Educating the Human Person
The Institute for Christian Personalism
The Institute for Christian Personalism (ICP) is an independent foundation with the aim of educating and spreading Christian Personalism.
Personalism is an influential philosophy divided into different currents. This think tank focuses on the Christian version of personalism by studying and teaching its anthropology, political philosophy, pedagogy and its vision on arts. The rich vision of the human person which Christian Personalism offers deserves to be studied and taught. Special attention will be given to Catholic personalistic thinkers, their political philosophy and their contribution to European institutions.
For who?
The Christian Institute for Personalism was founded in 2024 and is led by Maurits Potappel. The ICP works together with researchers and academics from throughout Europe and the United States. Since it is a Christian Institute, it aims to be an ecumenic institute and is open for people who are interested in personalism in general.
Why study this tradition?
The Christian personalistic tradition is rich and includes thinkers such as Aurelius Augustine, Blaise Pascal, Søren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Pavel Florensky, Nikolai Berdyaev, Emmanuel Mounier, Jacques Maritain, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Edith Stein, Charles Malik, Paul Scholten, Simone Weil, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Pope John Paul II and Josef Pieper.
Their influence is enormous through their rich anthropology and application to political philosophy. Founding Fathers of the European Union such as Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer were all personalists.
The ICP has the goal of studying and educating this tradition.
Personalistic Thinkers
We tell the story of key thinkers of Christian Personalism by publishing books and essays.
Training and Summer schools
The ICP offers training and courses and summer schools about personalism. Click here to learn more about our upcoming summer school. Click here if you want to register for the summer school.
Personalistic Politics
Via Christian Democracy personalism plays a crucial role in politics. We tell you this story.
“In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality”
— Jacques Maritain, The Rights of Man and Natural Law (1943)
Contact
You can register you email by filling out this form if you are interested in one of the programs.
Email
institutecpersonalism@gmail.com