Moral Limbo in the Workplace: How Low Can I Go? | Fr. Thomas More Garrett, O.P. 1616735532 This lecture was given on June 16th, 2023, at the NYC Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Thomas More Garrett, O.P., made solemn profession in the Order of Preachers in 2012 and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, on May 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. Before entering the Dominicans he practiced law and worked as a Congressional staffer. In private practice, his work focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and market regulatory compliance. Fr. Thomas More received his JD in 2000 from The Pennsylvania State University School of Law, where he was the recipient of the school’s presidential scholarship and editor-in-chief of its law review. He received his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC in 2015. During his time in priestly formation, Fr. Thomas More worked in the General Counsel’s Office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and as an assistant to the chaplain of the US House of Representatives. His recent scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Catholic Social Thought, the Journal of Church and State and the Review of Social Economy. Fr. Thomas More currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he serves as Associate Vice President/Associate General Counsel of Providence College. Scientific Realism: Are We Certain Protons Exist? | Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. 1611543855 This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. is a Dominican friar, physicist, and philosopher. He joined the faculty of philosophy at the Angelicum in Rome in 2020, where he co-leads the Project for Science and Religion. Before joining the Dominican order he studied physics at the California Institute of Technology before going on to earn his doctorate in physics from Stanford University studying theoretical particle physics. The focus of his scientific research is writing and testing simulations for high energy particle colliders like the LHC at CERN. After joining the Dominicans in 2010, he studied philosophy and theology in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood in 2017. In addition, he earned a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America, focusing on the philosophy of science and natural philosophy. For two years he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Providence College in Providence, RI, where he taught physics and restarted a research program in particle physics. He has written and spoken in a number of forums on the relationship between faith and science including contributions to the Thomistic Evolution project and organizing conferences on science and philosophy for the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. One Universe: Uncertainty and Tension in Astronomy | Prof. Serena Kim 1611541002 This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Dr. Serena Kim is an Associate Research Professor and Associate Astronomer at Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona. Dr. Kim's recent research includes star formation in the "H II" region to investigate whether or not initial mass function and circumstellar disk evolution are affected by the star forming environment. She has also recently conducted research on debris disks around sun-like stars to study whether our solar system is common or rare. Kim focuses on multi-wavelength observational studies of star forming regions using both ground-based and space telescopes. Star forming regions Kim is working on are young clusters where the triggered mode of star formation is suggested. Kim is a member of the Spitzer Legacy program Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. She has led and participated in various projects including Kuiper-Belt analogs around sun-like stars. Truth, Science, and Other Traditions of Theoretical Enquiry | Dr. Daniel DeHaan 1611534996 This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation Fellowships in Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences Project, directed by Sarah Coakley. During this postdoctoral fellowship, he conducted research on the intersections of theology, philosophy, and neuroscience in Lisa Saksida’s Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. Demonstration and Certainty in Thomistic Philosophy of Nature | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P, 1611525786 This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature | Prof. Brian Carl 1611514419 This lecture was given on July 13th, 2023, at the "Thomistic Philosophy & Natural Science Symposium" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. Our Glorified Wounds | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1607943525 This lecture was given on March 18th, 2023, at "The Passion & the Sacred Wounds: An Intellectual Retreat" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Originally from a farm in Kansas, Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is a priest in the Dominican Province of St. Joseph who teaches on the pontifical faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC where he is editor-in-chief of The Thomist. He has authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (The Catholic University of America Press, 2023). He is editor or co-editor of several volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology, and Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher. The Service of the Emotions in the Moral Life w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Scott Cleveland 1601135541 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Scott Cleveland about his latest Thomistic Institute, "The Service of the Emotions in the Moral Life." The Service of the Emotions in the Moral Life w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Scott Cleveland (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://on.soundcloud.com/tDZtA For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Director of Catholic Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of the virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. His work has appeared in journals such as American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Res Philosophica, Religious Studies, Oxford Bibliographies Online, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His Glorified Wounds | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1607936715 This lecture was given on March 18th, 2023, at "The Passion & the Sacred Wounds: An Intellectual Retreat" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Originally from a farm in Kansas, Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is a priest in the Dominican Province of St. Joseph who teaches on the pontifical faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC where he is editor-in-chief of The Thomist. He has authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (The Catholic University of America Press, 2023). He is editor or co-editor of several volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology, and Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher. By Our Wounds We Are Healed | Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P. 1607539125 This lecture was given on March 18th, 2023, at "The Passion & the Sacred Wounds: An Intellectual Retreat" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P.(Dominican House of Studies) was raised in Illinois and did his undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota, where he earned a B.A. in music performance and philosophy. He worked as a church musician and as an editor of the St. Michael Hymnal for a few years before entering the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2006. He was ordained a priest in 2012 and completed the S.T.L. at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2013. Fr. O’Connor was then assigned to Providence College, where he taught courses in Theology and the Development of Western Civilization for three years. In 2016, he moved to Rome to begin doctoral studies (S.T.D.) in moral theology at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he completed a dissertation on a Thomistic understanding of the orientation of human sexuality. By His Wounds We Are Healed | Fr. Michael O'Connor 1601269998 This lecture was given on March 17th, 2023, at "The Passion & the Sacred Wounds: An Intellectual Retreat" at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P.(Dominican House of Studies) was raised in Illinois and did his undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota, where he earned a B.A. in music performance and philosophy. He worked as a church musician and as an editor of the St. Michael Hymnal for a few years before entering the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2006. He was ordained a priest in 2012 and completed the S.T.L. at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2013. Fr. O’Connor was then assigned to Providence College, where he taught courses in Theology and the Development of Western Civilization for three years. In 2016, he moved to Rome to begin doctoral studies (S.T.D.) in moral theology at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he completed a dissertation on a Thomistic understanding of the orientation of human sexuality. Mary as Model of Contemplation | Prof. Paige Hochschild 1601189856 This lecture was given on July 1st, 2023, at the Thomistic Institute Student Leadership Conference at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). Living a Contemplative Life | Prof. Paige Hochschild 1601064576 This lecture was given on June 30th, 2023, at the Thomistic Institute Student Leadership Conference at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). Sacred Study | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1600497261 This lecture was given on June 30th, 2023, at the Thomistic Institute Student Leadership Conference at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. The Contemplative Life | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1600470438 The lecture was given on June 29th, 2023, at the Thomistic Institute Student Leadership Conference at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming events Speaker Bio: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He taught in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America from 2010-2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Since then, he has been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies. Thirsting for Prayer: Our Hearts are Made for God | Sr. Maria Kiely, O.S.B. 1599613515 This lecture was given on March 31st, 2023, at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies with North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Sr. Maria Kiely, O.S.B. (Dominican House of Studies)is a Benedictine of the Congregation of Solesmes. She specializes in Christian thought and Scriptural exegesis in the early Church and in the rise and development of monasticism. She has studied in depth the life and writings of Ambrose of Milan and his use and adaptation of Origen and Plotinus. Her current research focuses on the development of the tradition of hymnody in the early Church through the Middle Ages. She is currently participating in a major commentary on the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours. In addition to her work at Catholic University, she teaches Greek and Latin at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies. She is also on the Editorial Committee for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). St. Thomas Aquinas on Love in the Incarnation of God w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, OP & Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 1580782287 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. about his latest Thomistic Institute, "St. Thomas Aquinas on Love in the Incarnation of God." St. Thomas Aquinas on Love in the Incarnation of God w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://on.soundcloud.com/f9Wve For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Originally from a farm in Kansas, Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is a priest in the Dominican Province of St. Joseph who teaches on the pontifical faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC where he is editor-in-chief of The Thomist. He has authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (The Catholic University of America Press, 2023). He is editor or co-editor of several volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology, and Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher. The Life of Prayer: Where to Begin | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1598904930 This lecture was given at a Thomstic Institute Intellectual Retreat at The Dominican House of Studies w North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events. Speaker Bio: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching, he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Liturgy of the Hours: The Church's Prayer is our Prayer | Sr. Maria Kiely, OSB 1598069016 This lecture was given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies with North Carolina State University on March 31st, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Sr. Maria Kiely, O.S.B. (Dominican House of Studies)is a Benedictine of the Congregation of Solesmes. She specializes in Christian thought and Scriptural exegesis in the early Church and in the rise and development of monasticism. She has studied in depth the life and writings of Ambrose of Milan and his use and adaptation of Origen and Plotinus. Her current research focuses on the development of the tradition of hymnody in the early Church through the Middle Ages. She is currently participating in a major commentary on the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours. In addition to her work at Catholic University, she teaches Greek and Latin at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies. She is also on the Editorial Committee for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). Prayer and the Hunger for Meaning | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1594524300 This lecture was given on March 31st, 2023, at a Thomistic Institute Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching, he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Early Christian Baptism and Baptisteries | Prof. Robin Jensen 1593252318 This lecture was given on May 16th, 2023, at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Robin Jensen’s research and publication focuses on the relationship between early Christian art and literature and examines the ways that visual images and architectural spaces should be regarded as modes of theological expression. Her published essays and books contend that, in addition to interpreting sacred texts, visual images enhance liturgical settings, reflect the nature and content of devotional piety, and explicate ritual practices. She teaches courses on the character of late antique Christian and Jewish art, the history and evolution of Christian architecture, the iconography of the cross and crucifix, depictions of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and the place and controversies over images and idols in ancient and early medieval Christianity. Additionally, she has researched the practices, distinctive character, and material evidence of Christianity in ancient Roman North Africa. Her current project, tentatively titled "From Idols to Icons" (under contract with the University of California Press) examines the emergence of a Christian material piety in the fourth and fifth centuries. This work discusses the perceived danger of visual representations of divine beings, early controversies over the miraculous power of saints' shrines and relics, the sacralization of structures and geographical places, and the belief that images may facilitate the presence of holy persons in their absence. The Role of Philosophy in Liberal Education| Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1593023409 This lecture was given on April 27th, 2023, at Saint Louis University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. What Happens To The Soul After Death | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1587559559 This lecture was given on April 27th, 2023 at Cornell University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The Case for Free Will | Prof. Matthew Dugandzic 1586979383 This lecture was given on April 18th, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, "A Thomistic Account of the Habituation of the Passions," explored the ways in which people can develop virtuous affective inclinations. Dr. Dugandzic's scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas' anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His work on Christ's passions recently appeared in the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas and his other writings on the passions and on bioethics have appeared in New Blackfriars and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems (like student loan debt). In addition to his doctorate, Dr. Dugandzic holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He and his wife, Audra, live in Baltimore, MD. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey, which he enjoys almost as much as reading theology. Preparing for Life in a Household: A Biblical and Thomistic Perspective | Prof. John Cuddeback 1586340799 This lecture was given on April 4th, 2023, at Brown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship was republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. What is Needed for Happiness? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1588692223 This lecture was given on June 15, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: University of Washington The Thomistic Institute at the University of Washington presents a lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. of the Dominican House of Studies titled “The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas and the Classical Tradition.” Friday, November 4 2:00 PM HUB 334 This lecture is free and open to the public. About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). What is Our Hope? Heaven and the Kingdom of God w/ Prof. Michael Root (Off-Campus Conversations) 1574377270 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Michael Root about his latest Thomistic Institute, "What is Our Hope? Heaven and the Kingdom of God." What is Our Hope? Heaven and the Kingdom of God w/ Dr. Michael Root and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://on.soundcloud.com/w9AaZ About the speaker: Professor Michael Root (Catholic University of America is an Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification. Root has been a member of the US and international Lutheran-Catholic dialogues, the US Lutheran-United Methodist dialogue, the Anglican-Lutheran International Working Group, and the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the Lutheran Roman Catholic “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification”. The House of the Father: Augustine's Confessions VIII-X | Prof. Russell Hittinger 1586291403 This lecture was given on June 15, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. A New Parochia: Augustine's Confessions VI-VII | Prof. Russell Hittinger 1585923123 This lecture was given on June 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. What is Happiness? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1579913587 This lecture was given on June 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Special Themes in Friendship - Aristotle's Ethics: Prof. Michael Gorman 1579473618 This lecture was given on June 13, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. The Prodigal's Return: Augustine's Confessions, Books IV & IV| Prof. Russell Hittinger 1579143231 This lecture was given on June 13, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004 and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. What Friendship is: The Three Main Types of Aristotelian Friendship | Prof. Michael Gorman 1575414058 This lecture was given on June 13, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. Aristotle's Understanding of the Good Life | Prof. Michael Gorman 1575089629 This lecture was given on June 12, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. In the Suburbs of Babylon: Augustine's Confessions I-III | Prof. Russell Hittinger 1574455987 This lecture was given on June 12, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. Freedom, Desire, and Happiness | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1576089722 This lecture was given on June 12, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the 2023 Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? w/ Prof. Jonathan Buttaci (Off-Campus Conversations) 1573502764 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Jonathan Buttaci about his latest Thomistic Institute, "Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul?". Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? w/ Dr. Jonathan Buttaci and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://on.soundcloud.com/tFDGP For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Jonathan Buttaci is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He came to CUA in 2016 after completing his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Buttaci’s research focuses on accounts of mind and the soul in ancient Greek thought, in particular Aristotle’s theory of knowledge, learning, and scientific discovery. He is also interested more generally in the interplay between ancient Greek science, philosophy, and literature. Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? | Prof. Jonathan Buttaci 1571299411 This lecture was given on April 10th, 2023, at Indiana University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Dr. Jonathan Buttaci is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He came to CUA in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Buttaci’s research focuses on accounts of mind and the soul in ancient Greek thought, in particular Aristotle’s theory of knowledge, learning, and scientific discovery. He is also interested more generally in the interplay between ancient Greek science, philosophy, and literature. What is Heaven Like? | Fr. Andrew Hofer 1573561603 This lecture was given on July 17th, 2023, at St. Peter's Church on Capitol Hill. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. Science and Faith in the Secular Age | Prof. Jonathan Lunine 1570710577 This lecture was given on April 19th, 2023, at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Jonathan Lunine is the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University. Lunine is interested in how planets form and evolve, what processes maintain and establish habitability, and what kinds of exotic environments (methane lakes, etc.) might host a kind of chemistry sophisticated enough to be called "life". He pursues these interests through theoretical modeling and participation in spacecraft missions. He works with the radar and other instruments on Cassini, continues to work on mass spectrometer data from Huygens, and is co-investigator on the Juno mission launched in 2011 to Jupiter. He is on the science team for the James Webb Space Telescope, focusing on characterization of extrasolar planets and Kuiper Belt objects. Lunine is currently PI for a JPL-led study to send a probe into Saturn's atmosphere and has contributed to mission concept studies for space-based astrometry and microlensing missions. Lunine is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has participated in or chaired a number of advisory and strategic planning committees for the Academy and for NASA. In Defense of Politics | Prof. Erik Dempsey 1569607402 This lecture was given on April 27th, 2023, at the University of Texas at El Paso. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Erik Dempsey (Ph.D., Boston College) is the Assistant Director of UT's Thomas Jefferson for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He completed his doctorate at Boston College in June 2007. He is interested in understanding human virtue and the proper place of politics in a well-lived human life, the different ways in which human virtue is understood in different political situations, and the ways in which human virtue may transcend any political situation. His dissertation looks at Aristotle's treatment of prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics, and Aristotle's suggestion that virtue should be understood as an end in itself. He is currently at work turning his dissertation into a book by adding chapters that consider Thomas Aquinas' interpretation of Aristotle in terms of natural law and Marsilius of Padua's critique of Thomas. Is The Bible Reliable? | Fr. Jordan Schmidt 1569263080 This lecture was given on May 2nd, 2023, at the University of Washington. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Jordan Schmidt was born in Fargo, ND, and attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN for his undergraduate studies. After entering the Order of Preachers, he came to Washington DC to study theology, graduating from the PFIC in 2009 with an STB/MDiv in theology and from CUA in 2012 with an STL in biblical theology. Upon his ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed associate pastor of St Mary’s parish in New Haven, CT where he served until 2013. Fr. Jordan next returned to the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC to pursue doctoral studies at CUA. Since earning his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies in 2018, he has been teaching various courses in Sacred Scripture at the PFIC. The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Waugh's Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1568377336 This lecture was given on April 27th, 2023 at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? A Historical Investigation | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. 1567508290 This lecture was given on April 15th, 2023 at the University of Rochester. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his Ph.D., he taught in the Department of Theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 2011-12, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. Isaac was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018. He has taught at Providence since August of the same year. Sorrow, Beauty, and Mercy A Catholic Aesthetic Vision | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1566789385 This lecture was given at the University of Maryland at College Park on April 27th, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Author Bio: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and as Distinguished Professor of Ethic and Culture. Hibbs received a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and has served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, as well as 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues. It's My Right: Understanding Natural Rights and the Purpose of Politics| Fr. Dominic Legge 1561516771 This lecture was given on April 13th, 2023, at NYU. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. St. Augustine and the Virtue of Humility w/ Prof. Mary Keys (Off-Campus Conversations) 1563105646 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Mary Keys about her latest Thomistic Institute, "Seeking Peace in the City: Augustine and the Virtue of Humility." St. Augustine and the Virtue of Humility w/ Prof. Mary Keys and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/augustine-and-the-virtue-of-humility-prof-mary-keys For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mary M. Keys holds a BA from Boston College and a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching interests span a broad spectrum of political theory, with a special focus in Christianity, ethics, and political thought. She is the author of Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God (Cambridge) and Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good (Cambridge). Her work includes articles and chapters in the American Journal of Political Science, History of Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's City of God. She has held various fellowships, including a NEH Fellowship supporting her ongoing research project on Humility, Modernity, and the Science of Politics, and she has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. No Justice Without Mercy; No Mercy Without Justice | Prof. Gary Anderson 1561361071 This lecture was given on March 30th, 2023, at Harvard University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Professor Gary Anderson is the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology at Notre Dame University. He holds a B.A. from Albion College, an M.Div. from Duke University, and a Ph.D from Harvard University and previously taught at the University of Virginia and Harvard Divinity School Prof. Anderson has won numerous awards including most recently grants from the American Philosophical Society, Lilly Endowment and the Institute for Advanced Study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prof Anderson’s is well known for his books Sin: A History and Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition (Yale University Press, 2009 and 2013). His newest book, That I May Dwell among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative will appear this coming November. Some recent articles include: “To See Where God Dwells: The Tabernacle, Temple, and the Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition;” “The Roman Church as Casta Meretrix;” and “God Doesn’t Break Bad in the Old Testament.” Anderson served as President of the Catholic Biblical Association from 2013-14. What Is Our Hope? Heaven And The Kingdom Of God | Prof. Michael Root 1560968548 This lecture was given on March 29th, 2023 at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Professor Michael Root (Catholic University of America is an Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification. Root has been a member of the US and international Lutheran-Catholic dialogues, the US Lutheran-United Methodist dialogue, the Anglican-Lutheran International Working Group, and the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the Lutheran Roman Catholic “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification”. Beauty And Mathematics | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1558796176 This lecture was given on March 28th, 2023, at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. The Catholic Vision Of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings | Prof. Paul Gondreau 1557839986 This talk was given on March 14th, 2023 at Brown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Can A Biologist Believe In The Existence Of Life? | Prof. Stephen Meredith 1557130075 This lecture was given on March 8th, 2023 at Vanderbilt University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Stephen Meredith is a professor at the University of Chicago’s Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neurology. He is also an associate faculty member in the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has published more than 100 journal articles, focusing on the biophysics of protein structure. Much of his work has been the application of solution and solid-state NMR to the study of amyloid proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. He has also published articles on literature and philosophy in diverse aspects of medical humanities and bioethics. His teaching includes courses to graduate students in biochemistry and biophysics, medical students, and undergraduates and graduate students in the humanities, including courses on James Joyce’s Ulysses, St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Dostoevsky (focusing on Brothers Karamazov), Thomas Mann and David Foster Wallace. He is currently working on a book examining disease and the theological problem of evil. Other current writing projects include a study of James Joyce and the problem of evil. St. Thomas Aquinas on Love in the Incarnation of God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1555226308 This lecture was given on March 8th, 2023, at West Virginia University. For more information about upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events. Speaker Bio: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Service Of The Emotions In The Moral Life | Prof. Scott Cleveland 1554930001 This lecture was given on March 7th, 2023, at Cornell University For more information on upcoming TI events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Director of Catholic Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of the virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. His work has appeared in journals such as American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Res Philosophica, Religious Studies, Oxford Bibliographies Online, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. What are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 1553673397 This lecture was given at Florida State University on January 27, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Augustine and the Virtue of Humility | Prof. Mary Keys 1546228414 This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 23, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mary M. Keys holds a BA from Boston College and a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching interests span a broad spectrum of political theory, with a special focus in Christianity, ethics, and political thought. She is the author of Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God (Cambridge) and Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good (Cambridge). Her work includes articles and chapters in the American Journal of Political Science, History of Political Thought, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's City of God. She has held various fellowships, including a NEH Fellowship supporting her ongoing research project on Humility, Modernity, and the Science of Politics, and she has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. Eating and Drinking to the Glory of God: A Catholic Approach | Prof. Michael Foley 1546217035 This lecture was given at Georgetown University on March 1, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael P. Foley is an associate professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University. He is the author of over 150 articles and several books on theology, the most recent of which is Drinking With the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour (Regnery, 2015). Foley is currently serving as the president of the Society for Catholic Liturgy. He lives in central Texas with his wife Alexandra and their six children. Aquinas, Creation, and Intelligent Design | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1545551482 This lecture was given at New York University on February 10, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). The Glory of Leadership: The Magnanimity and Humility of Jesus as Leader | Captain Joseph McInerney 1542286477 This lecture was given at North Carolina State University on January 24, 2023. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joe McInerney is the Director of Leadership and Ethics Education for the Knights of Columbus, a worldwide fraternal association of more than two million members with headquarters in New Haven, CT. Prior to retiring as a Captain from the United States Navy he served as the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and as Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics and Leadership at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. After working in a variety of leadership positions in the Navy, Captain McInerney was selected for the Navy’s Permanent Military Professor Program. As a member of that program, he graduated from The Catholic University of America with a doctorate in systematic theology. Captain McInerney also holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Theological Studies from the John Paul II Institute in Washington DC. A writer of both academic and popular essays, Captain McInerney is also author of The Greatness of Humility: St. Augustine on Moral Excellence (Wipf &Stock, 2016) and Passion and Paradox: The Leadership Genius of Jesus Christ (Catholic Information Service, 2018). His most recent book, From Achilles to Superman: A Leader’s Guide to the History of Ethics, has been accepted for publication with The Catholic University of America Press. Dante, Aquinas, and the Virtues | Fr. Albert Trudel 1541075503 This lecture was given at Georgetown University on October 20, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Albert Trudel is an Assistant Professor of Latin and Pastoral Studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He specializes in the intersection between theology and literature in the Middle Ages, and has lately commented on Dante's Purgatorio and the Middle English Pearl for various Thomistic Institute projects. He is also the Rome Director for the Thomistic Institute's semester abroad program. He completed his Master's degree in English Literature at the University of Toronto, his doctoral work in English Literature at the University of Oxford, and he received a postdoctoral License in Mediaeval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. The Imago Dei in Sidney and Shakespeare | Dr. Michael Mack 1535220751 This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on April 22, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christology in Literature." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Mack is an Associate Professor of English at the Catholic University of America. He specializes in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature, and his research interests include Shakespeare, sixteenth and seventeenth-century English poetry, and Renaissance poetic theory. Dr. Mack has published a study of Sir Philip Sidney’s Apology for Poetry and he is currently working on a book provisionally and pretentiously entitled Shakespeare and the Human Condition. He regularly teaches Shakespeare at the undergraduate and graduate levels and the Renaissance humanities course in the University Honors Program. Dr. Mack has served as Director of the University Honors Program, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. Michael Mack received his A.B. from Harvard University, where his concentration was Economics, and his Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. He has been at CUA since 1997. Christology in Literature | Dr. Justin Jackson 1532489074 This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on April 22, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christology in Literature." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: J. A. Jackson is Chair and Professor of English at Hillsdale College and Director of the Writing Center. He received his Ph.D. in English from Purdue University where he specialized in Old and Middle English Literature. In 2011, he received Hillsdale College's Professor of the Year award. He was ranked among the Princeton Review's "Best 300 Professors" in 2012. Dr. Jackson loves to investigate the intersections between literature, theology, and philosophy, and his scholarship and teaching reflect this love. What Future for the Priesthood? | Cardinal Marc Ouellet 1534243330 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Cardinal Marc Oullet served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023. He was Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada from 2003 to 2010. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He holds licentiates in theology and philosophy, and a doctorate in dogmatic theology. Bl. Stanley Rother, A New Saintly Priest | Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg 1533161986 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg has served as bishop for the Diocese of Reno in Nevada since 2021. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 2017 to 2021. He completed a Licentiate degree in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1990. During his 30+ years as a priest, Bishop Mueggenborg has served as parochial vicar and pastor in several parishes and in a variety of ministerial roles, including high school chaplain and teacher, Newman Center chaplain, Director of Clergy and Education, and Vicar for Religious. He also served on the administrative staff of the Pontifical North American College and was adjunct professor at the Gregorian University. Priesthood in the Eastern Tradition | Fr. Mark Morozowich 1533156787 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Mark Morozowich pursued a vocation to the priesthood in the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio. He served in Pittsburgh and in Butler, Pennsylvania before beginning doctoral studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome that yielded a comprehensive study of Holy Thursday Liturgy in Jerusalem and Constantinople from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Centuries. He lectures as an Associate Professor of Liturgy at The Catholic University of America, served as the Associate Dean for Seminary and Ministerial Programs, and is dean of The School of Theology and Religious Studies. His research focuses upon various topics of liturgical history from penitential practices and the liturgical year to divergent issues in Eastern Christian Mysteries. Celibacy and Priestly Life | Fr. Carter Griffin 1533154456 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Carter Griffin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. Raised Presbyterian, he converted to Catholicism while attending Princeton University. After graduating in 1994, he served for four years as a line officer in the United States Navy prior to entering the seminary. He attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland for two years of philosophy followed by the North American College in Rome for five years of theology. Father Griffin was ordained to the priesthood in 2004 and served as priest-secretary for three years before beginning doctoral studies in Rome in 2008. After completing his doctorate and serving as the parochial vicar of St. Peter’s parish on Capitol Hill, in 2011 he was appointed Director of Priest Vocations for the Archdiocese of Washington and Vice-Rector of St. John Paul II Seminary, where he now serves as Rector. He is the author of Why Celibacy: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, published in 2019 by Emmaus Road. Women and Men in the Life and Ministry of the Church | Mother Mary Christa Nutt, R.S.M. 1532418325 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mother Mary Christa Nutt serves as superior general of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma. She earned a baccalaureate, license of sacred theology, and a doctoral degree in moral theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Vocational Culture and the Complementarity of States of Life | Dr. John Grabowski 1532411779 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Trinity, Christology, and the Priesthood | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1532409967 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Vatican II and Contemporary Challenges for the Priesthood | Bishop William Byrne 1531464193 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bishop William Byrne has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts since 2020. He studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, completing his licentiate in sacred theology from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas(Angelicum) and was ordained on June 25, 1994 by Cardinal James A. Hickey. The Priesthood in the Church Fathers, Aquinas, and Beyond | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1531451623 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Acts of Religion and the Priesthood | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1531448134 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology and she has co-edited three volumes on Self-Transcendence and Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Truth. Her writing has been featured in Breaking Ground, Evangelization and Culture, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. Faith and the Priesthood Today | Archbishop Timothy Broglio 1527171013 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Archbishop Timothy Broglio has served as Archbishop for the Military Services, USA since 2008. He was elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2022. Previous, he served as Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2008. The Priesthood in the Modern Era | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1528113013 This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. A Thomistic Take on Emotional Tumult | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. 1527885502 This lecture was given on April 26, 2023 at the University of Arizona. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Sr. Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her PhD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. What Natural Rights Do I have? w/ Prof. V. Bradley Lewis (Off-Campus Conversations) 1525960432 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. V. Bradley Lewis about his latest Thomistic Institute, "It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have?". What Natural Rights Do I Have? w/ Dr. V. Bradley Lewis and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/prof-v-bradley-lewis-its-my-right-what-are-natural-rights-and-what-rights-do-we-have For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Affliction, Sorrow, and Human Flourishing | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1508653708 This talk was given on April 12th, 2023 at the University of South Carolina. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and as Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture. Hibbs received a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and has served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, as well as 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues. Can a Biologist Believe in the Existence of Life? | Prof. Stephen Meredith 1506478900 This lecture was given on March 8, 2023 at Vanderbilt University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yw4y92cn. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Stephen Meredith is a professor at the University of Chicago’s Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neurology. He is also an associate faculty member in the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has published more than 100 journal articles, focusing on the biophysics of protein structure. Much of his work has been the application of solution and solid-state NMR to the study of amyloid proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. He has also published articles on literature and philosophy in diverse aspects of medical humanities and bioethics. His teaching includes courses to graduate students in biochemistry and biophysics, medical students, and undergraduates and graduate students in the humanities, including courses on James Joyce’s Ulysses, St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Dostoevsky (focusing on Brothers Karamazov), Thomas Mann and David Foster Wallace. He is currently working on a book examining disease and the theological problem of evil. Other current writing projects include a study of James Joyce and the problem of evil. Does God Exist? | Prof. Gaven Kerr 1501668124 This lecture was given on March 29, 2023 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gaven Kerr is a married father of three and a third order Dominican. He has degrees in scholastic philosophy and philosophy from Queen’s University Belfast: BA, MPhil, and PhD. His doctoral research was on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. Gaven’s research focuses on the thought of St Thomas Aquinas and his connection with other important thinkers in the history of philosophy and theology. He has published articles in the Thomist, the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Philosophical Research, Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society. Gaven has two books with Oxford University Press. The first was published in 2015, Aquinas’s Way to God, and it dealt with Aquinas’s proof of God in the De Ente et Essentia. His second book which is due out later this year is on Aquinas and the metaphysics of creation. Gaven has taught philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast, St. Malachy’s Seminary Belfast, and Maynooth University. He has taught theology at Mary Immaculate College Limerick. He currently teaches philosophy at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The Trouble with AI: It’s Not What You Think! | Prof. James Madden 1504901239 This lecture was given on March 7, 2023 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3t2jnkc4. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Saved by Works? The Catholic Theology of Salvation | Prof. Matthew Thomas 1507240867 This lecture was given at the University of Washington on January 27, 2023. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology Department Chair at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an instructor in Theology with Regent College, Vancouver. He received a D.Phil in Theology (New Testament and Patristics) from the University of Oxford. He is the author of Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second Century Reception, which received the Jesus Creed Book of the Year award in 2018. His research areas include Pauline theology, patristics (particularly the ante-Nicene period), and early Christian interpretation of Scripture. Matthew and his wife Leeanne live in California with their four children, Camille, Raphael, Michael and Agnes, who are also aspiring theologians. How Does Christ Save Us? w/ Prof. Ross McCullough (Off-Campus Conversations) 1516352932 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Ross McCullough. How Does Christ Save Us? w/ Prof. Ross McCullough and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/making-sense-of-the-atonement-prof-ross-mccullough For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Ross McCullough joined George Fox University as an assistant professor of theology and faculty fellow in the George Fox University Honors Program in 2018. He studied patristic theology at the University of Notre Dame before doing a doctorate at Yale University at the intersection of systematic theology and analytic philosophy of religion. Dr. McCullough's first book, Freedom and Sin: Evil in a World Created by God (Eerdmans, 2022) reconciles traditional Christian commitments to, on the one hand, God causing all that is and, on the other, God in no way being responsible for sin. He also has academic publications on the doctrine of hell, the Eucharist, the hermeneutics of Scripture, and liberation theology. His popular articles have appeared in First Things, Commonweal, and America Magazine, among other venues. Dr. McCullough lives with his wife and four children across the street from St. Peter parish in Newberg, where he is on the pastoral council and leads RCIA. Are Quality of Life' Judgments Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia 1511947288 This talk was given on April 10th, 2023 at Ohio State University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. She and her husband, Justin, love spending time with their vivacious one-year-old boy. Making Sense of the Atonement | Prof. Ross McCullough 1500842545 This talk was given at the University of Oregon on March 15, 2023. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Ross McCullough joined George Fox University as an assistant professor of theology and faculty fellow in the George Fox University Honors Program in 2018. He studied patristic theology at the University of Notre Dame before doing a doctorate at Yale University at the intersection of systematic theology and analytic philosophy of religion. Dr. McCullough's first book, Freedom and Sin: Evil in a World Created by God (Eerdmans, 2022) reconciles traditional Christian commitments to, on the one hand, God causing all that is and, on the other, God in no way being responsible for sin. He also has academic publications on the doctrine of hell, the Eucharist, the hermeneutics of Scripture, and liberation theology. His popular articles have appeared in First Things, Commonweal, and America Magazine, among other venues. Dr. McCullough lives with his wife and four children across the street from St. Peter parish in Newberg, where he is on the pastoral council and leads RCIA. Thomistic Philosophy as a Remedy for Today's Crisis of Faith | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1501524067 This talk was given on March 28th, 2023 at Regent University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). The Error of Beginnings and the Beginning of Errors: Cosmology and Creation | Prof. Warren Carroll 1497044728 This talk was given on March 23, 2023 at the University of Dallas. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. William E. Carroll is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophy at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China) and Senior Research Fellow at the Collegium of Anton Neuwirth (Bratislava, Slovakia). His specialty is the relationship among the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology, with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of the doctrine of creation. He is the author of works and articles including Creation and Science: Has Science Eliminated God?; Galileo: Science and Faith; and (with Steven Baldner) Aquinas on Creation. Beginning in 2013, he has spent several weeks each year giving lectures and seminars at various Chinese universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan. Why is Creation So Central in Early Christian Teaching? | Prof. Lewis Ayres 1493511616 This talk was given on March 6th, 2023 at Oxford University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in the study of early Christian theology, especially the history of Trinitarian theology and early Christian exegesis. He is also deeply interested in the relationship between the shape of early Christian modes of discourse and reflection and the manner in which renewals of Catholic theology during the last hundred years have attempted to engage forms of modern historical consciousness and sought to negotiate the shape of appropriate scriptural interpretation in modernity, even as they remain faithful to the practices of classical Catholic discourse and contemplation. His publications include Augustine and the Trinity (2010) and Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Trinitarian Theology (2004). He is co-editor of the Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature (2004) and of the Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming). Professor Ayres has co-edited the Blackwell Challenges in Contemporary Theology series (since 1997), the Ashgate Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity series (since 2007), and has just co-founded with Fortress Press the Renewal: Conversations in Catholic Theology series. He serves on the editorial boards of Modern Theology, the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and Augustinian Studies. He has also served on the board of the North American Patristics Society. The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1506374086 This talk was given on April 27th, 2023 at Georgetown University. The slides for the lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yus8cvkx For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. Overcoming the Science and Religion Divide | Dr. Karin Oberg 1493864716 This talk was given on March 3rd, 2023 at New York University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Here recent TED talk explaining some of her research can be found here. Death and Immortality | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P. 1481395180 This lecture was given on February 8, 2023 at Trinity University, San Antonio. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yczkuphu. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Elinor Gardner is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. Before arriving at University of Dallas, she taught at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN and at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Her doctoral work (Boston College) was on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas ("St Thomas Aquinas on the Death Penalty"). Classical and Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Prof. Michael Gorman 1479585115 This talk was given on February 7th, 2023 at Texas A and M University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitue.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty-five academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. He is working on a textbook in metaphysics and on a short book on human nature and human dignity. Are We Our Brains? Neuroscience and the Soul | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1485960742 This talk was given on February 23, 2023 at the University of South Carolina. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey. Dr. LaPenna was previously a collegiate runner and now enjoys running recreationally, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Most of all, he loves his wife Nicole and their two daughters, Catherine and Susanna. Why the Roman Catholic Church? w/ Prof. Paige Hochschild (Off-Campus Conversations) 1496401597 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Paige Hochschild. Why the Roman Catholic Church? w/ Prof. Paige Hochschild and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/why-the-roman-catholic-church-prof-paige-hochschild For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). Peace in the Lives of Gregory of Nazianzus and Augustine of Hippo | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1475076007 This talk was given on February 16th, 2023 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. A Thomistic Approach to Friendship Between the Sexes| Prof. John Cuddeback 1481258533 This talk was given on February 21st, 2023 at Hillsdale College. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship is being republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at BaconFromAcorns and LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. Spirit, Soul, and Body According to Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1474171789 This talk was given on February 18th, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Brent, O.P. holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Saint Louis University. While there, he specialized in the rationality of faith. He currently teaches at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Descartes and 'The Aristotelians' on the Soul as the Life of the Body | Prof. Sarah Byers 1485009001 This talk was given on Feburary 18th 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the author: Dr. Sarah Byers is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. Aside from specializing in Augustine, she has also published on Rene Descartes. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Descartes's Soul | Prof. Jorge Secada 1479747382 This talk was given on February 17th, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Jorge Secada is a professor of philosophy from the University of Virginia. He is originally from Peru and received his Ph.D. from the University of York in the United Kingdom. He specializes in late medieval and Renaissance philosophy, as well as early modern philosophy with a special interest in the work of Descartes. He is the author of Cartesian Metaphysics: The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2005). The Ethics of Human Gene Editing with CRISPR | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. 1478734537 This talk was given on October 5th, 2022 at Dartmouth College. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biological Sciences & Professor of Sacred Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. Before this position, he was Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. St. Thomas's Five Ways: How to Prove God Exists w/ Dr. Edward Feser(Off-Campus Conversations) 1485947683 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Edward Feser. St. Thomas's Five Ways: How to Prove God Exists w/ Dr. Edward Feser and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/demonstrating-the-existence-of-god-prof-ed-feser For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Edward Feser is Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. in religion from the Claremont Graduate School, and a B.A. in philosophy and religious studies from the California State University at Fullerton. Proofs for the Existence of God | Prof. Robert Koons 1468782850 This talk was given on Feburary 7th, 2023 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul | Prof. Gyula Klima 1479583129 This talk was given on February 1st, 2023 at Fordham University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born, raised, and educated in Budapest, Hungary, Prof. Klima held postdoc positions in Helsinki, St. Andrews and Copenhagen in the eighties. In 1991, he was hired at Yale University, moved to Notre Dame in 1995, and landed his current position at Fordham in 1999, where he has been a full professor since 2002. He founded and still runs the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, and edits (together with Prof. Alex Hall) its Proceedings. Recently, he started and has been directing the new Research Center for the History of Ideas (R.C.H.I. --"Archie") in Budapest; currently he divides his time between Budapest and NY, directing Archie in the fall and teaching at Fordham in the Spring. For his detailed CV and list of publications, as well as a number of his papers online, you may wish to visit https://faculty.fordham.edu/klima/ and https://fordham.academia.edu/GyulaKlima St. Edmund Campion and the Jesuit English Mission of 1580 | Prof. Fionnuala O'Neill Tonning 1476580201 This lecture was given on November 21, 2022, at the University of Edinburgh. For more information, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Fionnuala O’Neill Tonning earned her PhD from University of Edinburgh in 2013. Her dissertation was titled "Beyond Tragedy: Genre and the Idea of the Tragic in Shakespearean Tragedy, History and Comedy.” The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau. O.P. 1480476331 This talk was given on February 4th, 2023 at the University of Rochester. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). Does God Exist? | Prof. Michael Gorman 1459822129 This talk was given on February 17, 2023 at Vanderbilt University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty-five academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. He is working on a textbook in metaphysics and on a short book on human nature and human dignity. Does God Create Through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. 1475096836 This talk was given on February 16th, 2023 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. is a Polish Dominican and theologian. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is a professor of theology and member of the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is interested in the science-theology dialogue, especially in the issues concerning science and creation theology, divine action, and evolutionary theory. His research also goes to other subjects related to systematic, fundamental, and natural theology, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science (philosophy of biology, in particular), philosophy of causation, and metaphysics. His works address a whole range of topics, including: the notion of species, metaphysics of evolutionary transitions, concurrence of divine and natural causes in evolutionary transitions, definition and role of chance and teleology in evolution, classical and new hylomorphism, classical and contemporary (analytical) concepts of causation, emergence, science-oriented panentheism and its critique, and various aspects of divine action in the universe. He published a number of articles on metaphysics and the issues concerning the relation between theology and science, and two monographs: Emergence. Towards A New Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science (University of Notre Dame Press 2019) and Divine Action and Emergence. An Alternative to Panentheism (University of Notre Dame Press 2020). His upcoming third monograph will concentrate on the contemporary Aristotelian-Thomistic view of theistic evolution (Cambridge University Press, 2023). The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers | Prof. Eleonore Stump 1458956173 This talk was given via Zoom to the students at Trinity Western University on February, 9th 2023. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St.Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her far-reaching examination of human redemption, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009) and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Aquinas’s ‘First Way’ Argument: In What Way Does it Prove God’s Existence? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1468791391 This talk was given at the United State Military Academy at West Point on February 7th, 2023. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited w/ Mary Eberstadt (Off-Campus Conversations) 1465990603 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Mary Eberstadt about her latest book, "Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited" Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited w/ Mary Eberstadt and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. To read more about Mary Eberstadt, please visit her website at https://maryeberstadt.com/ God, Creation, and the Act of Existence | Prof. Gaven Kerr 1457425417 This talk was given on February 6th, 2023 at Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gaven Kerr is a third-order Dominican and philosophy professor at St. Patrick's Pontifical University. He is the author of numerous academic papers and two books on Aquinas' metaphysics. He is also a father and MMA fighter. Can a Catholic Be a Classical Liberal? | Prof. Erik Dempsey 1460032441 The handout for this lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5f2ebxm5 This lecture was given on February 2, 2023, at the University of Kansas. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Erik Dempsey (PhD, Boston College) is the Assistant Director of University of Texas at Austin's Thomas Jefferson for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He completed his doctorate at Boston College in June 2007. He is interested in understanding human virtue, and the proper place of politics in a well-lived human life, the different ways in which human virtue is understood in different political situations, and the ways in which human virtue may transcend any political situation. His dissertation looks at Aristotle's treatment of prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics, and Aristotle's suggestion that virtue should be understood as an end in itself. He is adding a discussion of Thomas's discussion on Aristotle in order to prepare the dissertation as a book. He teaches many classes for the Thomas Jefferson Center, including, Jerusalem and Athens (on the ethical and political teaching of the Bible and Aristotle); Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics; The Bible and Its Interpreters; The Question of Relativism; Ancient Philosophy and Literature; and American Political Thought. Fire in the Head: Paganism in Irish Christianity | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 1446128767 The handout for the lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3fd6hsvh This lecture was given on January 26, 2023, at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P., is a Dominican friar from Galway. He studied science and theology at the University of Cambridge and taught theology at secondary school before joining the Order of Preachers in 2009. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and undertook further studies in theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), focusing on the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. He is currently based in Dublin where he teaches theology to the students at the Dominican House of Studies in Dublin. The Problem of Evil, Dystopia, and Dostoevsky's ‘The Brothers Karamazov' | Prof. Stephen Meredith 1453190785 The speaker's handout may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mry498c9 This lecture was given on February 15, 2023, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Stephen Meredith is a professor at the University of Chicago’s Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neurology. He is also an associate faculty member in the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has published more than 100 journal articles, focusing on the biophysics of protein structure. Much of his work has been the application of solution and solid-state NMR to the study of amyloid proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. He has also published articles on literature and philosophy in diverse aspects of medical humanities and bioethics. His teaching includes courses to graduate students in biochemistry and biophysics, medical students, and undergraduates and graduate students in the humanities, including courses on James Joyce’s Ulysses, St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Dostoevsky (focusing on Brothers Karamazov), Thomas Mann and David Foster Wallace. He is currently working on a book examining disease and the theological problem of evil. Other current writing projects include a study of James Joyce and the problem of evil. Neuroscience and Human Freedom | Prof. James Madden 1444314010 This lecture was given on February 2, 2023, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Wrath and Love: Do the Old and New Testaments Have the Same God? | Prof. Paul Gondreau 1443570823 This lecture was given on January 31, 2023, at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Humanity's Original State | Prof. Reinhard Hütter 1436856655 This lecture was given on January 27, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., for the annual Aquinas Lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Reinhard Huetter is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University. Professor Huetter is a native of Lichtenfels, Germany. He received his Dr. theol. (summa cum laude) in 1990, and his Habilitation in 1995, both from the University of Erlangen. He taught for nine years theological ethics and systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and for seventeen years systematic theology at Duke University Divinity School. In 2004, he and his wife entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church. His teaching and research focuses on fundamental theological questions of the relationship between faith and reason, nature and grace, revelation and faith, theology and philosophy, dogma and history, on questions of theological anthropology (grace and freedom), and the theology and epistemology of faith. He has an abiding interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and has, in more recent years, developed also an intense interest in the thought of John Henry Newman. Huetter is the author of numerous books, most recently Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2012) and Divine Happiness: Aquinas on the Journey to Beatitude, the Ultimate Human End (forthcoming 2018) and has contributed numerous chapters to handbooks and edited collections. He is presently working on a theological commentary on Psalm 119, a small book on John Henry Newman, and a theological treatise on Doctrine: Its Nature and Development. The Spousal Meaning of the Body and Chastity in Christian States of Life | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1438361605 This talk was given on January 28, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Theology of the Body." