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Tim Howles
@timhowles.bsky.social
Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
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What should the Left do with the work of Bruno Latour?

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Sex, death and parrots: Julian Barnes’s best fiction – ranked!

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Sex, death and parrots: Julian Barnes’s best fiction – ranked!
As the Booker prize-winning author prepares to publish his final novel at 80, we assess his finest work
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January 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Cody Staton, “Kant’s Critical Imagination. The Logic of Schematism” (Edinburgh University Press)
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I have been binging on twentieth-century novels recently. "Scaffolding", by Lauren Elkin, "The Overstory" (again) by Richard Powers, "Lime Works" by Thomas Bernhard, and just now "White Noise" by Delillo, which I am actually enjoying:
January 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
THE INSTRUCTOR
GREEK-ENGLISH EDITION
Translated by W. L. Alexander

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January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"Two Rivers Entangled: An Ecological History of the Tigris and Euphrates in the Twentieth Century"
Dale J. Stahl
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January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
"The Origins of Modern Japanese Philosophy: Nishida Kitaro and the Meiji Period"
Richard Stone
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January 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM
"Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away." (Hosea 4:3)
January 6, 2026 at 6:49 AM
The Shadows of German Thought: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Eric Voegelin in Hannah Arendt’s Political Philosophy

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The Shadows of German Thought: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Eric Voegelin in Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy - VoegelinView
Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century, stands as a bridge between the philosophical traditions of continental Europe and the democratic aspirations of...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Delighted to have the opportunity to respond to Dr Tim Middleton's important new book on 26 January at Regent's Park, University of Oxford:
"Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma"
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January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Here is my latest journal article on a novel by twentieth-century write William Golding: "Darkness Visible".

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January 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
My favourite English cathedral:
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
One of the great films of all time:
January 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
An important new forthcoming translation:
January 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Kierkegaard:
January 1, 2026 at 9:05 AM
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations

Marc David Baer

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January 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
“Breakneck”
by Dan Wang
China's Quest to Engineer the Future

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January 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Reminder: applications open for a funded doctoral position (2026-2929) with me at Campion Hall, University of Oxford.

For those working in the field of ECOTHEOLOGY via systematic, political or applied theology approaches.

See here:
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December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Phenomenologies of Incarnation in Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque: Saving Flesh, Redeeming Body"
Mark Novak

Explores how Henry and Falque articulate a phenomenology of the body and flesh in relation to incarnation. bit.ly/4adESRI
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
'A World Not of this World'

Is an image just an inferior copy of reality? Is imagination merely an escape? This book explores what images truly are and what imagination can achieve.

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December 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
'Ethics in a Capitalist Economy'

Miller applies neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics to business, arguing that free-market capitalism requires virtues to mitigate its flaws and to enhance its strengths.

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Ethics in a Capitalist Economy
In a novel application of the work of neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics to the philosophy of business, Robert CB Miller argues that free-market capitalism requires…
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December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Currently reading:
December 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

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How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?”
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December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
'The Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies'

Investigates the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of behaviour change technologies.

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December 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"Phenomenologies of Incarnation in Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque: Saving Flesh, Redeeming Body"
Mark Novak

Explores how Henry and Falque articulate a phenomenology of the body and flesh in relation to incarnation. bit.ly/4adESRI
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Home Alone house, then and now.

Not even the wet bandits committed such a heinous crime!
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM