St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Selected As Recipient Of Presitigous Grant.

Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:52

Widening the Horizons in Philosophical Theology is worth £2 million.

Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth has been selected to host one of the twelve grants offered by the project Widening the Horizons in Philosophical Theology, anchored at the University of Saint Andrews, and funded by a £2m grant from Templeton Religion Trust.

The grant will be hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy.

This project comprises leading and emerging researchers in the fields of philosophy and theology from the UK, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, the USA, Canada, and Australia.

Reverend Professor Michael Mullaney, President of Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth, noted “this grant will continue to bring internationally renowned scholars working at the intersection between philosophy and theology to the corridors of Saint Patrick’s College, along with supporting our cutting-edge and future-orientated research in Christian philosophy. We are delighted and humbled to have been selected.”

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