Debates about Catholic social doctrine often revolve around whether a given theory or practice is compatible with the magisterium or not.  There is a scholarly literature on the nature and scope of the magisterium, but little has been written on the magisterium as it pertains to social doctrine. This paper explores what the magisterial documents and...

The Christian Literary Imagination Series Continuing from the previous academic year, over the course of the 2021-22 academic year the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The ‘Christian Literary Imagination Series’ will explore the role and function...

This event is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University), the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom.   Just how did the US, the UK, and much of Europe get involved in...

The Christian Literary Imagination Series Continuing from the previous academic year, over the course of the 2021-22 academic year the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The ‘Christian Literary Imagination Series’ will explore the role and function...

Dignity in street-level bureaucracies: beyond reason, balance and pragmatism A talk by Professor Tony Evans, Royal Holloway. Chair: Dr Jonathan Patterson, St Edmund Hall The first event of the ‘Bureaucracy and Human Dignity‘ seminar series. Public service bureaucracies are messy organisations. Bureaucrats work within policies that are confused and confusing, and are expected to use...

The Christian Literary Imagination Series Continuing from the previous academic year, over the course of the 2021-22 academic year the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The ‘Christian Literary Imagination Series’ will explore the role and function...