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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

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!  

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

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

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

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