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Does Tradition 'Develop' Over Time? w/ Prof. Lewis Ayres (Off-Campus Conversations) 1459702288 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Lewis Ayres about his latest Thomistic Institute, "Does Tradition Live? Do Doctrines 'Develop'?" Does Tradition 'Develop' Over Time? w/ Prof. Lewis Ayres and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/does-tradition-live-do-doctrines-develop-prof-lewis-ayres For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in the study of early Christian theology, especially the history of Trinitarian theology and early Christian exegesis. He is also deeply interested in the relationship between the shape of early Christian modes of discourse and reflection and the manner in which renewals of Catholic theology during the last hundred years have attempted to engage forms of modern historical consciousness and sought to negotiate the shape of appropriate scriptural interpretation in modernity, even as they remain faithful to the practices of classical Catholic discourse and contemplation. His publications include Augustine and the Trinity (2010) and Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Trinitarian Theology (2004). He is co-editor of the Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature (2004) and of the Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming). Professor Ayres has co-edited the Blackwell Challenges in Contemporary Theology series (since 1997), the Ashgate Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity series (since 2007), and has just co-founded with Fortress Press the Renewal: Conversations in Catholic Theology series. He serves on the editorial boards of Modern Theology, the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and Augustinian Studies. He has also served on the board of the North American Patristics Society. Theology of the Body vs. Gender Ideology | Prof. John Grabowski 1439087590 The speaker's powerpoint slides may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4m7fr7ws This lecture was given on January 28, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Theology of the Body." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Theology of the Body: An Overview | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1437615118 This lecture was given on January 28, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Theology of the Body." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Theology of the Body: Sources, Context & Genre | Prof. John Grabowski 1453313986 The speaker's powerpoint slides may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2mwjyaup This lecture was given on January 27, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Theology of the Body." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Literature, St. Thomas, and the Sacraments | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 1431555556 This lecture was given on November 7th, 2022, at Harvard University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Trudel received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2000, and after receiving the post-doctoral License in Mediaeval Studies in 2002, he served as a Junior Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies until 2006. He has taught courses in English Literature at the University of Toronto, Providence College, and Aquinas College (Nashville, TN). His academic interests are in editing medieval Latin and vernacular texts. Death, Resurrection, and Transformation in Christ | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1444255453 This lecture was given on December 3, 2022, at the Thomistic Institute's West Coast Intellectual Retreat entitled, "The Eschaton: An Intellectual Retreat on the End of the World." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jordan Schmidt was born in Fargo, ND, and attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN for his undergraduate studies. After entering the Order of Preachers, he came to Washington DC to study theology, graduating from the PFIC in 2009 with an STB/MDiv in theology, and from CUA in 2012 with an STL in biblical theology. Upon his ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed associate pastor of St Mary’s parish in New Haven, CT where he served until 2013. Fr. Jordan next returned to the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC to pursue doctoral studies at CUA. Since earning his PhD in biblical studies in 2018, he has been teaching various courses in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies. Raised to Life: St. Thomas on the Resurrection of the Dead | Fr. Bryan Kromholtz, O.P. 1431466591 This talk was given on December 3, 2022, at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, California. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Bryan Kromholtz is a Dominican and professor of theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in California. He did his STD/PhD of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Destruction and Transformation of the Cosmos in the Book of Revelation | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1432194442 This lecture was given on December 2, 2022, at the Thomistic Institute's West Coast Intellectual Retreat entitled, "The Eschaton: An Intellectual Retreat on the End of the World." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jordan Schmidt was born in Fargo, ND, and attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN for his undergraduate studies. After entering the Order of Preachers, he came to Washington DC to study theology, graduating from the PFIC in 2009 with an STB/MDiv in theology, and from CUA in 2012 with an STL in biblical theology. Upon his ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed associate pastor of St Mary’s parish in New Haven, CT where he served until 2013. Fr. Jordan next returned to the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC to pursue doctoral studies at CUA. Since earning his PhD in biblical studies in 2018, he has been teaching various courses in Sacred Scripture at the PFIC. True Sacrifice: What We Do in the Mass | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1431421357 Prof. Marshall's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/bdh86t7v This lecture was given on January 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Bruce Marshall is the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. He holds a masters from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching interests include medieval and reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include doctrine of the Trinity, christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. Who Do You Say That I Am? Liturgy and the Meaning of Life | Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. 1430914408 Fr. Smith's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/3knfh8y5 This lecture was given on January 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. was born in California and raised in Indiana. He discerned a vocation to the Dominicans while studying music and philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and joined the St. Joseph Province of the Order of Preachers in 2008. After the novitiate in Cincinnati and philosophy and theology studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Fr. Innocent was ordained to the priesthood in 2015 by Archbishop Charles Brown. Fr. Innocent’s teaching and research interests include homiletics, liturgy, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and sacred music. His S.T.L. thesis, “In Collecta Dicitur: The Oration as a Theological Authority for Thomas Aquinas,” explored the importance of the liturgy as a source for scholastic theology. His doctoral dissertation, “Doers of the Word: Bible Missals and the Celebration of the Dominican Liturgy,” focused on medieval manuscripts of the Bible that also contain liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass. Fr. Innocent examined manuscripts at libraries and museums throughout Europe and North America that form an important but previously understudied body of evidence for understanding the liturgical reception of the Bible and the development of the liturgy in the Middle Ages. In addition to publishing popular and scholarly articles related to theology, liturgy, and music, Fr. Innocent has edited chant books that make the musical and liturgical tradition of the Dominican Order available for use in the contemporary liturgy. Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? w/ Prof. James Madden (Off-Campus Conversations) 1451590492 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. James Madden about his latest Thomistic Institute, "Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will?" Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? w/ Dr. James Madden and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/does-neuroscience-disprove-free-will-prof-james-madden For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. In addition to usual general education courses in philosophy (Logic, Principles of Nature, Ethics, and Philosophical Psychology), Dr. Madden typically teaches courses in modern philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Meeting Christ in the Mass | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1431474667 Prof. Marshall's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/ye2yupz7 This talk was given on January 14, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Bruce Marshall is the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. He holds a masters from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching interests include medieval and reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include doctrine of the Trinity, christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. Let Us Pray: Naming God and Our Needs in the Prayers of the Mass | Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. 1428943798 Fr. Smith's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4zwb74vr This talk was given on January 13, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of "The Mystery of the Liturgy." For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. was born in California and raised in Indiana. He discerned a vocation to the Dominicans while studying music and philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and joined the St. Joseph Province of the Order of Preachers in 2008. After the novitiate in Cincinnati and philosophy and theology studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Fr. Innocent was ordained to the priesthood in 2015 by Archbishop Charles Brown. Fr. Innocent’s teaching and research interests include homiletics, liturgy, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and sacred music. His S.T.L. thesis, “In Collecta Dicitur: The Oration as a Theological Authority for Thomas Aquinas,” explored the importance of the liturgy as a source for scholastic theology. His doctoral dissertation, “Doers of the Word: Bible Missals and the Celebration of the Dominican Liturgy,” focused on medieval manuscripts of the Bible that also contain liturgical texts for the celebration of Mass. Fr. Innocent examined manuscripts at libraries and museums throughout Europe and North America that form an important but previously understudied body of evidence for understanding the liturgical reception of the Bible and the development of the liturgy in the Middle Ages. In addition to publishing popular and scholarly articles related to theology, liturgy, and music, Fr. Innocent has edited chant books that make the musical and liturgical tradition of the Dominican Order available for use in the contemporary liturgy. Edith Stein and the Gestalt of the Feminine Soul | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 1428824674 This talk was given on January 12, 2023, at John Hopkins University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought and the head of the Social Research academic area at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of several influential articles and was the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Dr. Pakaluk is the Founder and Director of the new American Fertility Project based at Catholic University, and is the author of a forthcoming book on liberty and Catholic social thought. Pakaluk earned her doctorate in economics in 2010 at Harvard University under the 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart, and is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael and eight children. Do You Believe in Miracles?(And Can You Do So Reasonably?) | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1430737687 This lecture was given on October 20, 2022, at the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. The Biblical Vision of Wisdom and the Spiritual Life | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1427204884 This lecture was given on December 13, 2022 at Immaculate Conception Church, Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jordan Schmidt was born in Fargo, ND, and attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN for his undergraduate studies. After entering the Order of Preachers, he came to Washington DC to study theology, graduating from the PFIC in 2009 with an STB/MDiv in theology, and from CUA in 2012 with an STL in biblical theology. Upon his ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed associate pastor of St Mary’s parish in New Haven, CT where he served until 2013. Fr. Jordan next returned to the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC to pursue doctoral studies at CUA. Since earning his PhD in biblical studies in 2018, he has been teaching various courses in Sacred Scripture at the PFIC. Modern Science and the Catholic Faith | Prof. Chris Baglow 1427862928 Prof. Baglow's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5fmmww36 This lecture was given on November 29, 2022, at North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Christopher T. Baglow is the director of the Science and Religion Initiative in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, where he also serves as Professor of the Practice in the theology department. He is the author of the textbook Faith, Science, & Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (2nd ed., Midwest Theological Forum, 2019) and his work has been featured by the Word on Fire Institute and in That Man is You, Crux, Notre Dame Magazine and Church Life Journal. He is a consultant for the USCCB Committee on Catechesis and Evangelization, and his thirty-two year career in Catholic education has spanned high school, undergraduate, graduate, and seminary teaching. Baglow earned a bachelor’s degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville, a master’s degree from the University of Dallas, and a doctorate from Duquesne University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Catholic Scientists. Predestination and Human Freedom: A Catholic Approach | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1422784939 Prof. Grant's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/6p6nzf7e This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on November 10, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. Why the Roman Catholic Church? | Prof. Paige Hochschild 1422460948 This lecture was given on November 15, 2022, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). The Myth of Dante's Thomism? Reading Aquinas and Dante with the Dominicans | Prof. George Corbett 1431487687 This talk was given on November 12th, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. George Corbett (University of St. Andrews) is Professor of Theology, and Director of Research at the School of Divinity. He has two principal areas of research and teaching: Theology and the Arts (with a focus on the theologian-poet Dante Alighieri) and Historical and Systematic Theology (with a focus on Aquinas’s theology and its influence, and on Catholic theology). Can Philosophy Prepare You for Death? w/ Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P. 1442611306 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Elinor Gardner about her latest Thomistic Institute, "So Death doth touch the Resurrection’: Death and Human Nature." Can Philosophy Prepare Us for Death? w/ Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P. and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/so-death-doth-touch-the-resurrection-death-and-human-nature-sr-elinor-gardner-op/s-6yzNWufbIfe For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Elinor Gardner is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. Before arriving at University of Dallas, she taught at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN and at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Her doctoral work (Boston College) was on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas ("St Thomas Aquinas on the Death Penalty"). "So Death doth touch the Resurrection": Death and Human Nature | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P. 1428060838 This lecture was given on November 17, 2022, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Elinor Gardner is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. Before arriving at University of Dallas, she taught at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN and at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Her doctoral work (Boston College) was on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas ("St Thomas Aquinas on the Death Penalty"). From Vices to Virtues to Gifts: Aquinas and Dante on Sanctification | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 1433198014 This lecture was given on November 12, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Aquinas & Dante." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) specializes in the intersection between theology and literature in the Middle Ages, and has lately commented on Dante's Purgatorio and the Middle English Pearl for various Thomistic Institute projects. He completed his Master's degree in English Literature at the University of Toronto, his doctoral work in English Literature at the University of Oxford, and he received a postdoctoral License in Mediaeval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor of Latin and Pastoral Studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He is also the Rome Director for the Thomistic Institute's semester abroad program. Passionate Intellects: Aquinas, Dante, and the Love of Wisdom | Prof. George Corbett 1427979013 This lecture was given on November 11, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. George Corbett (University of St. Andrews) is Professor of Theology, and Director of Research at the School of Divinity. He has two principal areas of research and teaching: Theology and the Arts (with a focus on the theologian-poet Dante Alighieri) and Historical and Systematic Theology (with a focus on Aquinas’s theology and its influence, and on Catholic theology). The Spiritual Geography of the Afterlife: Aquinas and Dante | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 1427971225 This lecture was given on November 11, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Aquinas and Dante." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P., specializes in the intersection between theology and literature in the Middle Ages, and has lately commented on Dante's Purgatorio and the Middle English Pearl for various Thomistic Institute projects. He completed his Master's degree in English Literature at the University of Toronto, his doctoral work in English Literature at the University of Oxford, and he received a postdoctoral License in Mediaeval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor of Latin and Pastoral Studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He is also the Rome Director for the Thomistic Institute's semester abroad program. Does Tradition Live? Do Doctrines 'Develop'? | Prof. Lewis Ayres 1422819907 This lecture was given on November 17, 2022, at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in the study of early Christian theology, especially the history of Trinitarian theology and early Christian exegesis. He is also deeply interested in the relationship between the shape of early Christian modes of discourse and reflection and the manner in which renewals of Catholic theology during the last hundred years have attempted to engage forms of modern historical consciousness and sought to negotiate the shape of appropriate scriptural interpretation in modernity, even as they remain faithful to the practices of classical Catholic discourse and contemplation. His publications include Augustine and the Trinity (2010) and Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Trinitarian Theology (2004). He is co-editor of the Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature (2004) and of the Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (forthcoming). Professor Ayres has co-edited the Blackwell Challenges in Contemporary Theology series (since 1997), the Ashgate Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity series (since 2007), and has just co-founded with Fortress Press the Renewal: Conversations in Catholic Theology series. He serves on the editorial boards of Modern Theology, the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and Augustinian Studies. He has also served on the board of the North American Patristics Society. Does Neuroscience Disprove Free Will? | Prof. James Madden 1427117533 This lecture was given on November 10th, 2022, at the University of Rochester. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. In addition to usual general education courses in philosophy (Logic, Principles of Nature, Ethics, and Philosophical Psychology), Dr. Madden typically teaches courses in modern philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1430793505 This lecture was given on November 9, 2022, at Hillsdale College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee and currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic 1422758686 This lecture was given on November 9, 2022, at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University, where he has taught since 2006. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 2008. His areas of interest include Aquinas, continental philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He has published his work in various academic journals, including Religious Studies, The Heythrop Journal, and New Blackfriars. Love in Person—in the Trinity and in Our Souls | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 1421788240 Fr. Ku's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p88mf28 This lecture was given on November 9, 2022, at Trinity University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., was born in Manhattan (1965) and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T for five years before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. After serving for three years in St. Pius Parish in Providence, R.I., he completed his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in 2009. He now teaches at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he has also served as book review editor of The Thomist (the faculty’s journal), chaplain to commuter students, and chaplain to the Immaculate Conception Chapter of Third Order Dominicans, and assistant student master. He served as student master and subprior at St. Dominic Priory from 2015-2018, and is currently the subprior. Made for Another: John Paul II's Theology of the Body and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1423200202 This lecture was given on December 5, 2022, at St. Charles Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Is It Possible to Have Productive Conversations About Abortion? w/ Prof. Angela Knobel 1432157161 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Angela Knobel about her latest Thomistic Institute, "The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate." The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate w/ Dr. Angela Knobel and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/the-philosophy-of-the-abortion-debate-prof-angela-knobel For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. From 2004 to 2020, she taught philosophy at her alma mater, the Catholic University of America. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. May Life-Sustaining Treatment Be Withheld or Withdrawn? | Prof. Gina Noia 1426997296 This lecture was given on December 2, 2022, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. She and her husband, Justin, love spending time with their vivacious one-year-old boy. Reason, Grace, and Law: Suarez and Hobbes on Coercion, Church, and State | Prof. Thomas Pink 1422635653 This lecture was given on October 27, 2022, at Harvard University. For more information, visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Thomas Pink read history and philosophy at Cambridge, where he also received his PhD. After working for four years in London and New York for a City merchant bank, he returned to philosophy in 1990 as a Research Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He then lectured at Sheffield University prior to moving to King's in 1996. Professor Pink’s main interests are in ethics, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of law, and in medieval and early modern philosophy. He is currently writing on the free will problem - his Free Will: A Very Short Introduction is published by Oxford University Press in June 2004. He is also working on the nature of moral normativity. Forthcoming on this topic, also from Oxford University Press, is his two volume The Ethics of Action. He is an editor of London Studies in the History of Philosophy, and is also editing The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance, containing the Hobbes-Bramhall controversy on free will, for the Clarendon Edition of the works of Hobbes. Justice and the Common Good According to St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1421665447 This talk was given on November 8, 2022, at the University of Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau is prior of the Dominican House of Studies. Classical and Christian Perspectives on Love and Friendship | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1420791073 This talk was given on October 28, 2022, at the Thomistic Institute Chapter in New York City. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Joyful Resistance | Dr. R.J. Snell 1420231408 This talk was given on December 4, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Avoiding Acedia." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: R.J. Snell is Editor-in-Chief of Public Discourse and Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute. Previously, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. His research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. Snell is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area. Acedia II: Human Sorrow, Divine Mercy: An Exploration in Catholic Art | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1421631997 Prof. Hibbs' slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5xnw4dv8 This talk was given on December 3, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Avoiding Acedia." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently President of the University of Dallas, his alma mater. With degrees from the University of Dallas and the University of Notre Dame, Hibbs taught at Boston College (BC) for 13 years, where he was full professor and department chair in philosophy. At BC, he also served on the Steering Committee for BC's Initiative for the Future of the Church and on the Sub-Committee on Catholic Sexual Teaching. For 16 years, Hibbs was Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. Hibbs has written scholarly books on Aquinas, including Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the Summa Contra Gentiles, and a book on popular culture entitled Shows About Nothing. Hibbs has recently published scholarly articles on MacIntyre and Aquinas (Review of Politics), on Anselm (Anselm Studies), and on Pascal (International Philosophical Quarterly). He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, New Atlantis, The Dallas Morning News, The National Review, The Weekly Standard, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, for which his latest piece is a study of the ethical implications of the films of the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Acedia I: How Our Sorrows Determine the State of Our Souls | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1421121694 This talk was given on December 3, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the intellectual retreat entitled, "Avoiding Acedia." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently President of the University of Dallas, his alma mater. With degrees from the University of Dallas and the University of Notre Dame, Hibbs taught at Boston College (BC) for 13 years, where he was full professor and department chair in philosophy. At BC, he also served on the Steering Committee for BC's Initiative for the Future of the Church and on the Sub-Committee on Catholic Sexual Teaching. For 16 years, Hibbs was Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. Hibbs has written scholarly books on Aquinas, including Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the Summa Contra Gentiles, and a book on popular culture entitled Shows About Nothing. Hibbs has recently published scholarly articles on MacIntyre and Aquinas (Review of Politics), on Anselm (Anselm Studies), and on Pascal (International Philosophical Quarterly). He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, New Atlantis, The Dallas Morning News, The National Review, The Weekly Standard, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, for which his latest piece is a study of the ethical implications of the films of the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Acedia and the Bleaching of Being | Dr. R.J. Snell 1420192858 This talk was given on December 2, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Avoiding Acedia: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: R.J. Snell is Editor-in-Chief of Public Discourse and Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute. Previously, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. His research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. Snell is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area. Image and Likeness: Grace as a Participation in Divine Life | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 1387890139 This talk was given on November 5, 2022, at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Historical Theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Born in New Hampshire, Fr. Lynch entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007 and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. "How to Inherit a Kingdom" w/ Prof. Russell Hittinger | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 013 1422468787 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Russell Hittinger about his latest Thomistic Institute/IHE lecture, "How to Inherit a Kingdom: Reflections on the Situation of Catholic Political Thought." How to Inherit a Kingdom w/ Dr. Russell Hittinger (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8FGGq7838 Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Russell Hittinger is a leading scholar of Catholic political and social thought. From 1996-2019, Dr. Hittinger was the incumbent of the William K. Warren Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he was also a Research Professor in the School of Law. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Fordham University, Princeton University, New York University, Providence College, and Charles University in Prague. In January 2020, Dr. Hittinger gave the Aquinas Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford. Since 2001, he is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, to which he was elected a full member (ordinarius) in 2004, and appointed to the consilium or governing board from 2006-2018. On 8 September 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dr. Hittinger as an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which he finished his ten-year term in 2019. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, where he also serves as the inaugural co-Director of the Program in Catholic Political Thought. The Image of God in the Writings of the Apostolic Fathers | Fr. Taras Khomych 1387169263 Fr. Khomych's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mezrz8pr This talk was given on November 15th, 2022, at the University of Oxford. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Khomych is a Lecturer in Early Christian Literature and Byzantine Theology at Liverpool Hope University. After the fall of communism, he began my theological education in Ukraine and entered the Lviv Theological Academy (later on transformed into the Ukrainian Catholic University) at the moment when the theological tradition had just been revived. Shortly thereafter, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), where he obtained his Master in Religious Studies as well as his Master and Doctoral Degree in Theology. His research interests lie mostly in early Christian literature, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers (1st & 2nd centuries) in particular, as well as later Patristic writings of the Byzantine period, including Old Slavonic transmission of early Christian literature. As a Catholic priest, he is involved in pastoral care of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the UK and in chaplaincy at St Edward's College in Liverpool. My Flesh Indeed: On the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 1399416370 The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mwpshtnw This lecture was given on November 10, 2022, at Fordham University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is vice president and dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of systematic theology, specializing in sacramental theology. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. Catholic Social Teaching: Toward a More Humane Economy | Prof. Andrew Abela 1387586239 This talk was given on November 3, 2022, at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Andrew Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business and Ordinary Professor of Marketing at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. His research on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic Social Doctrine, and internal communication, has been published in several academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Markets & Morality, and in two books. He is the co-editor of A Catechism for Business, from Catholic University Press, and winner of the 2009 Novak Award, a $10,000 prize given by the Acton Institute for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Dr. Abela also provides consulting and training in internal communications; recent clients of his include Microsoft Corporation, JPMorganChase, and the Corporate Executive Board. Prior to his academic career, he spent several years in industry as brand manager at Procter & Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director of the Marketing Leadership Council of the Corporate Executive Board. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Ethics from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia with their six children. The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas and the Classical Tradition | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1383923971 This talk was given on November 4, 2022, at the University of Washington. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Religious Freedom & the American Founding w/ Prof. Phillip Muñoz | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 012 1406053609 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Phillip Muñoz about his new book, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding." Religious Liberty and the American Founding w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Vincent Phillip Muñoz is Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the Founding Director of ND’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government. Under his leadership the programs have raised over $16,500,000 in grants, gifts, and pledges. Dr. Muñoz writes and teaches across the fields of constitutional law, American politics, and political philosophy with a focus on religious liberty and the American Founding. He won a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to support his forthcoming book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses, which will be published by the University of Chicago Press in the summer of 2022. Articles related the project have appeared in American Political Science Review, The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Notre Dame Law Review, American Political Thought, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Journal of Constitutional Law. His first book, God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson (Cambridge University Press, 2009) won the Hubert Morken Award from the American Political Science Association for the best publication on religion and politics in 2009 and 2010. His First Amendment church-state case reader, Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court: The Essential Cases and Documents (Rowman & Littlefield) was first published in 2013 (revised edition, 2015) and is being used at Notre Dame and other leading universities. In 2019, he joined the editorial team of American Constitutional Law (11th edition, Routledge, 2020), the leading constitutional law casebooks designed for undergraduate instruction. His scholarship has been cited numerous times in church-state Supreme Court opinions, most recently by Justice Alito in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (2021) and by both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas in Espinoza v. Montana (2020). An award-winning teacher and a popular lecturer, Dr. Muñoz has spoken at nearly 75 colleges and universities in the past several years. He received his B.A. at Claremont McKenna College, his M.A. at Boston College, and his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate School. Woman: A Man-Made Artifact or a Divine Creation? | Dr. Michele M. Schumacher 1383959764 This talk was given on October 12, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michele M. Schumacher is a doctor in theology (S.T.D.) and a private docent at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Among her many publications, she is the editor and contributing author of Women in Christ: Towards a New Feminism (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004) and author of Metaphysics and Gender: The Normative Art of Nature and Its Human Imitations (Stubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2023); and A Trinitarian Anthropology: Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar in Dialogue with St. Thomas Aquinas (Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2014) Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethical and Legal Dimensions | Prof. Joseph Marine, M.D. 1387135624 WARNING: This talk includes some graphic anecdotes of physician-assisted suicide. Dr. Marine's slides may be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/4aywf3ye This talk was given on October 19th, 2022, at John Hopkins University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joseph Marine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who practices primarily at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds appointments as Vice-Director of the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of Cardiology for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. He trained at UC San Francisco Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. God Crucified: Thinking About the Incarnation at the Foot of the Cross | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1385357347 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was delivered on March 30, 2021, at North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013), co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications, 2019), editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books, 2015), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press, 2019) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press, 2021). His present projects include co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons as well as finishing his book The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1385356492 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given on November 14, 2015, as part of the Thomistic Circles conference entitled, "The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas" in New York City. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”). Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part I | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1385355823 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given on November 14, 2015 as part of the Thomistic Circles conference "The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas" in New York City. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”). Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017. Of the Father's Love Begotten | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1385352907 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/55cnce22 This lecture was given on December 19, 2021, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., during the intellectual retreat entitled, "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Christ in the O Antiphons | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1385351326 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/ycc663wz This lecture was given on December 18, 2021, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Humility vs. Skepticism in Theological Reasoning | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1388662033 This talk was given on October 13, 2022, at the University of Edinburgh. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomsiticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Evolution, Astronomy, & Catholicism with Prof. Jonathan Lunine | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 011 1403338060 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jonathan Lunine about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Catholicism and Evolution from an Astronomical Perspective.” Catholicism and Evolution w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/evolution-and-catholicism-from-an-astronomical-perspective-prof-jonathan-lunine For more information on upcoming events, please visit www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president. Evolution and Catholicism from an Astronomical Perspective | Prof. Jonathan Lunine 1387914271 Prof. Lunine's slides can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/4fce6w7w This lecture was given on October 6, 2022, at the University of Rochester. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president. Dante Alighieri: A Thomist Poet? | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 1384504711 This lecture was given on October 4th, 2022, at the University of North Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) specializes in the intersection between theology and literature in the Middle Ages, and has lately commented on Dante's Purgatorio and the Middle English Pearl for various Thomistic Institute projects. He completed his Master's degree in English Literature at the University of Toronto, his doctoral work in English Literature at the University of Oxford, and he received a postdoctoral License in Mediaeval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor of Latin and Pastoral Studies at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He is also the Rome Director for the Thomistic Institute's semester abroad program. The Eucharist and Growth in Holiness: Sacrifice and Sacrament | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 1385195317 This talk was given on October 19th, 2022, at Saint Rita Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Historical Theology at the Dominican House of Studies. Born in New Hampshire, Fr. Lynch entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. The Unintended Reformation | Prof. Brad Gregory 1398183652 This lecture was given on November 3, 2022, at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brad S. Gregory is Professor of History and Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2003, and where he is also the Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. From 1996-2003 he taught at Stanford University, where he received early tenure in 2001. He specializes in the history of Christianity in Europe during the Reformation era and on the long-term influence of the Reformation era on the modern world. He has given invited lectures at many of the most prestigious universities in North America, as well as in England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. Before teaching at Stanford, he earned his Ph.D. in history at Princeton University and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows; he also has two degrees in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. His first book, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe (Harvard, 1999) received six book awards. Professor Gregory was the recipient of two teaching awards at Stanford and has received three more at Notre Dame. In 2005, he was named the inaugural winner of the first annual Hiett Prize in the Humanities, a $50,000 award from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture given to the outstanding midcareer humanities scholar in the United States. His most recent book is entitled The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society (Belknap, 2012), which received two book awards. His forthcoming book is entitled Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts that Continue to Shape Our World (Harper, 2017). Grace and Justification: How Thomas Might Have Replied to Luther and Calvin | Prof. Erik Dempsey 1383862492 Prof. Dempsey's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yk87tf7e This talk was given on October 6, 2022, at the University of Florida. For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Erik Dempsey (PhD, Boston College) is the Assistant Director of University of Texas at Austin's Thomas Jefferson for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He completed his doctorate at Boston College in June 2007. He is interested in understanding human virtue, and the proper place of politics in a well-lived human life, the different ways in which human virtue is understood in different political situations, and the ways in which human virtue may transcend any political situation. His dissertation looks at Aristotle's treatment of prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics, and Aristotle's suggestion that virtue should be understood as an end in itself. He is adding a discussion of Thomas's discussion on Aristotle in order to prepare the dissertation as a book. He teaches many classes for the Thomas Jefferson Center, including, Jerusalem and Athens (on the ethical and political teaching of the Bible and Aristotle); Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics; The Bible and Its Interpreters; The Question of Relativism; Ancient Philosophy and Literature; and American Political Thought. Can We Be Good Without God? | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. 1395036541 This lecture was given on October 10, 2022, at Trinity University(San Antonio). For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. She is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston where she also teaches at St. Mary's Seminary. Her main area of research is medieval sacramental theology with a focus on Albert the Great and Aquinas. She has published a translation of Albert the Great's work On the Body of the Lord, in the CUA Fathers of the Church Medieval Continuation series as well as a translation of Aquinas's Commentary on the Psalms for the Aquinas Institute. She has published articles in various journals including Logos, Antiphon, Nova et Vetera and Franciscan Studies. The Phenomenon of Life and Its Origin | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. 1383134548 This lecture was given on October 15, 2022 as part of the Fall Thomistic Circles conference, "Life in the Cosmos: Contemporary Science, Philosophy, and Theology on the Origin and Persistence of Life on Earth(and Beyond?)." The two-day conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. featured a stellar, cross-disciplinary lineup of speakers: scientists Jonathan Lunine (Cornell University) and Maureen Condic (University of Utah), philosopher Christopher Frey (University of South Carolina), and theologian Fr. Mauriusz Tabaczek, O.P. (Angelicum). This conference is part of the Thomistic Institute’s Scientia Project. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. is a Polish Dominican and theologian. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and a Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. After his studies at the GTU and a fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies, he returned to Poland. For three years he worked as a researcher at the Thomistic Institute in Warsaw, a lecturer at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Krakow, and a director of the Studium Dominicanum in Warsaw. He then moved to Rome where he serves as a professor of theology at the Angelicum and a researcher for the Thomistic Institute Angelicum. He is interested in the science-theology dialogue, especially in the issues concerning science and creation theology, divine action, and evolutionary theory. His research also goes to other subjects related to systematic, fundamental, and natural theology, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science (philosophy of biology, in particular), philosophy of causation, and metaphysics. His works address a whole range of topics, including: the notion of species, metaphysics of evolutionary transitions, concurrence of divine and natural causes in evolutionary transitions, definition and role of chance and teleology in evolution, classical and new hylomorphism, classical and contemporary (analytical) concepts of causation, emergence, science-oriented panentheism and its critique, and various aspects of divine action in the universe. He published a number of articles on metaphysics and the issues concerning the relation between theology and science in Zygon, Theology and Science, Scientia et Fides, Nova et Vetera, Forum Philosophicum, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Sophia, and Polish Annals of Philosophy. He coauthored two chapters in the second edition of Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction (ed. by Gary Ferngren) and has written the entry on “Emergence” for the PalgraveEncyclopedia of the Possible. He is also the author of two monographs. The first, entitled Emergence: Towards A New Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science, was published in 2019 and was announced as one of the best metaphysics books to read in 2019 by Bookauthority. The second book, Divine Action and Emergence: An Alternative to Panentheism (published in 2021), offers a critical analysis of the theory of divine action based on the notion of emergent phenomena and provides a constructive proposal of a theological reinterpretation of divine action in emergence from the point of view of the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of philosophy and theology. Renewing Trinitarian Theology with Prof. Bruce Marshall | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 010 1394158546 Are there medieval answers to modern questions of Trinitarian theology? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Bruce Marshall about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Medieval Answers to Modern Questions: Renewing Trinitarian Theology Today.” Renewing Trinitarian Theology w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/medieval-answers-to-modern-questions-renewing-trinitarian-theology-today-prof-bruce-marshall For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. He holds a masters from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching interests include medieval and reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. 559080 Medieval Answers to Modern Questions: Renewing Trinitarian Theology Today | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1392919546 The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4jsmdu2j. This lecture was given on October 19, 2022, at Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. He holds a masters from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Yale University. His teaching interests include medieval and reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include doctrine of the Trinity, christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. 559080 Aristotle on the Impossibility of Defining Life | Prof. Christopher Frey 1385134264 This lecture was given on October 14, 2022, as part of the Thomistic Circles conference entitled, "Life in the Cosmos: Contemporary Science, Philosophy, and Theology on the Origin and Persistence of Life on Earth(and Beyond?)." The two-day conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. featured a stellar, cross-disciplinary lineup of speakers: scientists Jonathan Lunine (Cornell University) and Maureen Condic (University of Utah), philosopher Christopher Frey (University of South Carolina), and theologian Fr. Mauriusz Tabaczek, O.P. (Angelicum). This conference is part of the Thomistic Institute’s Scientia Project. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Christopher Frey is an associate professor in the department of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Prof. Frey works primarily in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle’s natural philosophy and metaphysics. He is writing a book entitled The Principle of Life: Aristotelian Souls in an Inanimate World. It concerns the distinction between the animate and the inanimate, the unity of living organisms, nutrition, birth, death, and, more generally, what one’s metaphysical worldview looks like if one takes life to be central. He also works in contemporary philosophy of perception and mind and has written extensively on the relationship between the intentionality and phenomenality of perceptual experience. In addition to these two main areas of research, he has secondary projects in metaphysics, the philosophy of action, Medieval philosophy, Early Modern philosophy, and the history of analytic philosophy. Fertile Ground in Our Cosmic Backyard | Prof. Jonathan Lunine 1380489880 Prof. Lunine's slides may be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/22vs3mdv This lecture was given on October 14, 2022, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Circles conference entitled, "Life in the Cosmos: Contemporary Science, Philosophy, and Theology on the Origin and Persistence of Life on Earth (and Beyond?)." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists. About the conference: What is life? How did biological life arise? What makes life persist and might it exist elsewhere in the cosmos? What would that mean? Consider these questions and more with the Thomistic Institute at the Fall Thomistic Circles conference, Life in the Cosmos: Contemporary Science, Philosophy, and Theology on the Origin and Persistence of Life on Earth (and Beyond?). The two-day conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. features a stellar, cross-disciplinary lineup of speakers, scientists Jonathan Lunine (Cornell University) and Maureen Condic (University of Utah), philosopher Christopher Frey (University of South Carolina), and theologian Fr. Mauriusz Tabaczek, O.P. (Angelicum). This conference is part of the Thomistic Institute’s Scientia Project. St. Catherine on Secularism and the Interior Life | Sr. Mary Madeleine Todd, O.P. 1381147375 The lecture was given on October 12, 2022 at Harvard University. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Mary Madeline Todd is a Dominican Sister of Saint Cecilia Congregation in Nashville. She earned her doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She teaches, writes, and speaks on spiritual and moral theology and philosophy, especially on the dignity of the human person in Christ. The Image and the Idol: A Theological Reflection on AI Bias | Prof. Jordan Wales 1379705191 This talk was given on October 13, 2022 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jordan Wales is an Associate Professor and the John and Helen Kuczmarski Chair in Theology at Hillsdale College. His scholarship focuses on early Christian understandings of seeing God as well as contemporary theological and philosophical questions relating to Artificial Intelligence. He is published in Augustinian Studies and AI & Society, among other journals; he is an advisor to the Holy See’s new Center for Digital Culture, under the Pontifical Council for Culture; and he is an affiliated scholar with the Centre for Humanity and the Common Good at Regent College, University of British Columbia. He received his M.T.S. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame after studying under a British Marshall Scholarship in the U.K., where he received a Diploma in Theology from Oxford and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language from the University of Edinburgh. He is a recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Does God Exist? | Prof. Matthew Dugandzic 1387779985 This lecture was given at Harvard University on October 3, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, "A Thomistic Account of the Habituation of the Passions," explored the ways in which people can develop virtuous affective inclinations. Dr. Dugandzic's scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas' anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His work on Christ's passions recently appeared in the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas and his other writings on the passions and on bioethics have appeared in New Blackfriars and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems (like student loan debt). Dr. Dugandzic has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, bioethics, theological anthropology, and Catholic social teaching. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate. In addition to his doctorate, Dr. Dugandzic holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He and his wife, Audra, live in Baltimore, MD. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey, which he enjoys almost as much as reading theology. Judging the Truth: Law and Moral Relativism | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1383636508 This talk was given on October 4, 2022 at Georgetown University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Soul of Christ, Sanctify Me | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1381068772 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the intellectual retreat, "Grace," offered for students and young professionals in the Washington, D.C. area, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Does God Exist? with Prof. Matthew Dugandzic | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 009 1385327377 Does God exist? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Matthew Dugandzic about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Does God Exist.” Does God Exist? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/does-god-exist-prof-matthew-dugandzic For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, "A Thomistic Account of the Habituation of the Passions," explored the ways in which people can develop virtuous affective inclinations. Dr. Dugandzic's scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas' anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His work on Christ's passions recently appeared in the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas and his other writings on the passions and on bioethics have appeared in New Blackfriars and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems (like student loan debt). Dr. Dugandzic has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, bioethics, theological anthropology, and Catholic social teaching. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate. In addition to his doctorate, Dr. Dugandzic holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He and his wife, Audra, live in Baltimore, MD. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey, which he enjoys almost as much as reading theology. The Division of Grace in the Prima Secundae | Dr. Adam Eitel 1379696575 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the intellectual retreat, "Grace," offered for students and young professionals in the Washington, D.C. area, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Adam Eitel is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. The Hiddenness of Grace for St. Thomas Aquinas & St. Thérèse of Lisieux | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1378362106 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the intellectual retreat, "Grace," offered for students and young professionals in the Washington, D.C. area, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. The Fourth Way and How it Works: Proving the Existence of God | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1376532973 This talk was given on October 10, 2022 at Oxford University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Wasting Time Well: Leisure as the Point of Education | Dr. RJ Snell 1373802373 This lecture was given at New York University on September 21, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications. Justice, Dynamism, and Social Order: Of Wars and Markets | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 1371153619 This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on September 29, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought and the head of the Social Research academic area at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of several influential articles and was the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Dr. Pakaluk is the Founder and Director of the new American Fertility Project based at Catholic University, and is the author of a forthcoming book on liberty and Catholic social thought. Pakaluk earned her doctorate in economics in 2010 at Harvard University under the 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart, and is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael and eight children. Penitential Associations: The Origins of Civic Democracy | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1312960759 Fr. Thompson's slides are available here: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ff7ua This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Martyrs, Bishops, and Emperors | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1312986373 This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Reforming the Bride of Christ: The New, Improved Tridentine Church | Prof. Carlos Eire 1313006803 Prof. Eire's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yw558acx https://tinyurl.com/ydam72nn This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. The Sacred Anatomy of the 'Popular Communes | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1313608357 Fr. Thompson's slides are available here: https://tinyurl.com/yc7bvfpx This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. The Christianizing Empire | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313629084 This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Returning to Constantine: Protestant Theocracies | Prof. Carlos Eire 1326727237 This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mpfttpnh For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. Making Citizens & Christians At Easter | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1327208617 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture are available here: https://tinyurl.com/y4jwy2c9 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Augustine's Christology | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313652148 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Weaponizing Saints & Miracles: The Church as Stairway to Heaven | Prof. Carlos Eire 1327285801 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/b7ubtddp For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. A Neighborly Civic Holiness | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1314341230 Fr. Thompson's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/8smyu7xm This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Christiana Tempora | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313667982 This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Loneliness and Friendship: Aquinas' Cure for What Ails the Soul | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1367664157 This lecture was given on September 28, 2022 at Trinity University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and as Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture. Hibbs received a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and has served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, as well as 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues. How to Be Happy with Prof. Christopher Kaczor | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 008 1375962931 How can one be happy? What practical steps can we gather from psychology and theology? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Christopher Kaczor about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "How to Be Happy: Lessons from Psychology and Theology.” How to Be Happy with Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/how-to-be-happy-lessons-from-psychology-and-theology-professor-christopher-kaczor For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. How to Be Happy: Lessons from Psychology and Theology | Professor Christopher Kaczor 1348991287 This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at the University of North Texas. For more information please visit us at https://thomisticinstitute.org/. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Why Do I Keep Existing? A Lecture on Being | Prof. Paul Symington 1370662063 This talk was given on September 12, 2022 at the University of Rochester. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. Paul Symington is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Scholarly Excellence at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His publications include On Determining What There Is (Walter De Gruyter, 2010) and over a dozen peer reviewed articles ranging in topics from philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and medieval philosophy. He has also given numerous paper presentations, in topics ranging from medieval metaphysics and teleology in modern science, including talks on prime matter as well as the problem of human death at University of Oxford in 2015. Was Galileo A Heretic? The Galileo Affair and Why It Still Matters Today | Dr. Nuno Castel-Branco 1371958525 This talk was given on September 27, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information please visit, thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Nuno Castel-Branco is a historian of science and research fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. in the History of Science at Johns Hopkins University in May 2021. He also received an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Lisbon (ISTécnico). His current research focuses on the emergence of the new sciences in seventeenth-century Europe through the career of Nicolaus Steno, an anatomist who converted to Catholicism and was beatified by John Paul II. He also studies the development of Jesuit science in early modern Iberia. He has won several awards in Europe and the United States, such as a Fulbright Fellowship and a Huntington Exchange Fellowship at Oxford University. His writings have been accepted for publication in several journals including Early Science and Medicine, Renaissance Quarterly, and Scientific American. Does Moral Disagreement Entail Moral Relativism? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1370640172 This talk was given on September 30th, 2022 at Yale University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies and Affiliate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). A Brief History of Science...and Faith? | Prof. Lawrence Principe 1369906258 The lecture was given at the University of California, Berkeley on September 23, 2022. For information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. Lawrence M. Principe is Drew Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Principe earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Liberal Studies from the University of Delaware. He also holds two doctorates: a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Ph.D. in the History of Science from Johns Hopkins University. In 1999, the Carnegie Foundation chose Professor Principe as the Maryland Professor of the Year, and in 1998 he received the Templeton Foundation's award for courses dealing with science and religion. Johns Hopkins has repeatedly recognized Professor Principe's teaching achievements. He has won its Distinguished Faculty Award, the Excellence in Teaching Award, and the George Owen Teaching Award. In 2004, Professor Principe was awarded the first Francis Bacon Prize by the California Institute of Technology, awarded to an outstanding scholar whose work has had substantial impact on the history of science, the history of technology, or historically-engaged philosophy of science. Professor Principe has published numerous papers and is the author or coauthor of three books, including The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest. Love, Addiction, and Self-Reliance in The Confessions of St. Augustine | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, OP 1369349158 This lecture was given at Vanderbilt University on September 29, 2022. For information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee and currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Civil Conversation in an Age of Pluralism & Ideological Extremism | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1363108129 This talk was given on September 19, 2022 at Regent University. For more information, please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and as Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture. Hibbs received a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and has served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, as well as 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues. The Big Bang to Humans: Purpose & Meaning in an Expanding and Evolving Universe | Prof. Karin Öberg 1354364812 This talk was given on September 14, 2022 at Iowa State University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Her recent TED talk explaining some of her research can be found here https://www.ted.com/talks/karin_oberg_the_galactic_recipe_for_a_living_planet Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 007 | Prof. Gina Noia on Bioethics & End of Life Decisions 1366883758 Are quality of life judgments ethical? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with bioethicist Prof. Gina Noia about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical?” Bioethics and End of Life Decisions w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/are-quality-of-life-judgements-ethical-prof-gina-noia-1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. What is a Soul? | Prof. Marie George 1365532741 This lecture was given at Cornell University on September 14, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Marie George has been a member of the St. John’s University Philosophy Department since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc.). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia 1364851783 This lecture was given for John Hopkins University on April 11, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology TI in DC "Resting in the Real: St. Thomas Aquinas on Contemplation" Sr. Anna Wray 1363069759 This talk was given on September 27, 2022 for the DC Young Professionals chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more information please visit, thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her PhD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. Is Free Will an Illusion? | Fr. Stephen Brock 1352458864 This lecture was given on September 15, 2022 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Stephen L. Brock is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei (ordained 1992). He is Ordinary Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where he has taught since 1990. He received a BA from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. In 1999 he was a visiting professor in the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America. In 2017 he is a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, collaborating in the Templeton Foundation project “Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life,” directed by Candace Vogler and Jennifer Frey; his collaboration has included teaching a course in the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago, giving two public lectures, directing a reading group, and leading sessions in a summer seminar for graduate students. Since 2008 he has been an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of Action & Conduct: Thomas Aquinas and the Theory of Action (T&T Clark, 1998); articles on various aspects of Aquinas’s thought; and most recently, The Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas: A Sketch (Wipf & Stock, 2015). Science and the Theology of Extraterrestrials | Prof. Karin Öberg 1358847154 This lecture was given at Baylor University on September 13, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Her recent TED talk explaining some of her research can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/karin_oberg_the_galactic_recipe_for_a_living_planet Thomistic Underpinnings of the Theology of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1353010870 This talk was given on September 8, 2022 at The University of Texas at Austin For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Four Kinds of Happiness & Four Kinds of Friendship | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 1343162161 This lecture was given on May 11, 2022 at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life Issues, Medical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence: Metaphysics & Downward Causation | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. 