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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

9 Nov 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Vittorio Montemaggi. Dr Vittorio Montemaggi is the Academic Director at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway and the Director of the Von Hügel Institute. Prior to his current

6 Oct 2015: The VHI's 'Patents on Life' project looks at the ethical and religious issues surrounding the patenting of life forms, as well as broader themes in Intellectual Property law. Its first major event was held in September 2015, with a two-day

19 Jan 2017: PHILIP ALLOTT with a response from MARK ENGELMAN. A central theme of Philip Allott’s recent book Eutopia is that the human mind uses a dialectical process of contradictions, dilemmas, and paradoxes to form reality at every level, social and

28 Apr 2017: How do disagreement and eventual agreement function in politics? What works? What doesn’t? Are the ways we conduct political discourse changing? The last year has arguably seen a loss of the virtues of reasonable, textured disagreement in politics

17 Jan 2019: Over the summer the VHI has move into brand new offices in Benet House, on the beautiful grounds of St Edmund's College, and is looking forward to welcoming more researchers soon!  

14 Nov 2016: The panel will reflect on the ethical and practical dilemmas that states, international institutions, the Christian churches, and other faith-based actors face in seeking to respond in a responsible and effective manner to the current migrant

21 Nov 2016: How can disagreement help in the pursuit of greater catholicity? How do varieties of difference help us grow? Austen Ivereigh will tease out Pope Francis’ encouragement of diversity, conversation, and disagreement in key aspects of his reforming

6 Feb 2018: Philosophy and Wonder: The Dearth of Astonishment and Thinking as Negativity Philosophers since Plato and Aristotle have emphasised that our thinking about reality starts in wonder, but what does that mean?

4 May 2018: Christians are called to discern the will of God in the concreteness of the situations in which they find themselves. There they have to look for God’s grace, love and wonder. This applies to all families even those in the situations that do not

6 Mar 2017: The video of Terry Eagleton's lecture 'How to Disagree Without Being a Liberal Pluralist' and of the Annual Von Hügel Lecture by Cardinal Luis Tagle are now available online on our YouTube Channel The complete collection of video and audio

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

22 Feb 2019: Catholicity, the key marker of the Roman Catholic Church, has been understood in many different ways over the last two millennia. As worldviews change in complex ways human communities, whether religious or not, imagine their place in the cosmos

27 Feb 2017: Julian Baggini, Lorna Donlon, and Michael O'Loughlin CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE! Please note that this event will take place on Thursday 9th March in the College Chapel, and not in the Garden Room on Friday as previously announced.

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

23 Apr 2019: The VHI is currently exploring different visions of one of its key markers, ‘catholicity’, and contemporary constrictions in its embodiment of that capacious characteristic.

15 Jan 2014: Baron Anatole von Hügel (1854-1928) was a crucial figure in the history of at least three Cambridge institutions.

17 Nov 2017: Lidia Ripamonti has published five articles in the new Edith Stein - Lexikon (Herder, 2017).

30 Nov 2018: The October issue of Reviews in Religion & Theology published by the VHI in association with Wiley is now online and available HERE for those with an institutional access.  This issue contains the review article 'What Does It Mean to Be Human? A

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. Job titles. A unique institute of

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2 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Events. Conferences. Conflict Resolution and Interreligious Encounter Disability and Knowledge Patents on Life Sisters in Arms: Reinventing the Bond Between Philosophy and Theology

21 Oct 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Brigid Graff. Brigid is the Executive Officer of the VHI. Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to Tina Brown’s Women in the World Media, a live events / live journalism

21 Jun 2019: In this book I examine the story of the small and diverse group of people who attended Bonhoeffer’s final service in Schönberg at 10:00 on April 8th, 1945, and

21 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rupert Shortt. Rupert Shortt was appointed VHI Research Associate in 2019. He was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020, and is a former Visiting Fellow

21 Jun 2019: and Peace in Israel /Palestine, and Reconciliation and Culture in Palestinian Society', 'Learning from South African Experience: Reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians', 'Forced Migration and the Refugee Problem – Why people move?',

3 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Clemens Sedmak. Clemens Sedmak joined he VHI as a Senior Research Associate in January 2023. He is Professor of Social Ethics in the Keough School of Global Affairs and

21 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Wojciech Szczerba. Wojciech Szczerba joined the VHI as a Research Associate in 2019. He studied in Amsterdam (Theological Seminary) and Belgium (Heverlee at Evangelische

1 Jul 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Isidoros Charalampos Katsos. Isidoros Katsos has joined the VHI in 2019, after completing his PhD thesis at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, under the

19 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Professor Greg Peters. Greg Peters is a Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology in the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University in La Mirada, CA, USA and also the Servants

2 Aug 2018: The VHI interdisciplinary research team pursues high quality academic research which results in books, articles, and reports. Publications 2019-20 Publications 2018-19 Publications 2017-18 Publications 2016-17 Publications 2015-16 Publications

2 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Logos. No items in this folder. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global realities, and dedicated to encounter,

5 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Michael Driessen. Michael Driessen is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the MA program in International Affairs at John

26 Feb 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Maria Cimperman, RSCJ. Maria Cimperman joined theVon Hügel Institute as a Senior Research Associate in 2024, She is a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, working at

1 Aug 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Elif Çetin. Name:. Dr Elif Çetin. Member for. 9 years 11 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

1 Jul 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Johannes Hoff. Johannes Hoff was appointed VHI Senior Research Associate in 2019. Since September 2020 he is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Katholisch-Theologische

14 Nov 2023: The Von Hügel Institute was delighted to welcome two student interns from the University of Notre Dame (USA) for Fall 2023. Leah Brucal and Maria Murinova joined the VHI during the Michaelmas term as part of the internship programme through Notre

18 May 2018: Most Reverend Bernard Longley (2012). The Jewish People and Scriptures in the Christian Bible - the 2001 Document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. ... Dom Henry Wansbrough (2002). A Land Flowing with Milk, Honey and People.

15 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Boris Gunjević. Boris received his PhD in 2012 from the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb, Croatia. He was ordained in 1998. In December 2013 he was colloquized into the

25 Jan 2014: The VHI runs a range of initiatives and events for the academic and wider community. The international journal Reviews in Religion and Theology is published from the Von Hügel Institute in association with Wiley.