Wittgenstein and Inter-religious Dis/Agreement
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Launch of Dr Andrejč's book 'Wittgenstein and Interreligious Disagreement: A Philosophical and Theological Perspective' (2016), with responses from Ed Kessler MBE and Alban McCoy.
Jointly organised by the Von Hügel Institute for critical catholic inquiry (VHI) and the Woolf Institute on Thursday 10 November 2016, this event is part of the VHI 2016-17 series of lectures and events on Dynamics of Dis/Agreement. For more details visit http://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/events |
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| Created: | 2016-11-16 20:44 |
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| Collection: | Von Hugel Institute |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Von Hügel Institute |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Wittgenstein; Disagreement; religion; philosophy of language; theology; |
| Abstract: | Dr Gorazd Andrejč illustrates how Wittgenstein’s work has been used by different approaches to interreligious dis/agreement and how it can elucidate such dis/agreements today. With responses from Ed Kessler MBE and Alban McCoy. The event, organised in conjunction with the Woolf Institute, will also mark the launch of Dr Andrejč's book 'Wittgenstein and Interreligious Disagreement: A Philosophical and Theological Perspective' (Palgrave MacMillan, 2016).
Gorazd Andrejč is an affiliated lecturer and was previously a Junior Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. Ed Kessler MBE is Founder Director of the Woolf Institute, a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge and a leading thinker in interfaith relations. Alban McCoy OFM Conv is Dean of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and author of An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Catholicism (Bloomsbury 2001) and An Intelligent Persons Guide to Christian Ethics (2006). |
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