1351917304 This talk was given on July 16, 2022 at the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: MARIUSZ TABACZEK, O.P., is a Polish Dominican and theologian. He holds Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. After his studies at the GTU and a fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies he returned to Poland. For three years he worked as a researcher at the Thomistic Institute in Warsaw (Poland), a lecturer at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Krakow, and a director of Studium Dominicanum in Warsaw. He then moved to Rome where he became a professor of theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is also a researcher at the Thomistic Institute at the same University. One of the hallmarks of modern science is the ability to explain the workings of nature by detailed study of its pieces and parts. Organisms are understood as combinations of organ systems, which are made up of tissues, which are made up of cells, which are made of up complex chemicals, then atoms, and more fundamental particles. As successful as this methodological reductionism has been, it is still an open question how complete it can be. Can everything about complex biological systems be reduced to chemistry, and every detail of chemistry explained from fundamental physics? Do the organization and complexity of higher-level systems require additional tools to complete our understanding of the natural world? Do the answers to these scientific questions work for or against an Aristotelian and Thomistic understanding of nature and natural kinds, and how might those classical ideas be of use in contemporary science? The Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium gathers expert scientists and philosophers to discuss the potential compatibility and mutual enrichment of the study of Aquinas' philosophy of nature and various forms of modern scientific knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. The 2022 symposium included a day of lectures geared towards an introduction to Thomistic philosophy and the history of science, with a focus on complexity, simplicity and emergence. The rest of the symposium will have scientific experts discussing the understanding of complexity and simplicity in their own fields with one another and with philosophers. Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral: Aquinas on Inanimate vs. Animate Nature | Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. 1349819656 This lecture was given at the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium entitled, Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence, on July 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. is a Dominican friar, physicist, and philosopher. He joined the faculty of philosophy at the Angelicum in Rome in 2020, where he co-leads the Project for Science and Religion. Before joining the Dominican order he studied physics at the California Institute of Technology before going on to earn his doctorate in physics from Stanford University studying theoretical particle physics. The focus of his scientific research is writing and testing simulations for high energy particle colliders like the LHC at CERN. After joining the Dominicans in 2010, he studied philosophy and theology in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood in 2017. In addition, he earned a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America, focusing on the philosophy of science and natural philosophy. For two years he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Providence College in Providence, RI, where he taught physics and restarted a research program in particle physics. He has written and spoken in a number of forums on the relationship between faith and science including contributions to the Thomistic Evolution project and organizing conferences on science and philosophy for the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 006: Prof. Paul Gondreau on Truth 1358265364 What is truth? If we're right, are they wrong? What are the Catholic claims on truth? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Paul Gondreau about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "If We're Right, Are They Wrong? Catholic Claims on Truth." What is Truth? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/if-were-right-are-they-wrong-catholic-claims-on-truth-prof-paul-gondreau For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Is it Selfish to Pursue One's Own Happiness Above All Else? | Prof. Robert Koons 1347387346 This lecture was given at Louisiana State University on April 21, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Do We Have Free Will? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 1347368467 This lecture was given on April, 22, 2022 at the University of California at Berkeley. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997) and did theological work on George Lindbeck and the question of a Thomist philosophy and theology of language (Beyond Modernism? - George Lindbeck and the Linguistic Turn in Theology, 2005). He contributed articles to the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophy and essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy and theology, as well as a translation and commentary on part of Aquinas’ De veritate. He continues to work on questions of free will, philosophy of religion (miracles, existence and nature of God) and philosophical aesthetics. Why Did God Become Man? Motives for the Incarnation | Prof. Corey Barnes 1346987497 This lecture was given at Florida State University on April 22, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Corey Barnes is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College specializing in scholastic thought from the 12th to the 14th centuries. His research areas include Christology, causation, creation, providence, knowledge of God, theological language, and scholastic receptions of classical, patristic, and late antique sources. Does God Exist? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic 1342644118 This lecture was given at the University of Rochester on April 22, 2022. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University, where he has taught since 2006. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 2008. His areas of interest include Aquinas, continental philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He has published his work in various academic journals, including Religious Studies, The Heythrop Journal, and New Blackfriars Post-Liberalism and Contemporary Catholic Political Philosophy | Prof. Robert Koons 1338745423 This lecture was given on April 27, 2022 at the University of Texas at Austin. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Is Virtue Enough? The Contortions of Ethics Without God | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1336517239 This lecture was given on April 22, 2022 at the University of Georgia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: About the speaker Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Does God Exist? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1335683107 This lecture was given on April 4, 2022 at the University of Georgia. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Time Management: A Thomistic Approach | Prof. John Cuddeback 1340894995 This lecture was given on July 25, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. for the Thomistic Institute's Washington, D.C. young professional's chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship was republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. Divine Simplicity and the Complexity of Creation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1334343445 This lecture was given on July 17, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. for the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows in 2007 and was ordained a priest in 2008. His research and teaching concentrate on Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018, and was the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum in Rome, and in June 2022 White was appointed president of the Academy of Catholic Theology, one of the principal societies of academic Catholic theology in the United States. The Trinity at Christ's Baptism and the Institution of the First Sacrament | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1348410139 This lecture was given on September 20, 2022 at the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Angelicum. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Angelicum Thomistic Institute present the XI International Thomistic Congress. The general scientific objective of the XI International Thomistic Congress is to consider new perspectives in the study of Saint Thomas (interests, methods and results) in order to highlight the resources of the Thomistic tradition in contemporary theological and philosophical debates. The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Angelicum Thomistic Institute invite you to the XI International Thomistic Congress. It will be held at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. A unique opportunity to share work, research and friendships with the best international specialists in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The Congress is under the Honorary Presidency of His Eminence Rev. Luis Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The languages of the Congress are Italian, French, Spanish and English. Simultaneous translations will be provided for the plenary sessions for the in-person audience. The plenary sessions will also be live-streamed, but only in their original language. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 005: Prof. Nina Heereman on the Book of Revelation 1348979785 How can we read and interpret the Book of Revelation? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with scripture scholar Prof. Nina Heereman about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation." Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. Nina Heereman (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/finding-consolation-in-the-book-of-revelation-prof-nina-heereman For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in Germany. Originally trained as a lawyer, Dr. Heereman experienced a deep conversion experience at the 1997 World Youth Day. This conversion led her to discern a vocation as a lay woman “celibate for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” and also led her to theological studies so as to “consecrate [her] life to the study and teaching of the Word of God”. She received an STB from the Pontifical Gregorian University, an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the very rare SSD from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem and the Université de Fribourg. Her doctoral thesis “Behold King Solomon on the Day of His Wedding”: A Symbolic-Diachronic Reading of Song 3:6-11 and 4:12-5:1 has been heralded by scholars as a profound contribution to scholarship on the Song of Songs. Dr. Heereman is presently an Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, CA. Faith And Asceticism | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1311658861 This lecture was given on July 7, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. Wisdom and the Reasons of Love | Prof. Adam Eitel 1313847493 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Adam Eitel is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Faith and Apologetics | Fr. John Corbett, OP 1313890213 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. Counsel & The Limits Of Reason | Prof. Adam Eitel 1315932655 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/bdct2y69. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Adam Eitel is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 003: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. - Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? 1330624678 Why does God allow us to suffer? How can we address the problem of pain? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer." Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Sr. Jane Dominic (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/suffering-and-the-narrative-of-redemption-sr-jane-dominic-laurel-op-1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee and currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 002: Dr. George Corbett on Beauty in the Catholic Tradition 1321738687 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. George Corbett about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Music in the Catholic Tradition." The Thomistic Institute Podcast - Off-Campus Conversations with Fr. Gregory Pine, Ep. 002: Dr. George Corbett on Beauty in the Catholic Tradition You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/music-in-the-catholic-tradition-dr-george-corbett For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr George Corbett joined the School of Divinity in 2015. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum) Dr Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 001: Prof. Jennifer Frey on Aquinas & the Cardinal Virtues 1313695138 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jenn Frey about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "What Makes a Person Good? Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues." Off-Campus Conversations with Fr. Gregory Pine, Ep. 001: Prof. Jenn Frey on Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/what-makes-a-person-good-aquinas-and-the-cardinal-virtues-prof-jennifer-frey For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 004: Prof. J. Budziszewski - Aquinas on Happiness 1340321776 What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about happiness and ultimate purpose? How (and how not) can we be happy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. J. Budziszewski about Aquinas' thoughts on happiness. Aquinas on Happiness w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. J. Budziszewski (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to one of Prof. Budziszewski's lectures on happiness here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/how-and-how-not-to-be-happy For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most well known for his work on moral self-deception, “the revenge of conscience,” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, he has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as On the Meaning of Sex, from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, How to Stay Christian in College has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, The Underground Thomist. Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 005: Prof. Nina Heereman on the Book of Revelation 1348979785 How can we read and interpret the Book of Revelation? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with scripture scholar Prof. Nina Heereman about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation." Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. Nina Heereman (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/finding-consolation-in-the-book-of-revelation-prof-nina-heereman For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in Germany. Originally trained as a lawyer, Dr. Heereman experienced a deep conversion experience at the 1997 World Youth Day. This conversion led her to discern a vocation as a lay woman “celibate for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” and also led her to theological studies so as to “consecrate [her] life to the study and teaching of the Word of God”. She received an STB from the Pontifical Gregorian University, an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the very rare SSD from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem and the Université de Fribourg. Her doctoral thesis “Behold King Solomon on the Day of His Wedding”: A Symbolic-Diachronic Reading of Song 3:6-11 and 4:12-5:1 has been heralded by scholars as a profound contribution to scholarship on the Song of Songs. Dr. Heereman is presently an Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, CA. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 006: Prof. Paul Gondreau on Truth 1358265364 What is truth? If we're right, are they wrong? What are the Catholic claims on truth? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Paul Gondreau about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "If We're Right, Are They Wrong? Catholic Claims on Truth." What is Truth? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/if-were-right-are-they-wrong-catholic-claims-on-truth-prof-paul-gondreau For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 007 | Prof. Gina Noia on Bioethics & End of Life Decisions 1366883758 Are quality of life judgments ethical? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with bioethicist Prof. Gina Noia about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical?” Bioethics and End of Life Decisions w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/are-quality-of-life-judgements-ethical-prof-gina-noia-1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. How to Be Happy with Prof. Christopher Kaczor | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 008 1375962931 How can one be happy? What practical steps can we gather from psychology and theology? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Christopher Kaczor about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "How to Be Happy: Lessons from Psychology and Theology.” How to Be Happy with Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/how-to-be-happy-lessons-from-psychology-and-theology-professor-christopher-kaczor For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Nominalism and Modernist Literature | Prof. Erik Tonning 1338824641 This lecture was given on June 6, 2022 at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Erik Tonning is Professor of British Literature and Culture in the University of Bergen (from 2015). In 2011-2014 he was Research Director of the ‘Modernism and Christianity’ project funded by the Bergen Research Foundation/Trond Mohn Foundation. He completed an undergraduate degree at Bergen (1999) and an MA at Oslo (2001), before going on to the University of Oxford for his DPhil (2006). He has held a Norwegian Research Council postdoctoral grant (2006-2009) for a project on ‘Samuel Beckett and Christianity’, and has also been affiliated with the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent’s Park College (2005-2010). In 2010, he held a Tutorial Fellowship at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. He has published two monographs, Samuel Beckett’s Abstract Drama: Works for Stage and Screen 1962-1985 (2007), and Modernism and Christianity (2014). He has also published severl co-edited volumes including Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies (Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui 22, 2010), Broadcasting in the Modernist Era (2014) and Modernism, Christianity and Apocalypse (2015). He is Series Editor (with Prof. Matthew Feldman) of the two book series Historicizing Modernism and Modernist Archives from Bloomsbury Academic. Simplicity, Complexity, and the Emerging Cell | Prof. Mark Van Berkum 1346444941 This lecture was given on July 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. for the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence. Slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p97hkek For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mark Van Berkum is a professor of biological sciences at Wayne State University, and focuses on developmental neurobiology. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. Conference: "Complexity, Simplicity & Emergence in Biochemistry," Prof. Jessica Brown 1345153237 One of the hallmarks of modern science is the ability to explain the workings of nature by detailed study of its pieces and parts. Organisms are understood as combinations of organ systems, which are made up of tissues, which are made up of cells, which are made of up complex chemicals, then atoms, and more fundamental particles. As successful as this methodological reductionism has been, it is still an open question how complete it can be. Can everything about complex biological systems be reduced to chemistry, and every detail of chemistry explained from fundamental physics? Do the organization and complexity of higher-level systems require additional tools to complete our understanding of the natural world? Do the answers to these scientific questions work for or against an Aristotelian and Thomistic understanding of nature and natural kinds, and how might those classical ideas be of use in contemporary science? The Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium gathers expert scientists and philosophers to discuss the potential compatibility and mutual enrichment of the study of Aquinas' philosophy of nature and various forms of modern scientific knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. The 2022 symposium includes a day of lectures geared towards an introduction to Thomistic philosophy and the history of science, with a focus on complexity, simplicity and emergence. The rest of the symposium will have scientific experts discussing the understanding of complexity and simplicity in their own fields with one another and with philosophers. About the speaker: Professor Jessica Brown is an Associate Professor of biochemistry at Notre Dame. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and was a postdoc fellow at Yale University. Her research focuses on structural, biochemical & cellular roles of RNA triple helices. The Problem of Evil: Why Is There Evil if a Good God Exists? | Prof. Gloria Frost 1261680028 This lecture was given on March 22, 2022 to the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gloria Frost is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her areas of research are medieval philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the history of science. She is an assistant editor for the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly and on the executive councils for the American Catholic Philosophical Association and the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. She is married to Jake Frost, author of "Catholic Dad" and the "Happy Jar," and they have four children. Symbolic Veiling and Creative Freedom in Tolkien | Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini 1318661806 Prof. Pezzini's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/nkxw4saa This lecture was given on May 9, 2022 at Oxford University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Giuseppe Pezzini is Associate Professor of Latin Language & Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Prof. Pezzini returned to CCC in 2021, after five beautiful years of teaching in St Andrews (2016–2021), and research fellowships at Magdalen College Oxford (2013–2015) and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2016). He has studied and worked in excellent collegiate institutions, the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (2003–2008) and the University of Oxford (D.Phil. 2012). From 2010 to 2013, he worked as Assistant Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin. He was visiting professor at the University of Turin in 2020, visiting fellow at Leiden University in 2015, and visiting student at CCC itself, back in 2006, where everything began. He is currently supervising research projects on the Comoedia Togata and the Theory of Fiction in late Antique commentaries. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 004: Prof. J. Budziszewski - Aquinas on Happiness 1340321776 What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about happiness and ultimate purpose? How (and how not) can we be happy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. J. Budziszewski about Aquinas' thoughts on happiness. Aquinas on Happiness w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. J. Budziszewski (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to one of Prof. Budziszewski's lectures on happiness here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/how-and-how-not-to-be-happy For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most well known for his work on moral self-deception, “the revenge of conscience,” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, he has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as On the Meaning of Sex, from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, How to Stay Christian in College has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, The Underground Thomist. Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. The Eucharist and the Theological Virtues | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 1318628245 This lecture was given on April 28, 2022 at Texas State University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is an assistant professor of systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and editor in chief of the journal The Thomist. He specializes in sacramental theology. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. If We're Right, Are They Wrong? Catholic Claims on Truth | Prof. Paul Gondreau 1318599523 This lecture was given on April 28, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. His is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Newman's Marian Idea of History | Dr. Rebekah Lamb 1318693705 This lecture was given on April 26, 2022 at Oxford University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Rebekah Lamb specializes in religion, literature and visual culture from the long nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites as well as their affiliate circles and inheritors. She joined the School of Divinity in 2018. Prior to St. Andrews she was an inaugural Étienne Gilson Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto (St Michael's College). Dr Lamb received her PhD in Victorian and Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature as well as her Masters in English Literature from Western University (London, ON, Canada). During her doctoral studies she was a Kuyper Emerging Scholar and an Ontario Graduate Scholar. She holds an Honors BA in Liberal Arts Studies, with special emphasis on English Literature and the Humanities, from the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (New Hampshire, USA and Rome, Italy). Dr. Lamb frequently writes for public-facing journals and magazines, including Church Life Journal, Convivium: Faith in Our Common Life, The Catholic Herald, and The Scottish Catholic Observer. She has featured in public programs for BBC One & BBC Scotland, the Christian Heritage Centre (Stonyhurst) and the McGrath Institute at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA). She is often invited to speak on topics relating to her research and broader, theological and cultural themes—especially as informed by Roman Catholic approaches to aesthetics, cultural studies, and formation. She delivered the 2020 Cardinal Winning Lecture (Glasgow University) on St. Thérèse of Lisieux's status as a Doctor of the Church for our times and in 2018 co-taught the University of Toronto’s first Gilson Seminar in Faith and Ideas in Rome, Italy with Randy Boyagoda. She is the co-founder of the annual St. Margaret of Scotland Lecture Series at the University of St. Andrews, which launched in 2020. Keeping Oneself in the Presence of God | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1318567012 This lecture was given on April 26, 2022 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Old Town Alexandria. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Does God Exist? | Prof. Brian Carl 1318543348 This lecture was given on April 22, 2022 at Youngstown State University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1318526782 Prof. Beckwith's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p982fwr This lecture was given on April 22, 2022 at Ashland University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). Resurrection in Context: The Strangeness of Early Christian Claims | Prof. Matthew Thomas 1314326443 This lecture was given on April 8, 2022 at the University of California, Berkeley. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an Instructor in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He holds a D.Phil in New Testament and Patristics from the University of Oxford, and is the author of Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception (Mohr Siebeck, 2018; IVP, 2020), which received the Jesus Creed "Book of the Year" award for 2018. Matthew and his wife Leeanne live in the Bay Area with their children Camille, Raphael, Michael and Agnes, who are also aspiring theologians. Christiana Tempora | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313667982 This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. A Neighborly Civic Holiness | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1314341230 Fr. Thompson's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/8smyu7xm This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 003: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. - Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? 1330624678 Why does God allow us to suffer? How can we address the problem of pain? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer." Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Sr. Jane Dominic (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/suffering-and-the-narrative-of-redemption-sr-jane-dominic-laurel-op-1 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee and currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Augustine's Christology | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313652148 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Weaponizing Saints & Miracles: The Church as Stairway to Heaven | Prof. Carlos Eire 1327285801 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/b7ubtddp For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. Making Citizens & Christians At Easter | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1327208617 This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture are available here: https://tinyurl.com/y4jwy2c9 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Returning to Constantine: Protestant Theocracies | Prof. Carlos Eire 1326727237 This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mpfttpnh For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. The Christianizing Empire | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1313629084 This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. The Sacred Anatomy of the 'Popular Communes | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1313608357 Fr. Thompson's slides are available here: https://tinyurl.com/yc7bvfpx This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Reforming the Bride of Christ: The New, Improved Tridentine Church | Prof. Carlos Eire 1313006803 Prof. Eire's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yw558acx https://tinyurl.com/ydam72nn This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. Martyrs, Bishops, and Emperors | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1312986373 This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Penitential Associations: The Origins of Civic Democracy | Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. 1312960759 Fr. Thompson's slides are available here: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ff7ua This lecture was given on June 13, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. is a Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers and currently serves as Praeses (Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada and Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkleley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in medieval history from the University of California. Until 2009, he was Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. His books and publications focus on medieval Italy and medieval religious history. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 002: Dr. George Corbett on Beauty in the Catholic Tradition 1321738687 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. George Corbett about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Music in the Catholic Tradition." The Thomistic Institute Podcast - Off-Campus Conversations with Fr. Gregory Pine, Ep. 002: Dr. George Corbett on Beauty in the Catholic Tradition You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/music-in-the-catholic-tradition-dr-george-corbett For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr George Corbett joined the School of Divinity in 2015. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum) Dr Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. Music in the Catholic Tradition | Dr. George Corbett 1312934764 This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr George Corbett joined the School of Divinity in 2015. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum). Dr Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. The Way of Beauty: Sacred Art and Architecture | Fr. Michael Lang 1312900141 This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London. He holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford and teaches Church History at Mater Ecclesiae College, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and at Allen Hall Seminary, London. He is an Associate Staff Member at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, and on the Visiting Faculty of the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, Illinois. He is the Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal. From 2008 to 2012 he was a staff member of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and from 2008 to 2013 he was a Consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. In the academic year 2011/2012, he taught as Professore incaricato for history of Christian worship and hagiography at the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology in Rome Tolkien on the Nature and Purpose of Christian Art | Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini 1312863082 View Prof. Pezzini's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/342z96ec This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Pezzini returned to Oxford in 2021, after five beautiful years in St Andrews (2016–2021). He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (2003–2008) and the University of Oxford (D.Phil. 2012). He held research fellowships at Magdalen College Oxford (2013–2015) and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2016). From 2010 to 2013 he worked as Assistant Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin. Aquinas on the Cardinal & Theological Virtues | Prof. Jonathan Sanford 1238196034 This lecture was given on February 17, 2022 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is Professor of Philosophy and Provost at the University of Dallas. He graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University in Classics and Philosophy in 1997, received his PhD from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 2001, and received a postdoctoral fellowship from Fordham University in 2001-2002. He has published on particular figures in the history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Newman, and Scheler, as well as on topics in both metaphysics and ethics. He is especially interested in drawing from the tradition to solve contemporary problems. Sanford’s most recent book is Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (CUA Press, 2015). The University of Dallas is well known for the undergraduate Catholic liberal education it provides, and as Provost, Sanford oversees all aspects of it. He is currently writing a book on the virtues of liberal education. He and his wife Rebecca live in Irving, Texas, and are blessed with eight children. Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman 1240750921 This lecture was given on February 16, 2022 at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. Are Unjust Laws Really Laws? Positivism and the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Peter Koritansky 1237616656 This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Peter Karl Koritansky is a Professor of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at The University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada. At UPEI, he teaches courses in ancient and medieval philosophy, moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law and Catholic thought. He has also taught at Malone University (Canton, OH), Walsh University (North Canton, OH), the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (Rome) and has been a visiting scholar at The University of Notre Dame. Dr. Koritansky received his Ph.D in philosophy from The University of Toronto and is the author of Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment (CUA Press, 2012) and Engaging the Skeptic: Essays Addressing the Modern Secularist’s Most Serious Objections to the Catholic Worldview (Justin Press, 2018). He has also recently published “Thomas Aquinas and the Euthyphro Dilemma” (Heythrop Journal, 2018) and “Retributive Justice and Natural Law” (The Thomist, 2019). For the 2021-22 academic year, Dr. Koritansky is a John and Daria Barry Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He is currently completing a manuscript tentatively entitled "An Introduction to Thomistic Natural Law." The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate | Prof. Angela Knobel 1240803244 Prof. Knobel's presentation slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8as75m This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. From 2004 to 2020, she taught philosophy at her alma mater, the Catholic University of America. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. Nuclear Deterrence: Moral or Immoral? | Prof. John Keown 1195267891 This lecture was given on November 19, 2021 at the University of South Carolina. View Prof. Keown's slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yck2hbwu For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. John Keown is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.He graduated in law from Cambridge and took a doctorate in law at Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). After a spell teaching medical and criminal law at the University of Leicester, he became the first holder of a lectureship in the law and ethics of medicine at Cambridge, where he was elected to a Fellowship at Queens' College and, later, a Senior Research Fellowship at Churchill College. In 2015 he was made a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in recognition of his contribution to law and bioethics.He has published widely in the law and ethics of medicine, specializing in issues at the beginning and end of life. The second and heavily revised edition of his widely acclaimed book Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018.His research has been cited by distinguished bodies worldwide, including the United States Supreme Court; the Law Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics, and the Australian Senate. In 2011 he testified as an expert witness for Canada in a leading case concerning the country’s laws against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. He has served as a member of the Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association and has been regularly consulted, not least by legislators and the media, on legal and ethical aspects of medicine. Author of the first paper to demonstrate comprehensively that the American War for Independence failed to satisfy all (if any) of the criteria for a ‘just war’ (and was, therefore, an unjust revolution), he has also written a play based on one of the classic cases in law and bioethics: the trial of Dr. Leonard Arthur for the attempted murder of a newborn baby with Down's syndrome. What Makes a Good Person? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Well | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1173595294 This talk was given on November 11, 2021 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. 10 Reasons to Oppose Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide | Dr. Joseph Marine 1158120949 Warning: this talk contains graphic content describing medical practice. This talk was given on October 19, 2021 at Johns Hopkins University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Joseph Marine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who practices primarily at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds appointments as Vice-Director of Operations for the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of Cardiology for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. He trained at UC San Francisco Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Marine has lectured widely on a variety of arrhythmia topics and has served as a co-director of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Overview and Board Review Course for 10 years. He currently serves on the ACC Board of Governors and is co-editor of the ACC/HRS EP Self-Assessment Program. He also serves on other committees for the ACC, the Heart Rhythm Society, and MedChi. He is co-author of more than 130 original research and review articles and has served on writing committees for several national cardiology practice and training guidelines. Suffering and Flourishing | Prof. Eleonore Stump 1144464637 This talk was delivered on October 11, 2021 at The University of Oklahoma. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Stump received a BA in classical languages from Grinnell College (1969), where she was valedictorian and received the Archibald Prize for scholarship; she has an MA in biblical studies (New Testament) from Harvard University (1971), and an MA and PhD in medieval studies (medieval philosophy) from Cornell University (1975). Before coming to Saint Louis University, she taught at Oberlin College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and University of Notre Dame. Currently, she also holds secondary or honorary appointments at Wuhan University, the University of St Andrews, and Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her recent treatment of the Christian doctrine of the atonement, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). Among the named lectureships she has given are the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009), and the Stanton Lectures (Cambridge, 2018). In 2013, the American Catholic Philosophical Association awarded her the Aquinas medal. She has held grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, the National Humanities Center, and the Pew Charitable Trust. In addition, she has received several teaching awards, including, in 2004, the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University. For 2013–15, together with John Greco, she held a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, and the Philosophers in Jesuit Education. She is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Politics and the Modern State: Understanding the Common Good | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 1145523733 This talk was delivered on September 21, 2021 at Saint Louis University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Tolkien on the Nature and Purpose of Christian Art | Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini 1312863082 View Prof. Pezzini's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/342z96ec This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Pezzini returned to Oxford in 2021, after five beautiful years in St Andrews (2016–2021). He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (2003–2008) and the University of Oxford (D.Phil. 2012). He held research fellowships at Magdalen College Oxford (2013–2015) and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2016). From 2010 to 2013 he worked as Assistant Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin. The Crass and the Sublime in Dante and Chaucer | Dr. Patrick Callahan 1248424312 This lecture was given on March 17, 2022 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4nh6uavk. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example from Gerard Manley Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart 1236277321 This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Washington and Lee University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where he also holds professorships in the Departments of English and French. His most recent scholarly books include Kingdoms of God (Indiana UP, 2014) and Poetry and Revelation (Bloomsbury, 2017). Among the books he has edited are Jean-Luc Marion: The Essential Writings (Fordham UP, 2013) and The Exorbitant: Emmanuel Levinas between Jews and Christians(Fordham UP, 2010). He is currently editing the fifth volume of a multivolume series The Bible and Literature, which will appear with Bloomsbury in 2020. His poetry is gathered in Wild Track: New and Selected Poems (Notre Dame UP, 2015) and Barefoot (Notre Dame UP, 2018). Among other honors, he holds an honorary doctoral degree in Philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris. The Way of Beauty: Sacred Art and Architecture | Fr. Michael Lang 1312900141 This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London. He holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford and teaches Church History at Mater Ecclesiae College, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and at Allen Hall Seminary, London. He is an Associate Staff Member at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, and on the Visiting Faculty of the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, Illinois. He is the Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal. From 2008 to 2012 he was a staff member of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and from 2008 to 2013 he was a Consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. In the academic year 2011/2012, he taught as Professore incaricato for history of Christian worship and hagiography at the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology in Rome Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1199562562 This lecture was given on November 5, 2021 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. The Catholic Intellectual Renaissance of the 20th Century | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 1156938340 Find the syllabus for this talk here: https://tinyurl.com/4bjua79p This talk was given on October 16, 2021 at the University of Maryland. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael Pakaluk received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University, where he studied philosophical logic with W.V. Quine, Burton Dreben, and Warren Goldfarb, philosophy of science with Hilary Putnam, and political philosophy with John Rawls. Rawls directed his dissertation, “Aristotle’s Theory of Friendship,” and Sarah Broadie (then at Yale) also served on the thesis committee. Pakaluk counts as his main philosophical influences: Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Reid, and John Henry Newman. He encountered all four as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote a thesis on Hume's Dialogues ("Hume's Naturalism and the Argument from Design"), became an expert in the main figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, and studied Aquinas and Newman under the guidance of the Dominican fathers there. Pakaluk’s main work as a researcher has been in ancient philosophy, as he has authored many papers and three books concerned with Aristotelian ethics: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, books VIII and IX (Oxford); Aristotle’s Ethics: An Introduction (Cambridge); and (with Giles Pearson) Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle (Oxford). His work is typified by the drawing of philosophical consequences from careful attention to philological considerations. His deeper concern is the recovery of a just appreciation of the classical outlook. Pakaluk has held appointments of Associate Professor at Clark University in Massachusetts--where he also served in a long and distinguished tenure as the Director of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy--and as full Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and at Ave Maria University. He has been Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and at Santa Croce (Rome), Visiting Scholar in Classics at Cambridge University, and Visiting Scholar in Public Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. His blog, Dissoi Bloggoi, currently inactive, has been influential in classical philosophy. His opinion pieces have appeared in First Things, Crisis, and the Boston Pilot. The account of his conversion and life with his late wife, Ruth, is found in the best-selling book, The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God, published by Ignatius Press. In 2011 he was appointed an Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Pakaluk's avocations include golf, tennis, hiking, the french horn, espresso drinks and single malt scotch. His skill in mixing cocktails has won him among friends the moniker, "Cardinal Martini." Works (songs) cited: Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I Prelude." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/3aH3DrgQzjHKEozU1yErcO?si=3dc65ac1bb9b4597. Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II Praise to the Holiest." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/0mx3If8Bcar7tM0THf74e3?si=6f5c4fdfeb1f4879. Poulenc, Francis. "Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites, FP159, Act 3 Tableau 4: "Salve Regina" (La Foule, Les Carmélites)." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/1lTT4V5foT1Nvo6ebxgbzr?si=7f17cfa5c2424f36. The Middle Ages: Dark or Golden Age? | Prof. Brad Gregory 1137663337 This talk was given on September 30, 2021 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brad S. Gregory is Professor of History and Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2003, and where he is also the Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. From 1996-2003 he taught at Stanford University, where he received early tenure in 2001. He specializes in the history of Christianity in Europe during the Reformation era and on the long-term influence of the Reformation era on the modern world. He has given invited lectures at many of the most prestigious universities in North America, as well as in England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. Before teaching at Stanford, he earned his Ph.D. in history at Princeton University and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows; he also has two degrees in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. His first book, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe (Harvard, 1999) received six book awards. Professor Gregory was the recipient of two teaching awards at Stanford and has received three more at Notre Dame. In 2005, he was named the inaugural winner of the first annual Hiett Prize in the Humanities, a $50,000 award from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture given to the outstanding midcareer humanities scholar in the United States. His most recent book is entitled The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society (Belknap, 2012), which received two book awards. His most recent book is entitled Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts that Continue to Shape Our World (Harper, 2017). Music in the Catholic Tradition | Dr. George Corbett 1312934764 This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr George Corbett joined the School of Divinity in 2015. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum). Dr Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. The Family as Seen Through Film | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1120451647 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/17/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Shakespeare: A Patriotic Catholic | Prof. John Finnis 1066787020 This lecture was delivered to the University of Edinburgh on April 20, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Known for his work in moral, political and legal theory, as well as in constitutional law, John Finnis joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1995. He earned his LL.B. in 1961 from Adelaide University (Australia) and his doctorate in 1965 from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar at University College Oxford. He was lecturer, then reader and then a chaired professor in law in the University of Oxford for over four decades until 2010, while also a tutorial fellow of University College Oxford. He was associate in law at the University of California at Berkeley (1965-66), the professor of law at the University of Malawi (Africa) (1976-78), and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Boston College Law School (1993-94). A barrister of Gray’s Inn, he practiced from 1979 to 1995 and was appointed Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) in 2017. He is a Fellow of the British Academy (Law and Philosophy sections), was a member of the Philosophy sub-faculty at Oxford, and was an adjunct professor in the Notre Dame Department of Philosophy. He was a member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See 1986-91, the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (1990-95), and the Pontifical Academy Pro Vita (2001-2016). "Only the Lover Sings": Augustine & the Radical Necessity of Poetry | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1066758172 This lecture was delivered to the University of Kansas chapter on April 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Humanitas Institute and lecturer in philosophy at Wichita State University. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. An Introduction to Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 1133697433 This lecture was delivered at Auburn University on September 17, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running. The Bible as Revealed Truth and its Relationship To Rational Thought | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1162515244 This talk was delivered on November 4, 2021 at Cornell University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. St. Thomas Aquinas and Josef Pieper on Creation | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1246057078 This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at Duke University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., is a friar of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Dallas in 2011, entered the Order of Preachers in 2013, and was ordained a priest in May of 2020. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Compatible with Divine Simplicity? | Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. 1043354761 This talk was given to the Rutgers University Thomistic Institute on March 25, 2021. The slides for this talk can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/wb6s9zyh For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. Personal Relationship with the Persons of the Trinity | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 1236848659 This lecture was given on February 7, 2022 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., was born in Manhattan (1965) and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T for five years before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. After serving for three years in St. Pius Parish in Providence, R.I., he completed his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in 2009. He now teaches at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he has also served as book review editor of The Thomist, chaplain to commuter students, and chaplain to the Immaculate Conception Chapter of Third Order Dominicans, and assistant student master. He served as student master and subprior at St. Dominic Priory from 2015-2018, and is currently the subprior. Image and Likeness: Personhood & Participation in the Life of the Trinity | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 1147728259 This talk was given at the College of William & Mary on September 27th, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Christ in the Lives & Teachings of Gregory of Nanzianzus and Augustine | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1194511762 This lecture was delivered on November 15, 2021 at the University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. St. Augustine's Preaching on Heaven and its Peace | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1116525937 The lecture was delivered on May 9, 2021 as part of "Grace & Peace: St. Augustine as Spiritual Master," an intellectual retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. Between Animal and Angel: Human Nature According to Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Brian Carl 1053075502 This lecture was given to the University of Florida chapter on March 25, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. Predestination and Human Freedom: A Catholic Approach | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1237576906 Access Prof. Grant's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2utsun3j This lecture was given on March 7, 2022 at Hillsdale College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. The Perennial Importance of Plato | Prof. John Rist 1237325473 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John M. Rist was educated in classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He taught Greek at University College in the University of Toronto from 1959 to 1969 and from 1969 to 1980 was a professor of classics at the University of Toronto. He taught from 1980 to 1983 as Regius Professor of Classics at the University of Aberdeen, and returned to the University of Toronto, where he was professor of classics and philosophy from 1983 to 1996, with a cross-appointment to St. Michael's College from 1983 to 1990. In 1997, Rist became professor emeritus of the University of Toronto in 1997. He has been part-time visiting professor at the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum in Rome since 1998. In 1976 Rist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1991 he was elected a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1995 he was the Lady Davis Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Rist has written more than 100 scholarly works, including the following books: Man, Soul and Body: Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius (1996), Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized (1994), The Mind of Aristotle (1989), Platonism and Its Christian Heritage (1985), Human Value: A Study of Ancient Philosophical Ethics (1982), On the Independence of Matthew and Mark (1978), The Stoics (1978), Epicurus: An Introduction (1972), Stoic Philosophy (1969), Plotinus: The Road to Reality (1967), and Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen (1964). He is the author of more than 80 articles on ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, Plotinus and Neoplatonism, Patristics, and medieval philosophy. A Thomistic Account of Truth | Prof. Timothy Pawl 1244151961 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the College of William and Mary. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4dbe7m5r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Timothy J. Pawl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and holds a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in philosophy, with specialization in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, Thomistic philosophy, analytic theology, and moral psychology. His books include In Defense of Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2016), In Defense of Extended Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2019), and The Incarnation (Cambridge, 2020). In addition, he has published more than thirty-five academic articles in his areas of expertise, and given almost 100 academic or popular-level talks or interviews about his work, including a series of interviews for the PBS show Closer to Truth. He is the husband of another philosopher, Faith Glavey Pawl, and the proud father of one son and four daughters. Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1242071701 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. St. Thomas Aquinas on Suffering and Evil | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1244879086 This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Thomas and the New Atheists | Bishop Robert Barron 1226043892 This talk was given on January 28th, 2022 at the University of California at Santa Barbara in partnership with St. Mark’s University Parish and Newman Center. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He is also the host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary about the Catholic Faith, which aired on PBS. Bishop Barron is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on FOX News, CNN, and EWTN. Bishop Barron’s website, WordOnFire.org, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world’s most followed Catholics on social media. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 50 million times and he has over 3 million followers on Facebook. Bishop Barron has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Facebook, Google, and Amazon. He has keynoted many conferences and events all over the world, including the World Youth Day in Kraków and the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, which marked Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States. He has shared dialogue with Dr. Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, and William Lane Craig, among other influencers and thought leaders. Bishop Barron’s recent film series, "CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players", has been syndicated for national television and nominated for an Emmy award. His most recent project is the Word on Fire Institute, a new hub for spiritual and intellectual formation, training members of the Word on Fire movement to proclaim Christ in the culture. Does Moral Knowledge Require God?: An Introduction To Thomistic Epistemology | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1195842088 Prof. Bogardus' slides can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/dc329b72 This lecture was given on November 30, 2021 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology, and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. Aristotle’s Four Causes and the Possibility of Science | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1129727440 This lecture was delivered at Rutgers University on September 9, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Christianity As True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr | Prof. Matthew Thomas 1100659441 This lecture was delivered for the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Santa Barbara Chapters on 5/12/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an Instructor in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He holds a D.Phil in New Testament and Patristics from the University of Oxford, and is the author of Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception (Mohr Siebeck, 2018; IVP, 2020), which received the Jesus Creed "Book of the Year" award for 2018. Matthew and his wife Leeanne live in the Bay Area with their children Camille, Raphael, Michael and Agnes, who are also aspiring theologians. Aquinas’ Real Distinction and its Role In A Causal Proof Of God’s Existence | Prof. Gyula Klima 1066762456 This lecture was delivered to the University of Rochester chapter on April 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Born, raised, and educated in Budapest, Hungary, Prof. Klima held postdoc positions in Helsinki, St. Andrews and Copenhagen in the 1980s. In 1991, he was hired at Yale University, moved to Notre Dame in 1995, and landed his current position at Fordham in 1999, where he has been a full professor since 2002. He founded and still runs the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, and edits (together with Prof. Alex Hall) its Proceedings. Recently, he started and has been directing the new Research Center for the History of Ideas (R.C.H.I. -- "Archie") in Budapest. Currently, he divides his time between Budapest and NY, directing Archie in the fall and teaching at Fordham in the Spring. For his detailed CV and list of publications, as well as a number of his papers online, you may wish to visit https://faculty.fordham.edu/klima/ and https://fordham.academia.edu/GyulaKlima Can You Be Spiritual But Not Religious? | Dr. R.J. Snell 1213623382 This walk was given on September 21, 2021 at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications. 892718 How and How Not to Be Happy | Prof. J. Budziszewski 1237600723 This lecture was given on February 10, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most well known for his work on moral self-deception, “the revenge of conscience,” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, he has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as On the Meaning of Sex, from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, How to Stay Christian in College has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, The Underground Thomist. Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. Friendship for Young Adults: A Practical Thomistic Approach | Prof. John Cuddeback 1199377360 This talk was given on December 10, 2021 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship is being republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at BaconFromAcorns and LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. Who Am I? Becoming Someone in the Desert | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1253817295 This lecture was given on April, 2 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas and the Classical Tradition | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1246758745 This lecture was given on March 18, 2022 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology and she has co-edited three volumes on Self-Transcendence and Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Truth. Her writing has been featured in Breaking Ground, Evangelization and Culture, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. Are There Failed Persons? Are You One of Them? | Prof. John O’Callaghan 1202896243 This talk was given on December 1, 2021 at Purdue University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. Friendship: Classical, Medieval, Modern | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1204190248 This lecture was given on November 17, 2021 at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a $2.1 million project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. The Intellectual Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary | Dr. Zena Hitz 1199792773 This lecture was given at University of California, Berkeley on November 16, 2021. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. St. Thomas Aquinas' Pursuit of Wisdom and Friendship with God | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1205430778 This homily by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. was given on Thursday, Jan. 27 in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the Catholic University of America's annual University Mass in honor of the school's patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. How Many Friends Should I Have? ‘A Lot,’ says Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1195069741 Fr. Guilbeau's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3vw4dp4e This lecture was delivered on December 6, 2021 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church for the DC Young Professionals Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau is prior of the Dominican House of Studies. Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Christian Faith | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 1164375703 This talk was delivered on October 13, 2021 at the University of California, Los Angeles. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. The Transformative Power of Divine Beauty | Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, C.O. 1291133008 This lecture was given on April 20, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London, where he serves as Parish Priest. He holds a Mag.Theol. from the University of Vienna (Austria) an S.T.L. from the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He teaches at Allen Hall Seminary in London, is an Associate Staff member at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, a Visiting Fellow at St Mary's University, Twickenham, and has been on the Visiting Faculty of the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, Illinois. Formerly staff member of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2008–2012) and Consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2008–2013). He is a Board Member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy and the Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal. Dante's Beatrice and the Beauty of the Christian Faith | Dr. George Corbett 1291677139 This lecture was given on April 20, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. George Corbett is a Senior Lecturer in Theology and the Arts at the University of St Andrews. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum). Dr. Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 1312826629 This lecture was given on April 19, 2022 at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Counsel & The Limits Of Reason | Prof. Adam Eitel 1315932655 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/bdct2y69. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Adam Eitel is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Faith and Apologetics | Fr. John Corbett, OP 1313890213 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. Wisdom and the Reasons of Love | Prof. Adam Eitel 1313847493 This lecture was given on July 8, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Adam Eitel is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 001: Prof. Jennifer Frey on Aquinas & the Cardinal Virtues 1313695138 Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jenn Frey about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "What Makes a Person Good? Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues." Off-Campus Conversations with Fr. Gregory Pine, Ep. 001: Prof. Jenn Frey on Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/what-makes-a-person-good-aquinas-and-the-cardinal-virtues-prof-jennifer-frey For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. The Powers Of The Soul | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1289555095 This talk was given on May 27th, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mr224yuv For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. The Individuation Of The Soul After Death | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1304635570 This talk was given on May 27th, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4nfcx8vp For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Does The Person Survive After Death? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 1307392957 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. The Passions Of The Soul | Prof. Michael Gorman 1308061648 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4bmexjhm For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Free Will and the Soul | Prof. Thomas Osborne 1308711805 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handouts for the lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/42jmxp7u. