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Heythrop Library
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The Heythrop Library @ London Jesuit Centre (UK) is a specialist collection of philosophy & theology. Providing access to 200,000+ volumes, some since 1614. We are funded by @jesuitsbritain.bsky.social
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social: Blessings and exorcisms : Studies on the De Benedictionibus and on the De Exorcismis : proceedings of the twelfth Fota International Liturgucal Conference, 2019 / Joseph Briody, editor. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover shows mosaic of blessing.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social :A philosophy of prayer : nothingness, language, and hope / George Pattison. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Church interior with church pews.
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Sixth 2025 CSP Hunter scholarship awarded

We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the sixth 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Suki Finn Find out more…

https://heythroplibrary.co.uk/2025/11/03/sixth-2025-csp-hunter-scholarship-awarded/
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November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Celebrating forty years of Faith in the city / edited by Terry Drummond and Joseph Forde. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of Celebrating forty years of Faith in the city / edited by Terry Drummond and Joseph Forde . Showing an urban park with a lot of paving and some flower beds in the foreground. Then in the middle of the photo some run down buildings without roofs, and in the distance a church clock tower.
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The Oxford handbook of social epistemology / edited by Jennifer Lackey and Aidan McGlynn. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: impressionist painting 'The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning' (1897) by Camille Pissarro.
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Engaging philosophies of religion : thinking across boundaries / edited by Gereon Kopf, Purushottama Bilimoria, Nathan R.B. Loewen. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Book cover with abstract illustration.
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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First publication by Pope Leo XIV: Dilexi te: to all Christians on love for the Poor, and @heythroplib.bsky.social was (maybe) the first to create a record of the English version of this. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha... Also at www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope Leo XIV waving to crows, whilst being driven in an open-topped car.
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Liberty as independence : the making and unmaking of a political ideal / Quentin Skinner. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of https://hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=99501 zooming in on a detail of a painting, showing a woman holding a banner
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Lay Catholic societies in twentieth-century Britain / edited by Maria Power and Jonathan Bush. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: black and white photograph of 7 young women sitting on the grass outside a building, reading together.
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Boy Jesus : growing up Judean in turbulent times / Joan Taylor. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of Boy Jesus : growing up Judean in turbulent times / Joan Taylor. Cover consists of the title of the book against a backdrop of a photo with a child in front of landscape. The sky is full of dark blue clouds, and the figure of the child as most of the foreground of the photo is black, the background shows a landscape of vegetation against a sandy soil.
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social :Contemplation and the cross : a Catholic introduction to the spiritual life / Thomas Joseph White, OP. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Book cover with an artistic depiction of Christ on the Cross
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Reminder of our Saturday #OpeningHours during the LJC term time: between 27th September and 29th November 2025 we will once again be open on Saturdays, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm.
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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We are delighted to announce the fifth 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter #Scholarships to Dr Kathryn Wills! More about the recipient, the eligibility criteria & how to apply for one of the remaining 2 scholarships, see heythroplibrary.co.uk/the-professo...
Photo of the recipient plus logo of the Heythrop Library, the banners of the London Jesuit Centre and the Jesuits in Britain, against a backdrop of an image from the Heythrop Library reading room.
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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If the #LondonTubeStrikes go ahead we will change our opening hours: Mon 8 to Thu 11 Sep 2025: open
10:00-17:00; Fri 12 Sep 2025: Closed all day! We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information about the strike: tfl.gov.uk/campaign/str...
and www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-wil...
Banner with the text of the post, against the backdrop of a tube train standing at a platform. The image also includes the Heythrop logo and the Jesuits in Britain crest.
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Christian inversion of Jewish nationalist monotheism, and its modern romantic-narcissist betrayal / by Patrick Madigan. Our catalogue record: hey-staff.koha.openf...
September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Roman Catholicism in Bedfordshire 1700-1900 : the other non-conformists / Peter Doyle. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: image of stained glass window at St Francis Church, Shefford, of Mrs Lyne Stephens holding an image of the church.
August 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Oxford studies in philosophy of religion : volume 11 / Lara Buchak, Dean Zimmerman. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Blue book cover.
August 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Anthony of Padua : Franciscan, preacher, teacher, saint / Valentin Strappazzon ; translated by Michael F. Cusato. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book; picture shows Maso di Banco's 1340 painting of Saint Anthony of Padua.
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Unpublished fragments (summer 1886-fall 1887) / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated, with an afterword, by George H. Leiner. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Brown book cover.
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the fourth 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter #Scholarships to Dr Michael Tang! More about the recipient, the eligibility criteria & how to apply for one of the remaining 4 scholarships, see heythroplibrary.co.u...
Text relating to the post, against the backdrop of an unsaturated image of part of the Library's reading room. At the centre a photo of the recipient, on the top left the Heythrop Library crest, on the bottom left the logo of the London Jesuit Centre, and at the bottom right the banner of the Jesuits in Britain.
August 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Unpublished fragments (summer 1886-fall 1887) / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated, with an afterword, by George H. Leiner.. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: background illustration of handwritten notes in German.
July 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Reminder of our shorter #OpeningHours during the summer (or until Fri 19 September): Mon, Wed & Thu: 9:30-13:00 & 14:00-17:30, Tue: 9:30-13:00 & 14:00-18:30, Fri: 9:30-13:00 & 14:00-16:30. Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Next closed day: Mon 25 August 2025 (bank holiday Monday).
Over the less-saturated background of a beach with palm trees: the message of the post.
July 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The ruse of techne : Heidegger's magical materialism / Dimitris Vardoulakis. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book.
July 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Ecotheology : a new approach / Jarosław Babiński. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: title and author against a blue and white background.
July 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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The gift of creation : theological reflections on ecology, metaphysics, and politics / Szalay, Mátyás. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
Cover of the book: picture of two outstretched palms holding pinecones.
July 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM