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Faith's Role in Modern Society

The document announces the inaugural Thomas More Lectures at Oxford University's Newman Society. The first lecture in the Hilary Term of 2009 will examine varieties of intolerance from a religious and secular perspective. The second lecture in the Trinity Term of 2009 will discuss faith and foreign policy from the perspective of the British Ambassador to the Holy See. The vision for the Thomas More Lectures is to engage faith and reason in examining the Catholic intellectual tradition and its contribution to contemporary society through a series of lectures by prominent Catholic and other thinkers on topics relating to the Catholic faith and issues affecting the world.

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Faith's Role in Modern Society

The document announces the inaugural Thomas More Lectures at Oxford University's Newman Society. The first lecture in the Hilary Term of 2009 will examine varieties of intolerance from a religious and secular perspective. The second lecture in the Trinity Term of 2009 will discuss faith and foreign policy from the perspective of the British Ambassador to the Holy See. The vision for the Thomas More Lectures is to engage faith and reason in examining the Catholic intellectual tradition and its contribution to contemporary society through a series of lectures by prominent Catholic and other thinkers on topics relating to the Catholic faith and issues affecting the world.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY NEWMAN SOCIETY

The Old Palace


The Thomas More Lectures 2009 Rose Place
Oxford OX1 1RD

Religion in the public square www.newmansociety.org.uk


newman@herald.ox.ac.uk

The inaugural Thomas More Lectures will examine the role of religion in public discourse. As the Western
World increasingly identifies itself as 'post-believing’, can Christianity continue to play an effective role
promoting the common good in the public forum?

HILARY TERM 2009

His Eminence George Cardinal Pell


Archbishop of Sydney
‘Varieties of intolerance: Religious and secular’
Sponsored by The Catholic Herald
Divinity School, Bodleian Library, Friday 6th March 2009, 4pm

TRINITY TERM 2009

His Excellency Francis Campbell


British Ambassador to the Holy See
‘Faith and foreign policy: A perspective from the Vatican’
A joint lecture with the Las Casas Institute
Blackfriars Hall, St Giles, Thursday 14th May 2009, 5pm

A vision for the Thomas More Lectures


Dominus illuminatio mea
The Catholic intellectual tradition seeks to engage both faith and reason in the common pursuit of the
truth. Drawing their inspiration from the life and example of John Henry Newman the Thomas More
Lectures have been established to examine this tradition and the contribution it can make in transforming
contemporary society. Each year the Newman Society will hold a series three major lectures centred on a
theme relating to the Catholic faith. The lectures will draw on prominent thinkers from within the Catholic
Church as well as others concerned with issues affecting our world today.

In undertaking this initiative the society takes its inspiration from the Second Vatican Council's teaching
that 'the Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the time... she can respond to the
perennial questions which men ask about this present life and the life to come‘ (Gaudium et spes).
Confident that Christian revelation contains the answer to these perennial questions, we wish to train our
gaze towards Jesus Christ, the Lord who is our Light. In this we share the vision of Pope John Paul II, who
reminded us that 'the Redeemer of Mankind, Jesus Christ, is the centre of the universe and of history... the
only direction for our intellect, will, and heart is towards Christ our Redeemer‘ (Redemptor hominis).

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