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston). He has written many articles on medieval and late-scholastic philosophy and other topics, and is the author of Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth-Century Ethics (2005), Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham (2014), and Aquinas's Ethics (2020). Neuroscience and the Soul | Dr. Daniel De Haan 1308872884 This lecture was given on May 29, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yckbsbs3. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St. Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology and the sciences, natural theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas. What Makes a Person Good? Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1312251193 This lecture was given on April 28, 2022 at the College of William and Mary. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology and she has co-edited three volumes on Self-Transcendence and Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Truth. Her writing has been featured in Breaking Ground, Evangelization and Culture, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. Faith And Asceticism | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1311658861 This lecture was given on July 7, 2022 at the 4th Annual Student Leadership Conference on Faith, Reason, and the Mind’s Ascent to God. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. Does Nature Make Laws? An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1309966570 This lecture was given on December 1, 2021 at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Neuroscience and the Soul | Dr. Daniel De Haan 1308872884 This lecture was given on May 29, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yckbsbs3. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St. Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology and the sciences, natural theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Free Will and the Soul | Prof. Thomas Osborne 1308711805 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handouts for the lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/42jmxp7u. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston). He has written many articles on medieval and late-scholastic philosophy and other topics, and is the author of Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth-Century Ethics (2005), Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham (2014), and Aquinas's Ethics (2020). The Passions Of The Soul | Prof. Michael Gorman 1308061648 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4bmexjhm For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Does The Person Survive After Death? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 1307392957 This lecture was given on May 28, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. The Individuation Of The Soul After Death | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1304635570 This talk was given on May 27th, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4nfcx8vp For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). The Powers Of The Soul | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1289555095 This talk was given on May 27th, 2022 at the 11th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop on Aquinas on the Soul. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mr224yuv For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Do You Believe in Miracles? (And Can Such Belief Be Reasonable?) | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1303949548 This lecture was given on April 13, 2022 at Mississippi State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. Aquinas, Freedom, and the Brain | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 1304185564 This lecture was given on October 12, 2021 at Iowa State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997) and did theological work on George Lindbeck and the question of a Thomist philosophy and theology of language (Beyond Modernism? - George Lindbeck and the Linguistic Turn in Theology, 2005). He contributed articles to the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophy and essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy and theology, as well as a translation and commentary on part of Aquinas’ De veritate. He continues to work on questions of free will, philosophy of religion (miracles, existence and nature of God) and philosophical aesthetics. Neurological Disease: Dignity, Free Will, and a Reason For Hope | Paul LaPenna, DO 1302560170 This lecture was given on May 6, 2022 at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. LaPenna's PowerPoint may be found here: tinyurl.com/mr38h43y For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey. Dr. LaPenna was previously a collegiate runner and now enjoys running recreationally, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Most of all, he loves his wife Nicole and their two daughters, Catherine and Susanna. The Challenge and Opportunity of Genome Editing | William Hurlbut, MD 1301694481 This lecture was given on May 1, 2022 at Brown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics. He has worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust. The Challenge Of Atheism For Scientific Explanation | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1300815631 This talk was given on April 28, 2022 at Mississippi State University. The slides accompanying this lecture can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/bogardusmississippi For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology, and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. Faith, Reason, And Reasonable Belief | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1300110166 This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the US Military Academy at West Point. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Man as Believing Animal | Prof. Matthew Dugandzic 1299430861 This lecture was given on April 9th 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew J. Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Dr. Dugandzic’s scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas’s anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems. Dr. Dugandzic also holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate. The 'Spirituality' of Faith | Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. 1288847089 This lecture was given on April 8th, 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He serves as the general editor of the “Thomist Tradition Series” book series, and he is co-author of Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (Fortress Press, 2017). He has written for numerous publications on the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomist Tradition. Man as Knowing Animal | Prof. Matthew Dugandzic 1297536676 This lecture was given on April 9th 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew J. Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Dr. Dugandzic’s scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas’s anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems. Dr. Dugandzic also holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate. The Raising of Lazarus and the Immortality of the Soul | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1241585251 This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. The 'Spirituality' of Reason | Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. 1288702660 This lecture was given on April, 8 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He serves as the general editor of the “Thomist Tradition Series” book series, and he is co-author of Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (Fortress Press, 2017). He has written for numerous publications on the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomist Tradition. Augustine's Confessions and the Religious Nature of the Person | Chad Pecknold 1296620923 This talk was offered at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill on April 5, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker Bio: Dr. Chad Pecknold received his PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and since 2008 he has been a Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology in the School of Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He teaches in the areas of fundamental theology, Christian anthropology, and political theology. Pecknold is the author of a number of scholarly articles and books including most recently, Christianity and Politics: A Brief Guide to the History (Cascade, 2010) and The T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology (Bloomsbury, 2014). Dr. Pecknold is also a frequent contributor to debates in the public square, writing regular columns for First Things and National Review on a range of topics related to the importance and impact of Church teaching on social and political questions. Dr. Pecknold is frequently sought after for his opinion on current events, and has been quoted in hundreds of news outlets around the world such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. A self-described "Augustinian-Thomist," Pecknold is an Associate Editor for the English Edition of the international Thomistic journal of theology, Nova et Vetera, and co-edits with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., the new Sacra Doctrina series at Catholic University of America Press. Dr Pecknold is currently writing a book on Augustine’s City of God. Dr. Pecknold resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife, Dr. Sara Pecknold (who teaches Music history at CUA) and their five children. Is Belief in God Rational? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1291834654 This lecture was offered at Ohio State University on April 7th, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1293844777 This lecture was given on April 19th, 2022 at North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ according to St. Augustine | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1275152458 This talk was given on April 11, 2022 at the University of Florida. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Are Quality of Life Judgements Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia 1290903931 This talk was offered at John Hopkins University on April 11, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL and St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and she is published in Christian Bioethics and the Journal of Moral Theology. John Henry Newman and the Development of Christian Doctrine | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 1286799469 This lecture was offered at Hillsdale College on April 6th, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Pakaluk studied philosophy at Harvard College and the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship before getting his Ph.D. at Harvard writing a dissertation under John Rawls. He is a recognized authority on classical philosophy, especially Aristotle’s ethics. Pakaluk has held academic appointments at Clark University, Brown University, Ave Maria University, and The Catholic University of America, among others. Aquinas And The Fourth Way | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1284252235 This talk was given on April 8, 2022 at Virginia Tech. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4snsdp6f For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his solemn vows in 2011 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. Fr. Little has a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, where he completed a dissertation entitled Aristotelian Change and the Scala Naturae. He primarily works on topics of interest in Aristotelian-Thomism and natural philosophy. He has previously taught at Providence College and is now a member of the faculty of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. How Does Art Imitate Nature? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 1287391003 This talk was offered at Baylor University on March 29th, 2022. The images for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3u42uh7y For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997) and did theological work on George Lindbeck and the question of a Thomist philosophy and theology of language (Beyond Modernism? - George Lindbeck and the Linguistic Turn in Theology, 2005). He contributed articles to the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophy and essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy and theology, as well as a translation and commentary on part of Aquinas’ De veritate. He continues to work on questions of free will, philosophy of religion (miracles, existence and nature of God) and philosophical aesthetics. Ethical Considerations and End-of-Life Care from a Thomistic Perspective | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 1271382454 This lecture was given on March 30, 2022 at Saint Louis University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor did post-doctoral work as a Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne. He was appointed a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, a fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. The winner of a Templeton Grant, he has written more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. An award winning author, his sixteen books include Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life, Disputes in Bioethics, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues, Abortion Rights: For and Against, 365 Days to Deeper Faith, The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Life Issues-Medical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. On Human Dignity And Suffering | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1273855120 This lecture was given to the Johns Hopkins University chapter on March 7, 2022. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey. Dr. LaPenna was previously a collegiate runner and now enjoys running recreationally, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Most of all, he loves his wife Nicole and their two daughters, Catherine and Susanna. Human Genome Editing with CRISPR: Ethical Considerations | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. 1266475588 This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at the University of Florida. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIHfunded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Dominican and Franciscan Storytelling in the Middle Ages | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 1262259043 This lecture was given on March 23, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Slides: https://tinyurl.com/bddnstwn Handout: https://tinyurl.com/mr3bupft About the speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. teaches theology at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He studied science and theology at Cambridge University, and recently completed postgraduate studies in theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Life Well | Prof. Raymond Hain 1285016329 This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at Cornell University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. The Challenges and Opportunities of Genome Editing | Prof. William Hurlbut 1263479221 This lecture was given on March 23, 2022 at Purdue University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics. He has worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust. Salvation by Faith or Works | Prof. Michael Root 1258790155 This lecture was given on March 29, 2022 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ybaa6j3u. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, grace, and justification. Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the AnglicanLutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the LutheranRoman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. When Is War Justified? A Catholic Perspective | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 1261154698 This lecture was given on March 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. The slides for this talk can be found at https://tinyurl.com/2t8ptvdk. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children. Thomas Aquinas: A Medieval Psychologist? | Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. 1259526889 This lecture was given on March 10, 2022 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., teaches systematic and moral theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Dominican House of Studies (Washington, D.C.). Fr. Cuddy serves as the general editor of the “Thomist Tradition Series,” and he is co-author of Thomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (Fortress Press, 2017). He has written for numerous publications on the philosophy and theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Thomist tradition. Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1257986908 This lecture was given on February 25, 2022 at The Florida State University. You can watch the videos Sr. Jane Dominic plays here: Coke Life Argentina https://youtu.be/xPb1t3jU3sI Dear Future Mom https://youtu.be/Ju-q4OnBtNU For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Creation Ex Nihilo: Thomas Aquinas on Creation and its Consequences | Prof. Corey Barnes 1256915131 This lecture was given on March 31, 2022 at the University of Oklahoma. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Corey Barnes is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College specializing in scholastic thought from the 12th to the 14th centuries. His research areas include Christology, causation, creation, providence, knowledge of God, theological language, and scholastic receptions of classical, patristic, and late antique sources. St. Augustine and the Quest for Self-Knowledge | Prof. Michael Foley 1258898926 This lecture was given on March 21, 2022 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Michael P. Foley is a Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University, a Catholic theologian, a mixologist, and the author or editor of over a dozen books and around 400 articles on topics including sacred liturgy, St. Augustine of Hippo, and contemporary film and culture. Finding Christ in the Desert: He Is The Other | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1254584881 This lecture was given on April, 2 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Who Am I? Becoming Someone in the Desert | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1253817295 This lecture was given on April, 2 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Who Are the Monks? | Sr. Maria Kiely, OSB 1258650778 This lecture was given on April 1, 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Maria M. Kiely, O.S.B. is a Benedictine of the Congregation of Solesmes. She specializes in Christian thought and Scriptural exegesis in the early Church and in the rise and development of monasticism. She has studied in depth the life and writings of Ambrose of Milan and his use and adaptation of Origen and Plotinus. Her current research focuses on the development of the tradition of hymnody in the early Church through the Middle Ages. She is currently participating in a major commentary on the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours. In addition to her work at Catholic University, she teaches Greek and Latin at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies. She is also on the Editorial Committee for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). 'We Shall See Him as He Is’: Eternal Life and Beatitude | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1241553199 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. His teaching specialties are Medieval and Reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include Doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000). St. Thomas Aquinas and Josef Pieper on Creation | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1246057078 This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at Duke University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., is a friar of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Dallas in 2011, entered the Order of Preachers in 2013, and was ordained a priest in May of 2020. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. The History of Miracles: A History of the Impossible? | Prof. Carlos Eire 1249621699 This lecture was given on March 14, 2022 at Yale University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/u74wk4hb. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eire, who received his PhD from Yale in 1979, specializes in the social, intellectual, religious, and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; and the history of the supernatural, and the history of death. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship From Erasmus to Calvin (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth Century Spain (1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019). And he is co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). He has also ventured into the twentieth century and the Cuban Revolution in the memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003), which won the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the United States and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir, Learning to Die in Miami (2010), explores the exile experience. A past president of the Society for Reformation Research, he is currently researching attitudes toward miracles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His recent book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. The Role of Poetry in the Christian Life | Dr. Patrick Callahan 1257627445 This lecture was given on April 5, 2022 at Cairn University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8psrnj. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. The Dignity of Conscience | Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P. 1263443845 This lecture was given on April 6, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Alan O’Sullivan OP is an Irish Dominican. Ordained a priest in 2000 he studied at Blackfriars House of Studies, Oxford, where he obtained a Lectorate in Sacred Theology. His area of research focussed on “New Movements and Communities, Vatican II, and the Ecclesiology of Communion.” Having worked as a curate in a parish in Dublin for two years he went to study at the Angelicum, Rome, where he obtained a Licence in Sacred Theology. In 2012 he obtained his doctorate from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He specialises in moral theology, and lectures at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He is currently Chaplain to Trinity College Dublin and Spiritual Director to Pure in Heart, Ireland. His book Self-Giving, Self-Mastery was published by Peter Lang in 2017. Lead Us Not Into Temptation | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 1245618931 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul’s editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez’s four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread | Fr. John Gavin, S.J. 1245603799 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Gavin earned his B.A. from Boston College, his M.A. from Fordham University, and his M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkley. He received his Sacred Theology Doctorate in Rome and was a lecturer at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Gregorian University for three years. Fr. Gavin entered the Society of Jesus in 1991 and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 2002. He is the author of 'They are like the angels in the heavens': Angelology and Anthropology in the Thought of Maximus the Confessor (Augustinianum, 2009) and A Celtic Christology: The Incarnation According to John Scottus Eriugena (Cascade, 2014). Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven | Fr. Oliver Keenan, O.P. 1245581455 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Oliver is the Director of the Aquinas Institute and a member of the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford. As Fellow and Lector, Fr Oliver teaches Systematic Theology at Blackfriars. As Director of the Aquinas Institute, he has responsibility for coordinating its research programme and for organising its annual programme of reading classes, seminars, lectures and colloquia. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (under the supervision of Professor Graham Ward). His doctoral work outlined a semantic ontology for Christian dogmatics, in dialogue with the philosophy of Michael Polanyi. He specialises in theological ontology, theological epistemology, and twentieth-century dogmatics, particularly Catholic receptions of Karl Barth. Together with Dr Daniel De Haan, he is leading a two-year Templeton-funded project on ‘Truth, Aquinas, and the Theological Turn in Continental Philosophy‘. In addition to his work at Blackfriars, he is a Translation Fellow of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary; an Associate Lecturer at the Maryvale Institute; Trustee of the Eckhart Society; a member of the Editorial Board of New Blackfriars; and the Master of Students for the English Dominicans. Thy Kingdom Come | Prof. Nina Heereman 1245642190 This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in Germany. Originally trained to become a lawyer, she experienced a deep encounter with the Lord which led her to discern a vocation as a lay woman celibate for the sake of the kingdom. She received two years of spiritual formation and attended the ICPE school of Evangelization in India, Banglore, which eventually led her to theological studies so as to consecrate her life to the study and teaching of the Word of God. She received an STB from the Pontifical Gregorian University, an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the SSD from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem on and the Université de Fribourg. During and after her doctoral studies she lectured at the Collège des Bernhardins, Paris, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome as a visiting professor. Explaining her discernment to join St. Patrick’s faculty, Dr. Heereman writes: “In particular, I desire to open up the treasures of the Scriptures to future priests so that their ministry might be rooted in the Word of God as the living source of their life and preaching. I am deeply committed to the Church’s desire to make ‘the study of the sacred page the very soul of theology’ (DV 24).” Our Father . . . Hallowed Be Thy Name | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 1245654166 Access Fr. Ku's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/a37v477v This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku was born in Manhattan (1965) and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T for five years before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. After serving for three years in St. Pius V Parish in Providence, Rhode Island, he completed his doctoral studies in dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and began teaching for the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2009. Are We Our Brains? Neuroscience and the Soul | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1246902277 This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Texas A&M University. The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5bv6865r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey. Dr. LaPenna was previously a collegiate runner and now enjoys running recreationally, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Most of all, he loves his wife Nicole and their two daughters, Catherine and Susanna. Biology, Geology, and . . . Theology? Theology as Science | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1246108921 You can view Fr. Hofer's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9c8h72 This lecture was given on February 3, 2022 at Queens University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation | Prof. Nina Heereman 1245553585 This lecture was given on March 21, 2022 at the University of California, Berkeley. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in Germany. Originally trained as a lawyer, Dr. Heereman experienced a deep conversion experience at the 1997 World Youth Day. This conversion led her to discern a vocation as a lay woman “celibate for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” and also led her to theological studies so as to “consecrate [her] life to the study and teaching of the Word of God”. She received an STB from the Pontifical Gregorian University, an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the very rare SSD from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem and the Université de Fribourg. Her doctoral thesis “Behold King Solomon on the Day of His Wedding”: A Symbolic-Diachronic Reading of Song 3:6-11 and 4:12-5:1 has been heralded by scholars as a profound contribution to scholarship on the Song of Songs. Dr. Heereman is presently an Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, CA. The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas and the Classical Tradition | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1246758745 This lecture was given on March 18, 2022 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology and she has co-edited three volumes on Self-Transcendence and Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Truth. Her writing has been featured in Breaking Ground, Evangelization and Culture, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. St. Thomas Aquinas on Suffering and Evil | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1244879086 This lecture was given on March 16, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Does God Exist? | Prof. Brian Carl 1244699917 This lecture was given on March 10, 2022 at the University of Tulsa. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. Why You Can't Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1242814687 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Iowa State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Eucharistic Miracles | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 1242776386 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Florida. Handout: https://tinyurl.com/2p863z2k For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is an assistant professor of systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and editor in chief of the journal The Thomist. He specializes in sacramental theology. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1242071701 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. Truth as Transcendental: Ontological Foundations | Dr. Edward Feser 1129746844 This talk was given on June 25, 2021 as part of the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, "Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas." The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/phksp393 For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Edward Feser is Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. in religion from the Claremont Graduate School, and a B.A. in philosophy and religious studies from the California State University at Fullerton. Called by National Review “one of the best contemporary writers on philosophy,” Feser is the author of On Nozick, Philosophy of Mind, Locke, The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Aquinas, Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, Neo-Scholastic Essays, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, and Aristotle's Revenge, the co-author of By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hayek and Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics. He is also the author of many academic articles. His primary academic research interests are in metaphysics, natural theology, the philosophy of mind, and moral and political philosophy. Feser also writes on politics and culture, from a conservative point of view; and on religion, from a traditional Roman Catholic perspective. In this connection, his work has appeared in such publications as The American, The American Conservative, The American Mind, Catholic Herald, Catholic World Report, City Journal, The Claremont Review of Books, Crisis, First Things, Liberty, National Review, New Oxford Review, Public Discourse, Reason, TCS Daily, and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and six children. What Is Beauty? Is God Beautiful? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 393030630 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "What is Beauty? Is God Beautiful?" This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. What Can an Adulteress Teach Us about Happiness? | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1140713959 This talk was given on September 20, 2021 at Vanderbilt University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P., is a member of the Saint Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, TN. Currently, she teaches Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville and assists with the theological formation of the newest members of the religious congregation. She studied theology at the Angelicum (The Pontifical University of St. Thomas) in Rome, Italy. On the Union of the Knower with the Known | Prof. Robert Koons 1136407555 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yv5by7f5 For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1132472893 This lecture was delivered at the University of Arizona on September 14, 2021. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4tj4vebb. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. What Is Christian Grace? Aquinas On Grace and Theological Virtues | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1112696818 This lecture was delivered for the Student Leadership Conference on 7/2/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. The Problem of Evil: Can Evil Disprove God? | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1141653511 This talk was given at the University of Wisconsin on September 29, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. The (De)Evolution of Determinism in Physics | Dr. Valerie Plaus 1124561479 This lecture was delivered on June 18, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. Slides for this lecture can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/4643mb4v For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Valerie Plaus is Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she teaches calculus-based physics classes designed for pre-engineering and chemistry majors. She taught physics and mathematics at universities in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin before coming to Franciscan in Fall 2018. She completed her masters and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. Her primary research interests are in supersymmetry and Higgs physics. Aside from physics, she is also passionate about swing and blues-idiom dancing and hiking. Modes of Knowledge: Apprehension, Judgment, Reasoning | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1128074803 This talk was given on June 24th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Cities And Human Flourishing | Prof. Philip Bess 1121754202 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/14/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/zfa34prs. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Are Science and Faith Compatible? | Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. 1143988258 This talk was given online on September 21, 2021 to The Thomistic Institute at the University of California Berkeley. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. Creation and the Origin of the Universe | Prof. William Carroll 1174780375 This talk was given on November 11, 2021 at Trinity College Dublin. Click here for Prof. Carroll's slides: https://tinyurl.com/2p94tjtx For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. William E. Carroll is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophy at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China) and Senior Research Fellow at the Collegium of Anton Neuwirth (Bratislava, Slovakia). His specialty is the relationship among the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology, with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of the doctrine of creation. He is the author of works and articles including Creation and Science: Has Science Eliminated God?; Galileo: Science and Faith; and (with Steven Baldner) Aquinas on Creation. Beginning in 2013, he has spent several weeks each year giving lectures and seminars at various Chinese universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan. Are We Just Accidents? Evolution in the Light of Faith | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1240341205 View Prof. Bogardus' slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yer9hxmu This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. Science And the Theology Of Extraterrestrial Life | Prof. Karin Öberg 1103665501 This lecture was delivered for the Vanderbilt University chapter on 4/20/2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Her recent TED talk explaining some of her research can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/karin_oberg_the_galactic_recipe_for_a_living_planet Aristotle and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Rob Koons 1236922144 This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Biology, Geology, and . . . Theology? Theology as Science | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1246108921 You can view Fr. Hofer's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9c8h72 This lecture was given on February 3, 2022 at Queens University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Why You Can't Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1242814687 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Iowa State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he served as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Unlocking Divine Action: Causality from Thomas Aquinas to Quantum Mechanics | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 1158245608 This talk was given on October 27, 2021 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is professor of philosophy and theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California. He is author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (CUA Press), and coauthor of The Seeker's Guide to Seven Life-Changing Virtues and Happily Ever After Begins Here and Now: Living the Beatitudes Today. Aristotle’s Four Causes and the Possibility of Science | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1129727440 This lecture was delivered at Rutgers University on September 9, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. How Is Genesis Compatible With Science? Insights From Augustine | Prof. Sarah Byers 1066788439 This lecture was delivered to the Boston University chapter on April 13, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. She received a masters and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and her interests include St. Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ancient and medieval ethics and metaphysics. She is responsible for many publications, including Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine: A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis, a book that argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his philosophy. This Is My Body: Does Modern Science Disprove Transubstantiation? | Fr. Thomas Davenport O.P. 1038623656 This lecture was given at Queen’s University on March 22, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 2010, working in theoretical particle physics and subsequently entered the Order of Preachers. He has written and spoken on the relationship of faith and science in a variety of venues, including being a main contributor to the Thomistic Evolution project. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2017 and is currently studying Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. Who Are the Monks? | Sr. Maria Kiely, OSB 1258650778 This lecture was given on April 1, 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Maria M. Kiely, O.S.B. is a Benedictine of the Congregation of Solesmes. She specializes in Christian thought and Scriptural exegesis in the early Church and in the rise and development of monasticism. She has studied in depth the life and writings of Ambrose of Milan and his use and adaptation of Origen and Plotinus. Her current research focuses on the development of the tradition of hymnody in the early Church through the Middle Ages. She is currently participating in a major commentary on the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours. In addition to her work at Catholic University, she teaches Greek and Latin at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies. She is also on the Editorial Committee for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). Who Am I? Becoming Someone in the Desert | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1253817295 This lecture was given on April, 2 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Finding Christ in the Desert: He Is The Other | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. 1254584881 This lecture was given on April, 2 2022 at St. Albert the Great Priory as part of the intellectual retreat "To Be Human in the Presence of God: St. Thomas Aquinas and Desert Spirituality." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. O’Donnell grew up in Syracuse, New York. After two years as a student at Providence College he entered the Order of Preachers in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1971 he earned an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame and in 1980 earned an STD degree in the area of Liturgical Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Faculty for Spirituality, the Teresianum, in Rome. He has previously taught at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and the Angelicum in Rome. In addition to teaching he currently serves as a vice-postulator for the cause for sainthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus and as vice-postulator for the cause of Rose Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY. He previously survived as postulator for the cause of canonization of Father Paul of Graymoor, which has also been submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. With Robin Mass, Ph.D., Fr. O’Donnell is the author of Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church and has contributed to A Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. An Appraisal of Karl Rahner's Theology of Death | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1241608411 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Done in the Body: The Eternal Meaning of Our Present Life | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1240832248 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. His teaching specialties are Medieval and Reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include Doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000). 'If we have died with Christ’: Christian Life and the Death of Jesus | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1242010168 This lecture was given on February 25, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., is a friar of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Dallas in 2011, entered the Order of Preachers in 2013, and was ordained a priest in May of 2020. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example from Gerard Manley Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart 1236277321 This lecture was given on March 9, 2022 at Washington and Lee University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where he also holds professorships in the Departments of English and French. His most recent scholarly books include Kingdoms of God (Indiana UP, 2014) and Poetry and Revelation (Bloomsbury, 2017). Among the books he has edited are Jean-Luc Marion: The Essential Writings (Fordham UP, 2013) and The Exorbitant: Emmanuel Levinas between Jews and Christians(Fordham UP, 2010). He is currently editing the fifth volume of a multivolume series The Bible and Literature, which will appear with Bloomsbury in 2020. His poetry is gathered in Wild Track: New and Selected Poems (Notre Dame UP, 2015) and Barefoot (Notre Dame UP, 2018). Among other honors, he holds an honorary doctoral degree in Philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris. The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate | Prof. Angela Knobel 1240803244 Prof. Knobel's presentation slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8as75m This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. From 2004 to 2020, she taught philosophy at her alma mater, the Catholic University of America. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. The Crass and the Sublime in Dante and Chaucer | Dr. Patrick Callahan 1248424312 This lecture was given on March 17, 2022 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4nh6uavk. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. The Perennial Importance of Plato | Prof. John Rist 1237325473 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John M. Rist was educated in classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He taught Greek at University College in the University of Toronto from 1959 to 1969 and from 1969 to 1980 was a professor of classics at the University of Toronto. He taught from 1980 to 1983 as Regius Professor of Classics at the University of Aberdeen, and returned to the University of Toronto, where he was professor of classics and philosophy from 1983 to 1996, with a cross-appointment to St. Michael's College from 1983 to 1990. In 1997, Rist became professor emeritus of the University of Toronto in 1997. He has been part-time visiting professor at the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum in Rome since 1998. In 1976 Rist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1991 he was elected a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1995 he was the Lady Davis Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Rist has written more than 100 scholarly works, including the following books: Man, Soul and Body: Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius (1996), Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized (1994), The Mind of Aristotle (1989), Platonism and Its Christian Heritage (1985), Human Value: A Study of Ancient Philosophical Ethics (1982), On the Independence of Matthew and Mark (1978), The Stoics (1978), Epicurus: An Introduction (1972), Stoic Philosophy (1969), Plotinus: The Road to Reality (1967), and Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen (1964). He is the author of more than 80 articles on ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, Plotinus and Neoplatonism, Patristics, and medieval philosophy. A Thomistic Account of Truth | Prof. Timothy Pawl 1244151961 This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the College of William and Mary. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4dbe7m5r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Timothy J. Pawl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and holds a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in philosophy, with specialization in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, Thomistic philosophy, analytic theology, and moral psychology. His books include In Defense of Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2016), In Defense of Extended Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2019), and The Incarnation (Cambridge, 2020). In addition, he has published more than thirty-five academic articles in his areas of expertise, and given almost 100 academic or popular-level talks or interviews about his work, including a series of interviews for the PBS show Closer to Truth. He is the husband of another philosopher, Faith Glavey Pawl, and the proud father of one son and four daughters. Trinitarian Prayer of the Mass Collect: To Whom, What, and Why are We Praying? | Fr Andrew Hofer OP 1126480540 This lecture was delivered on June 23, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Priest as a Mediator of Union with God | Fr. Philip Neri Reese, O.P 1133235214 This lecture was delivered on June 23, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, OP, is a Dominican friar of St. Joseph Province (Eastern USA) and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of specialization are Thomism and the Thomistic tradition, metaphysics and its history, and metametaphysics. He is also interested in questions of philosophical methodology and periodization in the history of philosophy. The Trinity and Priestly Ministries: St. Augustine’s and Ours | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1128644752 This lecture was delivered on June 24, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Priest as a Giver of the Spirit | Fr. Philip Neri Reese, O.P. 1132520098 This lecture was delivered on June 24, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, OP, is a Dominican friar of St. Joseph Province (Eastern USA) and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of specialization are Thomism and the Thomistic tradition, metaphysics and its history, and metametaphysics. He is also interested in questions of philosophical methodology and periodization in the history of philosophy. Preaching as Praising the Trinity | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1132052908 This lecture was delivered on June 25, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. Modes of Knowledge: Apprehension, Judgment, Reasoning | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1128074803 This talk was given on June 24th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. How Do We Know Essences? Sense Knowledge and Abstraction | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1137188611 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He taught in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America from 2010-2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Since then, he has been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies. Thomistic Science and the Knowledge Of Principles | Prof. Michael Gorman 1125756118 This talk was delivered on June 24, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Truth as Transcendental: Ontological Foundations | Dr. Edward Feser 1129746844 This talk was given on June 25, 2021 as part of the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, "Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas." The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/phksp393 For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Edward Feser is Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. in religion from the Claremont Graduate School, and a B.A. in philosophy and religious studies from the California State University at Fullerton. Called by National Review “one of the best contemporary writers on philosophy,” Feser is the author of On Nozick, Philosophy of Mind, Locke, The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Aquinas, Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, Neo-Scholastic Essays, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, and Aristotle's Revenge, the co-author of By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hayek and Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics. He is also the author of many academic articles. His primary academic research interests are in metaphysics, natural theology, the philosophy of mind, and moral and political philosophy. Feser also writes on politics and culture, from a conservative point of view; and on religion, from a traditional Roman Catholic perspective. In this connection, his work has appeared in such publications as The American, The American Conservative, The American Mind, Catholic Herald, Catholic World Report, City Journal, The Claremont Review of Books, Crisis, First Things, Liberty, National Review, New Oxford Review, Public Discourse, Reason, TCS Daily, and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and six children. What Is Intellect? | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P 1134628312 This talk was given on June 25th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. The Divine Ideas and the Truth in Things | Dr. Gregory Doolan 1129813939 This talk was given on June 25, 2021 as part of the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, "Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas." The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/whh79a7x For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. On the Union of the Knower with the Known | Prof. Robert Koons 1136407555 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yv5by7f5 For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. First Truth, Truth, and Truths: Analytic Philosophy and Thomas Aquinas | Prof. John O'Callaghan 1125240871 This talk was given at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. The Search for Wisdom and the Light of Christ | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1136002744 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/m4dfm37a For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Introduction to Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers | Prof. Jordan Wales 1158078469 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 15, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jordan Joseph Wales is an Associate Professor of Theology at Hillsdale College, where he teaches historical theology. His scholarly work focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary questions relating to theology and Artificial Intelligence. He received his M.T.S. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame after studying under a British Marshall Scholarship in the UK, where he received a Diploma in Theology from Oxford and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language from the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with highest honors from Swarthmore College with a B.S. in Engineering and a minor in Physiological Psychology; and he received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The Heart of Salvation: Christ and the Christian in the Macarian Writings | Prof. Marcus Plested 1158081235 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 15, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Marcus Plested (D.Phil., Oxford University, 1999) has been a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and has taught, lectured, and published widely in patristic, Byzantine, and modern Orthodox theology. He is the author of two books to date: The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition (Oxford: OUP 2004) and Orthodox Readings of Aquinas (Oxford: OUP 2012). Christ and the Sharing of Divine Communion in Cyril of Alexandria | Prof. Donald Fairbairn 1148336752 Happy Thanksgiving from the Thomistic Institute! This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Donald Fairbairn is the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His research interests focus on the relation between the doctrines of the Trinity, Christ, salvation and Christian life in the early church, especially in the 4th through 6th centuries. His responsibilities include further developing the Robert C. Cooley Center for the Study of Early Christianity at the Charlotte campus, which explores the historical foundations of the Christian faith. After graduating from seminary in 1989, Dr. Fairbairn ministered in Soviet Georgia for a year and then taught theology, New Testament and apologetics at Donetsk Christian University in Ukraine from 1992-96. He also served as Assistant Academic Dean there. Since that time, he has continued to teach in Eastern and Western Europe through many short-term trips. Three of his English books have been published in Russian and two in Romanian. He has also written two books published only in Russian. After finishing his Ph.D. in 1999, Dr. Fairbairn taught church history, Greek, Latin and historical theology at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, SC. He also served as Associate Dean of Theology and directed the Th.M. program there before coming to Gordon-Conwell in 2010. Dr. Fairbairn and his wife Jennifer have two children, Trey (born in 2001) and Ella (born in 2003). His hobbies include golf, gardening, and playing with his dog. The Cross as Revelation of the Divine Life in Gregory the Great I Prof. Jordan Wales 1166275957 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jordan Joseph Wales is an Associate Professor of Theology at Hillsdale College, where he teaches historical theology. His scholarly work focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary questions relating to theology and Artificial Intelligence. He received his M.T.S. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame after studying under a British Marshall Scholarship in the UK, where he received a Diploma in Theology from Oxford and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language from the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with highest honors from Swarthmore College with a B.S. in Engineering and a minor in Physiological Psychology; and he received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The Church Fathers and Aquinas on Christ's Human Knowledge | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1148466619 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). From Pure Nature to Wounded Nature: Aquinas on the Starting Point for Virtue Theory | Dr Jacob Wood 1154596927 This lecture was given on September 10, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Annual Fall Thomistic Circles Conference on "Virtue and Divine Grace." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2afevszt About the speaker: Jacob W. Wood is Associate Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and holds a doctorate from Catholic University of America. Wood's work focuses on theological anthropology in medieval, early modern, and contemporary theology, and he is particularly interested in how the retrieval of the sources of modern theology can help provide answers to questions about the relationships between the natural and the supernatural, sin and grace, and the human and the divine. He is the author most recently of To Stir a Restless Heart: Thomas Aquinas and Henri de Lubac on Nature, Grace, and the Desire for God (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2019), as well as Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road, 2016). The Infused Cardinal Virtues and the Necessities of Salvation | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. 1136474353 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies on September 10, 2021 as part of the Fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The theme of the conference was Virtue and Divine Grace. The handout for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hjtac2dj. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael S. Sherwin, OP, is Emeritus Professor of Fundamental Moral Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and the Alemany Research Fellow at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at Berkeley for academic year 2021/2022. Author of articles on the psychology of love, virtue ethics and moral development, his monograph, By Knowledge and By Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press, 2005) has been reissued in paperback, while his collection of essays, On Love and Virtue (Emmaus Academic, 2018) has been described by Alasdair MacIntyre as “theological reflection at its best.” Infused Virtue and Growth in the Christian Moral Life | Prof. Angela Knobel 1136475826 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies on September 11, 2021 as part of the fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The theme of the conference was "Virtue and Divine Grace." For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Associate Professor of Philosophy Angela Knobel, Ph.D., received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. Seek the Peace of the City: Courage, Grace, & Acquired Virtue | Prof. David Decosimo 1143895369 This talk was given on September 11, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC, as part of the Annual Fall Thomistic Circles Conference, on "Virtue and Divine Grace" The handout for this lecture can be found here:: https://tinyurl.com/bnpbvj23 About the speaker: Dr. David Decosimo holds a masters from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Princeton University. He is currently an associate professor of Theology at Boston University. He teaches and writes on just war theory, torture, Thomistic Ethics, and Christian and Islamic perspectives on political freedom. Virtue & Divine Grace: Quodlibetal Panel | Fall 2021 Thomistic Circles 1142632816 This panel took place at the Dominican House of Studies on September 11, 2021 as part of the Fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The participants of the panel were Prof. Jacob Wood (Franciscan University of Steubenville), Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. (University of Fribourg), Prof. Angela Knobel (University of Dallas), Prof. David Decosimo (Boston University). The theme of the conference was Virtue and Divine Grace. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org Philosophy and Biology: Accounts of the Soul | Prof. Marie George 1170085939 This talk was given at a conference on Scientism and Human Nature by the Yale Undergraduate Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on October 30, 2021. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department of St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc.). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. Reductionism and Free Will | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 1169382232 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow O.P. holds the Department Chair of Philosophy at the Dominican School of Theology and Philosophy. He earned his PhD in philosophy at the University of Munich in Germany. His research interests include Thomas Aquinas, free will, philosophical aesthetics, philosophy of language, faith and reason, including philosophy of miracles, the concept of personhood, the history of philosophy (Modern and contemporary, and some Medieval), and family rights. Neuroscience and the Soul: The Mysteries of Neuroscience | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1170640498 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC. He treats a wide variety of neurological conditions including epilepsy, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, and dementia. He is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Spartanburg, VA. Artificial Intelligence and the Human Soul | Prof. James Madden 1170558685 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. In addition to usual general education courses in philosophy (Logic, Principles of Nature, Ethics, and Philosophical Psychology), Dr. Madden typically teaches courses in modern philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Dr. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. Jim Madden is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor, who won the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (Masters 4, blue belt, open weight class) in December 2019. He has also written a book about physical fitness and strength/conditioning, Ageless Athlete. Why Did God Become Man? The Motives of the Incarnation | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1202702692 This lecture was given on December 17, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller was born in Cincinnati, OH, and grew up attending St. Gertrude Parish. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a Bachelor’s degree in English. Fr. Jonah is the second of seven children. “While visiting the House of Studies on a ‘Come and See’ weekend, I was really affected by the vitality and joy of the brethren; that zeal played an important role in guiding me to the Dominicans.” Christ as God and Man | Prof. Michael Gorman 1199588635 This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Christ in the O Antiphons | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1202677897 Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ycc663wz This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Christ as Source of Grace and Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 1199615020 Prof. Gorman's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/mubnsywe This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Of the Father's Love Begotten | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1200124684 Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/55cnce22 This lecture was given on December 19, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. The Image of God and the Soul | Prof. John Grabowski 1202919361 This talk was given on October 1, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Made in God's Image: Genesis 1.26-27 and Divine Representation | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1203517594 This talk was given on October 2, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. The Image of God and the Body | Prof. John Grabowski 1203491821 This talk was given on October 2, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Transformed in God's Image: 2 Corinthians and our Human Destiny | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1204038169 This talk was given on October 3, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. "Go Down to Nazareth": The Contemplative Life and the Nature of Prayer | Prof. Adam Eitel 1215806263 This lecture was given on January 28, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer, An Intellectual Retreat." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8k24zu. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Echoing the Word: St. Thomas and Divine Creativity in Personal Prayer | Dr. Joshua Revelle 1215640255 Click here for Dr. Revelle's handout: https://tinyurl.com/yc8b6ew6 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. 'A Fire Shall Flame Out’ Charity and the Conditions of Prayer | Prof. Adam Eitel 1212192655 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3n7ztdwz. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. The Majesty of Truth: St. Thomas on the Contemplation and Worship of God | Dr. Joshua Revelle 1212216928 Dr. Revelle's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/8ze3uusf This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. The Mystery Of Prayer | Prof. Josh Revelle 1226500798 This talk was given on October 8, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. Prayer and the Intellectual Life | Prof. Joshua Revelle 1232294287 This talk was given on October 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. St. Thomas’s Eucharistic Devotion | Prof. Joshua Revelle 1232312485 This talk was given on October 10, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. 'If we have died with Christ’: Christian Life and the Death of Jesus | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1242010168 This lecture was given on February 25, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., is a friar of the Dominican Province of Saint Joseph. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Dallas in 2011, entered the Order of Preachers in 2013, and was ordained a priest in May of 2020. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Done in the Body: The Eternal Meaning of Our Present Life | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1240832248 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. His teaching specialties are Medieval and Reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include Doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000). An Appraisal of Karl Rahner's Theology of Death | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1241608411 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. 'We Shall See Him as He Is’: Eternal Life and Beatitude | Prof. Bruce Marshall 1241553199 This lecture was given on February 27, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. His teaching specialties are Medieval and Reformation theology and systematic theology. His research interests include Doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, philosophical issues in theology, sacramental theology, and Judaism and Christian theology. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000). The Raising of Lazarus and the Immortality of the Soul | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1241585251 This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena on Conformity to Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. Reginald Lynch 1236818908 This talk was given on January 7, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1232268583 This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. The Eucharist: How Could Christ be Present in Many Places at Once? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1232239540 This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. What Happens When You Eat God? The Effects of the Eucharist | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1237480555 This lecture was given on January 9, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., Coordinator for Campus Outreach | Fr. Jonah runs the TI’s intellectual retreat program, planning and overseeing retreats in DC and other regions of the country. He also works with the TI’s Campus Chapters program, traveling to meet on-campus and to strategize with student leaders. He also works with the Aquinas 101 video series and assists at the TI’s other events and conferences. Fr. Jonah attended the University of Dallas, where he studied English. Prior to entering the Order of Preachers, he was employed as an oil field worker, a short-order cook and barback, and as a teacher of literature and composition. He was ordained a priest in 2020 and holds an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the third-best guitarist in the Province’s Americana band, The Hillbilly Thomists. The New Commandment | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 845968168 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. The Eucharist and Spiritual Communion | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 845972968 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Langevin entered the Order of Friars Preachers in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2005. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. While working on his doctorate at the University of Fribourg, Father Langevin was employed full-time there as the assistant to the Chair of Dogmatic Theology for Ecclesiology and the Sacraments. Father Langevin joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the fall of 2013. He teaches courses principally in sacramental theology and liturgiology. Since the summer of 2018, he is the editor of the journal The Thomist, for which he previously was book review editor. His book, From Passion to Paschal Mystery (Academic Press Fribourg, 2015), analyzes 20th-century Church teaching on the relationship between the sacraments (focusing on baptism and the Eucharist) and the events of Christ’s life. His primary research interest is general sacramental theology. The Via Dolorosa | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 845973946 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. The Passion Of The Lord | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 845975194 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. he holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Death of the Lord | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 845976841 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. The Descent into Hell | Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. 845976028 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk was ordained to the priesthood in May 2017. He is a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he earned a degree in biomedical sciences. The Resurrection | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 845978560 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Predestination and Human Freedom: A Catholic Approach | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1237576906 Access Prof. Grant's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2utsun3j This lecture was given on March 7, 2022 at Hillsdale College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. What Is Truth? Why Does It Matter? | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1241979757 This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Indiana University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at USC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology and she has co-edited three volumes on Self-Transcendence and Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Truth. Her writing has been featured in Breaking Ground, Evangelization and Culture, First Things, Fare Forward, Image, Law and Liberty, The Point, and USA Today. The Life of the World to Come | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. 