'EVERY DOCTRINE WHICH DOES NOT REACH THE ONE THING NECESSARY, EVERY SEPARATED PHILOSOPHY, WILL REMAIN DECEIVED BY FALSE APPEARANCES. IT WILL BE A DOCTRINE, IT WILL NOT BE PHILOSOPHY’ (MAURICE BLONDEL, 1861-1949)
Every doctrine which does not reach the one thing necessary, every separated philosophy, will remain deceived by false appearances. It will be a doctrine, it will not be Philosophy
Maurice Blondel, 1861-1949
Maurice Blondel, 1861-1949
The Centre for Philosophy and Theology is a research-led institution organised at the interstices of theology and philosophy. It is founded on the conviction that these two disciplines cannot be adequately understood or further developed, save with reference to each other. This is true in historical terms, since we cannot comprehend our Western cultural legacy, unless we acknowledge the interaction of the Hebraic and Hellenic traditions. It is also true conceptually, since reasoning is not fully separable from faith and hope, or conceptual reflection from revelatory disclosure. The reverse also holds, in either case.
The Centre is concerned with:
- The historical interaction between theology and philosophy
- The current relation between the two disciplines
- Attempts to overcome the Analytic/Continental divide in philosophy
- The question of the status of ‘metaphysics’. Is the term used equivocally? Is it now at an end? Or have 20th Century attempts to have a post-metaphysical philosophy themselves come to an end?
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies of The University of Nottingham, within which the Centre for Philosophy and Theology is situated, was awarded the top 5* A grade in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2001). Nottingham was one of only two theology departments who submitted all its staff and was rated 5* A.
For all enquiries, please email Conor Cunningham: conor.cunningham@nottingham.ac.uk
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