Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies
Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies is the UK's first permanent centre devoted to pioneering research and teaching in Catholic theology in the public academy. The Centre operates within the UK's premier research Department of Theology and Religion and works in close partnership with the Catholic Church to produce future leaders, foster talent, and foment Catholic scholarship locally and globally.
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Next events:
Ushaw Lecture Series
Carmen M. Mangion: The Long Aggiornamento: Female Religious Life in Britain, 1945 – 1990
A lecture is being held on Tuesday 2 February from 6.00pm online.
Register online via Eventbrite. See poster for details.
Catholic Theology Research Seminar:
Mike Higton: Acting Out Salvation: Christology and Human Agency
A seminar is being held on Tuesday 11 February from 5.00pm online.
Register online via Eventbrite.
The Centre for Catholic Studies’ Book Launch Series:
You are warmly invited to the Centre for Catholic Studies’ Book Launch Series – a series of online events celebrating and reflecting upon CCS members’ newly released publications. All are welcome; come along, hear about a new book, meet new people, and help us celebrate the launches!
A video of November’s launch available online; James Kelly, with Caroline Bowden and John McCafferty: English Convents in Catholic Europe, c.1600 – 1800.
Further details and registration available via https://centreforcatholicstudies.eventbrite.com.
CCS – latest:
We have recently posted the following videos on our YouTube channel:
Ushaw Lecture by Sir James MacMillan: Catholicism and Music
Celebratory launch events for CCS members’ recent books:
Karen Kilby’s God, Evil, and the Limits of Theology
James Kelly’s English Convents in Catholic Europe, c.1600 – 1800
Anna Rowlands, Carmody Grey, and Victoria Biggs: What is Mercy?
CCS Members Outreach:
Did you know, CCS members conduct outreach, in the form of talks, broadcasts and articles, on many aspects of Catholic theology and Catholic studies. You can keep up-to-date with these through the CCS mailing list. Sign up here and select Option C.
Recent CCS Outreach:
As part of our commitment to outreach, the CCS has expanded its newsletter to include accessible pieces on its research. This term’s newsletter features pieces on Suffering and the Christian Life and Franciscan Studies and Ecumenism. It is available here.
CCS member Maria Exall has written a piece on Brexit and Christian Identity. Information about her project on Brexit and Catholic Social Thought is here.
News:
Annual Director's Report:
The Centre for Catholic Studies' annual Director's Report is available here. It includes, among other things:
An address by Prof. Karen Kilby (holder of the Bede Chair and CCS Director)
Information about some of our major research projects
News of what some of our alumni are doing in the church and the world
Information about some of our recent outreach initiatives
Anglican – Roman Catholic International Commission III (ARCIC III): First Agreed Statement
Following seven years of work, the official body for Anglican-Catholic interfaith dialogue (ARCIC III) has released its first ‘Agreed Statement’, entitled, 'Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church – Local, Regional, Universal'. Shaped by the CCS’s method of 'Receptive Ecumenism', the statement focuses on the need for ecclesial conversion and reform by the churches of the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church learning from each other in relation to their respective wounds and difficulties. Read more about the publication, including the role of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, here.
Audio and video-recordings on the CCS website
The CCS has updated its repository of audio and video-recordings. New additions include talks by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, Catherine Pepinster, Roy Hattersley, Eamon Duffy, Karen Kilby and Daniel Mulhall. They can be accessed free of charge here.
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