1240362520 This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his PhD, he taught in the department of theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 2011-12, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018. Are We Just Accidents? Evolution in the Light of Faith | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1240341205 View Prof. Bogardus' slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yer9hxmu This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. Our Father . . . Hallowed Be Thy Name | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 1245654166 Access Fr. Ku's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/a37v477v This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku was born in Manhattan (1965) and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T for five years before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. After serving for three years in St. Pius V Parish in Providence, Rhode Island, he completed his doctoral studies in dogmatic theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and began teaching for the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2009. Thy Kingdom Come | Prof. Nina Heereman 1245642190 This lecture was given on March 25, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Heereman was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in Germany. Originally trained to become a lawyer, she experienced a deep encounter with the Lord which led her to discern a vocation as a lay woman celibate for the sake of the kingdom. She received two years of spiritual formation and attended the ICPE school of Evangelization in India, Banglore, which eventually led her to theological studies so as to consecrate her life to the study and teaching of the Word of God. She received an STB from the Pontifical Gregorian University, an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the SSD from the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem on and the Université de Fribourg. During and after her doctoral studies she lectured at the Collège des Bernhardins, Paris, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome as a visiting professor. Explaining her discernment to join St. Patrick’s faculty, Dr. Heereman writes: “In particular, I desire to open up the treasures of the Scriptures to future priests so that their ministry might be rooted in the Word of God as the living source of their life and preaching. I am deeply committed to the Church’s desire to make ‘the study of the sacred page the very soul of theology’ (DV 24).” Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven | Fr. Oliver Keenan, O.P. 1245581455 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr Oliver is the Director of the Aquinas Institute and a member of the Theology Faculty at the University of Oxford. As Fellow and Lector, Fr Oliver teaches Systematic Theology at Blackfriars. As Director of the Aquinas Institute, he has responsibility for coordinating its research programme and for organising its annual programme of reading classes, seminars, lectures and colloquia. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford (under the supervision of Professor Graham Ward). His doctoral work outlined a semantic ontology for Christian dogmatics, in dialogue with the philosophy of Michael Polanyi. He specialises in theological ontology, theological epistemology, and twentieth-century dogmatics, particularly Catholic receptions of Karl Barth. Together with Dr Daniel De Haan, he is leading a two-year Templeton-funded project on ‘Truth, Aquinas, and the Theological Turn in Continental Philosophy‘. In addition to his work at Blackfriars, he is a Translation Fellow of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary; an Associate Lecturer at the Maryvale Institute; Trustee of the Eckhart Society; a member of the Editorial Board of New Blackfriars; and the Master of Students for the English Dominicans. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread | Fr. John Gavin, S.J. 1245603799 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Gavin earned his B.A. from Boston College, his M.A. from Fordham University, and his M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkley. He received his Sacred Theology Doctorate in Rome and was a lecturer at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Gregorian University for three years. Fr. Gavin entered the Society of Jesus in 1991 and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 2002. He is the author of 'They are like the angels in the heavens': Angelology and Anthropology in the Thought of Maximus the Confessor (Augustinianum, 2009) and A Celtic Christology: The Incarnation According to John Scottus Eriugena (Cascade, 2014). Lead Us Not Into Temptation | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 1245618931 This lecture was given on March 26, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of the Thomistic Institute's Annual Spring Thomistic Circles Conference: "Our Father: Prayer and Theology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul’s editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez’s four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus. Biblical Responses to Objections to the Catholic Faith | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 1238256715 This lecture was given on February 18, 2022 at the University of Oklahoma. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running. Aquinas on the Cardinal & Theological Virtues | Prof. Jonathan Sanford 1238196034 This lecture was given on February 17, 2022 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is Professor of Philosophy and Provost at the University of Dallas. He graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University in Classics and Philosophy in 1997, received his PhD from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 2001, and received a postdoctoral fellowship from Fordham University in 2001-2002. He has published on particular figures in the history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Newman, and Scheler, as well as on topics in both metaphysics and ethics. He is especially interested in drawing from the tradition to solve contemporary problems. Sanford’s most recent book is Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (CUA Press, 2015). The University of Dallas is well known for the undergraduate Catholic liberal education it provides, and as Provost, Sanford oversees all aspects of it. He is currently writing a book on the virtues of liberal education. He and his wife Rebecca live in Irving, Texas, and are blessed with eight children. Aristotle and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Rob Koons 1236922144 This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman 1240750921 This lecture was given on February 16, 2022 at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. Are Unjust Laws Really Laws? Positivism and the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Peter Koritansky 1237616656 This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Peter Karl Koritansky is a Professor of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at The University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada. At UPEI, he teaches courses in ancient and medieval philosophy, moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law and Catholic thought. He has also taught at Malone University (Canton, OH), Walsh University (North Canton, OH), the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (Rome) and has been a visiting scholar at The University of Notre Dame. Dr. Koritansky received his Ph.D in philosophy from The University of Toronto and is the author of Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment (CUA Press, 2012) and Engaging the Skeptic: Essays Addressing the Modern Secularist’s Most Serious Objections to the Catholic Worldview (Justin Press, 2018). He has also recently published “Thomas Aquinas and the Euthyphro Dilemma” (Heythrop Journal, 2018) and “Retributive Justice and Natural Law” (The Thomist, 2019). For the 2021-22 academic year, Dr. Koritansky is a John and Daria Barry Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He is currently completing a manuscript tentatively entitled "An Introduction to Thomistic Natural Law." Personal Relationship with the Persons of the Trinity | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 1236848659 This lecture was given on February 7, 2022 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., was born in Manhattan (1965) and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he worked at AT&T for five years before entering the Dominican Order in 1992. After serving for three years in St. Pius Parish in Providence, R.I., he completed his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in 2009. He now teaches at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he has also served as book review editor of The Thomist, chaplain to commuter students, and chaplain to the Immaculate Conception Chapter of Third Order Dominicans, and assistant student master. He served as student master and subprior at St. Dominic Priory from 2015-2018, and is currently the subprior. How and How Not to Be Happy | Prof. J. Budziszewski 1237600723 This lecture was given on February 10, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most well known for his work on moral self-deception, “the revenge of conscience,” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, he has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as On the Meaning of Sex, from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, How to Stay Christian in College has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, The Underground Thomist. Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. What Happens When You Eat God? The Effects of the Eucharist | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1237480555 This lecture was given on January 9, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P., Coordinator for Campus Outreach | Fr. Jonah runs the TI’s intellectual retreat program, planning and overseeing retreats in DC and other regions of the country. He also works with the TI’s Campus Chapters program, traveling to meet on-campus and to strategize with student leaders. He also works with the Aquinas 101 video series and assists at the TI’s other events and conferences. Fr. Jonah attended the University of Dallas, where he studied English. Prior to entering the Order of Preachers, he was employed as an oil field worker, a short-order cook and barback, and as a teacher of literature and composition. He was ordained a priest in 2020 and holds an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the third-best guitarist in the Province’s Americana band, The Hillbilly Thomists. The Eucharist: How Could Christ be Present in Many Places at Once? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1232239540 This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1232268583 This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena on Conformity to Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. Reginald Lynch 1236818908 This talk was given on January 7, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Aquinas, Darwin, and Creation: Is Evolution at Odds with Genesis? | Prof. Kenneth Kemp 1234761709 This lecture was given on February 8, 2022 at the University of Georgia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kenneth W. Kemp is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Fellow of that University’s Center for Catholic Studies. His education includes an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science as well as a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. His research work has included ethics (in particular questions of morality and war) and historical and philosophical inquiry into the relations between science and religion (with a particular focus on the theory of evolution). Is it Reasonable to Believe in God? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1232334532 This lecture was given on February 1, 2022 at the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). St. Thomas’s Eucharistic Devotion | Prof. Joshua Revelle 1232312485 This talk was given on October 10, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. Prayer and the Intellectual Life | Prof. Joshua Revelle 1232294287 This talk was given on October 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. The Mystery Of Prayer | Prof. Josh Revelle 1226500798 This talk was given on October 8, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. Faith and Hope amidst Darkness and Fears: C.S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 1226355118 This talk was given on February 2, 2022 at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running. Aristotle's Four Causes and the Possibility of Science | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1218417913 This lecture was given on December 3, 2021 at Youngstown State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Thomas and the New Atheists | Bishop Robert Barron 1226043892 This talk was given on January 28th, 2022 at the University of California at Santa Barbara in partnership with St. Mark’s University Parish and Newman Center. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He is also the host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary about the Catholic Faith, which aired on PBS. Bishop Barron is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on FOX News, CNN, and EWTN. Bishop Barron’s website, WordOnFire.org, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world’s most followed Catholics on social media. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 50 million times and he has over 3 million followers on Facebook. Bishop Barron has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Facebook, Google, and Amazon. He has keynoted many conferences and events all over the world, including the World Youth Day in Kraków and the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, which marked Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States. He has shared dialogue with Dr. Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, and William Lane Craig, among other influencers and thought leaders. Bishop Barron’s recent film series, "CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players", has been syndicated for national television and nominated for an Emmy award. His most recent project is the Word on Fire Institute, a new hub for spiritual and intellectual formation, training members of the Word on Fire movement to proclaim Christ in the culture. The Majesty of Truth: St. Thomas on the Contemplation and Worship of God | Dr. Joshua Revelle 1212216928 Dr. Revelle's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/8ze3uusf This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. 'A Fire Shall Flame Out’ Charity and the Conditions of Prayer | Prof. Adam Eitel 1212192655 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3n7ztdwz. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Echoing the Word: St. Thomas and Divine Creativity in Personal Prayer | Dr. Joshua Revelle 1215640255 Click here for Dr. Revelle's handout: https://tinyurl.com/yc8b6ew6 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice. "Go Down to Nazareth": The Contemplative Life and the Nature of Prayer | Prof. Adam Eitel 1215806263 This lecture was given on January 28, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer, An Intellectual Retreat." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8k24zu. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015. Is Free Will an Illusion? The Metaphysics and Psychology of Choice | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1211564818 This lecture was given on January 27, 2022 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/37ttfuud. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. I Am My Passions | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1204060027 This talk was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little teaches philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His primary focus is Aristotle and his natural philosophy. I Am Not My Passions | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1207291798 This lecture was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. He teaches philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His primary focus is in Aristotle and his natural philosophy. Transformed in God's Image: 2 Corinthians and our Human Destiny | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1204038169 This talk was given on October 3, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. The Image of God and the Body | Prof. John Grabowski 1203491821 This talk was given on October 2, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Made in God's Image: Genesis 1.26-27 and Divine Representation | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1203517594 This talk was given on October 2, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. The Image of God and the Soul | Prof. John Grabowski 1202919361 This talk was given on October 1, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Created in the Image of God: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Grabowski earned his B.A. in theology at the University of Steubenville and his Ph.D. at Marquette University. For the last thirty years he has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he is currently Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology/ Ethics. He and his wife were appointed to the Pontifical Council for the Family by Pope Benedict XVI in the fall of 2009 where they served as a member couple. He has served two terms as a theological advisor to the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, and Youth and one term as an advisor to the subcommittee which produced the Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (2009). In 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as an expert (adiutor) at the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Dr. Grabowski has published widely in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, and bioethics. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, The Heythrop Journal, and the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly as well as more popular publications such as America, Commonweal, The Living Light, and Our Sunday Visitor. His books include Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics (CUA Press, 2003), Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology (Sapientia Press, 2017), One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization with Claire Grabowski (Emmaus Road Press, 2018), A Catechism for Family Life with Sarah Bartel (CUA Press, 2018), and Raising Catholic Kids for Their Vocations with Claire Grabowski (TAN, 2019). Dr. Grabowski has lectured and presented at conferences across the United States. He and his wife Claire are regular guests on Greg and Lisa Popcak’s radio show More 2 Life on EWTN. They have five children, six grandchildren, and reside in the Archdiocese of Washington. Are There Failed Persons? Are You One of Them? | Prof. John O’Callaghan 1202896243 This talk was given on December 1, 2021 at Purdue University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. Friendship: Classical, Medieval, Modern | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1204190248 This lecture was given on November 17, 2021 at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a $2.1 million project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Of the Father's Love Begotten | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1200124684 Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/55cnce22 This lecture was given on December 19, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Christ as Source of Grace and Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 1199615020 Prof. Gorman's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/mubnsywe This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Christ in the O Antiphons | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1202677897 Fr. Hofer's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ycc663wz This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Christ as God and Man | Prof. Michael Gorman 1199588635 This lecture was given on December 18, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Why Did God Become Man? The Motives of the Incarnation | Fr. Jonah Teller, O.P. 1202702692 This lecture was given on December 17, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies during "Of the Father’s Love Begotten: An Intellectual Retreat on the Incarnation" for the Thomistic Institute’s Texas-area campus chapters. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jonah Teller was born in Cincinnati, OH, and grew up attending St. Gertrude Parish. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a Bachelor’s degree in English. Fr. Jonah is the second of seven children. “While visiting the House of Studies on a ‘Come and See’ weekend, I was really affected by the vitality and joy of the brethren; that zeal played an important role in guiding me to the Dominicans.” Friendship for Young Adults: A Practical Thomistic Approach | Prof. John Cuddeback 1199377360 This talk was given on December 10, 2021 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship is being republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at BaconFromAcorns and LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. Aquinas and Religious Pluralism: How to Engage Without Sacrificing the Truth | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1204248127 This lecture was given on December 7, 2021 at George Mason University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1202827825 This lecture was given on December 7, 2021 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mrrhu2sp. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. Thomists at War: Dante, Aquinas, and the Dominicans | Dr. George Corbett 1195872211 This lecture was given on November 15, 2021 at Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. George Corbett is a Senior Lecturer in Theology and the Arts at the University of St Andrews. Previously, he held positions as Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Trinity College, and affiliated lecturer in Italian, University of Cambridge, where he also taught English literature and theology. He received his BA (double first), MPhil (distinction), and PhD (AHRC-funded) from the University of Cambridge. He has also studied in Pisa (as an Erasmus-Socrates exchange scholar at La Scuola Normale Superiore), Rome (Institutum Pontificium Alterioris Latinitatis), and Montella (Vivarium Novum). Dr. Corbett directs CEPHAS (a Thomistic Centre for Philosophy and Scholastic Theology), TheoArtistry (a project linking up theologians and artists), and is leading on a new collaborative MLitt in Sacred Music. 892718 Can You Be Spiritual But Not Religious? | Dr. R.J. Snell 1213623382 This walk was given on September 21, 2021 at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications. 892718 Why Do We Die? | Prof. Christopher Frey 1212498085 This lecture was delivered on October 28, 2021 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Christopher Frey is currently an associate professor in the department of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Prof. Frey works primarily in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially Aristotle’s natural philosophy and metaphysics. He is writing a book entitled The Principle of Life: Aristotelian Souls in an Inanimate World. It concerns the distinction between the animate and the inanimate, the unity of living organisms, nutrition, birth, death, and, more generally, what one’s metaphysical worldview looks like if one takes life to be central. He also works in contemporary philosophy of perception and mind and has written extensively on the relationship between the intentionality and phenomenality of perceptual experience. In addition to these two main areas of research, he has secondary projects in metaphysics, the philosophy of action, Medieval philosophy, Early Modern philosophy, and the history of analytic philosophy. Does Moral Knowledge Require God?: An Introduction To Thomistic Epistemology | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1195842088 Prof. Bogardus' slides can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/dc329b72 This lecture was given on November 30, 2021 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology, and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. Nuclear Deterrence: Moral or Immoral? | Prof. John Keown 1195267891 This lecture was given on November 19, 2021 at the University of South Carolina. View Prof. Keown's slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yck2hbwu For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. John Keown is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.He graduated in law from Cambridge and took a doctorate in law at Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). After a spell teaching medical and criminal law at the University of Leicester, he became the first holder of a lectureship in the law and ethics of medicine at Cambridge, where he was elected to a Fellowship at Queens' College and, later, a Senior Research Fellowship at Churchill College. In 2015 he was made a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in recognition of his contribution to law and bioethics.He has published widely in the law and ethics of medicine, specializing in issues at the beginning and end of life. The second and heavily revised edition of his widely acclaimed book Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018.His research has been cited by distinguished bodies worldwide, including the United States Supreme Court; the Law Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics, and the Australian Senate. In 2011 he testified as an expert witness for Canada in a leading case concerning the country’s laws against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. He has served as a member of the Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association and has been regularly consulted, not least by legislators and the media, on legal and ethical aspects of medicine. Author of the first paper to demonstrate comprehensively that the American War for Independence failed to satisfy all (if any) of the criteria for a ‘just war’ (and was, therefore, an unjust revolution), he has also written a play based on one of the classic cases in law and bioethics: the trial of Dr. Leonard Arthur for the attempted murder of a newborn baby with Down's syndrome. Christ in the Lives & Teachings of Gregory of Nanzianzus and Augustine | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1194511762 This lecture was delivered on November 15, 2021 at the University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1199562562 This lecture was given on November 5, 2021 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Image and Likeness: Metaphysical Foundations of the Rational Person | Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP 1120609498 This lecture was delivered on June 14, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Christ Crucified: Incarnational Beauty and the Spiritual Life | Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP 1117772290 This lecture was delivered on June 16, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Moral Action: Aesthetics and the Acting Person | Fr. Reginald Lynch 1121735878 This lecture was delivered on June 15, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Laudato Si, Jacques Maritain, and Aesthetic Education | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1120810693 This lecture was delivered on June 14, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Until recently Thomas Hibbs served as the ninth President of the University of Dallas. As of the summer of 2021, he will return to Baylor University, where he will hold the J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Chair of Philosophy. Previously, he served as distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Urban Formal Order: Space, Anti-Space, Junkspace | Prof. Philip Bess 1117558060 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/15/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4sjjt6wt. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Cities And Human Flourishing | Prof. Philip Bess 1121754202 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/14/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/zfa34prs. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Urban Formal Order, Natural Law, and Positive Law | Prof. Philip Bess 1124559106 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/16/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/rue8mrvw. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. The City As Eschaton And Sacrament | Prof. Philip Bess 1125276394 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/17/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at: tinyurl.com/k2f6372d For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Maritain And Modern Art | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1112663476 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/15/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Family as Seen Through Film | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1120451647 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/17/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Creation and the Origin of the Universe | Prof. William Carroll 1174780375 This talk was given on November 11, 2021 at Trinity College Dublin. Click here for Prof. Carroll's slides: https://tinyurl.com/2p94tjtx For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. William E. Carroll is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophy at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China) and Senior Research Fellow at the Collegium of Anton Neuwirth (Bratislava, Slovakia). His specialty is the relationship among the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology, with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of the doctrine of creation. He is the author of works and articles including Creation and Science: Has Science Eliminated God?; Galileo: Science and Faith; and (with Steven Baldner) Aquinas on Creation. Beginning in 2013, he has spent several weeks each year giving lectures and seminars at various Chinese universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan. Knowledge and the Act of Faith | Prof. Steven Jensen 1193986075 This lecture was delivered on November 11, 2021 at Louisiana State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Steven Jensen received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. Jensen’s areas of research include ethics, medieval philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, action theory, biomedical ethics, natural law, and human dignity. He can speak on philosophy, biomedical ethics, faith and reason, logic and Thomistic ethics. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. The Problem of Evil: Does Evil Disprove God? | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1174827265 This talk was given on November 11, 2021 at the University of Arizona. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. How Many Friends Should I Have? ‘A Lot,’ says Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1195069741 Fr. Guilbeau's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3vw4dp4e This lecture was delivered on December 6, 2021 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church for the DC Young Professionals Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau is prior of the Dominican House of Studies. St. Thomas Aquinas' Pursuit of Wisdom and Friendship with God | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1205430778 This homily by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. was given on Thursday, Jan. 27 in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the Catholic University of America's annual University Mass in honor of the school's patron, St. Thomas Aquinas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Samuel Beckett versus Christianity | Prof. Erik Tonning 1174750561 This talk was given on November 30, 2021 at Trinity College Dublin. Prof. Tonning's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mrxhvmvf For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org Professor Tonning wishes to acknowledge the kind invitation from the Trinity College, Dublin Thomistic Institute chapter, as well as the research leave granted by the Humanities Strategy Fund in the University of Bergen that facilitated the preparation of this lecture. About the speaker: Erik Tonning is Professor of British Literature and Culture in the University of Bergen (from 2015). In 2011-2014 he was Research Director of the ‘Modernism and Christianity’ project funded by the Bergen Research Foundation/Trond Mohn Foundation. He completed an undergraduate degree at Bergen (1999) and an MA at Oslo (2001), before going on to the University of Oxford for his DPhil (2006). He has held a Norwegian Research Council postdoctoral grant (2006-2009) for a project on ‘Samuel Beckett and Christianity’, and has also been affiliated with the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent’s Park College (2005-2010). In 2010, he held a Tutorial Fellowship at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. He has published two monographs, Samuel Beckett’s Abstract Drama: Works for Stage and Screen 1962-1985 (2007), and Modernism and Christianity (2014). He has also published severl co-edited volumes including Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies (Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui 22, 2010), Broadcasting in the Modernist Era (2014) and Modernism, Christianity and Apocalypse (2015). He is Series Editor (with Prof. Matthew Feldman) of the two book series Historicizing Modernism and Modernist Archives from Bloomsbury Academic. What Makes a Good Person? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Well | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1173595294 This talk was given on November 11, 2021 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. How to Die Well | Dr. Farr Curlin 1195183954 This lecture was given on November 2, 2021 at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Farr Curlin is the Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religion-associated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture. The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete? | Prof. Marie George 1202399833 This lecture was given at University of Alabama, Birmingham on November 1, 2021. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective (2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc.). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and more. Does Evolution Undermine Christianity? | Prof. Matthew Ramage 1173570907 This talk was given on October 28, 2021 at the University of Tulsa. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Matthew Ramage is Adjunct Professor of Sacred Scripture at Holy Apostles College and Seminary and Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Kansas. He is author, contributing author, or co-translator of a variety of articles and books, including the monographs Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (CUA, 2013), Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017), The Experiment of Faith: Pope Benedict XVI on Living the Theological Virtues in a Secular Age (CUA Press, 2020), and Christ’s Church and World Religions (Sophia Institute Press, 2020). His next book, From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution, is forthcoming from Catholic University of America Press in early 2022. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage’s website www.matthewramage.com. In addition to his books, Dr. Ramage’s work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Letter and Spirit, Scientia et Fides, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, Crisis, and the Word on Fire Institute’s Evangelization and Culture. You can find interviews with Dr. Ramage at news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things, EWTN radio’s Catholic Answers Live, and EWTN’s television program Catholicism on Campus. When he is not teaching or writing, Dr. Ramage enjoys hiking with his wife and five children, tending his orchard, and traveling abroad to learn, lecture, and lead educational trips. The Intellectual Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary | Dr. Zena Hitz 1199792773 This lecture was given at University of California, Berkeley on November 16, 2021. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. Can God Force Me to be Good? A Thomistic Answer | Prof. Thomas Osborne 1173552577 This talk was given on October 19, 2021 at the University of Arizona. Click here for Prof. Osborne's handout: https://tinyurl.com/229683zw For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston). He has written many articles on medieval and late-scholastic philosophy and other topics, and is the author of Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth-Century Ethics (2005), Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and WIlliam of Ockham (2014), and Aquinas's Ethics (2020). What Makes a Person Good? The Cardinal Virtues and Living Well | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1173528067 This talk was given on October 27, 2021 at the University of Auburn. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. How Is My iPhone Changing Me? Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1197860419 This lecture was given at West Virginia University on November 5, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Two New Arguments Against Atheism | Prof. Tomás Bogardus 1170588442 This talk was given on November 10, 2021 at the University of California Santa Barbara. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Tomás Bogardus was born in Long Beach, California, and earned his BS in biology at UC San Diego, his MA in philosophy at Biola University, and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He works mainly in metaphysics and epistemology, and is most interested in the mind-body problem and the rationality of religious belief. He lives with his wife and daughter in a small California hippie/hipster town, and his hobbies include woodworking, bodyboarding, surfing, and no gi jiu jitsu. Artificial Intelligence and the Human Soul | Prof. James Madden 1170558685 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. In addition to usual general education courses in philosophy (Logic, Principles of Nature, Ethics, and Philosophical Psychology), Dr. Madden typically teaches courses in modern philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Dr. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. Jim Madden is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor, who won the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (Masters 4, blue belt, open weight class) in December 2019. He has also written a book about physical fitness and strength/conditioning, Ageless Athlete. Neuroscience and the Soul: The Mysteries of Neuroscience | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1170640498 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC. He treats a wide variety of neurological conditions including epilepsy, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, and dementia. He is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Spartanburg, VA. Reductionism and Free Will | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 1169382232 This lecture was delivered on October 30, 2021 at Yale University as part of "Scientism and Human Nature: A Conference." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow O.P. holds the Department Chair of Philosophy at the Dominican School of Theology and Philosophy. He earned his PhD in philosophy at the University of Munich in Germany. His research interests include Thomas Aquinas, free will, philosophical aesthetics, philosophy of language, faith and reason, including philosophy of miracles, the concept of personhood, the history of philosophy (Modern and contemporary, and some Medieval), and family rights. Philosophy and Biology: Accounts of the Soul | Prof. Marie George 1170085939 This talk was given at a conference on Scientism and Human Nature by the Yale Undergraduate Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on October 30, 2021. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department of St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc.). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. How Aristotle Can Benefit Science Today | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. 1169339692 This lecture was delivered on November 5, 2021 at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Ambrose Mary Little O.P. was ordained to the priesthood in 2013 and is a member of the Dominican Order in the Province of St. Joseph. His primary work is in Aristotle and his natural philosophy. "We Don't Do Truth" | Prof. John Rist 1165420258 This talk was delivered on November 9, 2021 at the University of Edinburgh. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John M. Rist was educated in classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He taught Greek at University College in the University of Toronto from 1959 to 1969 and from 1969 to 1980 was a professor of classics at the University of Toronto. He taught from 1980 to 1983 as Regius Professor of Classics at the University of Aberdeen, and returned to the University of Toronto, where he was professor of classics and philosophy from 1983 to 1996, with a cross-appointment to St. Michael's College from 1983 to 1990. In 1997, Rist became professor emeritus of the University of Toronto in 1997. He has been part-time visiting professor at the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum in Rome since 1998. In 1976 Rist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1991 he was elected a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1995 he was the Lady Davis Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Rist has written more than 100 scholarly works, including the following books: Man, Soul and Body: Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius (1996), Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized (1994), The Mind of Aristotle (1989), Platonism and Its Christian Heritage (1985), Human Value: A Study of Ancient Philosophical Ethics (1982), On the Independence of Matthew and Mark (1978), The Stoics (1978), Epicurus: An Introduction (1972), Stoic Philosophy (1969), Plotinus: The Road to Reality (1967), and Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen (1964). He is the author of more than 80 articles on ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, Plotinus and Neoplatonism, Patristics, and medieval philosophy. Faith and Reason in the Life of John Henry Newman | Prof. Nathaniel Peters 1165326772 This talk was delivered on October 16, 2021 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Nathaniel Peters, Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is the Executive Director of the Morningside Institute and a lecturer at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in linguistics, with a focus on French and Latin, his M.T.S. from the University of Notre Dame, and his Ph.D. in the history of Christian thought and Christian ethics from Boston College. At Boston College, he taught courses in the department of theology and lectured in the Perspectives Program, BC’s great books program. He is currently working on an English translation of letters of William of Saint-Thierry and has published articles and reviews in Religious Studies Review, America, Commonweal, First Things, and Plough Quarterly. A native of Edgartown, MA, he lives in Harlem with his wife and son. The Motives of the Incarnation: Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Paul Gondreau 1162470268 Merry Christmas and happy new year from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given at the University of Oklahoma on September 11, 2018. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul Gondreau received his S.T.D. from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland in 2000. He teaches and publishes in the areas of moral theology, with an emphasis on marriage, Christology, and sacraments, with a specialization in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is also an associate editor of the journal Nova et Vetera. Dr. Gondreau’s dissertation, written under Fr. Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP, was published as The Passions of Christ’s Soul in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Aschendorff, 2002; reprinted University of Scranton Press, 2009). He is currently working on a monograph on a Thomistic account of the meaning and purpose of human sexuality. How Does the Mystery of the Incarnation Reveal the Trinity? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1161162388 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given at the Angelicum in Rome last year. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”). Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017. God Crucified: Thinking about the Incarnation at the Foot of the Cross | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1161138187 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was delivered to the North Carolina State University chapter on March 30, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013), co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications, 2019), editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books, 2015), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press, 2019) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press, 2021). His present projects include co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons as well as finishing his book The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1161119194 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given on November 14, 2015 as part of the Thomistic Circles conference "The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas" in New York City. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”). Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part I | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1161087493 Merry Christmas from the Thomistic Institute! This week, we are reposting some of our favorite talks related to Christmas and the Incarnation of our Lord. This talk was given on November 14, 2015 as part of the Thomistic Circles conference "The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas" in New York City. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. currently serves as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”). Fr. White grew up in southeast Georgia in an inter-religious household. He completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Brown University (1993) and his Master’s (1995) and Doctorate (2002) in Theology at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. He completed his licentiate in Sacred Theology (2007) at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He professed final vows on May 17, 2007, and on May 23, 2008, was ordained a priest. His research and teaching have focused on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics, Christology and Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2011. Fr. White taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C from 2008-2018. He was also the founder and Director of the Washington DC Thomistic Institute from 2009 until his departure for Rome in 2018. In 2015 White became a co-editor of Nova et Vetera Journal, an American Catholic Theological journal. In 2018 he was assigned to teach at the Angelicum and function as the Director of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. In June of 2021, he was appointed rector of the Angelicum. Fr. White is also a musician and one of the founding members of the American folk and bluegrass band, The Hillbilly Thomists, for which he sings and plays the banjo, dulcimer and steel guitar. The U.S.-based group, made up of Dominican friars, has released two albums since 2017. On the Incarnation: Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Corey Barnes 1162546546 Merry Christmas Eve from the Thomistic Institute! This talk was given at Mississippi State University on November 4, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Corey Barnes teaches at Oberlin College and Conservatory in the areas of the history of Christianity, medieval philosophy of religion, and religion in the Mediterranean world. His research focuses on medieval Christianity and scholasticism. He earned his MA in Religion at Yale Divinity School in 2001 and his PhD at the University of Notre Dame in 2007. Goodness Always Tends to Spread: Deification and Evangelization | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1171467478 This lecture was given on November 8, 2021 at St. Charles Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/kydwd84j For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in Augustinianum, The Journal of the History of Ideas, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, Studia Patristica, The Thomist, Vigiliae Christianae, and other journals and volume collections. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press); the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books); co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press). He is presently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, and he is finishing his book funded by a Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant, The Word in Our Flesh: The Power of Patristic Preaching. Unlocking Divine Action: Causality from Thomas Aquinas to Quantum Mechanics | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 1158245608 This talk was given on October 27, 2021 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is professor of philosophy and theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California. He is author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (CUA Press), and coauthor of The Seeker's Guide to Seven Life-Changing Virtues and Happily Ever After Begins Here and Now: Living the Beatitudes Today. The Bible as Revealed Truth and its Relationship To Rational Thought | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 1162515244 This talk was delivered on November 4, 2021 at Cornell University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Andrew Jordan Schmidt, OP, grew up in North Dakota and received a Bachelor's degree in English and East Asian Studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN in May 2002. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural China, he entered the seminary, studying for the diocese of Bismarck at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO from 2004-2006. He joined the St. Joseph province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the summer of 2006, and moved to Washington, DC to study at the Pontifical Faculty Immaculate Conception where he earned an STB and MDiv in 2009. In the Fall of 2009, he entered the STL program in Biblical Theology at The Catholic University of America. Upon completing his Licentiate degree in 2012, he was ordained a priest at St. Dominic's parish in Washington, DC after which he was assigned as associate pastor to St. Mary's parish in New Haven, CT. In the Fall of 2013, he returned to Washington to pursue a doctorate in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America. During his time at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Jordan has served as a teaching assistant and teaching fellow in addition to taking on various posts in the STRS student association. You Are Not What You Feel: Virtue and Moral Life | Prof. Steven Jensen 1174743277 This talk was given on October 7, 2021 at Texas State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Dr. Steven Jensen received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. Jensen’s areas of research include ethics, medieval philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, action theory, biomedical ethics, natural law, and human dignity. He can speak on philosophy, biomedical ethics, faith and reason, logic and Thomistic ethics. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. A Theology of Joy | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1156848868 This talk was given on October 4, 2021 at the University of Virginia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. 10 Reasons to Oppose Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide | Dr. Joseph Marine 1158120949 Warning: this talk contains graphic content describing medical practice. This talk was given on October 19, 2021 at Johns Hopkins University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Joseph Marine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who practices primarily at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds appointments as Vice-Director of Operations for the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of Cardiology for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. He trained at UC San Francisco Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Marine has lectured widely on a variety of arrhythmia topics and has served as a co-director of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Overview and Board Review Course for 10 years. He currently serves on the ACC Board of Governors and is co-editor of the ACC/HRS EP Self-Assessment Program. He also serves on other committees for the ACC, the Heart Rhythm Society, and MedChi. He is co-author of more than 130 original research and review articles and has served on writing committees for several national cardiology practice and training guidelines. The Catholic Intellectual Renaissance of the 20th Century | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 1156938340 Find the syllabus for this talk here: https://tinyurl.com/4bjua79p This talk was given on October 16, 2021 at the University of Maryland. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael Pakaluk received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University, where he studied philosophical logic with W.V. Quine, Burton Dreben, and Warren Goldfarb, philosophy of science with Hilary Putnam, and political philosophy with John Rawls. Rawls directed his dissertation, “Aristotle’s Theory of Friendship,” and Sarah Broadie (then at Yale) also served on the thesis committee. Pakaluk counts as his main philosophical influences: Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Reid, and John Henry Newman. He encountered all four as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote a thesis on Hume's Dialogues ("Hume's Naturalism and the Argument from Design"), became an expert in the main figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, and studied Aquinas and Newman under the guidance of the Dominican fathers there. Pakaluk’s main work as a researcher has been in ancient philosophy, as he has authored many papers and three books concerned with Aristotelian ethics: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, books VIII and IX (Oxford); Aristotle’s Ethics: An Introduction (Cambridge); and (with Giles Pearson) Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle (Oxford). His work is typified by the drawing of philosophical consequences from careful attention to philological considerations. His deeper concern is the recovery of a just appreciation of the classical outlook. Pakaluk has held appointments of Associate Professor at Clark University in Massachusetts--where he also served in a long and distinguished tenure as the Director of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy--and as full Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and at Ave Maria University. He has been Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and at Santa Croce (Rome), Visiting Scholar in Classics at Cambridge University, and Visiting Scholar in Public Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. His blog, Dissoi Bloggoi, currently inactive, has been influential in classical philosophy. His opinion pieces have appeared in First Things, Crisis, and the Boston Pilot. The account of his conversion and life with his late wife, Ruth, is found in the best-selling book, The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God, published by Ignatius Press. In 2011 he was appointed an Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Pakaluk's avocations include golf, tennis, hiking, the french horn, espresso drinks and single malt scotch. His skill in mixing cocktails has won him among friends the moniker, "Cardinal Martini." Works (songs) cited: Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I Prelude." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/3aH3DrgQzjHKEozU1yErcO?si=3dc65ac1bb9b4597. Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II Praise to the Holiest." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/0mx3If8Bcar7tM0THf74e3?si=6f5c4fdfeb1f4879. Poulenc, Francis. "Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites, FP159, Act 3 Tableau 4: "Salve Regina" (La Foule, Les Carmélites)." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/1lTT4V5foT1Nvo6ebxgbzr?si=7f17cfa5c2424f36. The Relationship Between Metaphysics and Speculative Theology in Thomism | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 1156885729 This talk was given on October 9, 2021 at the University of Rochester. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, He is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. St. Thomas Aquinas on Beauty | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1153791604 This lecture was delivered to Sydney University Catholic Society’s Mission Week on October 24, 2021 via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and Distinguished Professor of Ethic and Culture. Hibbs has a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. At Baylor, Hibbs has also served as Director of Baylor in Washington, D.C. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has taught widely in interdisciplinary core programs at Boston College and Baylor. Hibbs has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, the most recent of which is Wagering on an Ironic God: Pascal on Philosophy and Faith (Baylor University Press, 2017). He is currently working on a book on Catholic aesthetics that is under contract with the University of Notre Dame Press. St. Thomas Aquinas on Truth | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1153750474 This lecture was delivered to Sydney University Catholic Society’s Mission Week on October 23, 2021 via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 after practicing constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). St. Thomas Aquinas on the Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1152560563 This lecture was delivered to Sydney University Catholic Society’s Mission Week on October 22, 2021 via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Blessed Mother | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1158169390 Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! This talk was given on September 15, 2021 at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Petri was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Madisonville, Kentucky. He initially studied to be a priest for the Diocese of Owensboro and entered Saint Meinrad College Seminary in 1996 before moving to the Pontifical College Josephinum in 1997 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then received a Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Chicago in 2002. Entering the Order of Preachers in 2004, Fr. Petri was ordained a priest in 2009. He has a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Prior to his appointment as Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2013, Fr. Petri was an Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is a member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Academy of Catholic Theology. He has published articles in Nova et Vetera and in The National Catholic Bioethics Quaraterly. He is also a contributor to Catholic News Agency and The National Catholic Register. His book, Aquinas and the Theology of the Body: The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II’s Anthropology, was published by CUA Press in 2016. In 2012, Fr. Petri was named a clergy-Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. On February 10, 2016, Pope Francis commissioned him a Papal Missionary of Mercy for the duration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Then on November 21, 2016, the Holy Father confirmed Fr. Petri’s ministry and faculties as a Missionary of Mercy donec aliter provideatur (i.e., indefinitely or until other provisions are made). The Person of Christ as Understood by the Greek Fathers | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1153849012 This lecture was delivered to the University of Toronto on October 18, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Why I Am a Christian | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 1172641498 This talk was delivered on October 14, 2021 at the University of North Texas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Pakaluk studied philosophy at Harvard College and the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship before getting his Ph.D. at Harvard writing a dissertation under John Rawls. He is a recognized authority on classical philosophy, especially Aristotle’s ethics. Pakaluk has held academic appointments at Clark University, Brown University, Ave Maria University, and The Catholic University of America, among others. An Unjust Law is No Law at All: Justice and the Nature of Law | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 1152445333 This lecture was delivered at the College of William and Mary on October 22, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bradley Lewis specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially in classical Greek political thought and in the theory of natural law. He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has published scholarly articles in Polity, History of Political Thought, the Southern Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Communio, the Josephinum Journal of Theology, the Pepperdine Law Review, the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, as well as chapters in a number of books. He is currently working on a book project provisionally titled “The Common Good and the Modern State.” He is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology and serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Higher and More Lovable: The Nature - and Importance - of the Common Good | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1157691004 This talk was given on October 25, 2021 at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Aquinas and Religious Pluralism: How to Engage without Sacrificing Truth | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1153819603 This lecture was delivered to West Virginia University on October 14, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and Distinguished Professor of Ethic and Culture. Hibbs has a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. At Baylor, Hibbs has also served as Director of Baylor in Washington, D.C. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has taught widely in interdisciplinary core programs at Boston College and Baylor. Hibbs has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, the most recent of which is Wagering on an Ironic God: Pascal on Philosophy and Faith (Baylor University Press, 2017). He is currently working on a book on Catholic aesthetics that is under contract with the University of Notre Dame Press. What Does it Mean to be a Human? | Sr. Mary Angelica Neenan, O.P. 1152493546 This lecture was delivered at the Texas A&M University on October 13, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Mary Angelica Neenan, O.P. earned the S.T.D. from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the Angelicum, in Moral Theology in 2011, as well as the S.T.L. and S.T.B. She has been teaching Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville since 2007, and has served in other assignments such as directing the study abroad program for Aquinas College in Bracciano, Italy, from 2014-2017. Sister Mary Angelica is also a trained portrait painter and enjoys painting and drawing, and received her first Undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Belmont University in Nashville. She is delighted to join the UD Theology faculty as an affiliate assistant professor. The Church Fathers and Aquinas on Christ's Human Knowledge | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1148466619 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). The Cross as Revelation of the Divine Life in Gregory the Great I Prof. Jordan Wales 1166275957 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jordan Joseph Wales is an Associate Professor of Theology at Hillsdale College, where he teaches historical theology. His scholarly work focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary questions relating to theology and Artificial Intelligence. He received his M.T.S. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame after studying under a British Marshall Scholarship in the UK, where he received a Diploma in Theology from Oxford and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language from the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with highest honors from Swarthmore College with a B.S. in Engineering and a minor in Physiological Psychology; and he received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Christ and the Sharing of Divine Communion in Cyril of Alexandria | Prof. Donald Fairbairn 1148336752 Happy Thanksgiving from the Thomistic Institute! This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 16, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Donald Fairbairn is the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His research interests focus on the relation between the doctrines of the Trinity, Christ, salvation and Christian life in the early church, especially in the 4th through 6th centuries. His responsibilities include further developing the Robert C. Cooley Center for the Study of Early Christianity at the Charlotte campus, which explores the historical foundations of the Christian faith. After graduating from seminary in 1989, Dr. Fairbairn ministered in Soviet Georgia for a year and then taught theology, New Testament and apologetics at Donetsk Christian University in Ukraine from 1992-96. He also served as Assistant Academic Dean there. Since that time, he has continued to teach in Eastern and Western Europe through many short-term trips. Three of his English books have been published in Russian and two in Romanian. He has also written two books published only in Russian. After finishing his Ph.D. in 1999, Dr. Fairbairn taught church history, Greek, Latin and historical theology at Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, SC. He also served as Associate Dean of Theology and directed the Th.M. program there before coming to Gordon-Conwell in 2010. Dr. Fairbairn and his wife Jennifer have two children, Trey (born in 2001) and Ella (born in 2003). His hobbies include golf, gardening, and playing with his dog. The Heart of Salvation: Christ and the Christian in the Macarian Writings | Prof. Marcus Plested 1158081235 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 15, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Marcus Plested (D.Phil., Oxford University, 1999) has been a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and has taught, lectured, and published widely in patristic, Byzantine, and modern Orthodox theology. He is the author of two books to date: The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius-Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition (Oxford: OUP 2004) and Orthodox Readings of Aquinas (Oxford: OUP 2012). Introduction to Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers | Prof. Jordan Wales 1158078469 This talk was given at Hillsdale College on October 15, 2021 as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Christ the Savior: Perspectives from the Early Church Fathers." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jordan Joseph Wales is an Associate Professor of Theology at Hillsdale College, where he teaches historical theology. His scholarly work focuses on early Christianity as well as contemporary questions relating to theology and Artificial Intelligence. He received his M.T.S. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame after studying under a British Marshall Scholarship in the UK, where he received a Diploma in Theology from Oxford and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language from the University of Edinburgh. He graduated with highest honors from Swarthmore College with a B.S. in Engineering and a minor in Physiological Psychology; and he received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Christian Faith | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 1164375703 This talk was delivered on October 13, 2021 at the University of California, Los Angeles. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Is Belief in God Rational? Aquinas on Faith, Philosophy, and Skepticism | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1149513856 This talk was delivered on October 13, 2021 at the University of Texas El Paso. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, and Resident Scholar in Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). With his appointment in Baylor’s Department of Philosophy, he also teaches courses in medical humanities, political science, and religion. From July 2003 through January 2007, he served as the Associate Director of Baylor’s J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies. He is also member of the Board of Scholars of the James Wilson Institute in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Fordham University (Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy), he also holds the Master of Juridical Studies (M.J.S.) degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he won a CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Reproductive Control Seminar. His books include Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019); Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015 ), winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Constructive-Reflective Studies; (w/ R. P. George, S. McWilliams) A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013); Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010); Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Brazos Press, 2009); Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007); (w/ W. L. Craig, J. P. Moreland) To Every One An Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview (InterVarsity Press, 2004); Law, Darwinism, & Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Design (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); (w/ C. Mosser & P. Owen) The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (HarperCollins/Zondervan, 2002), finalist for the 2003 Gold Medallion Award in theology and doctrine; Do the Right Thing: Readings in Applied Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2/e (Wadsworth, 2002); (w/ G. P. Koukl) Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker, 1998); (w/ L. P. Pojman) The Abortion Controversy 25 Years After Roe v. Wade: A Reader, 2/e (Wadsworth, 1998); (w/ T. Jones) Affirmative Action: Social Justice or Reverse Discrimination? (Prometheus, 1997); and Politically Correct Death: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights (Baker, 1993), winner of the 1994 Cornerstone Magazine ethics book of the year award. Are Neuroscience and the Soul Compatible? | Dr. Paul LaPenna 1149639961 This talk was delivered on October 12, 2021 at North Carolina State University. The slides can be found at tinyurl.com/fwpcav4. