Catholic Dis/Agreement: Pope Francis and the Uses of Disagreement as a Mechanism of Ecclesial Reform
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Austen Ivereigh teases out Pope Francis’ encouragement of diversity, conversation, and disagreement in key aspects of his reforming papacy, with a response from Eamon Duffy.
This event took place on Friday 2 December 2016 and is part of the VHI 2016-17 series on Dinamics of Dis/Agreement. For more details visit http://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/events |
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| Created: | 2016-12-08 10:31 |
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| Collection: | Von Hugel Institute |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Von Hügel Institute |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | Church; Disagreement; Pope; Christianity; Ecclesiastic Reform; |
| Abstract: | How can disagreement help in the pursuit of greater catholicity? How do varieties of difference help us grow? Austen Ivereigh teases out Pope Francis’ encouragement of diversity, conversation, and disagreement in key aspects of his reforming papacy, with a response from Eamon Duffy.
Austen Ivereigh is is a well-known journalist, commentator, and author, and founder of Catholic Voices. He is the author of Catholicism and Politics in Argentina, 1810-1960 (St Martin’s Press, 1995), and the bestselling The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (Allen & Unwin, 2014). Eamon Duffy FBA is an Irish historian, and Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity and Fellow of Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works, including the celebrated Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, c.1400 - c.1580 (Yale UP, 1992). |
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