What is the Albertus Institute?
(For full details, go to the main website here.)
The Institute has been established to provide a forum to encourage an open dialogue between science, religion and other forms of intellectual discipline. It also offers opportunities for Christians and, in particular, members of the Catholic Church to enter public debate on these matters.
The Institute is named after St Albert the Great (d.1280), often referred to as Albertus Magnus. Albert was a German Dominican friar and a bishop who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion.
The Institute is based at the Parish of St Albert the Great, the Catholic Chaplaincy which serves the universities of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Institute has the support of the English Province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans).
It is currently run by a Working Group comprising: Elizabeth Drummond Young (Chairman), Fr Simon Gaine OP (Head of House at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford and Regent of Studies of the English Province of the English Dominican Province) and John Sibbald. Fr Fergus Kerr OP, FRSE, has kindly agreed to be the Institute's Honorary President.
Useful links:
The Parish of St Albert the Great, Edinburgh
The Catholic Students' Union of The University of Edinburgh
What is this blog?
This blog was initially intended as a way to support and supplement the course on Catholic Social Teaching run by the Albertus Institute over ten weeks from September 24 2014 from 6-7pm in the Chaplaincy Library, 24 George Square Edinburgh. The course was intended to be accessible to people with a wide variety of backgrounds with plenty of discussion. It was led by Dr Stephen Watt (about whom here for more details).
The blog continues to operate as a stand alone resource for Catholic social teaching, for the outreach of the Albertus Institute, and for supporting further courses from the Institute. Webmaster and author of the posts (unless stated otherwise) is Dr Stephen Watt.
The blog of the Albertus Institute in Scotland
