Donnellan Lectures
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The Donnellan Lectures are a lecture series at Trinity College, Dublin
, instituted in 1794. The lectures were originally given under the auspices of the School of Hebrew, Biblical and Theological Studies. But since 1987 they have been run on a triennial basis by the Department of Philosophy and are no longer theological in nature. They were endowed from the estate of Anne Donnellan.
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
, instituted in 1794. The lectures were originally given under the auspices of the School of Hebrew, Biblical and Theological Studies. But since 1987 they have been run on a triennial basis by the Department of Philosophy and are no longer theological in nature. They were endowed from the estate of Anne Donnellan.
Lecturers (incomplete list)
- 1794 T. Ebington The Proof of Christianity… from the Miracles recorded in the New Testament
- 1797, 1801. R. Graves The Divine Origin of the Jewish Religion proved from the… Last Four Books of the Pentateuch
- 1815–16. Francis Sadleir The Various Degrees of Religious Information Vouchsafed to Mankind
- 1818. William Phelan Christianity provides… Correctives for… Tendencies to Polytheism and Idolatry
- 1821, 1824. J. Kennedy The Researches of Modern Science… demonstrate the Inspiration of… Scripture
- 1823 F. Sadleir The Formulas of the Church of England Conformable to the Scriptures
- 1838 J. H. Todd The Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in… Daniel and St. Paul
- 1839 J. H. Todd The Prophecies Relating to Antichrist in the Apocalypse of St. John
- 1851 Mortimer O'SullivanMortimer O'SullivanMortimer O'Sullivan was a Church of Ireland clergyman and member of the Orange Order.He was born a Catholic in Clonmel, County Tipperary, the son of a Catholic schoolmaster. He converted to Protestantism in boyhood and was educated as a Protestant...
The Hour of the Redeemer - 1852 William LeeWilliam Lee-Miscellaneous:*William Lee , Roman Catholic bishop*William Lee , Roman Catholic bishop*William Lee , colonial writer and ship's captain...
Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures - 1853 W. de Burgh The Early Prophecies of a Redeemer
- 1854 Charles Parsons ReichelCharles Parsons ReichelThe Most Rev Charles Parsons Reichel, DD, MA was an Anglican Bishop and author in the 19th century. He was born in 1816, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1847. After a curacy at St. Mary's Church, Dublin he was Professor of Latin at Queen's College, Belfast from 1850 to...
The Nature and Offices of the Church - 1855 James ByrneJames ByrneJames Byrne may refer to:*James Byrne of Clone, County Wexford* James Byrne , Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross...
Naturalism and Spiritualism - 1855–56, 1859 J. MacIvor Religious Progress
- 1857 John Cotter MacDonnell The Doctrine of the Atonement deduced from Scripture
- 1858. J. Wills The Antecedent Probability of the Christian Religion
- 1860 Atkins Pastoral Duties
- 1861 W. P Walsh Christian Missions
- 1862 W. de Burgh Messianic Prophecies of Isaiah
- 1865 Ryder The Scripture Doctrine of Acceptance with God
- 1877 John Hewitt JellettJohn Hewitt JellettJohn Hewitt Jellett was a college head, provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He was also a priest in the Church of Ireland during the Victorian Era....
The efficacy of prayer - 1878–9 George Alexander ChadwickGeorge Alexander ChadwickThe Rt Rev George Alexander Chadwick, DD was the second Derry and Raphoe.Born on 10 October1840 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1863 and began his career as a curate at St Anne, Belfast. He was then appointed Rector of St James, Belfast where he remained until 1872. He...
Christ bearing witness to himself - 1880–1 Charles H. H. Wright The Book of Koheleth, Commonly Called Ecclesiastes, Considered in Relation to Modern Criticism, and to the Doctrines of Modern Pessimism
- 1885–5 Mortimer O'SullivanMortimer O'SullivanMortimer O'Sullivan was a Church of Ireland clergyman and member of the Orange Order.He was born a Catholic in Clonmel, County Tipperary, the son of a Catholic schoolmaster. He converted to Protestantism in boyhood and was educated as a Protestant...
