The next edition of the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium is on Mary and the philosophy of economics. It takes place at the Irish college in Leuven, December 12th-13th. Registration is open until December 5th.
Mary and the philosophy of economics
CMS research seminar: Did God create the world for Mary?
The Centre for Marian Studies has just announced its 2025-2026 series of research seminars. I’ll be presenting on November 12th 2025 on the topic: Did God create the world for Mary? By the way, the October seminar (also ;-)) looks fascinating: Wisdom’s Apex: Mary’s Role in the American Evolution Controversy.
Over de transparantie en transcendentie van waarheid
Gepubliceerd in Vonken van Inzicht: liber amicorum Filip Buekens, onder redactie van Hans Dooremalen, p.189-203.
On the Economics of the Eucharist: the time and value of Calvary as a missing piece of Max Weber’s theory
Chapter published in Religion and Economy. Historical, contemporary and philosophical perspectives. Edited by Erik Sporon Fiedler, published by Edizioni Quasar in the Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementum, 60, p. 133-145.
Towards a metaphysics of usury
Article published in a special issue of the Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion. Volume 5.1 (special issue, 2025, forthcoming)
On the metaphysics and economics of the Trinity
Upcoming presentation at the ETF/EUR conference on ‘Human nature and community‘.
The state as daughter, bride and mother of the Church
Guest essay for The New Digest.
Call for papers for edited volume on Mary and political philosophy
After the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium on Mary and political philosophy, there is now a call for papers for an edited volume on that topic.
Interview voor het Custodes Instituut
Een tijdje geleden verscheen er een interview met mij op de website van het Custodes Instituut.
Call for papers: Dialogue between Economics and Theology on Human Nature & Community
Just spreading the word about this wonderful upcoming conference:
On June 19 and 20, 2025, the Erasmus Economics & Theology Institute (EETI, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands), the Institute of Leadership and Social Ethics (ILSE, ETF Leuven, Belgium) and the Economic Humanist Group will organize an international academic conference addressing this theme, focusing on the dialogue between economics and Christian theology. The conference will provide an opportunity to engage with and learn from a diverse group of global leading thinkers in these fields. Scholars are invited to submit an abstract for a paper. The full Call for Papers can be found through the link below.
Lees verder “Call for papers: Dialogue between Economics and Theology on Human Nature & Community”Social Metaphysics, Social Ontology and the Possibility of Social Reality
Published in the special issue Explorations in Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics: Mind, Identity, and Society of the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, October 31st, 2024.
The social metaphysics of Mary’s queenship
Lecture at the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium, October 18th, 2024 in Leuven.
Registration open for the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium
Registration is now open for the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium on Mary and political philosophy. It will take place on October 18-19, at the Keizersberg abbey in Leuven, Belgium.
Registration deadline is October 10th.
Summer school on Christian personalism
Just spreading the word on this interesting summer school in Austria by the newly-found Institute for Christian Personalism.
Sur les fondements métaphysiques et les contours théologiques des sciences sociales : réalisme, nominalisme et création contingente
[On the metaphysical foundations and theological contours of the social sciences: realism, nominalism and contingent creation] Forthcoming in: Le réalisme en sciences sociales, ed. Olga Peniaz et Hélène Terrom, Les éditions du Cerf, Patrimoines.
Lees verder “Sur les fondements métaphysiques et les contours théologiques des sciences sociales : réalisme, nominalisme et création contingente”Call for papers: Mary and political philosophy
The theme of the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium is Mary and political philosophy. It will take place on October 18-19th in Leuven. The deadline for abstract submissions is June 30th. The preliminary list of speakers includes Adrian Vermeule (Harvard), Sarah Jane Boss (Centre for Marian Studies), Pater Edmund Waldstein OCist. (Heiligenkreuz), Rocco Buttiglione (St. Pius V), Fr. Dirk Hanssens OSB (Keizersberg). More information …
Governmental responsibility and personal ethos
In the framework of “European Future Talks” on “Values and Europe”, former President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, will deliver a keynote on ‘Governmental Responsibility and Personal Ethos.’ The event will be held on Wednesday, 5 June 2024, from 18:00 to 20:00 (CET) at the Chapel for Europe, Brussels. More info and registration
Lees verder “Governmental responsibility and personal ethos”Personhood, sovereignty, Trinity
Upcoming lecture at the conference on the social ontology of sovereignty, March 14-16 2024, University of Navarra, Spain.
New website of the Duns Scotus research group
The Duns Scotus research group at the ETF Leuven has a new website! Several of my publications on Duns Scotus are also listed there.
CFP: edited volume on Mary and/as philosophy
After the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium, there is now a CFP for an edited volume on Mary and/as philosophy, edited by Joseph Terry and myself. It is tentatively entitled The Sedes Sapientiae: roots, prospects and fruits of philosophising in Mary.
Lees verder “CFP: edited volume on Mary and/as philosophy”A Marian hermeneutic for Vatican II
Upcoming paper presentation for the 2024 Mariological Society of America Meeting, May 21-24, 2024, Washington.
Lees verder “A Marian hermeneutic for Vatican II”The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives
Upcoming conference on the social ontology of sovereignty, in Navarra, Spain, March 14-th-16th. Invited keynote speakers are Hans-Bernhard Schmid, Thomas Pink and Jenny Pelletier. See the website in Spanish or English and download the CFP (English). Organized by Mark Hoipkemier (Navarra), Michaël Bauwens (Antwerp), David Thunder (Strasbourg), Sergio Clavero (Navarra).
Lees verder “The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives”Synchronic progress in the understanding of doctrine: a marian perspective
Forthcoming chapter in: Progress in Theology, ed. G. van den Brink, R. Peels, B. Sollereder, Routledge.
Philosophising in Mary: the test case of Anselm’s argument
Forthcoming in Communio, fall 2023.
The Liar Paradox, truth, and Mary
Presentation at the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium, September 16th, 2023.
Thomas More studieprogramma
De Nederlandse stichting Thomas More organiseert ook dit jaar weer een boeiend kosteloos studieprogramma voor studenten met huiskamercolleges en een studiereis naar Rome. Warm aanbevolen!
Lees verder “Thomas More studieprogramma”International Theological Conference: Co-redemptrix
Just spreading the word about this wonderful upcoming conference, 14-15 September 2023, Dundee, Scotland.
Lees verder “International Theological Conference: Co-redemptrix”Sedes Sapientiae Symposium
An upcoming Symposium that I’m organizing, occasioned by the 25th anniversary of Fides et Ratio, on September 16th 2023, in Leuven.
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