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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 &

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

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.

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 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 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought

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

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

18 May 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Gianmarco Contino. Name:. Dr Gianmarco Contino. Member for. 7 years 2 months. 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 4 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

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.

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,

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!  

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

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.

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

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

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 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

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