Happy Feast Day of St John of the Cross! To celebrate I attach below an extract from a new book on Buddhist-Christian dialogue around the body ('On the Body: Buddhist-Christian Dialogues' ed. E. Harris, A. Nehring, P. Schmidt-Leukel). As we approach the centenary of the St John being acclaimed a Doctor of the Church may I wish you all a wonderful year ahead full of much anticipated discussion of the importance of this key doctor of divinity. Watch this space for more details!

Here is the Introduction to a new article just published in 'Religions' (2025, 16) edited by Ali Qadir and Zena Zang, both of whom I am...

Following a recent conversation about the subtle temptations of meditation I promised a friend I would share some of Thomas Merton's...

It is pleasure to announce the publication of 'God at Play' edited by my esteemed colleague, Dr Daniel Soars, Head of Divinity at Eton...

The Friends of Sophia Seventh Annual Conference Saturday 18 May 2024, 9.30am to 5.30pm St Dominic’s Priory The Rosary Shrine Southampton...

Spring Hermann Hesse 1899 In darkened vaults I dreamt of you long Of your trees and blue skies Your scents and bird-song… Now you lie...

I have just finished editing the talk I gave for the wonderful conference on Edith Stein organised by Cris Gangemi at the Aylesford...

O Magnum Mysterium! – The Veil of Christmas O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, iacentem...

I am pleased to say the first proofs of our edited book 'John of the Cross: Carmel, Desire and Transformation' went to the publishers...

On 16th September 2023 a major international conference will take place at Sao Paolo, Brazil titled 'Soul Encounters: Depth Psychology,...

This week at the European Academy of Religion in St Andrew's I am due to chair a session on the Oxford Dominicans and give a paper on...

After a recent visit to India I would like to post here part of a Festschrift I have written for Fr Thomas Kochumuttom CMI, Acharya of...

Candlemas According to Jacobus de Voragine, Candlemas (2nd February) derives from two Ancient Roman feasts which were both celebrated at...

On this day, 28th December, celebrated as the 'Holy Innocents Day' ( Dia de los Inocentes) in the Western church, traditional 'misrule'...

Today is a magical moment when the light begins to return. By a twist of the earth's orbit the sunset in the cold dark Northern...

Edward Howells and I are presently edited the papers from our 2021 conference 'St John of the Cross: Carmel, Desire and Transformation'...

Happy Feast Day of Edith Stein/Teresia Benedicta a Cruce! I attach below the prologue to my new book 'The Living Philosophy of Edith...

In April 2022 a group of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars and students assembled at the Discalced Carmelite Priory of Toledo, Spain...

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