The blog of the Albertus Institute in Scotland
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Friday 11 October 2019
Future Events October and November 2019
Please find details of some of our future events:
Annual Lecture: ‘The Future of Christian Ethics’ on Thursday 24th of October 2019, from 7.00 to 8.30 pm in the Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh.
Our annual lecture will be given by the Reverend Canon Professor Robin Gill (Wikipedia article here) and chaired by the Reverend Dr John O’Connor OP.
Professor Gill will consider three of the existing tensions within Christian ethics that promise to be influential in shaping the future of the discipline: tensions between emerging technology and Christian ethics; tensions between secular humanism and Christian ethics; and tensions between other faith traditions and Christian ethics. He will examine the existing fruitful dialogue in each of these areas, and suggest some future directions they might take.
Professor Gill is the Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the
University of Kent and has extensively published in sociology, theology, and
religious and health care ethics.
University of Kent and has extensively published in sociology, theology, and
religious and health care ethics.
The event is free. To attend please register via eventbrite (CTRL + click on ‘eventbrite’ in bold to follow the link).
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Annual Conference (updated 21/10/19): This year’s conference is on Atheism and will take place on Saturday 9th November from 10am until 5pm also at New College, University of Edinburgh.
Please join us for our Conference: ATHEISMS: HISTORY, SCIENCE & RELIGION - SATURDAY 9 NOV 10am-4:30pm. New College Edinburgh. £10 (students free). Book on www.eventbrite.co.uk. A scientist, a theologian, and a religious studies scholar explore the origins and future of modern atheism and the rejection of God.
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[Photo of Professor Gill from here]
Friday 4 October 2019
Next meeting of Albertus Institute: 7 October
ALBERTUS COFFEE HOUSE 3
18:00 – 19:00, Mon 7th Oct, 2019
The Garden Room, St Albert’s Catholic Chaplaincy, 23 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD. Entrance via George Square Lane.
Free.
The next Albertus Coffee House evening discussion theme will be 'If it works, it is constitutional?'. It will be led by David Christie. Tickets are free, but please book with Eventbrite (click on 'Eventbrite'). Coffee and cake will be served.
The Albertus Institute is beginning a series of discussion evenings on virtuous political discourse, with the aim of encouraging a renaissance of mature and informed political thinking and debate among those who draw on the Catholic political tradition. Given the public’s loss of confidence in politics, possible ways of rebuilding an understanding of a common political good will be explored.
[Image: From Nicolaus de Lyra, Postillae super totam Biblam. Tome 1, Source: gallica.bnf.fr]
The Albertus Institute is beginning a series of discussion evenings on virtuous political discourse, with the aim of encouraging a renaissance of mature and informed political thinking and debate among those who draw on the Catholic political tradition. Given the public’s loss of confidence in politics, possible ways of rebuilding an understanding of a common political good will be explored.
[Image: From Nicolaus de Lyra, Postillae super totam Biblam. Tome 1, Source: gallica.bnf.fr]
Monday 3 June 2019
New Event: 18 June 2019
The first session will be on Tuesday 18th June at 6 -7.15pm in the Garden Room at St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, 23 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD. Entrance via George Square Lane.
The first session will be led by Bill Moyes, who has extensive civil service experience in Whitehall and Scotland, and currently chairs the General Dental Council and the Gambling Commission (bio here). Coffee and cake will be provided. If you would like to attend sign up with Eventbrite.
Monday 24 December 2018
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Reading list Catholic Social Teaching course
Welcome to the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year!
While waiting for the finalisation of details of our activities this year, I came across this proposed syllabus for course on Catholic Social Teaching for a Pontifical Baccalaureate in Theology taught by Father Edmund Waldstein (who blogs here and tweets under the handle of @sancruncensis). Father Waldstein is closely associated with the integralist movement and the website The Josias.
[Image details: Louis IX from St Louis Bible (c.1220-1230). More details here.]
Monday 21 May 2018
Albertus Institute talk 13 June
Slavery in the Classical Age.
18:00, Wed 13th Jun, 2018
The Garden Room of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, 23 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD. Entrance via George Square Lane.
The Speaker, Dr Ulrike Roth (university homepage here), is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
The talk will be chaired by Dr Gordon Wyllie.
The talk is free but any voluntary contributions will be gratefully received and can be gift-aided.
For further details and online registration see here.
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