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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

14 Feb 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sarah Ambrose. Name:. Sarah Ambrose. Member for. 5 years 4 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

23 Sep 2019: Disability is part of being human; yet too often people with disability still experience stigmatisation, discrimination and isolation. ... Through the production of academic publications, pastoral materials, community engagement and arts initiatives, the

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

10 Apr 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Maria Burke. Professor Maria Burke joined the VHI in 2019 as a Research Associate and became a Senior Research Associate in 2022. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the

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

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

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

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?',

14 Feb 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sarah Ambrose. Sarah is a recent graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University where she received her bachelor's degree in English Literature with a thesis concentration in

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.

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!  

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.

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

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

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.

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

1 Apr 2019: Cambridge University Press has announced the publication of Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, edited by Thomas C. Berg, Simon Ravenscroft. The volume includes several c

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12 Dec 2019: The Von Hügel Institute is saddened to learn of the death of Father Frank McHugh, who was the institute's Director from 1990 to 2000.

12 Dec 2019: An insightful piece by Dr Catherine Osbourne on the VHI research project '

23 Sep 2019: VHI Research Associate Vladimir Kmec's response to Johathan Chaplin's chapter 'From Inspiration to Implementation: Laudato Si, Public Theology and the Demands of Energy Policy' has been published in the volume In Search of Good Energy Policy

14 Feb 2019: Former VHI Director and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College, Professor John Loughlin is the editor of Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2019).

2 Jul 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome Rev Professor Greg Peters who has been appointed as Visiting Scholar of St Edmund's College and the Von Hügel Institute for the academical year 2019-2020.

6 Nov 2019: Dr Sara Silvestri were invited speakers at the Cambridge RESPOND conference: 'Unpacking the Challenges and Possibilities for Migration Governance', which took place on 17-19 October at Newnham College, Cambridge.

23 Sep 2019: The VHI is planning a 3-year interdisciplinary research project on Clericalism and Sexuality. The goal of this project is to collect reliable data and analyze it from the viewpoint of the relation between clericalism and sexuality.

25 Feb 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome visiting student

15 Nov 2019: The 2020 Von Hügel Lecture delivered by Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald: Christians in the Arab World: The Present Situation This lecture will offer a survey of the present situation of Christians in the Arab World, ie. MENA: Middle East and North

3 Oct 2019: 2019. The 2019 Colloquium 'Caring for Persons with Compromised Agency: Navigating Complexity' focussed on ethical issues arising from health care decision making by, with or for people with intellectual and developmental

14 Feb 2019: On Friday 8 February Fr Thomas Rosica delivered the 2019 Annual Von Hügel Lecture on the topic: '

19 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sara Silvestri hosts a discussion seminar for Refugee Week at St Paul's Cathedral. VHI's Sara Silvestri has organised the seminar Why Bother About Refugee Week? which discussed the

19 Dec 2019: VHI Research Associate Professor Maria Burke was recently awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

4 Oct 2019: VHI Research Associate Clericalism and Sexuality. Link to the article Full text  

11 Nov 2019: On 31 October ABOUT THE PRESENTATION Aporophobia is a neologism formulated by the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina that means 'rejection of the poor'.

6 Nov 2019: The new volume Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, edited by Thomas C. Berg (University of St Thomas, Minnesota), Simon Ravenscroft (Magdalene College, and St Edmund's College,

15 Nov 2019: UPDATE - PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CAMBRIDGE LAUNCH OF THE PATENTS ON LIFE BOOK ON FRIDAY 13 MARCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SIMILAR EVENT IS TAKING PLACE IN LONDON ON THURSDAY 12 MARCH AT 6PM AND WILL BE BROADCAST AS A WEBINAR.

8 Aug 2019: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI) is looking for a dynamic and innovative Development Officer to support its fundraising campaign along with the VHI Director, VHI development collaborators and the College’s Development

28 May 2019: VHI's Research Associate Dr Çetin has been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), where she is conducting research for her upcoming book on migration politics in UK and

17 May 2019: The special issue of the Journal of Disability and Religion, edited by Thana de Campos and Lidia Ripamonti, with contributions from the interdisciplinary workshop "

2 May 2019: The VHI is delighted to report that Professor Janet Soskice has recently completed the Institute’s Triennial Review which is enthusiastically positive.

14 Feb 2019: The Von Hügel Lecture 2019 CATHOLICITY: CRISES AND OPPORTUNITIES Fr Thomas Rosica CSB In recent years Catholicity has become a tribal designation of a particular group of Christians over against others, divisive and constraining rather than

23 Sep 2019: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, based at St Edmund’s College in Cambridge, held a three day invitation-only workshop on the possible interconnections between clericalism and sexuality. The workshop was the start of a

18 Jan 2019: The papers of last year's workshop '

2 Jul 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome a new Senior Research Associate, Professor Johannes Hoff, and five new Research Associates, Dr Zeina Barakat, Rev Dr Isidoros Katsos, Rev Dr John McCabe, Rupert Shortt, and Professor Wojciech Szczerba. The new members

8 Oct 2019: Congratulations to VHI Research Associate Gianmarco Contino, who has been appointed Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Cancer Genomic and Honorary Consultant at the University of Birmingham.

28 May 2019: VHI's Research Associate Dr Vlado Kmec has co-authored the research article The Strengths and Limitations of the Inclusion of Religious Actors in Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Brill). He also wrote on the recent

3 Oct 2019: Congratulations to VHI Research Associate

23 Sep 2019: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, based at St Edmund’s College in Cambridge, held a three day invitation-only workshop on the possible interconnections between clericalism and sexuality. The workshop was the start of a