Many challenges await us. Among them all, naturally, the one arising from the power that humanity wields today: the power to transform the world and humanity itself. This power, cognitive, technical and practical, does not contain within itself instruments and criteria to regulate it. Rather it is seen as an end in itself and used for its own sake. With respect to this power, so axiologically indifferent, we need a horizon of meaning and value. Can the category of humanism still offer a direction and a guide?
Cyril O’Regan, The Drama of Christian Humanism
On 21 November 2024, Cyril O’Regan, professor of Theology a the University of Notre Dame (USA) and the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, has given the 2024/2025 Opening Lecture of the PhD Program “Contemporary Humanism”, entitled “The Drama of Christian Humanism“. Download the Flyer.