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11 Apr 2019: Jacques Maritain was the most important Catholic intellectual of the mid-twentieth century. His most important project was convincing Catholics around the world that their faith entailed support of political democracy.

15 Dec 2017: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry has a 30-year track record as a leading interdisciplinary research institute in the University of Cambridge, developing the critical resources of a catholic worldview for a better shared future.

13 Oct 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Jonathan Warner. Jonathan Warner holds a B.A. in PPE from Oxford University, a PhD in welfare economics from the University of Wales, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in

15 Jul 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. David Ryall. Assistant General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture,

10 Apr 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Maria Burke. You can see theReal name:. Name:. Prof. M.E. Burke. Member for. 5 years 2 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture

10 Nov 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Philip McCosker. Dr Philip McCosker, FRSA, is a Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, and a

21 May 2018: The VHI series of events on the theme ‘

21 Oct 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Manuel Castells. Manuel Castells is a sociologist widely known for his research on the information society, communication and globalization. He is currently Director of Research in

26 May 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Mark Engelman. Mark Engelman is Head of Intellectual Property at Hardwicke Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn and Master of the Bench of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. He has been

15 Jan 2022: The Von Hügel Institute and the Woolf Institute are delighted to launch a new annual essay competition for St Edmund's students! The theme of the 2021-22 competition is "Forgiveness". The competition is open to all students of St Edmund’s Col

6 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Gorazd Andrejč. Name:. Dr Gorazd Andrejč. Member for. 7 years 3 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

28 Apr 2017: John Henry Newman has been celebrated as a great thinker and as a great stylist. Yet Newman insisted that his elegance as a writer was no more than an accidental side-effect of his commitment to expressive clarity. But is that true?

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Vlado Kmec. Vlado joined the VHI as a Research Affiliate in 2013 and as a Research Associate in 2017. At the University of Cambridge, Vlado supervises at the Department of Politics

30 Apr 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Simon Ravenscroft. Simon joined the VHI in April 2015, having completed his PhD in philosophy of religion at Peterhouse, Cambridge. His doctoral research was funded by the AHRC,

23 Jan 2014: Flavio Comim is a development economist. He is a Associate Professor of Economy at the Ramon Llull University, in Barcelona, where he is a Professor of Economy, and an Affiliated Lecturer in Human Development in the Department of Land Economy,

2 Feb 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr David Elliot. Name:. Dr David Elliot. Member for. 8 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

6 Jan 2016: Mercy emerges from the writings of Dante and Shakespeare as a complex, even contentious, theme, both dangerous and joyous.

6 Apr 2017: Jointly organised with the Baroness Warsi Foundation & the Woolf Institute

1 Aug 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Elif Çetin. Elif joined the Von Hügel Institute in summer 2014 as a post-doctoral research assistant in the project "The relevance of Catholic social thought and practice in the

15 Feb 2016: Iain McGilchrist’s epic work The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (Yale UP, 2009) builds on vast neuroscientific research to highlight different ways of being in and relating to the world based on

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Flavio Comim. Name:. Dr Flavio Comim. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Roman Cholij. Name:. Dr Roman Cholij. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

8 Feb 2016: While some guardians of “orthodoxy” have tended to claim the theological high-ground and downplay Pope Francis’ challenges in this Jubilee of Mercy as merely “pastoral” words and gestures, of little doctrinal import, James Alison will

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Ralf Wüstenberg. Ralf K. Wüstenberg is Chair for Systematic and Historic Theology at Europa-University Flensburg. After studying Theology in Berlin, Cambridge and

7 Oct 2015: Since Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope in 2013 he has championed the neglected theological theme of mercy. He argues that mercy is the key attribute of God and therefore ought to characterise the life of the Church and the lives of all individual

23 Jan 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Diana Beech. Name:. Dr Diana Beech. Member for. 9 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

19 Sep 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Luigi Gioia. You can see theReal name:. Name:. Rev Dr Luigi Gioia. Member for. 7 years 9 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture,

6 Jul 2021: Up to £34,000 per annum plus benefits including free meals on duty and car park (subject to availability) The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI), based at St Edmund’s College in the University of Cambridge, invites

15 Jul 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Jeffry Odell Korgen. Jeffry Odell Korgen is the Executive Director of the Department of Diocesan Planning for the Diocese of Metuchen. From 1998-2008, he worked at The National

5 Sep 2016: This a selection of past research initiatives at the VHI, which have either been brought to completion or are not currently active. For more information please contact the project's principal investigator or the VHI team.

6 Dec 2023: Professionally, I’ve grown by asking better questions while collaborating with people from different backgrounds. ... By connecting with so many different people in this community, I look at the world and how I approach things very differently.

13 Nov 2017: The lecture looks at the poetry of George Mackay Brown and Patrick Kavanagh through the lens of two key texts by the modernist poet and writer, David Jones: the Preface to The Anathemata and Art and Sacrament.  All three writers were Catholic;

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Directory. Select. please select. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. Name. Office phone. Email address. Distinguished Member, Actress and

22 Feb 2018: Among the sites and sources of wonder are human creativity and its products.

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Sara Silvestri. Name:. Dr Sara Silvestri. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Lidia Ripamonti. Lidia joined the VHI as a Research Associate in 2014 and she is currently the institute's Research Coordinator and the Editorial Manager of Reviews in Religion &

16 Feb 2017: Most discussions of dialogue, consensus, disagreement and the like rest on an ideology of liberal pluralism. The paper will offer a critique of this ideology in general, and ask how agreement and disagreement appear in light of this.

30 Apr 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Simon Ravenscroft. Name:. Dr Simon Ravenscroft. Member for. 9 years 2 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Philip McCosker. Name:. Dr Philip McCosker. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

11 Apr 2019: At the end of a long life, I wish to record both the debts that I owe to the Catholic Church and the reasons why I am glad that I am no longer a member of it. While attending junior and senior seminary I received an excellent classical education and

9 Aug 2019: In recent decades the Catholic Church, alongside other institutions, has been rocked by revelations about widespread physical and sexual abuse of minors by its clergy.

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Frank Madsen. Name:. Dr Frank Madsen. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

23 Sep 2016: The VHI was founded in 1987 to ‘preserve and develop’ the Catholic traditions of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge.

23 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Colin Williams. Professor Colin Williams. Name:. Professor Colin Williams. Member for. 6 years 4 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought

23 Feb 2021: At the core of the VHI's innovative interdisciplinary research are our regular Research Seminars, in which Research Associates present and discuss their work.

21 Oct 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Iain McGilchrist. Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and writer, formerly Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA and three times elected Fellow of All Souls College,

18 May 2016: Hosted in conjunction with the Faculty of Divinity New Testament Senior Seminar

31 Oct 2017: How does the creation of credit enable something to come from nothing? This talk will explore the metaphysics of credit by considering it as distinct from market exchange and in relation to grounds for faith.

18 May 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Gianmarco Contino. Name:. Dr Gianmarco Contino. Member for. 7 years 1 month. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on

16 Mar 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Daniel De Haan. Name:. Dr Daniel De Haan. Member for. 8 years 3 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary