Centre for Catholic Studies

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The Centre for Catholic Studies is the UK’s first permanent centre devoted to pioneering world-class research and teaching in Catholic theology in the public academy. The centre operates within the UK’s premier research Department of Theology and Religion, and works in close partnership with the Catholic Church and other organisations, in multiple ways, to produce future leaders, foster talent, and foment Catholic scholarship locally and globally.

The Centre for Catholic Studies has well-established research programmes in Constructive Catholic Theology, Catholic Social Thought and Practice, and the History of Catholicism, and newer research programmes in Catholicism, Literature, and the Arts and Lived Catholicism.

The aims of the Centre for Catholic Studies are:

• To provide a distinctive forum for the creative analysis of key issues in Catholic thought, culture, and practice
• To engage, inform and shape public and ecclesial life from a leading knowledge and research base
• To engage the breadth and depth of Catholic tradition in conversation both with the full range of disciplines and perspectives in a leading university and with the range of other faith traditions
• To develop and pursue major collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects and to attract associated grant awards and philanthropic support
• To model a vibrant and inclusive community of scholars of Catholicism and practitioners of Catholic theology
• To form outstanding theologians who will shape the future from the richness of Catholic tradition in the church, academy, and public life
• To foster and develop excellent working relationships with relevant regional, national and international public and ecclesial bodies

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Durham University
Durham