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2018. As a neurohospitalist, Dr. LaPenna’s skill set is focused on treatment of neurological emergencies and performing and interpreting electrophysiological studies of the brain and peripheral nervous system. As an Associate Professor of Neurology, Dr. LaPenna has won numerous teaching awards, including Clinical Medicine Professor of the neuroscience curriculum in 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. LaPenna was awarded the Preceptor of the Year. For his care towards patients, he was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2016. Dr. LaPenna has an interest in the relationship between science and faith—in particular, the relationship between neuroscience and the soul, the overreaching claims of science, and the dignity of the human person, to name a few. Saint Thomas Aquinas has been a major influence in Dr. LaPenna’s intellectual and faith journey. Dr. LaPenna was previously a collegiate runner and now enjoys running recreationally, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Most of all, he loves his wife Nicole and their two daughters, Catherine and Susanna. Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman 1148515864 This talk was given at the University of Dallas on October 6th, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Suffering and Flourishing | Prof. Eleonore Stump 1144464637 This talk was delivered on October 11, 2021 at The University of Oklahoma. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Stump received a BA in classical languages from Grinnell College (1969), where she was valedictorian and received the Archibald Prize for scholarship; she has an MA in biblical studies (New Testament) from Harvard University (1971), and an MA and PhD in medieval studies (medieval philosophy) from Cornell University (1975). Before coming to Saint Louis University, she taught at Oberlin College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and University of Notre Dame. Currently, she also holds secondary or honorary appointments at Wuhan University, the University of St Andrews, and Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her recent treatment of the Christian doctrine of the atonement, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). Among the named lectureships she has given are the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009), and the Stanton Lectures (Cambridge, 2018). In 2013, the American Catholic Philosophical Association awarded her the Aquinas medal. She has held grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, the National Humanities Center, and the Pew Charitable Trust. In addition, she has received several teaching awards, including, in 2004, the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University. For 2013–15, together with John Greco, she held a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, and the Philosophers in Jesuit Education. She is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Image and Likeness: Personhood & Participation in the Life of the Trinity | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 1147728259 This talk was given at the College of William & Mary on September 27th, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Are Science and Faith Compatible? | Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. 1143988258 This talk was given online on September 21, 2021 to The Thomistic Institute at the University of California Berkeley. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. Virtue & Divine Grace: Quodlibetal Panel | Fall 2021 Thomistic Circles 1142632816 This panel took place at the Dominican House of Studies on September 11, 2021 as part of the Fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The participants of the panel were Prof. Jacob Wood (Franciscan University of Steubenville), Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. (University of Fribourg), Prof. Angela Knobel (University of Dallas), Prof. David Decosimo (Boston University). The theme of the conference was Virtue and Divine Grace. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org Seek the Peace of the City: Courage, Grace, & Acquired Virtue | Prof. David Decosimo 1143895369 This talk was given on September 11, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC, as part of the Annual Fall Thomistic Circles Conference, on "Virtue and Divine Grace" The handout for this lecture can be found here:: https://tinyurl.com/bnpbvj23 About the speaker: Dr. David Decosimo holds a masters from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Princeton University. He is currently an associate professor of Theology at Boston University. He teaches and writes on just war theory, torture, Thomistic Ethics, and Christian and Islamic perspectives on political freedom. Infused Virtue and Growth in the Christian Moral Life | Prof. Angela Knobel 1136475826 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies on September 11, 2021 as part of the fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The theme of the conference was "Virtue and Divine Grace." For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Associate Professor of Philosophy Angela Knobel, Ph.D., received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. The Infused Cardinal Virtues and the Necessities of Salvation | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. 1136474353 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies on September 10, 2021 as part of the Fall installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series. The theme of the conference was Virtue and Divine Grace. The handout for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/hjtac2dj. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael S. Sherwin, OP, is Emeritus Professor of Fundamental Moral Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and the Alemany Research Fellow at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at Berkeley for academic year 2021/2022. Author of articles on the psychology of love, virtue ethics and moral development, his monograph, By Knowledge and By Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press, 2005) has been reissued in paperback, while his collection of essays, On Love and Virtue (Emmaus Academic, 2018) has been described by Alasdair MacIntyre as “theological reflection at its best.” From Pure Nature to Wounded Nature: Aquinas on the Starting Point for Virtue Theory | Dr Jacob Wood 1154596927 This lecture was given on September 10, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Annual Fall Thomistic Circles Conference on "Virtue and Divine Grace." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2afevszt About the speaker: Jacob W. Wood is Associate Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and holds a doctorate from Catholic University of America. Wood's work focuses on theological anthropology in medieval, early modern, and contemporary theology, and he is particularly interested in how the retrieval of the sources of modern theology can help provide answers to questions about the relationships between the natural and the supernatural, sin and grace, and the human and the divine. He is the author most recently of To Stir a Restless Heart: Thomas Aquinas and Henri de Lubac on Nature, Grace, and the Desire for God (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2019), as well as Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road, 2016). The Middle Ages: Dark or Golden Age? | Prof. Brad Gregory 1137663337 This talk was given on September 30, 2021 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brad S. Gregory is Professor of History and Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2003, and where he is also the Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. From 1996-2003 he taught at Stanford University, where he received early tenure in 2001. He specializes in the history of Christianity in Europe during the Reformation era and on the long-term influence of the Reformation era on the modern world. He has given invited lectures at many of the most prestigious universities in North America, as well as in England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. Before teaching at Stanford, he earned his Ph.D. in history at Princeton University and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows; he also has two degrees in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. His first book, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe (Harvard, 1999) received six book awards. Professor Gregory was the recipient of two teaching awards at Stanford and has received three more at Notre Dame. In 2005, he was named the inaugural winner of the first annual Hiett Prize in the Humanities, a $50,000 award from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture given to the outstanding midcareer humanities scholar in the United States. His most recent book is entitled The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society (Belknap, 2012), which received two book awards. His most recent book is entitled Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts that Continue to Shape Our World (Harper, 2017). Philosophy, Religion, and Rationality | Prof. Michael Gorman 1144324501 This talk was delivered on September 21, 2021 at Cornell University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Moral Relativism and the Natural Law | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1137634273 This lecture was delivered at Mississippi State University on September 16, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, and Resident Scholar in Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). With his appointment in Baylor’s Department of Philosophy, he also teaches courses in medical humanities, political science, and religion. From July 2003 through January 2007, he served as the Associate Director of Baylor’s J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies. He is also member of the Board of Scholars of the James Wilson Institute in Washington, D.C. What Can an Adulteress Teach Us about Happiness? | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1140713959 This talk was given on September 20, 2021 at Vanderbilt University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P., is a member of the Saint Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, TN. Currently, she teaches Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville and assists with the theological formation of the newest members of the religious congregation. She studied theology at the Angelicum (The Pontifical University of St. Thomas) in Rome, Italy. The Problem of Evil: Can Evil Disprove God? | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1141653511 This talk was given at the University of Wisconsin on September 29, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. Politics and the Modern State: Understanding the Common Good | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 1145523733 This talk was delivered on September 21, 2021 at Saint Louis University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. An Introduction to Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 1133697433 This lecture was delivered at Auburn University on September 17, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running. The Search for Wisdom and the Light of Christ | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1136002744 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/m4dfm37a For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). First Truth, Truth, and Truths: Analytic Philosophy and Thomas Aquinas | Prof. John O'Callaghan 1125240871 This talk was given at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. On the Union of the Knower with the Known | Prof. Robert Koons 1136407555 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yv5by7f5 For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. The Divine Ideas and the Truth in Things | Dr. Gregory Doolan 1129813939 This talk was given on June 25, 2021 as part of the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, "Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas." The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/whh79a7x For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. Truth as Transcendental: Ontological Foundations | Dr. Edward Feser 1129746844 This talk was given on June 25, 2021 as part of the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, "Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas." The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/phksp393 For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Edward Feser is Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. in religion from the Claremont Graduate School, and a B.A. in philosophy and religious studies from the California State University at Fullerton. Called by National Review “one of the best contemporary writers on philosophy,” Feser is the author of On Nozick, Philosophy of Mind, Locke, The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Aquinas, Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, Neo-Scholastic Essays, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, and Aristotle's Revenge, the co-author of By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hayek and Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics. He is also the author of many academic articles. His primary academic research interests are in metaphysics, natural theology, the philosophy of mind, and moral and political philosophy. Feser also writes on politics and culture, from a conservative point of view; and on religion, from a traditional Roman Catholic perspective. In this connection, his work has appeared in such publications as The American, The American Conservative, The American Mind, Catholic Herald, Catholic World Report, City Journal, The Claremont Review of Books, Crisis, First Things, Liberty, National Review, New Oxford Review, Public Discourse, Reason, TCS Daily, and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and six children. Thomistic Science and the Knowledge Of Principles | Prof. Michael Gorman 1125756118 This talk was delivered on June 24, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. How Do We Know Essences? Sense Knowledge and Abstraction | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1137188611 This talk was given on June 26th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He taught in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America from 2010-2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Since then, he has been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies. What Is Intellect? | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P 1134628312 This talk was given on June 25th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. Modes of Knowledge: Apprehension, Judgment, Reasoning | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1128074803 This talk was given on June 24th, 2021 at the 10th Annual Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, on Knowledge, Truth, and Wisdom in Aquinas. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Preaching as Praising the Trinity | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1132052908 This lecture was delivered on June 25, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Priest as a Giver of the Spirit | Fr. Philip Neri Reese, O.P. 1132520098 This lecture was delivered on June 24, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, OP, is a Dominican friar of St. Joseph Province (Eastern USA) and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of specialization are Thomism and the Thomistic tradition, metaphysics and its history, and metametaphysics. He is also interested in questions of philosophical methodology and periodization in the history of philosophy. The Trinity and Priestly Ministries: St. Augustine’s and Ours | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1128644752 This lecture was delivered on June 24, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Priest as a Mediator of Union with God | Fr. Philip Neri Reese, O.P 1133235214 This lecture was delivered on June 23, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, OP, is a Dominican friar of St. Joseph Province (Eastern USA) and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of specialization are Thomism and the Thomistic tradition, metaphysics and its history, and metametaphysics. He is also interested in questions of philosophical methodology and periodization in the history of philosophy. Trinitarian Prayer of the Mass Collect: To Whom, What, and Why are We Praying? | Fr Andrew Hofer OP 1126480540 This lecture was delivered on June 23, 2021 as part of "The Trinity & Priestly Life: Praying, Preaching, & Ministering in Light of the Mystery of God," a Thomistic Institute intellectual retreat for priests. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 1132472893 This lecture was delivered at the University of Arizona on September 14, 2021. The handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4tj4vebb. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown University in 1993 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2003. He taught philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. from 2004–05 and joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in 2005. Dr. Doolan’s research interest is in the area of Aquinas’s metaphysics; in recent years, his focus has been on Aquinas’s account of the Aristotelian categories of being. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Doolan currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children. From Zero to Sixty (-one): My Life as a Scientist and a Catholic Convert | Prof. Jonathan Lunine 1128533116 This lecture was delivered on June 18, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president. God is Not a Supercomputer: Chance, Providence, and Freedom | Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. 1125670780 This lecture was delivered on June 20, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport O.P. is Assistant Professor of Physics at Providence College. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University. His areas of expertise are theoretical particle physics (particle colliders), philosophy of science/philosophy of nature, and the relationship between faith and science. Aristotle’s Four Causes and the Possibility of Science | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1129727440 This lecture was delivered at Rutgers University on September 9, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Is Belief In God Rational | Prof. Michael Gorman 1132031794 This lecture was delivered at Ashland University on September 20, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a graduate of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto (B.A., Christianity and Culture, 1987), The Catholic University of America (Ph.L., Philosophy, 1989), the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1993), and Boston College (Ph.D., Theology, 1997). After serving as assistant professor of Catholic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where he has taught ever since. A fellow of The Catholic University's Institute for Human Ecology, he has also been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow (Leipzig 2004), a Fulbright fellow (Cologne 2008), and a scholar in the Templeton Foundation's Working Group "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" (2015-2017). He works primarily on metaphysics, especially the metaphysics of essence, substance, and normativity, and on applications of metaphysics in areas such as theory of mind, Christology, action theory, and ethics. He is the author of Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge, 2017) and over thirty scholarly articles. He is particularly interested in how analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy can be brought together in a way that is historically accurate and philosophically fruitful. Chance and Indeterminism in Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry | Prof. Tony Barbosa 1132086547 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Prof. Tony Barbosa is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ave Maria University. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Providence College, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Rochester. He has done extensive research into the chemistry and biochemistry surrounding new pharmaceuticals and treatments for various diseases. The (De)Evolution of Determinism in Physics | Dr. Valerie Plaus 1124561479 This lecture was delivered on June 18, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. Slides for this lecture can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/4643mb4v For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Valerie Plaus is Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she teaches calculus-based physics classes designed for pre-engineering and chemistry majors. She taught physics and mathematics at universities in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin before coming to Franciscan in Fall 2018. She completed her masters and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. Her primary research interests are in supersymmetry and Higgs physics. Aside from physics, she is also passionate about swing and blues-idiom dancing and hiking. Aquinas and the Basic Principles of the Material World | Prof. Michael Gorman 1122457810 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. Chance and Indeterminate Causes in the Cosmos | Prof. John Brungardt 1121220724 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." Access the handout here: https://tinyurl.com/jht8abja For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. John Brunghardt is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the School of Catholic Studies at Newman University. He studied at Thomas Aquinas College before pursuing his doctoral degree in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. Then from 2017 to 2019 he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. Chance And Scientific Methods In Early Modern Science | Prof. Steve Snyder 1124034694 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, on "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Prof. Steve Snyder is an associate professor of philosophy at Christendom College. He earned his bachelors in philosophy at Cornell University before going to Toronto, where he earned his doctorate from the Center for Medieval Studies. He has written on Aquinas, Albert the Great, and the history of the philosophy of science. The (De)Evolution of Determinism in Physics | Dr. Valerie Plaus 1124561479 This lecture was delivered on June 18, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. Slides for this lecture can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/4643mb4v For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Valerie Plaus is Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she teaches calculus-based physics classes designed for pre-engineering and chemistry majors. She taught physics and mathematics at universities in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin before coming to Franciscan in Fall 2018. She completed her masters and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. Her primary research interests are in supersymmetry and Higgs physics. Aside from physics, she is also passionate about swing and blues-idiom dancing and hiking. Chance and Indeterminism in Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry | Prof. Tony Barbosa 1132086547 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Prof. Tony Barbosa is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ave Maria University. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Providence College, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Rochester. He has done extensive research into the chemistry and biochemistry surrounding new pharmaceuticals and treatments for various diseases. Chance And Scientific Methods In Early Modern Science | Prof. Steve Snyder 1124034694 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, on "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Prof. Steve Snyder is an associate professor of philosophy at Christendom College. He earned his bachelors in philosophy at Cornell University before going to Toronto, where he earned his doctorate from the Center for Medieval Studies. He has written on Aquinas, Albert the Great, and the history of the philosophy of science. Chance and Indeterminate Causes in the Cosmos | Prof. John Brungardt 1121220724 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." Access the handout here: https://tinyurl.com/jht8abja For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. John Brunghardt is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the School of Catholic Studies at Newman University. He studied at Thomas Aquinas College before pursuing his doctoral degree in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. Then from 2017 to 2019 he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. Aquinas and the Basic Principles of the Material World | Prof. Michael Gorman 1122457810 This talk was delivered in June 2021 at the Third Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium, "Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World." For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. The City As Eschaton And Sacrament | Prof. Philip Bess 1125276394 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/17/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at: tinyurl.com/k2f6372d For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. The Family as Seen Through Film | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1120451647 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/17/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Christ Crucified: Incarnational Beauty and the Spiritual Life | Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP 1117772290 This lecture was delivered on June 16, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Urban Formal Order, Natural Law, and Positive Law | Prof. Philip Bess 1124559106 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/16/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/rue8mrvw. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Moral Action: Aesthetics and the Acting Person | Fr. Reginald Lynch 1121735878 This lecture was delivered on June 15, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Urban Formal Order: Space, Anti-Space, Junkspace | Prof. Philip Bess 1117558060 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/15/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/4sjjt6wt. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Maritain And Modern Art | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1112663476 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/15/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Image and Likeness: Metaphysical Foundations of the Rational Person | Fr. Reginald Lynch, OP 1120609498 This lecture was delivered on June 14, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, he is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Cities And Human Flourishing | Prof. Philip Bess 1121754202 This lecture was delivered for the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on 6/14/2021. Slides for this lecture can be found at https://tinyurl.com/zfa34prs. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he was a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Laudato Si, Jacques Maritain, and Aesthetic Education | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1120810693 This lecture was delivered on June 14, 2021 as part of "Art, Meaning, & the Public Square," the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Until recently Thomas Hibbs served as the ninth President of the University of Dallas. As of the summer of 2021, he will return to Baylor University, where he will hold the J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Chair of Philosophy. Previously, he served as distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Christian Contemplation and Friendship with God | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1116388576 This lecture was delivered for the Student Leadership Conference on 7/3/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. On Natural Ends Of Persons: Contemplation and Friendship | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1113512068 This lecture was delivered for the Student Leadership Conference on 7/2/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a $2.1 million project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. What Is Christian Grace? Aquinas On Grace and Theological Virtues | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1112696818 This lecture was delivered for the Student Leadership Conference on 7/2/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. What Should We Aspire to Naturally? Aquinas on Natural Virtue | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1117214011 This lecture was delivered on July 1, 2021 as part of "Conversion and the Life of the Mind," the Third Annual Student Leadership Conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. St. Augustine's Preaching on Heaven and its Peace | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1116525937 The lecture was delivered on May 9, 2021 as part of "Grace & Peace: St. Augustine as Spiritual Master," an intellectual retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Grace Of The Whole Christ | Prof. Thomas Clemmons 1111401064 This lecture was delivered for the D.C. Intellectual Retreat on 5/8/21 For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. Anxiety and Peace In Augustine's Confessions | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1109813518 The lecture was delivered on May 8, 2021 as part of "Grace & Peace: St. Augustine as Spiritual Master," an intellectual retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity, specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology, and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University of America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. St. Augustine as Spiritual Master | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 1101536398 This lecture was given on May 7, 2021 as part of "Grace & Peace: St. Augustine as Spiritual Master", an intellectual retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Fr. Reese's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2de93ns6 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The Resurrection of Christ and the Deification of Man in the Liturgy | Prof. Daria Spezzano 1105457890 This lecture was delivered for the Boston Intellectual Retreat on 4/24/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Spezzano holds a PhD in theology from the University of Notre Dame and is the author of The Glory of God’s Grace: Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas. Her areas of expertise include Thomistic theology, general patristic and medieval theology, the history of Christian spirituality, monasticism, theology of martyrdom, and the theology of beauty and art. Making Up What Is Lacking: Christ's Suffering on the Cross and in the Church | Prof. Paul Gondreau 1103725639 This lecture was delivered for the Boston Intellectual Retreat on 4/24/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Grace Beyond Beauty: Thomism and the Liturgical Movement | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 1100879371 This lecture was given on April 24, 2021 as part of "The Triduum and the Liturgy: An Intellectual Retreat" at St. Clement's Eucharistic Shrine, in Boston, Massachusetts. The lecture handout can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ynxcv3b9. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. St. Monica: Vessel Of Grace | Dr. Thomas Clemmons 1107697078 This lecture was given on May 8, 2021 as part of "Grace & Peace: St. Augustine as Spiritual Master", an intellectual retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Church History. Dr. Clemmons joined the STRS faculty in 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from Notre Dame, where he focused on Latin Patristics, early medieval theology, and Augustine. He also holds an M.A. in Early Christianity from Notre Dame and an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt. Dr. Clemmons’s teaching and research interest focus on Latin Patristics, Augustine, particularly his thought through the Confessions and his anti-Manichaean works, Late Antiquity, especially in North Africa, and the medieval reception of Augustine. The Way Towards Wisdom | Dr. Zena Hitz 1104892075 This lecture was delivered via Zoom for the Cornell University chapter on 5/17/2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. The Contemplative Life Of The Blessed Virgin Mary | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1104263077 This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies on May 13, 2021. Subscribe to the Thomistic Institute YouTube channel for more lectures like this one. For information on other upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He taught in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America from 2010-2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Since then, he has been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies. Science And the Theology Of Extraterrestrial Life | Prof. Karin Öberg 1103665501 This lecture was delivered for the Vanderbilt University chapter on 4/20/2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Her recent TED talk explaining some of her research can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/karin_oberg_the_galactic_recipe_for_a_living_planet Christianity As True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr | Prof. Matthew Thomas 1100659441 This lecture was delivered for the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Santa Barbara Chapters on 5/12/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an Instructor in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He holds a D.Phil in New Testament and Patristics from the University of Oxford, and is the author of Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second-Century Reception (Mohr Siebeck, 2018; IVP, 2020), which received the Jesus Creed "Book of the Year" award for 2018. Matthew and his wife Leeanne live in the Bay Area with their children Camille, Raphael, Michael and Agnes, who are also aspiring theologians. Divine Indwelling and the Presence of God | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1100141974 This lecture was delivered at the Napa Institute Conference on July 22, 2021. About the Napa Institute Conference: The Napa Institute Summer Conference brings together some of the world’s most prominent Catholic and Christian thinkers each year to engage, encourage, and inspire participants who gather from every corner of the country and around the world. This conference provides unique opportunities to build community, share ideas, and grow in friendship with some of the most effective Catholics leaders in the country. For more information about the Napa Institute, please visit their website at http://napa-institute.org/. For information on upcoming Thomistic Institute events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Multitudes And Insurrections: Thomas Aquinas After Spinoza | Fr. Maxime Allard, O.P. 1099547680 This lecture was delivered at the Lawrence Dewan Chair Conference on April 20, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. For information on the Lawrence Dewan Chair Conference, please visit https://fcud.ca/en/lawrence-dewan-chair-2/. About the speaker: Fr. Maxime Allard is a professor of theology and philosophy at the Dominican University College in Ottawa, Canada. He received his MA in philosophy from the University of Ottawa and his Ph.D. in theology from Laval University in Québec. His expertise includes philosophy of the 17th century, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics and political philosophy. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Act of Faith | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 1098890692 This lecture was given on April 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Reinhard Huetter is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University of America. Professor Huetter is a native of Lichtenfels, Germany. He received his Dr. theol. (summa cum laude) in 1990, and his Habilitation in 1995, both from the University of Erlangen. He taught for nine years theological ethics and systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and for seventeen years systematic theology at Duke University Divinity School. In 2004, he and his wife entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church. His teaching and research focuses on fundamental theological questions of the relationship between faith and reason, nature and grace, revelation and faith, theology and philosophy, dogma and history, on questions of theological anthropology (grace and freedom), and the theology and epistemology of faith. He has an abiding interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and has, in more recent years, developed also an intense interest in the thought of John Henry Newman. Huetter is the author of numerous books, most recently Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2012) and Divine Happiness: Aquinas on the Journey to Beatitude, the Ultimate Human End (forthcoming 2018) and has contributed numerous chapters to handbooks and edited collections. He is presently working on a theological commentary on Psalm 119, a small book on John Henry Newman, and a theological treatise on Doctrine: Its Nature and Development. God And Suffering: How Could God Allow Evil? | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 1095815869 This lecture was delivered for the University of Texas, El Paso Chapter on 4/28/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Why One Should Be (Or Consider Being) A Christian | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 1095196141 This lecture was delivered for the West Virginia University Thomistic Institute Chapter on 4/12/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Pakaluk studied philosophy at Harvard College and the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship before getting his Ph.D. at Harvard writing a dissertation under John Rawls. He is a recognized authority on classical philosophy, especially Aristotle’s ethics. Pakaluk has held academic appointments at Clark University, Brown University, Ave Maria University, and The Catholic University of America, among others. The Mind-Image: Aquinas on Mind-World Relations and Intentionality | Prof. Therese Cory 1092222289 This lecture was delivered for the Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh Thomistic Institute Chapter on 4/19/2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her work focusses on medieval theories of mind, cognition, and personhood, with special focus on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his thirteenth-century interlocutors. She serves on the executive committee of the "Aquinas and the Arabs Project" and is also a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Francis in 2019. The Mind of Christ, the Incarnation, and the Mediation of Knowledge | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1088045644 This lecture was delivered at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on April 18, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). God's Knowledge and Ours | Fr. John Winkowitsch, O.P. 1088039560 This lecture was delivered at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on April 17, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. The Light of Reason and the Light of Faith | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1088035999 This lecture was delivered at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on April 17, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Knowing The Unknown God | Fr. John Winkowitsch, O.P. 1087390405 This lecture was delivered at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on April 17, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Does God Exist? A Good Question | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 1066795033 This lecture was given on April 16, 2021 at Can the Mind Know God? Faith, Knowledge, and Divine Attributes, an intellectual retreat. The handout for this lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2jhek8j4 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. is Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick's Church in Philadelphia, PA. He was a Methodist in his youth, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church in 2010, the same year he earned a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. He sought to follow the example of Dorothy Day in several Catholic Worker communities and other groups until he entered the Dominicans in 2013. Fr. Ephrem was ordained a priest in 2020, and spent a year working for the Thomistic Institute Aquinas and Our Lady | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1048890280 This lecture was given to the College of William & Mary on April 14, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013), co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications, 2019), editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books, 2015), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press, 2019) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press, 2021). His present projects include co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons as well as finishing his book The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant. Suffering And The Problem Of Evil | Prof. Jennifer Frey 1066789294 This lecture was delivered to the Yale University chapter on April 13, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. How Is Genesis Compatible With Science? Insights From Augustine | Prof. Sarah Byers 1066788439 This lecture was delivered to the Boston University chapter on April 13, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. She received a masters and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and her interests include St. Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ancient and medieval ethics and metaphysics. She is responsible for many publications, including Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine: A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis, a book that argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his philosophy. Shakespeare: A Patriotic Catholic | Prof. John Finnis 1066787020 This lecture was delivered to the University of Edinburgh on April 20, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Known for his work in moral, political and legal theory, as well as in constitutional law, John Finnis joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1995. He earned his LL.B. in 1961 from Adelaide University (Australia) and his doctorate in 1965 from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar at University College Oxford. He was lecturer, then reader and then a chaired professor in law in the University of Oxford for over four decades until 2010, while also a tutorial fellow of University College Oxford. He was associate in law at the University of California at Berkeley (1965-66), the professor of law at the University of Malawi (Africa) (1976-78), and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Boston College Law School (1993-94). A barrister of Gray’s Inn, he practiced from 1979 to 1995 and was appointed Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) in 2017. He is a Fellow of the British Academy (Law and Philosophy sections), was a member of the Philosophy sub-faculty at Oxford, and was an adjunct professor in the Notre Dame Department of Philosophy. He was a member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See 1986-91, the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (1990-95), and the Pontifical Academy Pro Vita (2001-2016). Aquinas & John Paul II on Human Action | Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P. 1066780561 This lecture was delivered to the Trinity College Dublin chapter on April 15, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Alan O’ Sullivan OP is an Irish Dominican. Ordained a priest in 2000 he studied at Blackfriars House of Studies, Oxford, where he obtained a Lectorate in Sacred Theology. His area of research focussed on “New Movements and Communities, Vatican II, and the Ecclesiology of Communion.” Having worked as a curate in a parish in Dublin for two years he went to study at the Angelicum, Rome, where he obtained a Licence in Sacred Theology. In 2012 he obtained his doctorate from Fribourg University, Switzerland. He specialises in moral theology, and lectures at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He is currently Chaplain to Trinity College Dublin and Spiritual Director to Pure in Heart, Ireland. His book Self-Giving, Self-Mastery was published by Peter Lang in 2017. Aquinas’ Real Distinction and its Role In A Causal Proof Of God’s Existence | Prof. Gyula Klima 1066762456 This lecture was delivered to the University of Rochester chapter on April 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Born, raised, and educated in Budapest, Hungary, Prof. Klima held postdoc positions in Helsinki, St. Andrews and Copenhagen in the 1980s. In 1991, he was hired at Yale University, moved to Notre Dame in 1995, and landed his current position at Fordham in 1999, where he has been a full professor since 2002. He founded and still runs the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, and edits (together with Prof. Alex Hall) its Proceedings. Recently, he started and has been directing the new Research Center for the History of Ideas (R.C.H.I. -- "Archie") in Budapest. Currently, he divides his time between Budapest and NY, directing Archie in the fall and teaching at Fordham in the Spring. For his detailed CV and list of publications, as well as a number of his papers online, you may wish to visit https://faculty.fordham.edu/klima/ and https://fordham.academia.edu/GyulaKlima "Only the Lover Sings": Augustine & the Radical Necessity of Poetry | Prof. Patrick Callahan 1066758172 This lecture was delivered to the University of Kansas chapter on April 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Humanitas Institute and lecturer in philosophy at Wichita State University. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts. Freedom, Friendship, and the Good Life: Lessons From The Pandemic | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1064314474 This lecture was delivered to the George Mason University chapter on April 19, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Between Animal and Angel: Human Nature According to Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Brian Carl 1053075502 This lecture was given to the University of Florida chapter on March 25, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. Good, Simple, and Eternal: What Philosophy Teaches Us about God | Prof. W. Matthews Grant 1064298622 This lecture was delivered to the University of Oklahoma chapter on April 7, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, particularly issues having to do with the divine nature and God’s relationship to human freedom. His new book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account draws resources from Aquinas and the scholastic tradition to explain how libertarian creaturely freedom can be reconciled with robust accounts of God’s providence, grace, and predestination. Dark Passages Of Scripture: Christ & the Old Testament in Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 1063804975 This lecture was given to the Trinity Western University chapter on April 16, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. Goodness Without God? Aquinas and the Problem of Pagan Virtue | Prof. Angela Knobel 1054745089 This lecture was delivered to the UT Austin chapter on March 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her papers have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as The Thomist, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, International Philosophical Quarterly and The Journal of Moral Theology. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. God of the Gaps: Are There Limits to Scientific Certainty? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 1047705475 This lecture was given to Yale University on March 30, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Contemplation and the Imagination | Prof. Kevin Hart 1064319193 This lecture was delivered to the University of Virginia chapter on April 12, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where he also holds professorships in the Departments of English and French. His most recent scholarly books include Kingdoms of God (Indiana UP, 2014) and Poetry and Revelation (Bloomsbury, 2017). Among the books he has edited are Jean-Luc Marion: The Essential Writings (Fordham UP, 2013) and The Exorbitant: Emmanuel Levinas between Jews and Christians(Fordham UP, 2010). He is currently editing the fifth volume of a multivolume series The Bible and Literature, which will appear with Bloomsbury in 2020. His poetry is gathered in Wild Track: New and Selected Poems (Notre Dame UP, 2015) and Barefoot (Notre Dame UP, 2018). Among other honors, he holds an honorary doctoral degree in Philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris. Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Compatible with Divine Simplicity? | Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. 1043354761 This talk was given to the Rutgers University Thomistic Institute on March 25, 2021. The slides for this talk can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/wb6s9zyh For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. The Life and Work of Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 1046270518 This lecture was given to Fordham University on March 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. Entering into Christ's Passion: The Mass as a Sacrifice | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1039459684 This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on March 24, 2021. The handout may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2bbku4kw For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at the Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). What Is Life About? Feelings Management or Human Fulfillment | Prof. Michael Gorman 1047065665 This talk was delivered to the University of Arizona on March 23, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book titled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. This Is My Body: Does Modern Science Disprove Transubstantiation? | Fr. Thomas Davenport O.P. 1038623656 This lecture was given at Queen’s University on March 22, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 2010, working in theoretical particle physics and subsequently entered the Order of Preachers. He has written and spoken on the relationship of faith and science in a variety of venues, including being a main contributor to the Thomistic Evolution project. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2017 and is currently studying Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. Edith Stein and the Gestalt of the Feminine Soul | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 1055355262 This lecture was delivered to the University of Kansas chapter on March 25, 2021. View Prof. Pakaluk's slides here: https://tinyurl.com/8hkx7vmr For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School in the summer of 2016, and is the founder of the Social Research academic area, where she is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought and political economy. Can There Be Natural Rights Without God? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 1038563119 This lecture was given at Texas State University on March 11, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). God Crucified: Thinking about the Incarnation at the Foot of the Cross | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 1053085549 This lecture was delivered to the North Carolina State University chapter on March 30, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013), co-author of A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life (Vianney Publications, 2019), editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy (Hillenbrand Books, 2015), and co-editor of Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers (Sapientia Press, 2019) and Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology (Sapientia Press, 2021). His present projects include co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons as well as finishing his book The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Teacher-Scholar grant. The Compatibility of Neuroscience and the Soul | Prof. James Madden 1050546964 This lecture was given to Auburn University on March 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 1049500777 This lecture was given to George Mason University on March 2, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Christian Humanism in Modern Literature | Prof. Lee Oser 1047202759 This lecture was given to Vanderbilt University on March 18, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lee Oser was born in New York City in 1958, of Irish Catholic and Russian Jewish descent. He attended public high school on Long Island. After playing in rock bands and working odd jobs in Portland, Oregon, he took his B.A. from Reed College in 1988 and his Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 1995. The College of the Holy Cross hired him in 1998. As a scholar, he began his career in the field of literary modernism and is widely recognized as an authority on the poet T. S. Eliot. Over the past decade, though, he has devoted considerable time to Shakespeare. Professor Oser has published three books of literary criticism and three novels, most recently Oregon Confetti, named by Commonweal Magazine as one of its top books of 2017. He is the father of two daughters, Eleanor (HC '20) and Briana. He and his wife, Kate, have been married for thirty years. A committed Roman Catholic, he serves regularly as an extraordinary minister at Saint Paul's Cathedral, in downtown Worcester. Theology: The Judge Of All Human Knowledge | Prof. Gregory LaNave 1016897074 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in publishing at the New Catholic Encyclopedia and The Catholic University of America Press, he joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception as a full-time faculty member in 2006, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. His special expertise is medieval theology and fundamental theology. He is the author of Through Holiness to Wisdom: The Nature of Theology according to St. Bonaventure (Rome: Istituto storico dei cappuccini, 2005), and scholarly articles on Bonaventure and/or Aquinas in Theological Studies, Franciscan Studies, and The Thomist, as well as essays on “Bonaventure on the Spiritual Senses,” in The Perception of God: The Spiritual Senses in the Christian Tradition (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012) and “Bonaventure’s Theological Method,” in A Companion to Bonaventure (Brill, 2013). Since 1996 he has served the Pontifical Faculty as managing editor of The Thomist, the quarterly journal of philosophy and theology published by the Dominican Fathers, and is the series Editor for The Fathers of the Church: Mediaeval Continuation, published by CUA Press. He is working on a book on the relationship between theology and holiness. The Human Person, Community, and Communion | Prof. R. J. Snell 1045810636 This lecture was given to the DC Young Professionals at St. Charles Catholic Church on March 15, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications. Wisdom Sought, Wisdom Given | Sr. Anna Wray OP 1037901310 This lecture was given on February 20, 2021 as part of the "Wisdom, Light, and Truth: The Holy Spirit in the Church and in Our Souls" Intellectual Retreat at the Wisdom House Retreat Center in Litchfield, CT. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. Goodness without God? Aquinas and the Problem of Pagan Virtue | Prof. Angela Knobel 1043426626 This lecture was given to the University of Texas at Austin on March 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her papers have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as The Thomist, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, International Philosophical Quarterly and The Journal of Moral Theology. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press. The Work of Fear in the Seeker of Wisdom | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. 1041340477 This lecture was given at the Wisdom, Light, and Truth: The Holy Spirit in the Church and in Our Soul intellectual retreat in Litchfield, CT on February 20, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. Idol and Icon: Reflections on Faith and Film | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 1036639390 This lecture was given to Queens University on March 10, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs has been President of the University of Dallas since 2019. Previously, he served as distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has a book on Pascal titled Wagering on an Ironic God: Pascal on Faith and Philosophy (Baylor University Press, 201), and a book currently at press titled: Laudato Si: Nihilism, Beauty, and God (University of Notre Dame Press), an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Proofs for God's Existence: Aquinas on Reason, Uncertainty, and Faith | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1034228464 This lecture was given to the University of Texas at El Paso on March 10, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The Indwelling of the Holy Trinity | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1034093530 This lecture was given to the UVA chapter on March 15, 2021. Fr. Brent's lecture concludes at 1:05:15. The remainder of the lecture is a Q&A session with Fr. Brent. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Is Free Will an Illusion? | Fr. Stephen Brock 1032251782 This lecture was given to the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina on February 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Stephen L. Brock is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei (ordained 1992). He is Ordinary Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where he has taught since 1990. He received a BA from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. In 1999 he was a visiting professor in the School of Philosophy of The Catholic University of America. In 2017 he is a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, collaborating in the Templeton Foundation project “Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life,” directed by Candace Vogler and Jennifer Frey; his collaboration has included teaching a course in the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago, giving two public lectures, directing a reading group, and leading sessions in a summer seminar for graduate students. Since 2008 he has been an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of Action & Conduct: Thomas Aquinas and the Theory of Action (T&T Clark, 1998); articles on various aspects of Aquinas’s thought; and most recently, The Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas: A Sketch (Wipf & Stock, 2015). What Is A Sacrament? St Thomas Aquinas On The Sacraments As Signs | Fr Reginald Lynch O.P. 1007558053 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, He is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Christian Politicians in the Public Sphere: The View from Augustine | Fr. Robert Dodaro, O.S.A. 1029719887 This lecture was given to University of Edinburgh on March 2, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Robert Dodaro is a specialist in the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo. Until 2016, he served as the president of the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome, where he was also on faculty as professor of theology until 2018. He was also a professor of Patristic theology at the Pontifical Lateran University. He also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Augustinus-Lexikon, as a Visitor of Ralston College, and on the Editorial Advisory Council of Dionysius. His Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004, and he was a Co-Editor of Augustine: Political Writings, a collection of letters and sermons by Augustine that deal with political matters, and also of Augustine and His Critics, a collection of essays in honour of Gerald Bonner. He is a 1973 graduate of St. Augustine Seminary High School in Holland, Michigan. Is Free Will an Illusion? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 1027421371 This lecture was given to Auburn University on February 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The Last Supper and Origins of the Eucharist | Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, C.O. 1025598121 This lecture was given to Trinity College Dublin on March 11, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London, where he serves as Parish Priest. He holds a Mag.Theol. from the University of Vienna (Austria) an S.T.L. from the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He teaches at Allen Hall Seminary in London, is an Associate Staff member at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, a Visiting Fellow at St Mary's University, Twickenham, and has been on the Visiting Faculty of the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, Illinois. Formerly staff member of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2008–2012) and Consultor to the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2008–2013). He is a Board Member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy and the Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal. Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. 1023980476 This lecture was given to Mississippi State University on March 5, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. She has been active in her religious community's teaching apostolate for over fifteen years and has assisted with the theological formation of the newest members of her religious congregation. In addition to contributing articles to a number of journals and magazines, including the Vatican newspaper (L'Osservatore Romano), The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Sister has served as editor-in-chief of her Congregation's book, Praying as a Family (also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic versions). With EWTN, she directed a television series of the same title. She has also served as the creator and founding Director of the University of Dallas Studies in Catholic Faith & Culture Program. Aquinas And Sacrifice | Fr. Maxime Allard, O.P. 1019462896 This lecture was given to Dominican University College in Ottawa, Canada. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. Maxime Allard is a professor of theology and philosophy at the Dominican University College in Ottawa, Canada. He received his MA in philosophy from the University of Ottawa and his Ph.D. in theology from Laval University in Québec. His expertise includes philosophy of the 17th century, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics and political philosophy. Christianity and the Common Good at the American Founding | Prof. Matthew Peterson 1017993211 This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 27, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good? For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Matthew Peterson is the founding editor of the American Mind and Vice President of Education at the Claremont Institute. He is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College, and received his M.A. in politics and Ph.D. in political science from Claremont Graduate University. Household as Key to the Greater Common Good | Prof. John Cuddeback 1016829121 This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 27, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good? The handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/we47xp23 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship is being republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at BaconFromAcorns and LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. The Sum Total of Our Disagreements: The Common Good and Liberal Governance | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 1015180120 This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 27, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good? For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Some Reflections on the Common Good in Modern Catholic Social Doctrine | Prof. Russell Hittinger 1012667878 This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 26, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good? For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Russell Hittinger is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of St. Louis. He was the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa from 1996-2019. Russell has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas since 2001 and was appointed an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in 2009 by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He has taught at Fordham University and at the Catholic University of America, as well as at many other universities as a visiting professor, including Providence College and Princeton. Along with a plethora of articles, he has written The First Grace: Rediscovering Natural Law in a Post-Christian Age and A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory. What Is Truth? | Prof. Timothy Pawl 1010751454 This lecture was given to Florida State University on February 5, 2021. The handout for this lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/anznn27e For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Dr. Timothy Pawl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN. His research focuses on metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics he works on truthmaker theory, modality, and free will. In philosophical theology, he has published on transubstantiation, Christology, and divine immutability. He has published two monographs in the Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology series, entitled In Defense of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay and In Defense of Extended Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay. In those books he argues that the philosophical objections to the traditional Christian doctrine of the incarnation fail. His current research focuses on the intersection of moral philosophy, Christian virtue, and psychology. Christian thinkers from the desert fathers to the 16th century moralists and beyond have provided guidance for how to grow in virtues like temperance and fortitude. Is any of that advice supported (or falsified) by contemporary psychological findings? He’d like to know. He is the husband of another philosopher: her name is Faith Glavey Pawl. He is the proud father of one son and four daughters. How Common is Your Good? | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 1009520746 This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 26, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good? For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. Temperance and the Common Good | Prof. Matthew Levering 1006960207 This lecture was given to Baylor University on February 25, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Matthew Levering holds the James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He is the author or editor of over forty books on topics of dogmatic, sacramental, moral, historical, and biblical theology. He is the translator of Gilles Emery’s The Trinity. Most recently he has published Engaging the Doctrine of Creation, An Introduction to Vatican II as an Ongoing Theological Event, and Engaging the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: Love and Gift in the Trinity and the Church. He coedits two quarterly journals, Nova et Vetera and International Journal of Systematic Theology. Since 2004, he has been a participant in Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and from 20072016 he served as Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology. He cofounded the Chicago Theological Initiative and has directed the Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, and Doctrine since 2011. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Faith and Reason in a World under Siege | Prof. Carol Zaleski 1005138976 This lecture was given to the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Santa Barbara on February 24, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carol Zaleski is the Professor of World Religions at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts, where she has been teaching philosophy of religion, world religions, religion and literature, and Catholic thought since 1989. She is the author of Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of NearDeath Experience in Medieval and Modern Times (Oxford University Press) and The Life of the World to Come: NearDeath Experience and Christian Hope (Oxford University Press); and she is coauthor with Philip Zaleski of Prayer: A History (Houghton Mifflin), The Book of Heaven (Oxford University Press), and The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). On Distributism | Prof. Andrew Abela 1003578682 This lecture was given to the University of Virginia on February 11, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Andrew Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business and at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. His research on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic Social Doctrine, and internal communication, has been published in several academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Markets & Morality, and in two books. He is the co-editor of A Catechism for Business, from Catholic University Press, and winner of the 2009 Novak Award, a $10,000 prize given by the Acton Institute for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.”Dr. Abela also provides consulting and training in internal communications; recent clients of his include Microsoft Corporation, JPMorganChase, and the Corporate Executive Board. Prior to his academic career, he spent several years in industry as brand manager at Procter & Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director of the Marketing Leadership Council of the Corporate Executive Board. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Ethics from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia with their six children. Physics and Philosophy: Does Thomas Aquinas Have Anything to Offer? | Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. 999379816 This lecture was given to UC Berkeley on February 8, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. is a Dominican friar, physicist, and philosopher. He joined the faculty of philosophy at the Angelicum in Rome in 2020, where he co-leads the Project for Science and Religion. Before joining the Dominican order he studied physics at the California Institute of Technology before going on to earn his doctorate in physics from Stanford University studying theoretical particle physics. The focus of his scientific research is writing and testing simulations for high energy particle colliders like the LHC at CERN. After joining the Dominicans in 2010, he studied philosophy and theology in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood in 2017. In addition, he earned a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America, focusing on the philosophy of science and natural philosophy. For two years he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Providence College in Providence, RI, where he taught physics and restarted a research program in particle physics. He has written and spoken in a number of forums on the relationship between faith and science including contributions to the Thomistic Evolution project and organizing conferences on science and philosophy for the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. Are Science And Religion Compatible? | Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. 999242992 This lecture was given to the University of Edinburgh on January 26, 2021. The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/tncfnsfe For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. Aquinas on the New Adam | Prof. Matthew Levering 979067515 This talk was given at the annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas held at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21, 2021. For more information about upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Matthew Levering holds the James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He is the author or editor of over forty books on topics of dogmatic, sacramental, moral, historical, and biblical theology. He is the translator of Gilles Emery’s The Trinity. Most recently he has published Engaging the Doctrine of Creation, An Introduction to Vatican II as an Ongoing Theological Event, and Engaging the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: Love and Gift in the Trinity and the Church. He coedits two quarterly journals, Nova et Vetera and International Journal of Systematic Theology. Since 2004, he has been a participant in Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and from 20072016 he served as Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology. He cofounded the Chicago Theological Initiative and has directed the Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, and Doctrine since 2011. