming the instrumental art of the sophist and episteme taking on the role of truth generation by the philosopher. Thinkers like Bernard Stiegler have argued that technology and culture, and thus technology and human beings have always coevolved hand in hand. Peter-Paul […]
Signs in the Dust A Theory of Natural Culture and Cultural Nature Nathan Lyons Argues that the meaningful exchange of signs is not unique to humans and is present through all of nature Counters the common understanding of nature and culture as completely separate Draws from medieval philosophy, semiotics, biology, and modern evolutionary theory Purchase: […]
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The McDonald Faith and Global Engagement Distinguished Lecture Series Can We Save Our World? Religion and Ecology Prof. John Milbank (University of Nottingham) 28 January 2019 (Monday) | 7pm-8:30pmHKU Rayson Huang Theatre Earn big by just investing small amount of money at Daisy slots, play any game you like! In light of the ongoing environmental crisis and climate change, […]
I will attempt, in this essay, to sketch in short compass an account of the historical development of natural right in relation to the older notion of natural law. My contention will be that the latter notion has, until recently, always been more dominant than the former, and that for a long time natural right […]
God & the Gothic Religion, Romance and Reality in the English Literary Tradition Alison Milbank Offers an original reworking of Gothic fiction, which is usually read as a secularizing genre, as instead doing creative theological work Takes the story right back to the Reformation, and locates tropes such as the usurper, fleeing heroine who […]
Anne McEvoy and guests explore ideas of tryanny, martyrdom, sin and grace. Historian Gillian Clark and theologian John Milbank discuss the legacy of Augustine of Hippo. Find out more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000d42
Held over three days, the ADM’s School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement is a unique, curated program of masterclasses delivered by leading scholars working at the intersection of theology, culture and public engagement. The STCPE creates space in a busy city for Christians to immerse themselves in theological reflection on the ideas shaping our culture. We […]
Jane Austen’s Afterlife: Art, Culture and Religion The Reverend Dr Alison Grant Milbank 5th June 2018, 6.30 – 7.45 pm, in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey In this first lecture, the Reverend Dr Alison Grant Milbank, Associate Professor of Literature and Theology, University of Nottingham, discusses the work of Jane Austen (1775 – 1817). To […]
Death 29 May | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm All welcome | Free to attend | First come, first served at the door ‘To philosophize is to learn to die’, writes Michel de Montaigne, in a lineage of death-preoccupied thinkers reaching back to Plato’s Socrates. Can philosophers fulfil such a lofty injunction? How might learning […]
John Milbank’s essay, ‘The All: A philosophico-political polemic‘ is now available to read online at The Immanent Frame, as part of their special project ‘Is this all there is‘.
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham is seeking to enhance and complement its existing strengths in teaching and research with the appointment of a new Assistant Professor in Religious Ethics. The successful candidate will be well grounded in the methods and theory of the study of religion, design and deliver […]
Friday, August 31, to Sunday, September 2, 2018 Ragusa, Sicily The Endurance of Empire Conference Description The end of the two world wars saw the fall of mighty empires—from the Tsarist Empire, the Kaiserreich and the Ottoman Empire to the Third Reich and the Japanese Empire. This was followed by the dissolution of the French and British […]
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