Heythrop Library

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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...

Recent Journal Log Recently added On average, we receive 10-15 new journal issues per week, and if you are interested in a specific journal, you can search our catalogue to see what the latest-received issue is (it i…

Are you interested in the journals we have recently received @heythroplib.bsky.social ? Then heythroplibrary.co.u... might be for you. Our new system (Koha) has more exciting ways of staying up-to-date with the journals we have received, and we'll share these in due course.

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We’re grateful for feedback like this from our theology course participants.

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#TheologyCourses #ChristianLearning #FaithAndStudy

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📘 Our 2025–26 course booklets are on their way!

Explore over 60 learning opportunities in theology, spirituality and justice!
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#FaithFormation #TheologyCourses #PhilosophyCourses #SpiritualGrowth

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Unpublished fragments (summer 1886-fall 1887) / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated, with an afterword, by George H. Leiner..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...

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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).

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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...

Turn of a friendly card Sorry, if this headline evoked your need to listen to a 1980s song, but we recently got the last Heythrop College Library's card catalogue delivered to us, and that's what the following is about. When the Heythrop College closed in 2018, the 3 card index catalogues were sent to Peterborough, where a company called Crown Records Management scanned all the cards, and uploaded them (You can go to…

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Sorry, if this headline evoked your need to listen to a 1980s song, but we recently got the last Heythrop College Library's card catalogue delivered to us, and that's what the following is about. When the Heythrop College closed in 2018, the 3 card index catalogues were…

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Ecotheology : a new approach / Jarosław Babiński. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...

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The gift of creation : theological reflections on ecology, metaphysics, and politics / Szalay, Mátyás. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...

Changing opening hours (end of term) The LJC's teaching term ends on Friday 18th July 2025. Today (12th July) is the last time we are open on a (Saturday: 9:30 to 14:00). After the 18th we will be open for less time, and not on Saturdays: Mon, Wed, Thu: 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:00-17:30 Tue: 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:30 (no change; open as all year round)

Changing opening hours (end of term)

The LJC's teaching term ends on Friday 18th July 2025. Today (12th July) is the last time we are open on a (Saturday: 9:30 to 14:00). After the 18th we will be open for less time, and not on Saturdays: Mon, Wed, Thu: 9:30 to 13:00 and 14:00-17:30 Tue: 9:30 to…

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Greening philosophy of religion : process, ecology, and ethics / Jea Sophia Oh and John Quiring. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...

New: YouTube channel and how to page

We have started a YouTube channel which so far primarily contains how to videos to help you work through the changes of our new system, and how to search our new catalogue. The YouTube channel is at The How to page is at

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The nature of church camp : an environmental history of outdoor ministry, 1945-1980 / Christopher W. Anderson. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...

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2 scheduled closures @heythroplib.bsky.social:
Mon 7 July/Today: 1–2 pm only, and Tue 8 July: all day. Our scheduled closures, & our opening hours are listed on our web page. You can return our books to the London Jesuit Centre’s reception, by handing over them over to the receptionist.

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We are open again @heythroplib.bsky.social ! Today, until 5:30pm, from tomorrow as normal (please see heythroplibrary.co.uk/opening-hours/)

We're so thrilled to welcome @heythroplib.bsky.social to the Koha community as an Open Fifth customer after their LMS launched last week. Check out their article about using Koha to modernise the management of their collection and improve access for users.

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Catholicism in the eyes of the New York Times : the epoch of Pope John Paul II / Christopher Vecsey. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

A new chapter for Heythrop Library: system upgrade enhances access and service | Jesuits in Britain The system has gone live today, 26 June 2025

Thanks to @openfifth.bsky.social and the funding by @jesuitsbritain.bsky.social we are now using Koha as our new library management system. Explore this more: www.jesuit.org.uk/news/a-new-c...
and heythroplibrary.co.uk/changing-the...
and
search.heythroplibrary.co.uk (our new online catalogue).

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The Bible and sustainability : bringing biblical passages and practices into the ecological debate / John Abubakar. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. volume 1 / Eliza Fowler Haywood ; edited and introduced by Sina Menke. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Why Christ rejects all church prejudice against women : meditations / John Wijngaards. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Whitehead and Teilhard : from organism to Omega / Ilia Delio, Andrew M. Davis, editors. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : A History of Philosophy : The Condensed Copleston /
Anthony J. Carroll, Frederick C. Copleston. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Love is a journey : the inspiring life and legacy of Pope John Paul I / Mo Guernon ; foreword by Loris Serafini.
Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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For operational reasons we need to close the Library @heythroplib.bsky.social from Thu 26th to Mon 30th June 2025. We should be open as normal on Tuesday 1st July 2025. For more information on our restricted services, please see heythroplibrary.co.u... We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The environment of compassion : ecology, religion, and embodied story / Cia Sautter. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The thought of Pope Benedict XVI : an introduction to the theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Aidan Nichols. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Literature and ecotheology : from chaos to cosmos / George B. Handley. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....

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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : Green theology : emerging 21st-century Muslim and Christian discourses on ecology / edited by Lejla Demiri, Mujadad Zaman and Tim Winter. Our catalogue record: catalogue.libraries....