Upcoming Hilary term 2014 events at Blackfriars

In via William E. Carroll at Oxford, a lineup of Thomas-related events at Blackfriars for Hilary term this academic year (January 2014):

Aquinas Seminar

30 January: Gilles Emery, OP (Université de Fribourg): "The Relation of Creation"

6 February: Lydia Schumacher (Oriel College, Oxford): "Theological Philosophy: A Thomistic Departure from Inquiry into the Rationality of Christian Faith"

13 February: Emmanuel Durand, OP (Institut Catholique de Paris): "The Gospel of Prayer and Theologies of Providence"

20 February: Reinhard Hütter (Duke University): "What Conscience Is and Why It Matters: Perspectives from Thomas Aquinas and John Henry Newman"

27 February: Afifi al-Akiti (Worcester College, Oxford): "The Metaphysics of Created Human Freedom in al-Ghazali and Aquinas"

6 March: Andrea Robiglio (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): "Testimony in Aquinas: Articulation and Implications of a Philosophical Problem"

The Seminar meets from 4:30 to 6 pm in the aula of Blackfriars, St Giles

Aquinas Colloquium

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Aquinas Reading . . .

Plato: Vivian Boland, O.P. (Dominican Curia, Rome)

Pseudo-Dionysius: Fran O'Rourke (University College, Dublin)

Aristotle: William Carroll (Blackfriars, Oxford)

Avicenna and Averroes: Catarina Belo (American University, Cairo)

The Aquinas Lecture

29 January 2014: Gilles Emery, OP (Université de Fribourg): "The Presence of the Trinity Within Us: Knowing and Loving God"