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center. So You Want to Be a Doctor? Medicine as Instrumental Job vs. Sacred Vocation | Dr. Farr Curlin 993637621 This lecture was given on February 11, 2021 to the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Medical School chapters. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Farr Curlin is the Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religion associated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture. Law without a Lawgiver? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 990948718 This lecture was given on October 29, 2020 to Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). Creation and Evolution: Answers to Different Questions | Prof. Kenneth Kemp 989563537 This lecture was given on January 25, 2021 to West Virginia University. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Kenneth W. Kemp is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Fellow of that University’s Center for Catholic Studies. His education includes an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science as well as a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. His research work has included ethics (in particular questions of morality and war) and historical and philosophical inquiry into the relations between science and religion (with a particular focus on the theory of evolution). Suffering, Sacrifice, and Leadership | Prof. Joseph McInerney 985395811 This lecture was given on November 23, 2020 to the United States Military Academy - West Point. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Captain Joe McInerney is the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Captain McInerney lectures in the Naval Academy’s core ethics course, which is offered to all Third Class Midshipman (sophomores) at the Naval Academy and teaches elective courses in the fields of Christian morality and leadership. In 2016, Captain McInerney published his first book, The Greatness of Humility: St. Augustine on Moral Excellence. Captain McInerney served as a Fellow at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy for the 2008-2009 academic year. He graduated from The Catholic University of America with a doctorate in systematic theology in October 2012 after completing a dissertation on the moral thought of St. Augustine. Captain McInerney also holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Theological Studies from the Pontifical Lateran University. When is War Justified? A Catholic Perspective | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 987410278 This lecture was given on November 4, 2020 to University College Dublin. The slides for this lecture are available here: http://tinyurl.com/ydf93234 For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children. Reading Scripture with Benedict and Francis | Prof. Lewis Ayres 984898318 The lecture was given to the University of Edinburgh on November 10, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in the study of early Christian theology, especially the history of Trinitarian theology and early Christian exegesis. He is also deeply interested in the relationship between the shape of early Christian modes of discourse and reflection and the manner in which renewals of Catholic theology during the last hundred years have attempted to engage forms of modern historical consciousness and sought to negotiate the shape of appropriate scriptural interpretation in modernity, even as they remain faithful to the practices of classical Catholic discourse and contemplation. Catholicism in Contemporary Astronomy | Prof. Karin Oberg 983846386 The lecture was given to Boston University on October 27, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. Dr. Öberg obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Caltech in 2005, and her Ph.D. in astronomy, with a thesis focused on laboratory astrochemistry, from Leiden University in 2009. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars. In 2013 she joined the Harvard astronomy faculty as an assistant professor. She was promoted and named the Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor in Astronomy in 2016, and promoted to full professor with tenure in 2017. Dr. Öberg’s research in astrochemistry has been recognized with a Sloan fellowship, a Packard fellowship, the Newton Lacy Pierce Award from the American Astronomical Society, and a Simons fellowship. Does God Exist? And How Could We Know? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 981662905 The lecture was given to West Virginia University on October 16, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 978442675 This lecture was given to the University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Corey Barnes 979427104 This lecture was given to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on November 16, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Corey Barnes is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College specializing in scholastic thought from the 12th to the 14th centuries. His research areas include Christology, causation, creation, providence, knowledge of God, theological language, and scholastic receptions of classical, patristic, and late antique sources. Flannery O'Connor and the Christian Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Ralph Wood 977880883 This talk was given at Texas A&M University on November 9, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Ralph C. Wood has served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. He holds the B.A. and M.A. from East Texas State College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) as well as the A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1971-1997 he taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was the John Allen Easley Professor of Religion from 1990. At Baylor, he has a graduate appointment in Religion, though he teaches entirely in the Great Texts program. He serves as an editorial board member for both the Flannery O’Connor Review and Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review. He has also taught at Providence College in Rhode Island, at Samford University in Birmingham, and at Regent College in Vancouver. Christianity and Nationalism | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 975327934 This lecture was given to Trinity College Dublin on December 16, 2020. The handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y689bga8 For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. is a Dominican friar from Galway. He studied science and theology at the University of Cambridge and taught theology at secondary school before joining the Dominicans in 2009. He was ordained priest in 2016 and undertook further studies in theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), focussing on the writings of St Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. He is currently based in Dublin where he teaches theology to the students at the Dominican House of Studies in Dublin. Prayer, Study, and the Mind's Ascent to God | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 974130130 This lecture was given at Texas A&M University on October 15, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Does Nature Make Laws? An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 972605833 This lecture was delivered at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on November 02, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. The Fifth Way | Prof. Brian Carl 969426004 This lecture was given on December 6, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics, philosophical theology, cognitive theory, and moral psychology. The Fourth Way | Fr. Ambrose Mary Little, O.P. 965797381 This lecture was given on December 5, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. The hand out for this talk can be found here https://tinyurl.com/y7vdmng8 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Ambrose Mary Little O.P. was ordained to the priesthood in 2013 and is a member of the Dominican Order in the Province of St. Joseph. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Virginia. The Third Way | Prof. Thomas Osborne 965008306 This lecture was given on December 5, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. The hand out for this talk can be found here https://tinyurl.com/y7lr4uzd For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston). He has written many articles on medieval and late-scholastic philosophy and other topics, and is the author of Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth-Century Ethics (2005), Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and WIlliam of Ockham (2014), and Aquinas's Ethics (2020). What Makes a Lawyer Good? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 965089408 This lecture was given to the St. Thomas More Society of Richmond Virginia on October 17, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website https://thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). The Novelty of Transubstantiation: The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 964880614 This lecture was delivered to the William & Mary chapter on October 5, 2020. Fr. Brent's lecture concludes around 35:05. The rest of the recording is a Q&A session with students from the William & Mary Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will,” and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor and J. R. R. Tolkien | Prof. Raymond Hain 963744145 This lecture was given on October 29, 2020 at Baylor University. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. The Last Plague: Thinking about God and Justice in the Old Testament | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 961021108 This talk was given to the Texas A&M Chapter on October 7, 2020. For more events and info, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. Finding Hope in the Time Of COVID: C.S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 951925057 This lecture was given at Saint Louis University on November 11, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running. Chesterton on Saints Francis and Thomas Aquinas | Dr. Thomas Hibbs 951783814 This lecture was given at the University of Virginia on November 18, 2020. Dr. Hibbs' lecture concludes at 43:22. The rest of the recording is Q&A with him and the students of the chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker Bio: Thomas Hibbs has been President of the University of Dallas since 2019. Previously, he served as distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Thomas Aquinas and the Theology of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 951703213 This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on October 22, 2020. For more events and info, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Speaker Bio: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. The Incarnate, Sacramental, and Redeeming Christ at Christmas | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 949635610 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Trudel received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2000, and after receiving the post-doctoral License in Mediaeval Studies in 2002, he served as a Junior Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies until 2006. He has taught courses in English Literature at the University of Toronto, Providence College, and Aquinas College (Nashville, TN). His academic interests are in editing medieval Latin and vernacular texts. He joined the Faculty in the spring semester of 2014. Arguments for God's Existence: Recent Work on Ancient Arguments | Prof. Robert Koons 945805189 This lecture was delivered on October 23, 2020 at Florida State University. Prof. Koons' lecture concludes around the 28:50 mark. The rest of the recording is Q&A with students. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Mary and the Victory Over Evil | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 948893782 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. What is Good Music? What Good is Music? | Prof. Michael Dickson 951464962 This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on September 29, 2020. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Speaker Bio: Michael Dickson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. After a brief term as a professional french horn player, he earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1995. He was a member of the faculty of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University for ten years prior to joining the faculty at the University South Carolina, where he currently teaches philosophy of music and medieval philosophy, among other things. He also serves in a Schola Cantorum and teaches Gregorian chant to children and adults. What the COVID Pandemic Teaches Us about the Honored but Humble Role of Medicine | Prof. Farr Curlin 949809808 This lecture was given at Baylor University on September 24, 2020. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Speaker Bio: Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and CoDirector of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religion-associated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture. St. Joseph: The Savior of Our Savior | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 940650124 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul’s editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez’s four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus. Are Neuroscience and the Soul Compatible? | Prof. James Madden 947674180 This lecture was delivered on September 30, 2020 at Florida State University. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Prof. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. The Challenge and Opportunity of Genome Editing | Dr. William Hurlbut 945385867 This lecture was given on November 18, 2020 at Williams College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics. He has worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust. Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: Is Faith Irrational? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 943240186 The lecture was given on October 7, 2020 at the Catholic Information Center. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org The handout for this event can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y54dzpz5 About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Saint Albert the Great and the Natural Sciences | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 942480487 This lecture was given on October 14, 2020 at University College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org His handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yxep832k Speaker Bio: Conor McDonough, OP is a Dominican friar from Galway. He studied science and theology at the University of Cambridge and taught theology at secondary school before joining the Dominicans in 2009. He was ordained priest in 2016 and undertook further studies in theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), focussing on the writings of St Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin. He is currently based in Dublin where he teaches theology to the students at the Dominican House of Studies in Dublin. Thought in Bliss: St. Thomas on Theological Contemplation | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt 941079433 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Circles Conference "Aquinas on Contemplation: Philosophy, Theology, and the Spiritual Life" held on October 10, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has published a book on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Christian mystical tradition, as well as numerous articles on Catholic life and thought. Prudence in Action | Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P. 939988948 This lecture was given on November 1, 2020 as part of "Choosing Well: Practical Wisdom in an Impractical Age" Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Verner, the eldest of three children, grew up in Carmel, Indiana and received his formation in the faith at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Parish. Fr. Dominic attended Purdue University, where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While at Purdue he began to discern a call to the priesthood, a call which he pursued upon graduating by entering Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary. He graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s with a masters in philosophical studies and entered the Order of Preachers shortly thereafter. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2016 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Moral Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Commanding Prudence | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 938166565 This lecture was given on October 31, 2020 as part of "Choosing Well: Practical Wisdom in an Impractical Age" Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching as a professor of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. The Virtues and Prudence | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. 936191650 This lecture was given on October 31, 2020 as part of "Choosing Well: Practical Wisdom in an Impractical Age" Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is on faculty in CUA's School of Philosophy. The Good and Our Propensity for It | Fr. Austin Litke, O.P. 935414419 This lecture was given on October 30, 2020 as part of "Choosing Well: Practical Wisdom in an Impractical Age" Intellectual Retreat at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Austin Dominic Litke, O.P., is a friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He is a native of Henderson, Kentucky. After studies in Classical Languages and Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, he completed one year of theological studies at Saint Meinrad School of Theology before entering the Order. Fr. Austin was ordained a priest in 2011 and completed his S.T.L. in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He was then assigned as Catholic Chaplain at New York University from 2012-2014. He is currently completing doctoral studies in Patristic Theology at the Istituto Patristico “Augustinianum” in Rome. The Common Good of the Universe | Prof. Thomas Osborne 934180609 This lecture was given on October 24, 2020 as part of "The Bonds of Love" Intellectual Retreat at the University of Texas, Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Prof. Osborne is the chair of the philosophy department at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His research focuses on medieval, late scholastic, and contemporary philosophy. He is particularly concerned with the way in which philosophical concepts are changed and created historically. His research focuses on Ethical Theory, Moral Psychology, Ethics, and Metaphysics. He also has related interests in Philosophy of Religion and Political Philosophy. The Order of Charity and Friendship | Prof. Erik Dempsey 932584408 This lecture was given on October 24, 2020 as part of "The Bonds of Love" Intellectual Retreat at the University of Texas, Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Erik Dempsey (PhD, Boston College) is the Assistant Director of UT's Thomas Jefferson for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He completed his doctorate at Boston College in June 2007. He is interested in understanding human virtue, and the proper place of politics in a well-lived human life, the different ways in which human virtue is understood in different political situations, and the ways in which human virtue may transcend any political situation. His dissertation looks at Aristotle's treatment of prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics, and Aristotle's suggestion that virtue should be understood as an end in itself. He is currently at work turning his dissertation into a book by adding chapters which consider Thomas Aquinas' interpretation of Aristotle in terms of natural law, and Marsilius of Padua's critique of Thomas. He grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and graduated from Hastings High School. As an undergraduate, he attended St. John's College in Annapolis, MD where he began to study the Great Books seriously. From June 2000 until August 2001, he worked for DynCorp in Chantilly, VA, doing mathematical modeling and providing other support for the GETS program. From September 2007 - May 2008, he taught in the Herbst Program for the Humanities at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Order of Charity and the Family | Prof. Erik Dempsey 932215492 This lecture was given on October 24, 2020 as part of "The Bonds of Love" Intellectual Retreat at the University of Texas, Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Erik Dempsey (PhD, Boston College) is the Assistant Director of UT's Thomas Jefferson for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He completed his doctorate at Boston College in June 2007. He is interested in understanding human virtue, and the proper place of politics in a well-lived human life, the different ways in which human virtue is understood in different political situations, and the ways in which human virtue may transcend any political situation. His dissertation looks at Aristotle's treatment of prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics, and Aristotle's suggestion that virtue should be understood as an end in itself. He is currently at work turning his dissertation into a book by adding chapters which consider Thomas Aquinas' interpretation of Aristotle in terms of natural law, and Marsilius of Padua's critique of Thomas. He grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and graduated from Hastings High School. As an undergraduate, he attended St. John's College in Annapolis, MD where he began to study the Great Books seriously. From June 2000 until August 2001, he worked for DynCorp in Chantilly, VA, doing mathematical modeling and providing other support for the GETS program. From September 2007 - May 2008, he taught in the Herbst Program for the Humanities at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Order of Charity and Political Life | Prof. Thomas Osborne 929467780 This lecture was given on October 24, 2020 as part of "The Bonds of Love" Intellectual Retreat at the University of Texas, Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Osborne is the chair of the philosophy department at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His research focuses on medieval, late scholastic, and contemporary philosophy. He is particularly concerned with the way in which philosophical concepts are changed and created historically. His research focuses on Ethical Theory, Moral Psychology, Ethics, and Metaphysics. He also has related interests in Philosophy of Religion and Political Philosophy. Charity as a Virtue | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 926363941 This lecture was given on October 24, 2020 as part of "The Bonds of Love" Intellectual Retreat at the University of Texas, Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Duc In Altum The Theological Greatness Of Pope St. John Paul II - Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 926270458 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. he holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. What Are We Voting for Anyway? Prudence in a Democracy | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 924215512 This lecture was given at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, VA on October 19, 2020. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching as a professor of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. Contemplation in Philosophical Perspective | Prof. Michael Gorman 922977958 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Circles Conference "Aquinas on Contemplation: Philosophy, Theology, and the Spiritual Life" held on October 10, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. Lust and Spiritual Contemplation According to St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 921581242 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Circles Conference "Aquinas on Contemplation: Philosophy, Theology, and the Spiritual Life" held on October 10, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Embodied Contemplation and the New Creation | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. 918714793 This talk was given on September 26, 2020 as part of the Thomistic Institute's East Coast Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his PhD, he taught in the department of theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 2011/12, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018. What Happened to the Second Coming? | Fr. Richard Ounsworth, O. P. 883730899 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker bio: Fr Richard teaches scripture and New Testament Greek in the Studium. He is the Dean of Degrees at the Hall: he presents students at University matriculation and graduation ceremonies. From Michaelmas 2018, Fr Richard will be teaching The Letter to the Hebrews for the University in the Theology and Religious Studies Faculty. Fr Richard studied theology at Oxford at both undergraduate and graduate level; he studied history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the Provincial Bursar of the English Dominicans. We Shall Be Like Him: Contemplation as Deification | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. 917390638 This talk was given on September 26, 2020 as part of the Thomistic Institute's East Coast Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his PhD, he taught in the department of theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 2011/12, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018. Seeing God | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 916429943 This talk was given on September 25, 2020 as part of the Thomistic Institute's East Coast Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. God in St. Augustine's Confessions | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 883737988 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Common Mistakes about God and Suffering | Prof. Robert Koons 911379490 This lecture was streamed for Texas State University on September 24, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Hillbilly Thomism Flannery O'Connor's Vision Of Grace | Prof. Jennifer Frey 907304905 This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a $2.1 million project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 908909959 This talk was given at the University of Oklahoma on September 16, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Prof. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Is the Human Person Naturally Religious? Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 907349101 This talk was given for the University Edinburgh on September 24, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. St. Thomas Aquinas Our Common Doctor For Theology Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 903463993 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Institute Livestream. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Is there a Distinction Between Faith and Reason? | Prof. Robert Koons 903576481 This talk was given at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), and co-editor (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. Friendship and Happiness: Insights from Aristotle and Aquinas | Prof. Jennifer Frey 902837680 This lecture was given for our chapter at Cornell University on September 23rd, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Discerning a Vocation to Be a Catholic Intellectual | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 901902946 This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Happiness of the Catholic Intellectual: Balance, Focus, and Priorities | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 900708919 This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor did post-doctoral work as a Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and as William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He was appointed a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, a fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and winner of a Templeton Grant. He has written more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. An award winning author, his fifteen books include Disputes in Bioethics, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues, Abortion Rights: For and Against, 365 Days to Deeper Faith, The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Life Issues-Medical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Prayer, Holiness, and the Intellectual Life | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 897935635 This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). The Vocation of the Catholic Intellectual: Faith, Reason, and Service | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 897863758 This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor did post-doctoral work as a Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and as William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He was appointed a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, a fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and winner of a Templeton Grant. He has written more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. An award winning author, his fifteen books include Disputes in Bioethics, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues, Abortion Rights: For and Against, 365 Days to Deeper Faith, The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Life Issues-Medical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Divinization and the Gradation Of Freedom | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 896555845 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. The Danger of Technology to Human Flourishing | Prof. James Madden 895164451 This talk is Prof. Madden's third and final lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Prof. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. The Virtues of Healthy Dependence | Fr. Gregory Pine 893798653 This lecture was given on August 8, 2020, at the Thomistic Institute's Intellectual Retreat on Virtuous Autonomy in Estes Park, Colorado. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Freedom in Friendship and Community | Prof. James Madden 892734124 This talk is Prof. Madden's second lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For Prof. Madden's first lecture, see https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/true-freedom-and-its-counterfeits-prof-james-madden/s-Qc4EN49sQTx For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Prof. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. True Freedom and Its Counterfeits | Prof. James Madden 891292252 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Prof. Madden's long term research interests are modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. The Image of God in Modernity | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 890486515 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. The hand out for this talk can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/yxfsqkk3 Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Christian Theology and the Limits of Politics in Augustine | Prof. Bradley Lewis 888849214 This lecture was given as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship, June 15 through 18, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and on some figures in the neo-Thomist tradition, as well as on the topics of public reason and religious freedom. Natural Theology, Civil Theology, and the Limits of Politics in Plato | Prof. Bradley Lewis 882586252 This lecture was given at the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on June 15, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and on some figures in the neo-Thomist tradition, as well as on the topics of public reason and religious freedom. Ebbing, Flowing Sea: Trinitarian Mystical Theology of Jan Van Ruusbroec | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove 884216662 This lecture was given at the University of York on March 9, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove lectures in Medieval Thought at Durham University, UK. He has published scholarly articles on medieval theology and spirituality, theology of the Trinity, and soteriology. His books include: Introduction to Medieval Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012); Jan van Ruusbroec. Mystical Theologian of the Trinity (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003); Introduction to the Trinity (with D. Marmion) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011); and he is editor of The Theology of Thomas Aquinas (with J. Wawrykow) (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005); and Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries (with R. Faesen & H. Rolfson) (NJ: Paulist Press, 2008). Presently he is researching the topic of contemplation in Thomas Aquinas. Are There Failed Persons? Are You One of Them? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 883841170 This lecture was given at Brown University on February 20, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics. Prof. O'Callaghan earned his BS in Physics from St. Norbert College in 1984, an MS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1996. Reading Bonaventure in a Time Of Crisis | Prof. Gregory LaNave 846000589 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in publishing at the New Catholic Encyclopedia and The Catholic University of America Press, he joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception as a full-time faculty member in 2006, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. His special expertise is medieval theology and fundamental theology. He is the author of Through Holiness to Wisdom: The Nature of Theology according to St. Bonaventure (Rome: Istituto storico dei cappuccini, 2005), and scholarly articles on Bonaventure and/or Aquinas in Theological Studies, Franciscan Studies, and The Thomist, as well as essays on “Bonaventure on the Spiritual Senses,” in The Perception of God: The Spiritual Senses in the Christian Tradition (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012) and “Bonaventure’s Theological Method,” in A Companion to Bonaventure (Brill, 2013). Since 1996 he has served the Pontifical Faculty as managing editor of The Thomist, the quarterly journal of philosophy and theology published by the Dominican Fathers, and is the series Editor for The Fathers of the Church: Mediaeval Continuation, published by CUA Press. He is working on a book on the relationship between theology and holiness. Neuroscience and Freedom of the Will - Is There Really a Problem? | Prof. James Madden 880890439 This lecture was given at the University of Tulsa on February 27, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. James Madden lives in Atchison, KS with his wife (Jennifer) and their children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Does God Create through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. 879145186 This lecture was given at Oxford University on February 5, 2020. The power point presentation for this lecture can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/y39la8ja For more events and information please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P., is a Polish Dominican theologian. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA and Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He currently works as a professor of theology at the Angelicum in Rome, and as a researcher for the Angelicum Thomistic Institute. The Way of the Cross During Pandemic | Prof. Jody Vaccaro Lewis 845996533 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Lewis works in the areas of the New Testament and Patristics. She teaches courses on the Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Writings, and Pauline Letters, as well as various patristic topics. Her interests include the history of biblical interpretation, women in the Bible and early Church, and early Christian biography. Professor Lewis received her doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, with a dissertation entitled “Early Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Character of Isaac,” which focuses on the rabbinic and patristic exegesis of Genesis 22, the sacrifice of Isaac. She has also taught biblical studies and English at Notre Dame, St. Mary’s College, and Kent State University. Professor Lewis has published articles and book reviews on biblical interpretation and patristics for such publications as Communio, The Thomist, and The Word Among Us. The Resurrection | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 845978560 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. The Descent into Hell | Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. 845976028 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk was ordained to the priesthood in May 2017. He is a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he earned a degree in biomedical sciences. The Death of the Lord | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 845976841 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. The Passion Of The Lord | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 845975194 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. he holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Via Dolorosa | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 845973946 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. The Eucharist and Spiritual Communion | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 845972968 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Langevin entered the Order of Friars Preachers in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2005. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. While working on his doctorate at the University of Fribourg, Father Langevin was employed full-time there as the assistant to the Chair of Dogmatic Theology for Ecclesiology and the Sacraments. Father Langevin joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the fall of 2013. He teaches courses principally in sacramental theology and liturgiology. Since the summer of 2018, he is the editor of the journal The Thomist, for which he previously was book review editor. His book, From Passion to Paschal Mystery (Academic Press Fribourg, 2015), analyzes 20th-century Church teaching on the relationship between the sacraments (focusing on baptism and the Eucharist) and the events of Christ’s life. His primary research interest is general sacramental theology. The New Commandment | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 845968168 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. A Sacrificial Presence: The Priesthood of Christ | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 842520331 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas on the Blessed Mother | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 842461822 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org The Catholic Imagination in JRR Tolkien and Flannery O'Connor | Prof. Raymond Hain 862584820 This lecture was given at Queen's University on February 5, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. Can Science Explain Everything? | Prof. John Lennox 857388505 This lecture was given at Oxford University on February 19, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. John Lennox studied at the Royal School Armagh, Northern Ireland and was Exhibitioner and Senior Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University from which he took his MA, MMath and PhD. He worked for many years in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Wales in Cardiff which awarded him a DSc for his research. He also holds an MA and DPhil from Oxford University (by incorporation) and an MA in Bioethics from the University of Surrey. He was a Senior Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg in Germany. The Nature of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Nature | Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P. 842454226 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Is the Bible True and Accurate? | Fr. Terence Crotty 860817556 This talk was given at the University College Dublin on February 25, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Terence Crotty, OP, is a doctor of Biblical Theology and is Student Master of the Irish Dominican Province. Four Futures: The Catholic Church in America | Prof. Gladden Pappin 858136051 This lecture was given at Southern Methodist University on March 10, 2020. For Prof. Pappin's slideshow, please see https://thomisticinstitute.org/four-futures-the-catholic-church-in-america-slideshow For the lecture audio synced with Prof. Pappin's slideshow, please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odhqf4wdG48 For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Gladden Pappin is assistant professor of politics at the University of Dallas, and is the cofounder of American Affairs. He is also a permanent research fellow and senior adviser of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. He received his AB (history) and PhD (government) from Harvard. His writings appear regularly in a variety of publications, including the Norton Anthology of American Political Thought. How Is God Our Father? | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 842438554 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. An Unjust Law is No Law at All | Prof. Raymond Hain 856216036 This lecture was given at Florida State University on February 25, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. Aquinas on Mystical Union with God | Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn 855062602 This lecture was given at Stanford University on November 18, 2019. For more events and info, please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Bernhard is professor of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and associate director of its Thomistic Institute. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, under the direction of Gilles Emery. He has published The Mystery of Union with God: Dionysian Mysticism in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press, 2015). He is completing a textbook on the Eucharist. His other research interests include medieval Dominican mystical theologies, the function of metaphysics in theology, the grace/nature relation, the notion of revelation, the development of doctrine and the charisms. Born Broken? Aquinas On Original Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 818312401 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Does Nature Make Laws?: An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Raymond Hain 853150474 This lecture was given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 17, 2019. About the speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Does God Exist? Defending the Divine Based on Reason | Prof. Alexander Pruss 851162446 This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at Stanford University on October 4, 2019. Prof. Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include "The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment" (Cambridge University Press), "One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics" (Notre Dame University Press), and "Actuality, Possibility and Worlds" (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Angels and Demons | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 818286727 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Moral Enhancement: Exemplars and Epistemic Trust | Prof. Stephen Napier 848405713 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Stephen Napier is Assistant Professor of moral epistemology, cognitive science of intuitions, bioethics, and metaphysics of persons at the Villanova University. Prof. Napier has over 18 peer reviewed publications. His research interests include epistemology, bioethics, cognitive science, social perception, and moral psychology and metaphysics of persons. Neuroscience and the Human Soul | Prof. Marie George 843435652 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, on February 29, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department at St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. Freedom, Aquinas, and the Brain | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 824783062 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Department Chair at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Munich. At Munich, he studied with Robert Spaemann, and wrote a dissertation titled "Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl. Die Metaphysik der Willensfreiheit zwischen Antonio Perez, S. J. (1599-1649) und G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716," investigating the concept of "the best of all possible worlds." In 2018, he published the first comprehensive, article-length overview of Robert Spaemann's thought in Communio. He regularly teaches courses on modern philosophy and theology, covering Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, phenomenology, Heidegger, and the linguistic turn in philosophy and theology. Popular Neuroscience and Other Political Schemes | Prof. Jeffrey Bishop 828799027 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Jeffrey Bishop is a philosopher, bioethicist, author and the Tenet Endowed Chair of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. The director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, he is most widely recognized and cited for work in medical ethics as relating to death and dying in addition to contributions in the field of medical humanities. Prof. Bishop is a physician, holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Dallas and serves on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and the Journal of Christian Bioethics for Oxford University Press. A Window into the Mind? Neuroimaging and Our Understanding of the Human Being | Pro. Sofia Reimao 834297343 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Sofia Reimao is a medical doctor from Lisbon, Portugal. She is a professor on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon. Neuroscience and the Human Soul | Prof. Marie George 843435652 This lecture was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, on February 29, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department at St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. Moral Enhancement: Exemplars and Epistemic Trust | Prof. Stephen Napier 848405713 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Stephen Napier is Assistant Professor of moral epistemology, cognitive science of intuitions, bioethics, and metaphysics of persons at the Villanova University. Prof. Napier has over 18 peer reviewed publications. His research interests include epistemology, bioethics, cognitive science, social perception, and moral psychology and metaphysics of persons. Is Belief In The Trinity Irrational? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 814914829 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Rise of Modern Atheism: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction | Prof. Anna Moreland 844876657 This lecture was given at Harvard University Graduate school on March 5, 2020. About the speaker: Anna Bonta Moreland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University. She received her B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston College. Anna Bonta Moreland’s areas of research include faith and reason, medieval theology with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas, the theology of religious pluralism, and comparative theology, especially between Christianity and Islam. She has written Known by Nature: Thomas Aquinas on Natural Knowledge of God (Herder & Herder, 2010), and edited New Voices in Catholic Theology (Herder & Herder, 2012). Her forthcoming book, Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy (Notre Dame Press, 2020) is in press. Dr. Moreland completed this work as the Myser Fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture during AY 2016-2017. Her current book projects include a co-written manuscript with Dr. Thomas Smith, The College Guide to Adulting: How to Major in Life, and a manuscript on method in comparative theology. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Francis Beckwith 842004250 This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of Arizona on February 27, 2020. Prof. Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are "Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice" (Cambridge University Press, 2007), "Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft" (IVP, 2010), and "Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith" (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). Friendship and the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 814366213 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. The hand out for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ycsedsu3 For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Aquinas as a Mystical Theologian | Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P. 838478404 This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of California, Berkeley on October 21, 2019. Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. He is a professor of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he is an associate director of the Thomistic Institute. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, under the direction of Fr. Gilles Emery, O.P. He has published "The Mystery of Union with God: Dionysian Mysticism in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas" (CUA Press, 2015). He is currently completing a textbook on the Eucharist. His other research interests include medieval Dominican mystical theologies, the function of metaphysics in theology, the grace/nature relation, the notion of revelation, the development of doctrine and the charisms. Did Jesus Christ See the Father? | Fr. Simon Gaine, O.P. 814293028 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. A Window into the Mind? Neuroimaging and Our Understanding of the Human Being | Pro. Sofia Reimao 834297343 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Sofia Reimao is a medical doctor from Lisbon, Portugal. She is a professor on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon. The Inner Workings of Confession | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 814268575 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Popular Neuroscience and Other Political Schemes | Prof. Jeffrey Bishop 828799027 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Jeffrey Bishop is a philosopher, bioethicist, author and the Tenet Endowed Chair of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. The director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, he is most widely recognized and cited for work in medical ethics as relating to death and dying in addition to contributions in the field of medical humanities. Prof. Bishop is a physician, holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Dallas and serves on the editorial boards of both the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and the Journal of Christian Bioethics for Oxford University Press. Dante on Love's Ordeal And the Ascent of Purgatory | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 814249552 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Freedom, Aquinas, and the Brain | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 824783062 This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Department Chair at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA. He holds a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Munich. At Munich, he studied with Robert Spaemann, and wrote a dissertation titled "Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl. Die Metaphysik der Willensfreiheit zwischen Antonio Perez, S. J. (1599-1649) und G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716," investigating the concept of "the best of all possible worlds." In 2018, he published the first comprehensive, article-length overview of Robert Spaemann's thought in Communio. He regularly teaches courses on modern philosophy and theology, covering Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, phenomenology, Heidegger, and the linguistic turn in philosophy and theology. Our Lady's Sword: The Holy Rosary and the Battle for Salvation | Fr. John Langlois, O.P. 814217125 This conversation was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Prof. Zena Hitz 822400387 This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on March 3, 2020. About the speaker: Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Two Cities, Two Standards, Two Loves | Dr. Chad Pecknold 665630141 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/ydhqk476 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Goodness of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau O.P. 662245268 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: thomisticinstitute.org/hand-out-chad…itas-dei-2019 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events True Justice, the Just Society, and Political Order | Dr. Chad Pecknold 668534777 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/y9bjw3mt For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Commonness of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 664543295 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Suffering of Republics, Self-Sacrifice, and the Virtues of Two Cities | Dr. Chad Pecknold 661368485 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/ya4chrda For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Love of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 666760277 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Rendering What is Due | Dr. Chad Pecknold 663438812 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/yb6s6o4e For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Lover of the Common Good| Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 671138273 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Immaterial Beings: From Ghosts to Minds | Prof. Therese Cory 820845850 This lecture was given at Yale Graduate School on March 2, 2020. About the speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is also a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Francis in 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Saved on a Turbulent Sea: St. Gregory of Nazianzus on Jesus Christ | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 813461275 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: The Meaning of the Mass | Prof. Paul Gondreau 817902955 This lecture was given at Columbia University on February 12, 2020. About the speaker: Prof. Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Searching for Happiness: Pathfinding and Pitfalls | Prof. W. Scott Cleveland 815633152 This lecture was given on February 18, 2020 at the University of Kansas. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Director of Catholic Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of the virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. His work has appeared in journals such as American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Res Philosophica, Religious Studies, Oxford Bibliographies Online, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He Is Risen: God’s Mercy and the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 804705073 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Psychology of Happiness: Stoicism in the City of God | Prof. Sarah Byers 813496321 This lecture was given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 5, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. Her areas of expertise include Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ethics. She received a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto. Should We Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide? | Prof. John Keown and Dr. Joseph Marine 809921173 This lecture was given at Johns Hopkins University on February 17, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. John Keown is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He graduated in law from Cambridge and took a doctorate in law at Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). After a spell teaching medical and criminal law at the University of Leicester, he became the first holder of a lectureship in the law and ethics of medicine at Cambridge, where he was elected to a Fellowship at Queens' College and, later, a Senior Research Fellowship at Churchill College. In 2015 he was made a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in recognition of his contribution to law and bioethics. He has published widely in the law and ethics of medicine, specializing in issues at the beginning and end of life. The second and heavily revised edition of his widely acclaimed book Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. His research has been cited by distinguished bodies worldwide. Joseph Marine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who practices primarily at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds appointments as Vice-Director of the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of Cardiology for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. He trained at UC San Francisco Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Marine has lectured widely on a variety of arrhythmia topics and has served as a co-director of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Overview and Board Review Course for 10 years. Living a Life of Divine Worship | Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P. 804168193 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship | Prof. Craig Titus 797201137 The full title of this lecture is "Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship: Love as a Contribution to Mental Health Practice." It was given at a conference on "Love, Friendship, and Happiness," co-sponsored with the Scala Foundation and the Aquinas Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary on February 15, 2020. This conference featured Prof. Erika Kidd (University of St. Thomas), Prof. Craig Titus (Divine Mercy University), Prof. Anna Moreland (Villanova University), and Dr. RJ Snell (The Witherspoon Institute). Speaker Bio: Dr. Craig Steven Titus, S.T.D., Ph.D teaches the integration courses pertaining to the nature of the human person; practical reason and moral character; and marriage and family life at Divine Mercy University. In addition to these areas, his research interests include virtue theory, emotional and moral development, psychology of virtue, and the integration of psychological sciences, philosophy, and theology. His book, Resilience and the Virtue of Fortitude: Aquinas in Dialogue with the Psychosocial Sciences (CUA Press, 2006), sets up a dialogue between virtue theory and the psychological research on resilience and overcoming difficulty. He has published numerous articles. He is co-editor of The Pinckaers Reader: Renewing Thomistic Moral Theology (CUA Press, 2005) and editor of nine other books. Dr. Titus previously worked as Researcher and Instructor at the University of Fribourg, where he served as Vice-Director of the St. Thomas Aquinas Institute for Theology and Culture and Vice-Director of the Servais Pinckaers Archives. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Chance or Purpose? God's Providence and the Christian Worldview | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 806947093 This lecture was given at the United States Military Academy on February 11, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. The Remedy for Confused Kenoticism: Aquinas as a Kenotic Theologian | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 794946130 This lecture was given at a conference co-sponsored by the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University and the Thomistic Institute entitled "Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology" in February 2020. Bruce Marshall (Southern Methodist University) and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (Angelicum) were this conference’s keynote speakers. Other speakers include: Prof. Richard Bauckham (University of St. Andrews), Prof. Oliver Crisp (University of St. Andrews), Nathan Eubank (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (École biblique et archéologique fraçaise de Jérusalem) Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Guy Mansini, OSB (Ave Maria University), Prof. Matthew Ramage, (Benedictine College) and Daria Spezzano (Providence College). About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Is the Coronavirus a Punishment from God? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 803065249 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. St Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law: The Contemporary Relevance of a Medieval Idea | Prof. Kenneth Kemp 801940045 This lecture was given at Florida State University on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Kenneth W. Kemp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Fellow of that University’s Center for Catholic Studies. His education includes an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science as well as a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. His research work has included ethics (in particular questions of morality and war) and historical and philosophical inquiry into the relations between science and religion (with a particular focus on the theory of evolution). The Virgin Mary and the Church: The New Eve | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 800189476 This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 19, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Master of Students and Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, DC. He earned his Ph.D. in Theology (History of Christianity) in 2010 from the University of Notre Dame. His short studies appear in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press, Ignatius Press, Oxford University Press, and Sapientia Press. Additionally, he is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. He is currently at work on long projects related to Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, a general introduction to patristic theology, and a select theological appraisal of patristic preaching as a resource for revitalizing preaching today. Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example by G.M. Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart 794874721 This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on 26 February 2020. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where he also holds professorships in the Departments of English and French. His most recent scholarly books include Kingdoms of God (Indiana UP, 2014) and Poetry and Revelation (Bloomsbury, 2017). Among the books he has edited are JeanLuc Marion: The Essential Writings (Fordham UP, 2013) and The Exorbitant: Emmanuel Levinas between Jews and Christians(Fordham UP, 2010). He is currently editing the fifth volume of a multivolume series The Bible and Literature, which will appear with Bloomsbury in 2020. His poetry is gathered in Wild Track: New and Selected Poems (Notre Dame UP, 2015) and Barefoot (Notre Dame UP, 2018). Among other honors, he holds an honorary doctoral degree in Philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What is Health for the Soul? A Conversation with Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 794086771 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. What Is Politics About Anyway? Thomas Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 793341052 This lecture was given at the College of William and Mary on 27 February, 2020. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y7c3k73c Speaker Bio: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau is senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition), and he is prior of the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Grace and Anxiety: Spiritual Growth in a Time of Turmoil | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 787135912 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Speaker bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Presence of God in a Season of Solitude | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 790246432 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Plagues: What We Can Learn from the Bible | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P. 788681671 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. What is Health for the Soul? A Conversation with Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 794086771 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Is the Coronavirus a Punishment from God? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 803065249 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Living a Life of Divine Worship | Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P. 804168193 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. He Is Risen: God’s Mercy and the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 804705073 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Angels and Demons | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 818286727 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Born Broken? Aquinas On Original Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 818312401 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Saved on a Turbulent Sea: St. Gregory of Nazianzus on Jesus Christ | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 813461275 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Our Lady's Sword: The Holy Rosary and the Battle for Salvation | Fr. John Langlois, O.P. 814217125 This conversation was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Dante on Love's Ordeal And the Ascent of Purgatory | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 814249552 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Inner Workings of Confession | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 814268575 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Did Jesus Christ See the Father? | Fr. Simon Gaine, O.P. 814293028 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Friendship and the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 814366213 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. The hand out for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ycsedsu3 For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. How Is God Our Father? | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. 842438554 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Nature of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Nature | Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P. 842454226 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas on the Blessed Mother | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 842461822 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org A Sacrificial Presence: The Priesthood of Christ | Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P. 842520331 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org The Way of the Cross During Pandemic | Prof. Jody Vaccaro Lewis 845996533 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Lewis works in the areas of the New Testament and Patristics. She teaches courses on the Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Writings, and Pauline Letters, as well as various patristic topics. Her interests include the history of biblical interpretation, women in the Bible and early Church, and early Christian biography. Professor Lewis received her doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, with a dissertation entitled “Early Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Character of Isaac,” which focuses on the rabbinic and patristic exegesis of Genesis 22, the sacrifice of Isaac. She has also taught biblical studies and English at Notre Dame, St. Mary’s College, and Kent State University. Professor Lewis has published articles and book reviews on biblical interpretation and patristics for such publications as Communio, The Thomist, and The Word Among Us. Reading Bonaventure in a Time Of Crisis | Prof. Gregory LaNave 846000589 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in publishing at the New Catholic Encyclopedia and The Catholic University of America Press, he joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception as a full-time faculty member in 2006, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. His special expertise is medieval theology and fundamental theology. He is the author of Through Holiness to Wisdom: The Nature of Theology according to St. Bonaventure (Rome: Istituto storico dei cappuccini, 2005), and scholarly articles on Bonaventure and/or Aquinas in Theological Studies, Franciscan Studies, and The Thomist, as well as essays on “Bonaventure on the Spiritual Senses,” in The Perception of God: The Spiritual Senses in the Christian Tradition (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012) and “Bonaventure’s Theological Method,” in A Companion to Bonaventure (Brill, 2013). Since 1996 he has served the Pontifical Faculty as managing editor of The Thomist, the quarterly journal of philosophy and theology published by the Dominican Fathers, and is the series Editor for The Fathers of the Church: Mediaeval Continuation, published by CUA Press. He is working on a book on the relationship between theology and holiness. St. Thomas Aquinas Our Common Doctor For Theology Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 903463993 This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Institute Livestream. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. Hillbilly Thomism Flannery O'Connor's Vision Of Grace | Prof. Jennifer Frey 907304905 This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a $2.1 million project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. God in St. Augustine's Confessions | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 883737988 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. His assignments have included serving as a parochial vicar in Rhode Island, a missionary in Kenya, a doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, a formator at the Dominican House of Studies, and a member of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He is finishing a book titled The Word in Our Flesh: A Return to Patristic Preaching, whose research the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship funded through its Teacher-Scholar Grant. What Happened to the Second Coming? | Fr. Richard Ounsworth, O. P. 883730899 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker bio: Fr Richard teaches scripture and New Testament Greek in the Studium. He is the Dean of Degrees at the Hall: he presents students at University matriculation and graduation ceremonies. From Michaelmas 2018, Fr Richard will be teaching The Letter to the Hebrews for the University in the Theology and Religious Studies Faculty. Fr Richard studied theology at Oxford at both undergraduate and graduate level; he studied history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the Provincial Bursar of the English Dominicans. Duc In Altum The Theological Greatness Of Pope St. John Paul II - Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 926270458 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. he holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Joseph: The Savior of Our Savior | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. 