The Gospel in the Miracles of Christ, Man's Knowledge of Man and of God - 1887–8 William LefroyWilliam LefroyThe Very Rev William Lefroy, DD was an Anglican Dean, mountaineer and author. Born in Dublin in 1836, he was educated at its Trinity College and ordained in 1864. Following a curacy at Christ Church, Cork he was Vicar of St Andrew’s, Liverpool, Rural Dean of Liverpool and later its Archdeacon...
The Christian Ministry: Its Origin, Constitution, Nature and Work - 1888–9 J. H. Kennedy Natural Theology and Modern Thought
- 1889–90 T. Sterling Berry Christianity and Buddhism : a comparison and a contrast
- 1899 Charles D'ArcyCharles D'ArcyCharles Frederick D'Arcy was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1903 Bishop of Clogher, in 1907 translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin and then Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally from 1920 until his death Archbishop of Armagh...
Idealism and theology: a study of presuppositions
1900–2005
- 1900–1 G. R. Wynne The Church in Greater Britain
- 1901–2 James Owen Hannay (ps. George A. BirminghamGeorge A. BirminghamGeorge A. Birmingham was the pen name of James Owen Hannay , Irish clergyman and prolific novelist.-Life and career:...
) Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism - 1906–7 H. J. Dunkinfield Astley Prehistoric Archaeology and The Old Testament
- 1911–2 Everard Digges La Touche The Person of Christ in Modern Thought
- 1913–4 Charles Frederick D'ArcyCharles D'ArcyCharles Frederick D'Arcy was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1903 Bishop of Clogher, in 1907 translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin and then Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally from 1920 until his death Archbishop of Armagh...
God and Freedom in Human Experience - W. Boyd Carpenter The Witness of Religious Experience
- Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock
- 1920 Joseph Armitage Robinson Barnabas, Hermas and the Didache
- 1921 A. A. LuceA. A. LuceArthur Aston Luce MC was professor of philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin and also Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin . Throughout his life he held many clerical appointments and was Vice-Provost of Trinity from 1946-1952. He was widely known as an authority on the philosopher George...
Bergson's Doctrine of Intuition - 1922 Viscount Haldane
- 1923 Reginald Arthur Percy Rogers
- 1924 F. C. Burkitt The Religion of the Manichees
- 1929 C. D. Broad
- 1930 John Scott Haldane The philosophical basis of biology
- 1936 H. Laski
- 1937 Arthur Salter
- 1943 Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
- 1944 T. E. Jessop
- 1946 E. T. WhittakerE. T. WhittakerEdmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE was an English mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions. He had a particular interest in numerical analysis, but also worked on celestial mechanics and the history of physics...
Space and Spirit - 1948 H. H. PriceH. H. PriceHenry Habberley Price was a Welsh philosopher, known for his work on perception. He also wrote on parapsychology....
- 1952 W. T. Stace
- 1954 H. Frankel
- 1989 Jerry FodorJerry FodorJerry Alan Fodor is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He holds the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and is the author of many works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science, in which he has laid the groundwork for the...
- 1992 Martha NussbaumMartha NussbaumMartha Nussbaum , is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics....
- 1995 Richard SorabjiRichard SorabjiRichard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji CBE, FBA is a British historian of ancient Western philosophy and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King's College London. He has written his own 'Intellectual Autobiography' in his Festschrift: R. Salles ed., Metaphysics, Soul and Ethics in Ancient Thought , 1-36...
- 1998 Richard RortyRichard RortyRichard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher. He had a long and diverse academic career, including positions as Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton, Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University...
- 2002 Stanley CavellStanley CavellStanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...
- 2005 Jonathan LearJonathan LearJonathan Lear is the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago.-Biography:...