Events
Darwin Festival in Cambridge: Did Darwin Kill God? Q & A
The Faraday Institute for Science & Religion and The Darwin Festival in Cambridge present: Did Darwin Kill God? The BBC2 Documentary Introduced by the presenter Conor Cunningham Followed by questions and discussion 5.45pm, 7th July 2009 Full information available on the event poster here.
Slavoj Žižek with John Milbank – the Return of Christ
On the occasion of the publication of The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (by John Milbank & Slavoj Žižek; Creston Davis, ed.) comes a public debate between John Milbank and Slavoj Žižek, which took place on 18 June 2009, chaired by Giles Fraser, vicar of Putney.. Some photographs, as well as an entire audio [...]
Conference: Christian Social Teaching and the Politics of Money
Christian Social Teaching and the Politics of Money: An International Conference on Religion and the Recession 9 and 10 July 2009 Senate Chamber University of Nottingham The working hypothesis of the conference is that there is there is a ‘middle’ position between an exclusively religious and a strictly secular perspective: faith can lead to a [...]
Conference: Insistence of the Theologico-Political
INSISTENCE OF THE THEOLOGICO-POLITICAL How and Why Did Modern Political Philosophy and Theory Become Engaged with the Theological? Time and place: June 11th – 13th 2009 Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki Finland Today it seems that Max Weber’s thesis of the ‘disenchantment of the world’ was too premature. Far from being in [...]
Conference: ‘A Secular Age’: Tracing the Contours of Religion and Belief
‘A Secular Age’: Tracing the Contours of Religion and Belief Date: Monday 8th – Thursday 11th June 2009 Location: Mater Dei Institute of Education The conference will explore the way in which theology and philosophy, when placed in dialogue with the social sciences, can reinvigorate public discourse. Some of the themes which will be discussed [...]
Future of Love Book Launch and Seminar
SCM Press and The Centre of Theology and Philosophy invite you to a Book Launch and Seminar Monday, 16 March 2009 4 pm – 7 pm University of Nottingham Staff Club Lounge The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology John Milbank, Professor in Religion, Politics and Ethics and Director of the Centre of Theology [...]
Conference: Darwin Reconsidered
Regent’s Park College Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture Darwin reconsidered: marking the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection The following lectures will be given at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays in Regent’s Park College, Pusey Street, Oxford. The lectures are open to the public. [PDF of conference poster] [...]
Conference: Returning to the Church
The CENTRE of THEOLOGY and PHILOSOPHY, NOTTINGHAM and ST STEPHEN’S HOUSE, OXFORD present Returning to the Church Catholicity, Ecclesiology and the Mission of the Church of England Rogier van der Weyden, Seven Sacraments Altarpiece. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Speakers include: John Milbank, Alison Milbank, Graham Ward, Alister McGrath, Michael Northcott, Jeremy Morris, Simon [...]
Conference: Scripture and Liturgy in the Theology of Benedict XVI
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2008 Scripture and Liturgy in the Theology of Benedict XVI A conference with Aidan Nichols OP, Michael Waldstein, Scott Hahn, Adrian Walker This important theological conference with Dr Scott Hahn, the popular American writer and biblical scholar, which also features Dominican theologian Aidan Nichols, leading Biblical scholar Michael Waldstein, and Adrian Walker [...]
The Return of Metaphysics: A dialogue on the occasion of the publication of Belief and Metaphysics
At this year’s AAR in Chicago, a panel is being held on the recently-released Belief and Metaphysics volume in the Veritas series entitled “The Return of Metaphysics: A dialogue on the occasion of the publication of Belief and Metaphysics.” The panel is graciously sponsored by SCM Press‘ Veritas Series and The Centre of Theology and [...]
The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism
This is the upcoming Centre of Theology and Philosophy conference called The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition and Universalism. If you’re interested in attending and/or presenting, we are now accepting reservations for the conference as well as paper abstracts for panels. All the information you need is on the conference site, which contains the full [...]
Conference: The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth
The Pope and Jesus of Nazareth 19 and 20 June 2008 The University of Nottingham, Nottingham Supported by the British Academy Click below for full details: The full Conference Poster A list of the Conference Speakers and Participants The Full Conference Programme
SCPT 2008 Conference
Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology 2008 Conference Postmodernism, Truth, and Religious Pluralism April 11-12 Gordon College Click here to download the full conference programme
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Radical Orthodoxy Colloquium
[Click for larger jpg | Click for Full PDF] traditio presents: RADICAL ORTHODOXY A C O L L O Q U I U M Tuesday 13 November 2:30 pm Ratio Studiorum: How the Jesuits Invented Modern Higher Education John F Montag SJ St. Louis University Wednesday 14 November 2:30 pm If Jesus is Fully [...]
Seminars in Christian Scholarship
The seminar program seeks to promote a strong Christian voice in the academy by addressing issues of current debate within various disciplines from the perspective of a deep Christian commitment and encouraging the production of first-order scholarship. Academic Seminars Congregations and Religious Diversity in Contemporary America http://www.calvin.edu/scs/2008/warner/ R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago [...]
Call for Papers: Postmodernism, Truth, and Religious Pluralism
SCPT: The Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology CALL FOR PAPERS SCPT’s Fourth Biennial Conference Postmodernism, Truth, and Religious Pluralism April 11-12, 2008 Gordon College (Wenham, MA) Keynote Speakers: Roger Haight (Union Theological Seminary) Richard Kearney (Boston College) With the so-called “return of religion,” it is almost impossible not to address the issue of religious [...]
Philosophy and Liturgy: Conference and Call for Papers
Philosophy and Liturgy: Ritual, Practice, and Embodied Wisdom May 20-22, 2008 Hosted by James K.A. Smith, John Witvliet, and Nicholas Wolterstorff Prince Conference Center at Calvin College Sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship; funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Plenary speakers: Sarah Coakley, Terence Cuneo, Reinhard Hütter, Peter Ochs, James K.A. Smith, and [...]
The Risk of Education
PRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE BOOK BY LUIGI GIUSSANI THURSDAY, MAY 24TH 2007 Fr Julián Carrón Professor of Theology at the Università Cattolica, Milan and President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation Dr Peter E. Hodgson Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Oxford University Prof. John Milbank Professor of Religion, Politics and [...]
‘Belief and Metaphysics’ Report
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