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David Elliot is interviewed about his book 'Hope and Christian Ethics' published by CUP

David Elliot , Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Ethics (Catholic University of America ) and VHI Research Associate, was recently interviewed on Crux about his first book Hope and Christian Ethics . . The book, which was published this year by Cambridge University Press, has received several endorsements and...

Dr Philip McCosker is elected Vice-Master of St Edmund's College

Following an election process at the meeting of the Governing Body on 22 February, St Edmund's College is pleased to announce that the Vice-Master Elect is Dr Philip McCosker. Dr McCosker has been a Fellow of St Edmund’s since 2015, when he was appointed Director of the Von Hügel Institute where his research focuses on...

Book launches of "Say it to God. In search of prayer" by Luigi Gioia in London and New York

The VHI, in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame (US) and Bloomsbury, hosted the book launch of Luigi Gioia’s book Say it to God. In search of prayer at an event in London on February the 16th of February. The event was introduced by the director of the VHI Dr. Philip McCosker and by Mr Robin Baird-Smith from...

Cardinal Cupich delivers the 2018 Von Hügel Lecture on 'Amoris Laetitia as a New Paradigm of Catholicity’

On Friday 9 February Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, delivered the 2018 Annual Von Hügel Lecture on the topic: ‘Pope Francis’ Revolution of Mercy: Amoris Laetitia as a New Paradigm of Catholicity’. In the lecture the Cardinal discussed six hermeneutical principles for reading Amoris Laetitia which he argue...

Luigi Gioia is interviewed by Church Times

VHI's Research Associate and Development Officer Luigi Gioia was recently interviewed by Terence Handley MacMath on Church Times. Luigi joined the monastery in Italy when he was 18, and then spent 19 years in France, during which time he completed his doctorate in Oxford, became an abbot in Rome, and Professor of...

Vlado Kmec speaks at the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the EU

Dr Vlado Kmec was invited to contribute to the debate on the EU's Integrated Approach: From Vision to Action at a meeting of the ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the Council of the European Union in Brussels on 31 January 2018. He presented insights from his research on integrated approach to...

First Public Performance of The Culham Motets by Sir James MacMillan CBE

On Friday 19th of January St Edmund's College was delighted to host the first public performance of The Culham Motets by Sir James MacMillan CBE, organised jointly by the Dean and the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry. The Culham Motets were composed for the consecration of the Chapel of Christ the Redeemer...

Special Journal Issue on Social Dynamics of Religion in the Public Domain edited by Heidemarie Winkel

VHI Senior Research Associate, Professor Heidemarie Winkel (University of Bielefeld) has recently edited a special issue of European Soci eties (Journal of the European Sociological Association) on The Social Dynamics of Religion in the Public Domain (ESA Vol 17 Iss. 5, 2017, guest edited by Heidemarie Winkel and Gladys...

The VHI welcomes visiting student Jeroen Jans

The VHI is delighted to welcome doctoral student Jeroen Jans from Radboud University ( the Netherlands) who will be spending a few months in Cambridge to work on his PhD in empirical religious studies. Jeroen obtained his master degree in Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2012 with a thesis on the...

Book Launch: The Global Health Crisis, by Thana de Campos

On Friday 24 November Las Casas Institute, Oxford, is holding a book talk on Dr Thana Cristina de Campos' new book entitled: The Global Health Crisis: Ethical Responsibilities (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Proposing a new view of global justice based on natural law, this book presents a discussion of the key ethical...

David Elliot is interviewed about his book 'Hope and Christian Ethics' published by CUP

Dr Philip McCosker is elected Vice-Master of St Edmund's College

Book launches of "Say it to God. In search of prayer" by Luigi Gioia in London and New York

Cardinal Cupich delivers the 2018 Von Hügel Lecture on 'Amoris Laetitia as a New Paradigm of Catholicity’

Luigi Gioia is interviewed by Church Times

Vlado Kmec speaks at the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the EU

First Public Performance of The Culham Motets by Sir James MacMillan CBE

Special Journal Issue on Social Dynamics of Religion in the Public Domain edited by Heidemarie Winkel

The VHI welcomes visiting student Jeroen Jans

Book Launch: The Global Health Crisis, by Thana de Campos

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