940650124 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joining the Dominicans of the Western Province in 1960, Fr. Cole was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He finished his theological studies at Le Saulchoir in Etiolles, France earning the lectorate and licentiate degrees in 1968. He later received the doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the Angelicum). After teaching theology and philosophy at Pilarica College for the Notre Dame Sisters (1968-69), Fr. Cole was elected prior of St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, where he also served as parish priest, a member of the provincial council and lecturer at various institutions (1970-1975). Elected prior of Daniel Murphy High School community in Los Angeles he became a member of the Western Dominican preaching band and preached throughout the American West. Fr. Cole was an invited professor at the Angelicum from 1985-97, and has taught moral, spiritual and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies since 1997. Fr. Cole has authored: Music and Morals, Alba House, Staten Island, New York, 1993; co-authored with Paul Connor, O.P.; Christian Totality: Theology of Consecrated Life, published by St. Paul’s editions in Bombay, India 1990, revised in 1997 Alba House, Staten Island, New York. He has written for The Priest, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Faith and Reason, and Angelicum. He has also been a long time collaborator for Germain Grisez’s four volume series of moral theology, The Way of the Lord Jesus. Mary and the Victory Over Evil | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 948893782 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in 1973 with a B.A. in Political Science. Fr. Corbett joined the Dominicans in the summer of 1974 and was ordained a priest on May 12th, 1980. He completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1981 and began to teach moral theology as well as the Development of Western Civilization at Providence College. Three years later he began his doctoral studies under Servais Pinckaers, O.P., at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and was awarded his Ph.D. after completing his dissertation on the theology of virtue in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Fr. Corbett was appointed to the Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991, and spent the next seven years teaching various courses in moral theology, as well as offering retreats, spiritual direction, and personal formation for seminarians. Joining the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in the Fall of 1998, Fr. Corbett teaches in the area of fundamental moral theology and the theology of the virtues, covering material from the Prima Secundae and the Secunda Secundae in four sequential courses. He also offers seminars in Thomistic Action Theory, Contemporary Interpretations of Natural Law, as well as a seminar in the thought of Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre. He is interested in developing courses on the Ethics of Homicide, as well as on the Development of Casuistry in the Catholic Church. The Incarnate, Sacramental, and Redeeming Christ at Christmas | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 949635610 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Trudel received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2000, and after receiving the post-doctoral License in Mediaeval Studies in 2002, he served as a Junior Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies until 2006. He has taught courses in English Literature at the University of Toronto, Providence College, and Aquinas College (Nashville, TN). His academic interests are in editing medieval Latin and vernacular texts. He joined the Faculty in the spring semester of 2014. What Is A Sacrament? St Thomas Aquinas On The Sacraments As Signs | Fr Reginald Lynch O.P. 1007558053 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born in New Hampshire, Father Reginald Lynch, O.P. entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2007, and was ordained a priest in 2013. After ordination, he served at St. Patrick Parish in Columbus, Ohio and taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, before going on to complete a PhD in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a major concentration in medieval theology and minor concentrations in patristics and philosophical theology. He has written on a variety of topics in sacramental, systematic and historical theology in journals like The Thomist and Nova et Vetera. His book, The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017) received the Charles Cardinal Journet Prize in 2018. Currently, He is working on a book on the reception of Aquinas’ Eucharistic theology in the early modern period. Theology: The Judge Of All Human Knowledge | Prof. Gregory LaNave 1016897074 This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in publishing at the New Catholic Encyclopedia and The Catholic University of America Press, he joined the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception as a full-time faculty member in 2006, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. His special expertise is medieval theology and fundamental theology. He is the author of Through Holiness to Wisdom: The Nature of Theology according to St. Bonaventure (Rome: Istituto storico dei cappuccini, 2005), and scholarly articles on Bonaventure and/or Aquinas in Theological Studies, Franciscan Studies, and The Thomist, as well as essays on “Bonaventure on the Spiritual Senses,” in The Perception of God: The Spiritual Senses in the Christian Tradition (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012) and “Bonaventure’s Theological Method,” in A Companion to Bonaventure (Brill, 2013). Since 1996 he has served the Pontifical Faculty as managing editor of The Thomist, the quarterly journal of philosophy and theology published by the Dominican Fathers, and is the series Editor for The Fathers of the Church: Mediaeval Continuation, published by CUA Press. He is working on a book on the relationship between theology and holiness. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Act of Faith | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 1098890692 This lecture was given on April 29, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Reinhard Huetter is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University of America. Professor Huetter is a native of Lichtenfels, Germany. He received his Dr. theol. (summa cum laude) in 1990, and his Habilitation in 1995, both from the University of Erlangen. He taught for nine years theological ethics and systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and for seventeen years systematic theology at Duke University Divinity School. In 2004, he and his wife entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church. His teaching and research focuses on fundamental theological questions of the relationship between faith and reason, nature and grace, revelation and faith, theology and philosophy, dogma and history, on questions of theological anthropology (grace and freedom), and the theology and epistemology of faith. He has an abiding interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and has, in more recent years, developed also an intense interest in the thought of John Henry Newman. Huetter is the author of numerous books, most recently Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2012) and Divine Happiness: Aquinas on the Journey to Beatitude, the Ultimate Human End (forthcoming 2018) and has contributed numerous chapters to handbooks and edited collections. He is presently working on a theological commentary on Psalm 119, a small book on John Henry Newman, and a theological treatise on Doctrine: Its Nature and Development. The Contemplative Life Of The Blessed Virgin Mary | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 1104263077 This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies on May 13, 2021. Subscribe to the Thomistic Institute YouTube channel for more lectures like this one. For information on other upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. He taught in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America from 2010-2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full-time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. Since then, he has been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies. The Presence of God in a Season of Solitude | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 790246432 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. The Place of the Altar and the Shape of the Font | Prof. Robin Jenson 788550961 This lecture was given at Duke University on 27 February 2020. Speaker Bio: Prof. Robin Jensen’s research and publication focuses on the relationship between early Christian art and literature and examines the ways that visual images and architectural spaces should be regarded as modes of theological expression. Her published essays and books contend that, in addition to interpreting sacred texts, visual images enhance liturgical settings, reflect the nature and content of devotional piety, and explicate ritual practices. She teaches courses on the character of late antique Christian and Jewish art, the history and evolution of Christian architecture, the iconography of the cross and crucifix, depictions of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and the place and controversies over images and idols in ancient and early medieval Christianity. Additionally, she has researched the practices, distinctive character, and material evidence of Christianity in ancient Roman North Africa. Her current project, tentatively titled "From Idols to Icons" (under contract with the University of California Press) examines the emergence of a Christian material piety in the fourth and fifth centuries. This work discusses the perceived danger of visual representations of divine beings, early controversies over the miraculous power of saints' shrines and relics, the sacralization of structures and geographical places, and the belief that images may facilitate the presence of holy persons in their absence. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Complicating Private Property | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 790315459 This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on February 20, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children. Plagues: What We Can Learn from the Bible | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P. 788681671 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Is Postmodernism a Problem for Religion? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic 787709932 This lecture was given at Mississippi State University on February 20, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Joseph Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University, where he has taught since 2006. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 2008. His areas of interest include Aquinas, continental philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He has published his work in various academic journals, including Religious Studies, The Heythrop Journal, and New Blackfriars. Grace and Anxiety: Spiritual Growth in a Time of Turmoil | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 787135912 This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Speaker bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Before Church and State | Dr. Andrew Willard Jones 787156522 This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 13, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Andrew Willard Jones is the Director of the St. Paul Center and a Faculty Fellow at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Jones holds a PhD in Medieval History from Saint Louis University with a focus on the Church of the High Middle Ages. Jones’s work is primarily concerned with historical political theology and with the reconciliation of the post-modern with the pre-modern. Methodologically, his work treats history as a theological discipline and not as a secular archaeology. Watch for two forthcoming books: The Liturgical Cosmos: Explorations in the Sacramental and Biblical Vision of Pope Innocent III and a one-volume history of the Catholic Church. Demons at the Feast of Love: Concupiscence, Benevolence, and Transcendence | Dr. R.J. Snell 780559270 This lecture was given at a conference on "Love, Friendship, and Happiness," co-sponsored with the Scala Foundation and the Aquinas Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary on February 15, 2020. This conference featured Prof. Erika Kidd (University of St. Thomas), Prof. Craig Titus (Divine Mercy University), Prof. Anna Moreland (Villanova University), and Dr. RJ Snell (The Witherspoon Institute). R. J. Snell is Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. Research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. He is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Love Comes to Grief: Scenes from Augustine's Confessions | Prof. Erika Kidd 782392981 This lecture was given at Princeton University on February 15, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Erika Kidd is Associate Professor of Catholic Studies and the Director of the Masters in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. For more information on the masters program, please visit https://www.stthomas.edu/catholicstudies/masters/. Can Catholics Defend Free Enterprise? | Prof. Jay Richards 781218631 This lecture was given at Tulane University on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the author of many books including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013) and Indivisible (2012). He is also the author of Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; and co-author of The Privileged Planet with astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. His most recent book is “Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul—A Christian Guide to Fasting.” Richards is a Research Assistant Professor in the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and executive editor of The Stream. In recent years he has been Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, Contributing Editor of The American at the American Enterprise Institute, a Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Research Fellow and Director of Acton Media at the Acton Institute. Why the Catholic Church is Not Pacifist | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 779344990 This lecture was given at Duke University on February 13, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is also the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children. The Role of Scripture and Tradition In Catholic Theology | Prof. Lewis Ayres 777236881 This lecture was given at Trinity College Dublin on 13 February 2020. Professor Lewis Ayres is a professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University. His core research has focused on Trinitarian theology in Augustine and in the Greek writers of the fourth century. His current research concentrates on the development of early Christian cultures of interpretation between 100 and 250. He is currently working on a book titled As it is Written: Ancient Literary Criticism and the Rise of Scripture AD 100-250 (Princeton University Press). Professor Ayres has also edited and co-edited numerous books including the The Cambridge History of Christian Literature (with Andrew Louth and Frances Young) and The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (with Medi Ann Volpe). In addition to his research, writing, and editing projects, Professor Ayres has an interest in a number of in topics in modern Catholic fundamental and dogmatic theology. These include the modern reception of Patristic Trinitarian theology, the place of Scripture (and Tradition) in modern Catholic theology, and the modern use of post-idealist themes in the supposed “revivals” of Trinitarian theology that have occurred over the last two centuries. From 2009-2012, Professor Ayres was the inaugural holder of the Bede Chair fo Catholic Theology. From 2013-2015 he also served as Distinguished Fellow of Norte Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study. Professor Ayres is also a Visiting Professional Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. He has taught at Trinity College Dublin and Emory University in the United States. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Happiness Cannot Be Had Alone | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 777124567 This lecture was given at Yale University on 12 February 2020. Fr. Gregory Pine, OP serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. To access the handout for this lecture, go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Dr. Zena Hitz 772955362 This lecture was given at Georgetown University on February 12, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. God and Suffering: How Could God Allow Evil? | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 772932367 This lecture was given at the College of William and Mary on November 21, 2019. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Petri was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Madisonville, Kentucky. He initially studied to be a priest for the Diocese of Owensboro and entered Saint Meinrad College Seminary in 1996 before moving to the Pontifical College Josephinum in 1997 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then received a Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Chicago in 2002. Entering the Order of Preachers in 2004, Fr. Petri was ordained a priest in 2009. He has a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Prior to his appointment as Vice President and Academic Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in 2013, Fr. Petri was an Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is a member of the Society of Christian Ethics and is the secretary/treasurer of the Academy of Catholic Theology. He has published articles in Nova et Vetera and in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. He is also a contributor to Catholic News Agency and The National Catholic Register. His book, Aquinas and the Theology of the Body: The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II’s Anthropology, was published by CUA Press in 2016. In 2012, Fr. Petri was named a clergy-Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. On February 10, 2016, Pope Francis commissioned him a Papal Missionary of Mercy for the duration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Then on November 21, 2016, the Holy Father confirmed Fr. Petri’s ministry and faculties as a Missionary of Mercy donec aliter provideatur. He is currently a co-host of The Church Alive on EWTN Radio which airs on Saturdays at 7am and 1pm Eastern Time. The Church Alive provides an insightful weekly review through the liturgical calendar and an analysis of happenings within the Church and the world, keeping an eye to Jesus Christ and His saving power which is the source of the Church’s life. Follow Fr. Petri on Twitter @PetriOP. What is Immateriality? | Prof. Therese Cory 773563759 This lecture was given on 12 September 2019 at Cornell University. Therese Scarpelli Cory is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his Arabic sources. She loves discussing philosophy with her students, and is especially interested in problems relating to the human person, the mind / soul, and how to live well. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 God and the Mystery Of Human Suffering | Prof. Michael Sirilla 772763512 This lecture was given on 5 February 2020 at North Carolina State University. Prof. Michael Sirilla is the former Director of Graduate Theology and currently Professor of Systematic Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 2002. He earned his Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America. His book, The Ideal Bishop: Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles (CUA Press, 2017) is a contribution to the field of ecclesiology. His other research interests include the theology and philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, natural theology, and fundamental theology. He lives in Steubenville, Ohio with his wife, Laura, and their eight children. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What is Law? A Thomistic Perspective | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 771005386 This lecture was given on 6 February 2020 at Georgetown Law School. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What Must I Do to Be Saved? Catholicism and the Doctrine of Justification | Prof. Francis Beckwith 769917184 This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on February 6, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). The Question of Free Will in the Modern World | Prof. Paul Symington 769675183 This lecture was given at UC Berkeley on February 3, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1998. He received an M.A. in Theology from Northeastern Seminary in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College in 2004. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. He then taught for one year at the University of San Francisco before receiving a position in 2008 at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He was a Service-Learning Faculty Fellow at the University of San Francisco and received a NYS Professional Development Award from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2007. He is a member of The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, The American Catholic Philosophical Association, and The American Philosophical Association. His research is mainly focused on areas in metaphysics and medieval philosophy. The Trinitarian Consciousness of Christ | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 769439362 This lecture was given at Ave Maria University on February 8, 2020. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum and Professor of Theology. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. His research and teaching have focused particularly on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics and Christology as well as Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. His books include Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology (Sapientia Press, 2009), The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015) Exodus (Brazos Press, 2016), and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (The Catholic University of America Press, 2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. True Friendship: A Thomistic Guide | Prof. John Cuddeback 767720311 This lecture was given to the DC Young Adults Chapter on 10 February 2020. John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-four years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books. His book True Friendship is being republished by Ignatius Press. His blogging at BaconFromAcorns and LifeCraft is renowned for applying an ancient wisdom to life today. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 God Is Not Nice | Prof. Ulrich Lehner 766669249 This lecture was given at Baylor University on February 6, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Ulrich L. Lehner specializes in religious history and theology of the Early Modern period, the Enlightenment, and the 19th century. Among his publications are ten authored books and sixteen edited volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800 (Oxford UP: 2016) and Women, Enlightenment, and Catholicism: A Transnational Biographical History (Routledge: 2018). He was selected as a Member and Herodotus Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, a fellow at the Institute for Comparative History of Religious Orders at the University of Eichstätt, Distinguished Fellow at the NDIAS (twice), fellow of the Earhart foundation (twice), and fellow of the Humboldt and Friedrich von Siemens Foundation. In 2014 he was inducted into the European Academy for Sciences and Arts. How Could a Good God Allow Evil? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 765550657 This lecture was given at the University of Arizona on January 28, 2020. For more events and information please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. What is Matter? | Prof. Edward Feser 765527950 This lecture was given at Cornell University on February 11, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Edward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College, and has also been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University. He received a PhD in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of books including Philosophy of Mind (A Beginner's Guide), The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Aquinas (A Beginner's Guide), Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, NeoScholastic Essays, Five Proofs for the Existence of God, and By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment. He blogs at http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/ Thomas Aquinas on Christ's Judgment of a Theologian's Work | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 764441284 The hand-out referenced in the lecture is available at https://tinyurl.com/suqmdda. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest in 2002. Father Andrew is on sabbatical in fall 2019 as a visiting lector at the Blackfriars Studium, Oxford and in spring 2020 as a visiting fellow at Yale Divinity School. During this sabbatical, he is at work on a book tentatively titled Patristic Preaching: The Word of God Becoming Flesh, funded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship’s Teacher-Scholar grant. Can a Feminist Be Pro-Life? | Prof. Angela Knobel 764002858 This lecture was given at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Angela Knobel is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. Her main areas of research are Thomas Aquinas’s virtue theory, ethics, and bioethics. Her papers have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as The Thomist, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, International Philosophical Quarterly and The Journal of Moral Theology. True Friendship: Insights from the Classical and Christian Traditions | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 762902746 This lecture was given on 4 February 2020 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What Is Medicine For? Conscience and Clinical Practice | Dr. Farr Curlin, MD 757337881 This lecture was given at Harvard Medical School on 4 February 2020. Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and CoDirector of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religion-associated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Did Christ Die For Neanderthals? | Fr. Simon Gaine, OP 757038847 This lecture was given on 30 January 2020 as the annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas held at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Fr. Simon Gaine, OP, teaches a wide range of courses in dogmatic and fundamental theology. He a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford.He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Aquinas Institute. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Accompaniment and Moral Development | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 757004581 This lecture was given at the University of Oxford on 27 November 2019. Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP, holds a research fellowship at Ave Maria University in Florida and serves as associate editor of The Thomist, senior editor of Magnificat, and general editor of the Catholic Moral Thought series at the Catholic University of America Press. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 St. Thomas Aquinas On Divinisation | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 756734584 This lecture was given at the University of Oxford on 21 November 2019. The Hand Out for this lecture can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/r5t948s Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Accompaniment and Moral Development | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 755562757 This lecture was given at the University of Oxford on 27 November 2019. Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP, holds a research fellowship at Ave Maria University in Florida and serves as associate editor of The Thomist, senior editor of Magnificat, and general editor of the Catholic Moral Thought series at the Catholic University of America Press. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What Is The Human Person? | Prof. Jennifer Frey 751609375 This lecture was given 21 October 2019 to the DC Young Adults Chapter. Jennifer A. Frey received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Mary As The New Eve | Prof. Paige Hochschild 747796339 This lecture was given on 13 December 2019 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 A Defense of Conscientious Objection in Health Care | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 751287052 This lecture was given at Vanderbilt Medical School on December 13, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. Beginning, Middle, & End: C.S. Lewis and the Christian Art of Storytelling | Fr. Conor McDonough, OP 744034951 This lecture was given at Trinity College Dublin on 21 November 2019. The hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/rxd7o43 Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. teaches theology at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He studied science and theology at Cambridge University, and recently completed postgraduate studies in theology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Atheism to Catholicism: A Professor’s Journey Out of Nihilism | Prof. J. Budziszewski 743972755 This lecture was given at the University of Oregon on 21 November 2019. J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most well known for his work on moral self deception, “the revenge of conscience” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, he has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as "On the Meaning of Sex," from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, "How to Stay Christian in College" has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, "The Underground Thomist." Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. Presently he is completing a book on the meaning of happiness. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 By Knowledge and By Love | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 747069850 This lecture was given at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA for our DC Young Adults chapter. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Edith Stein and the Gestalt of the Feminine Soul | Dr. Catherine Pakaluk 744680206 This lecture was given at UT Austin on December 5, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School in the summer of 2016, and is the founder of the Social Research academic area, where she is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought and political economy. Rights and Burdens: Can a Feminist Be Pro-Life? | Prof. Angela Knobel 743119912 This lecture was given on December 3, 2019 at The United States Military Academy. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Angela Knobel is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. Her main areas of research are Thomas Aquinas’s virtue theory, ethics, and bioethics. Her papers have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as The Thomist, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Nova et Vetera, International Philosophical Quarterly and The Journal of Moral Theology. Is Belief in God Rational? Aquinas on Skepticism and Theological Knowledge | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 742378558 This event was given at Rutgers University on December 3, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. St. Thomas Aquinas on Love, the Body, and the Soul | Fr. Thomas Petri 740903122 This lecture was given at Tulane University on December 2, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Thomas Petri, OP is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. What is Evil? Why Does God Permit It? | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 739806802 This lecture was given at Harvard University on November 20, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001, after having practiced constitutional law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also taught at The Catholic University of America Law School and at Providence College. He is the author of The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2016). Making Sense of Death with Dignity | Prof. Farr Curlin 739472869 This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on November 14, 2019. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and CoDirector of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religionassociated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture. Thomism of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 738383758 This lecture was given at the US Naval Academy on November 19, 2019. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Thomas Petri, OP is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. Love and Leadership: Machiavelli or the Good Shepherd? | Capt. Joseph McInerny 737644216 This lecture was given at Georgetown University on November 19, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Captain Joe McInerney is the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Captain McInerney lectures in the Naval Academy’s core ethics course, which is offered to all Third Class Midshipman (sophomores) at the Naval Academy and teaches elective courses in the fields of Christian morality and leadership. In 2016, Captain McInerney published his first book, The Greatness of Humility: St. Augustine on Moral Excellence. Captain McInerney served as a Fellow at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy for the 2008-2009 academic year. He graduated from The Catholic University of America with a doctorate in systematic theology in October 2012 after completing a dissertation on the moral thought of St. Augustine. Captain McInerney also holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Theological Studies from the Pontifical Lateran University. Neuroscience and Free Will | Dr. Daniel De Haan 736296370 This lecture was given at Trinity University on November 18, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology and the sciences, natural theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Growing In Faith And Intellect Through The Liberal Arts | Prof. Zena Hitz 722171737 This talk was given at the United States Naval Academy on 5 November 2019. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Sacramental Architecture as Offering and Presence | Prof. Philip Bess 735634234 This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. The accompanying powerpoint presentation is available at https://tinyurl.com/qmvtem6. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia / Design, 2000); and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (ISI, 2006). He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Whittier College, a graduate degree in church history from Harvard, and a graduate degree in architecture from the University of Virginia. In 2013-14 he was a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; in May 2015 he received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California; and he is a Fall 2019 Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. The Anagogical Intentions of the Medieval Cathedral Builders | Dr. Steven Schloeder 734063530 This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. The accompanying powerpoint is available at https://tinyurl.com/syoqp3b. Steven Schloeder, Ph.D., AIA, NCARB, is a registered Architect in the State of Arizona, the State of California, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and a widely published author and popular lecturer. He holds a professional degree in architecture (B. Arch – Arizona State University 1984), as well as advanced research degrees in architecture (M. Arch – University of Bath 1989) and theology (Ph.D. – Graduate Theological Union 2003). The Interior Cathedral and the Cathedral Interior | Dr. Margaret Hughes 730440898 This lecture was given at New York University on 16 November 2019 at a symposium gathering scholars and architects in light of the recent catastrophe at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to consider the purpose of sacred architecture, the nature of beauty and the issues with early proposals for rebuilding Notre Dame that are rooted in post-modern ideas about art and architecture. Featuring Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame), Dr. Margaret Hughes (Thomas Aquinas College), and Dr. Steven Schloeder (Liturgical Environs). The Soul of Freedom: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Perspectives | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 729458083 This lecture was given at Louisiana State University on 4 November 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What Are We? Human Persons After Neuroscience | Dr. Daniel De Haan 729630001 This lecture was given at the University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 2019. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation Fellowships in Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences Project, directed by Sarah Coakley. During this postdoctoral fellowship, he conducted research on the intersections of theology, philosophy, and neuroscience in Lisa Saksida’s Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. The Advent of Christ in Mystery | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau 728284909 This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Advent of Christ In the Flesh and Glory | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 727996876 This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Humans and Other Animals - Are We Rational Enough to Know the Difference? | Dr. Daniel De Haan 727355044 This talk was given on November 20, 2019 at Baylor University. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation Fellowships in Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences Project, directed by Sarah Coakley. During this postdoctoral fellowship, he conducted research on the intersections of theology, philosophy, and neuroscience in Lisa Saksida’s Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Happiness | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 725315914 This lecture was given at UC Santa Barbara on November 18, 2019. For more events and info, visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Through a Glass Darkly - How Certain is Faith? | Prof. Matthew Ramage 724180060 This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on November 14, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017). Dr. Ramage's articles have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. Dr. Ramage has been interviewed by news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. Dr. Ramage lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, Jennifer, and five children. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com. Authentic Freedom in the Novels of Graham Greene | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt 722774107 This lecture was given at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019. For more events and info visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has published a book on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Christian mystical tradition, as well as numerous articles on Catholic life and thought. Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 723222661 This lecture was given at the University of Utah on 14 November 2019. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (PhD, 2010) is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Tim and Steph Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought, and political economy. Dr. Pakaluk is the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Pakaluk did her doctoral work at Harvard University under Caroline Hoxby, David Cutler, and 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart. She has co-authored widely cited articles in social science and epidemiological journals, including Demography, Economic Inquiry, and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Beyond her formal training in economics, Dr. Pakaluk studied Catholic social thought under the mentorship of F. Russell Hittinger, and various aspects of Thomistic thought with Steven A. Long. She is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael Pakaluk and their eight children. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Proofs for the Existence of God | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 720896155 This lecture was offered at Trinity College, Dublin on November 6, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Fr. White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. The Dignity of Human Life | Prof. Paul Symington 721809901 This lecture was offered at the University of California, Los Angeles on October 16, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1998. He received an M.A. in Theology from Northeastern Seminary in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College in 2004. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2007. He then taught for one year at the University of San Francisco before receiving a position in 2008 at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He was a Service-Learning Faculty Fellow at the University of San Francisco and received a NYS Professional Development Award from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2007. He is a member of The Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, The American Catholic Philosophical Association, and The American Philosophical Association. His research is mainly focused on areas in metaphysics and medieval philosophy. Freedom Beyond Civility | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 721655815 This lecture was given by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (Dominican House of Studies) at Hillsdale College on 4 November 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition). He is also the current prior of the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Does Science Need Faith? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 717362998 This talk was offered at Yale University on October 21, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997) and did theological work on George Lindbeck and the question of a Thomist philosophy and theology of language (Beyond Modernism? - George Lindbeck and the Linguistic Turn in Theology, 2005). He contributed articles to the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophy and essays on topics at the intersection of philosophy and theology, as well as a translation and commentary on part of Aquinas’ De veritate. He continues to work on questions of free will, philosophy of religion (miracles, existence and nature of God) and philosophical aesthetics. Is Free Will An Illusion? | Prof. Paul Symington 713269777 This lecture was given at Ohio State University on 16 April 2019. Paul Symington is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Scholarly Excellence at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His publications include On Determining What There Is (Walter De Gruyter, 2010) and over a dozen peer reviewed articles ranging in topics from philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and medieval philosophy. He has also given numerous paper presentations, in topics ranging from medieval metaphysics and teleology in modern science, including talks on prime matter as well as the problem of human death at University of Oxford in 2015. The power point for this presentation can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/v88gfv9 For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 On Earth As It Is In Heaven | Prof. Sarah Byers 712396996 This lecture was given by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) at Queen's University on 28 October 2019. Sarah Byers has mainly written on Augustine and Hellenistic philosophy. Her work focuses on the reception of Stoicism in Augustine and in other early Christian figures, but she also works on Plotinus, Apuleius and Victorinus in relation to Augustine. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 One Of The Trinity Was Crucified | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 712370902 This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (of the Angelicum) at the University of Oxford on 7 November 2019. Fr. White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Is Belief In God Rational? | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 706002742 This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on 23 October 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, OP serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Prof. Zena Hitz 712724728 This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on 23 October 2019. Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 St. John Henry Newman on the Complexity of Human Knowledge | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 709289023 This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on 22 October 2019. Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. For more information of this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Zena Hitz 705515377 This lecture was given by Dr. Zena Hitz (St. John's College (Annapolis) at Tulane University on 3 October 2019. Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Gift and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 705914302 This lecture was given at St. Savior's Priory (Dublin) on 9 October 2019. Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her far-reaching examination of human redemption, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009) and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Apostles of Empire: The Jesuits and New France | Prof. Bronwen McShea 712349335 This lecture was offered at Harvard University on 10 October, 2019 Dr. Bronwen Catherine McShea lives in Princeton, New Jersey, where she is an Associate Research Scholar with Princeton University's James Madison Program. With advanced degrees from both Harvard University and Yale University, she is a scholar of European history and of the history of Christianity, with research interests in French culture and overseas imperialism, and Catholic missions across the globe, in the 15th through 19th centuries. Additionally, as a writer, speaker, and artist, McShea is concerned broadly with the Catholic faith as a bearer and shaper of culture. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Wendell Berry, Political Philosophy, & the Catholic Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 708278608 This lecture was given at the University of Texas at Austin on 24 October 2019. Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Spiritual But Not Religious | Prof. Paige Hochschild 705586558 This lecture was given at Harvard University by Prof. Paige Hochschild (Mount St. Mary's University) on 11 October 2019. Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Reasons Of The Heart: A Philosophy Of Love | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 704379529 This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on 30 September 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Natural Inclinations, Natural Law, & Divine Grace | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 701042494 The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://thomisticinstitute.org/podcasts/gumsu5mx3ocqvxm7m2t8np1i66pbak-lcy8b-tdzf7?rq=natural%20law The Search For Meaning: A Talk On Finding Happiness | Prof. Alexander Pruss 701551258 This lecture was given at Brown University on 18 October 2019. Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. For more information of this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What is the Meaning of Suffering? | Prof. Eleonore Stump 706836571 This lecture was given at University College Dublin on 8 October 2019. Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her far-reaching examination of human redemption, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009) and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 All Truth, Whoever Says It, Comes From The Holy Spirit | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 700823770 This lecture was given by Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP (Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and Professor of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) at University College Dublin on 26 September 2019. Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Faith and Reason in the Life of St. John Henry Newman | Dr. Nathaniel Peters 702110824 This talk was given at our chapter at West Point. For more information on other upcoming events, visit us online: thomsiticinstitute.org. Beauty Unveiled | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 702053611 This talk was given September 25, 2019 at The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon by Fr. Gregory Pine OP (Thomistic Institute) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Tolkien And The Eucharist In "The Lord Of The Rings" | Prof. Peter Kreeft 699700399 This lecture was given by Prof. Peter Kreeft (Boston College) at Rutgers University on 8 October 2019. Dr. Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and teaches philosophy courses at King’s College. Kreeft is a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics and the author of dozens of books, two of which include The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings and Symbol or Substance: A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham and J. R. R. Tolkien. For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Political Boundaries Of The Church | Prof. Gladden Pappin 700073203 This lecture was given at the Yale Law School on 7 October 2019. Gladden Pappin is assistant professor of politics at the University of Dallas, and is the cofounder of American Affairs. He is also a permanent research fellow and senior adviser of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. He received his AB (history) and PhD (government) from Harvard. His writings appear regularly in a variety of publications, including the Norton Anthology of American Political Thought. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Thomas Aquinas on Religious Vocations | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 698234353 This lecture was given at Trinity College Dublin on 24 September 2019. Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of "Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus(Oxford Early Christian Studies)," Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of "Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy," Hillenbrand Books, 2015. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Vocation Of The Student | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 697937749 This lecture given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute)is pt. 2 of a 2 pt. installment in the Wisdom of Aquinas series at The Catholic Center at NYU held on 28 September 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information of this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 St. Thomas And The Intellectual Life | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 695742772 This lecture given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute)is pt. 1 of a 2 pt. installment in the Wisdom of Aquinas series at The Catholic Center at NYU held on 28 September 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information of this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 How To Avoid Being Unhappy: Vices That Undermine Friendship & Flourishing | Prof. W. Scott Cleveland 697752262 This lecture was given to the undergraduate chapter at the University of Virginia on 17 September 2019. The handout for the lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yxg6f2ty Dr. Cleveland received his B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Taylor University, his M.A.R. in philosophical theology & philosophy of religion from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Baylor University (2014). Before coming to UMary, he conducted postdoctoral research at Saint Louis University on the virtue of intellectual humility. His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. For example, he has defended an account of the virtue of courage with focus on its emotional excellences (look here for some of his work). He also has broad interests in metaphysics, theology, the history of philosophy, and the thought of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. He loves discussing these subjects (and almost anything else) with students and is passionate about students coming to understand and appreciate the worth of philosophical understanding both for its own sake and for its contribution to a flourishing, fulfilling, and fruitful life that serves the common good. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Fiction and Moral Reflection | Thomas Pavel 699116632 This lecture by Prof. Thomas Pavel was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel: A Conference" held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Morality and Mortality in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop | Sr. Ann Astell 699109198 This lecture by Sr. Ann Astell was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel: A Conference" held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Imagination And Discernment In Jane Austen's Persuasion | Lauren Kopajitic 693449974 This lecture by Lauren Kopajitic was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel: A Conference" held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago). The hand out for this lecture can be found here: http://thomisticinstitute.org/lauren-kopajtic-hand-out For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Anti-Moral Imagination Of Michel Houellebecq | Dhananjay Jagannathan 693433987 This lecture by Dhananjay Jagannathan was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel: A Conference" held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago). For more information on this and other events go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Walker Percy's The Moviegoer Seen Again | Paul Elie 694246120 This lecture was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel: A Conference" held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019. The conference included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell (Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago). For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Humility and Proper Pride | Captain Joseph McInerney 692801650 This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on September 11, 2019. Captain Joe McInerney is the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Captain McInerney lectures in the Naval Academy’s core ethics course, which is offered to all Third Class Midshipman (sophomores) at the Naval Academy and teaches elective courses in the fields of Christian morality and leadership. In addition to his teaching and leadership duties, Captain McInerney serves on the Academy’s advisory board for ethics curriculum revisions, and has served as the Staff Director for the Academy Effectiveness Board, which is responsible for the Naval Academy’s assessment of its institutional goals. He has been a member of the Naval Academy Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate Committee for Academic Assessment. Captain McInerney is also the Officer Representative for the Naval Academy’s Men’s Varsity Basketball Team. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events. Does Science Discredit Faith? | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 692749222 This lecture was given on September 17, 2019 at John Hopkins University. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events. The Moral Grammar of the Human Person as a Body-Soul Unity | Prof. Paul Gondreau 694185982 This talk was offered for our chapter at the University of Texas at Austin on September 26, 2019. For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. John Paul II on Catholic Family Life | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 690948811 This lecture was given by Prof. Catherine Pakaluk at the United States Naval Academy on 10 September 2019. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America in the summer of 2016 and is Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought and political economy. Dr. Pakaluk is the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.” Pakaluk did her doctoral work at Harvard University under Caroline Hoxby, David Cutler, and 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart. Her dissertation, “Essays in Applied Microeconomics,” examined the relationship between religious ‘fit' and educational outcomes, the role of parental effort in observed peer effects and school quality, and theoretical aspects of the contraceptive revolution as regards twentieth century demographic trends. Beyond her formal training in economics, Dr. Pakaluk studied Catholic social thought under the mentorship of F. Russell Hittinger, and various aspects of Thomistic thought with Steven A. Long. She is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael Pakaluk and eight children. For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Does God Exist? | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 692336905 This talk was offered at the University of Utah on September 19, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Why Think? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 692312467 This lecture was given September 10th, 2019 at the University of South Carolina. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events. Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Is the God of the Old Testament Evil? | Prof. Matthew Ramage 690480490 This lecture was given by Prof. Matthew Ramage at Ohio State University on 12 September 2019. Matthew Ramage's current positions include Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. He has authored and translated several books, including the monographs "Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas." His work has appeared in a number of journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, Homiletic, and Pastoral Review. For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 God, Evolution, and the Big Bang: The Theology of Creation according to Aquinas | Prof. Gaven Kerr 689226928 This lecture was given by Prof. Gaven Kerr at University College Dublin's Newman Building on 19 September 2019. About the Speaker: Gaven Kerr is a married father of three and a third order Dominican. He has degrees in scholastic philosophy and philosophy from Queen’s University Belfast: BA, MPhil, and PhD. His doctoral research was on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. Gaven currently teaches theology at Mary Immaculate College Limerick. For more information on this and other events, go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Virtue, Vice, and Healing Grace | Fr. Albert Trudel, OP 689495731 This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019. Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Love's Ordeal and the Ascent of Purgatory | Fr. Albert Trudel, OP 688090096 This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019. Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Depths and the Heights: The Comedy As Pilgrimage | Dr. Robert Royal 687627967 This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019. Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Order of Love and the Shape of The Comedy | Dr. Robert Royal 687110896 This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019. Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Death as Exodus in the Purgatorio | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 686332627 This retreat conference was given at the Fall 2019 Intellectual Retreat "Dante and Aquinas: The Theological Vision of the Divine Comedy" held at the Moody Center on 20-22 September 2019. Presenters at this retreat were Fr. Gregory Pine, OP (Thomistic Institute), Dr. Robert Royal (Faith and Reason Institute), and Fr. Albert Trudel, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). For more information on this and other events, go to https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Ultimate Fulfillment & Human Perfection | Prof. Candace Vogler 684015877 This lecture was given as part of the "Made for More: Happiness, Friendship & the Good Life" conference held at the St. Thomas More Catholic Center at Yale University on September 14th, 2019. The conference featured Fr. James Brent, OP (Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Thomistic Institute and Dominican House of Studies), Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale University), and Prof. Candace Vogler (University of Chicago). For more information on this and other events, go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Human Nature, Positive Psychology, & Perennial Principles | Fr. James Brent, OP 686154037 This talk was offered as part of our conference "Made for More: Happiness, Friendship, and the Good life," held at Yale University on September 14th, 2019. A handout for this presentation is available here: tinyurl.com/y575mvn8 This conference featured Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Thomistic Institute and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Adam Vital (Yale Divinity School), and Prof. Candace Vogler (University of Chicago). Experiencing Love & Friendship: Human & Divine | Prof. Adam Eitel, PhD 685295530 This talk was offered as part of our conference "Made for More: Happiness, Friendship, and the Good life," held at Yale University on September 14th, 2019. A handout for this presentation is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y575mvn8 This conference featured Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Thomistic Institute and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Adam Vital (Yale Divinity School), and Prof. Candace Vogler (University of Chicago). The Pursuit of the Good Life: Is Lasting Happiness Really Possible? | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 685293550 This talk was offered as part of our conference "Made for More: Happiness, Friendship, and the Good life," held at Yale University on September 14th, 2019. This conference featured Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Thomistic Institute and the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Adam Vital (Yale Divinity School), and Prof. Candace Vogler (University of Chicago). Salvation As Incorporation Into Christ | Fr. Robert Imbelli 683340194 This lecture was given at the second event in the annual Thomistic Circles series on "Salvation in Christ" on September 7th, 2019. This conference featured Prof. Marcus Plested (Marquette University), Fr. Robert Imbelli (Boston College), Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), and Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove (Durham University). You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/y3rxuwsd For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Salvation: A View from the Byzantine Liturgy | Fr. Khaled Anatolios 682633139 This lecture was given at the second event in the annual Thomistic Circles series on "Salvation in Christ" on September 7th, 2019. This conference featured Prof. Marcus Plested (Marquette University), Fr. Robert Imbelli (Boston College), Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), and Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove (Durham University). For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: https://thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas on Trinitarian Salvation by the Cross of Christ | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 682406763 This lecture was given at the first event in the annual Thomistic Circles series conference on “Salvation in Christ.” This conference featured Prof. Marcus Plested (Marquette University), Fr. Robert Imbelli (Boston College), Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), and Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove (Durham University). You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/y5at55fw For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas on Salvation, Making Satisfaction and Restoring Friendship | Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove 682013306 This lecture was given at the first event in the annual Thomistic Circles series conference on “Salvation in Christ.” This conference featured Prof. Marcus Plested (Marquette University), Fr. Robert Imbelli (Boston College), Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), and Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove (Durham University). For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Christ as Wisdom | Prof. Marcus Plested 680600897 This lecture was given at the first event in the annual Thomistic Circles series conference on “Salvation in Christ.” This conference featured Prof. Marcus Plested (Marquette University), Fr. Robert Imbelli (Boston College), Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame), Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), and Prof. Rik van Nieuwenhove (Durham University). For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org How do We Evangelize in a Time of Crisis? | Bishop Tobin 680582573 This was the key note lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing With Beauty | Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP 680164604 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing with Your Life | Fr. Damien Ference 679274814 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing with St. Paul | Fr. Anthony Giambrone 679231872 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing the Engaged | Fr. James Sullivan, O.P. 677181981 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Mind's Ascent to God: Theology as a Science and as Wisdom | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 676715466 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing with Failure | Fr. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B. 676697934 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Evangelizing from the Pulpit | Fr. Jay Scott Newman 675604952 This talk was given at the Thomistic Institute's 8th Annual "Conference for Priests: Evangelizing Your Parish," held July 29th - August 1st, 2019. The work of evangelization is attractive, but it’s also difficult and perhaps even a bit intimidating. What is more, evangelization can be most challenging at home, within one’s own parish. Featuring Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP (Province of St. Joseph) Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP (Ecole Biblique), Fr. James Sullivan, OP (Province of St. Joseph), Fr. Damian Ference (Diocese of Cleveland), Fr. Jay Scott Newman (Diocese of Charleston), Fr. Augustine Wetta, OSB (Monk of St. Louis Abbey). For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Responding To Contemporary Atheism | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 675512669 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events False Arguments That Faith And Reason Are In Conflict | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 672823910 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Divine Attributes: God as Perfectly Simple and Perfectly Good | Prof. Edward Feser 672796289 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Principles of Nature | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 660100520 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). On the Evolution of Novelty in Biological History| Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. 657877397 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Thomistic Natural Philosophy in a Natural Order with a History | Prof. Brian Carl 656513303 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) Inorganic Substances: Chemical Form and Physical Matter| Prof. Robert Koons 655543286 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Hand Out for this lecture can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/ru5axoe Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). The Origins of Water | Dr. Karin Oberg 654543989 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Aristotle against Epicurus: Atoms, Particles & Elements in Thomism | Prof. Matthew Gaetano 653451413 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Understanding the Chemical Aspects of the Aristotelian-Thomistic View | Prof. Thomas McLaughlin 652414235 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). The Novelty of Transubstantiation: The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 651227444 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). A Very Brief History of the Universe, or How the Universe Got Its Planets | Marisa March 659062574 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Demonstrating the Existence of God | Prof. Ed Feser 672022673 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Aquinas on the Three Wisdoms: Philosophical, Theological, and Mystical | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 671515892 On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Lover of the Common Good| Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 671138273 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events True Justice, the Just Society, and Political Order | Dr. Chad Pecknold 668534777 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/y9bjw3mt For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Love of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 666760277 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Two Cities, Two Standards, Two Loves | Dr. Chad Pecknold 665630141 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/ydhqk476 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Commonness of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 664543295 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Rendering What is Due | Dr. Chad Pecknold 663438812 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/yb6s6o4e For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Goodness of the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau O.P. 662245268 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: thomisticinstitute.org/hand-out-chad…itas-dei-2019 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Suffering of Republics, Self-Sacrifice, and the Virtues of Two Cities | Dr. Chad Pecknold 661368485 Held each summer, The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship Program supports rising scholars seeking to better understand the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology, Civitas Dei Fellows spend a week together in Washington DC, examining the search for happiness as a fundamental end of the person and the polis. The week-long seminar introduced students to foundational themes in philosophy, political theory, and theology, dealing with law, personhood, political life, and the search for happiness. The focus was on an introduction to foundations of political and moral theory of Augustine, Aquinas, and modern constitutional jurisprudence. Speakers included Dr. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School), Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) and Dr. Chad C. Pecknold (Catholic University of America) You can access the hand out for this lecture here: https://tinyurl.com/ya4chrda For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Principles of Nature | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 660100520 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). A Very Brief History of the Universe, or How the Universe Got Its Planets | Marisa March 659062574 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). On the Evolution of Novelty in Biological History| Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. 657877397 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Thomistic Natural Philosophy in a Natural Order with a History | Prof. Brian Carl 656513303 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) Inorganic Substances: Chemical Form and Physical Matter| Prof. Robert Koons 655543286 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Hand Out for this lecture can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/ru5axoe Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). The Origins of Water | Dr. Karin Oberg 654543989 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Aristotle against Epicurus: Atoms, Particles & Elements in Thomism | Prof. Matthew Gaetano 653451413 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Understanding the Chemical Aspects of the Aristotelian-Thomistic View | Prof. Thomas McLaughlin 652414235 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). The Novelty of Transubstantiation: The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 651227444 This was one of the lectures from our 2019 Summer Science Conference, "Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Chance in the Natural World." Conference Theme: Modern science consistently presents us with new and surprising truths about the natural world, particularly about how new things come to be, whether stars and galaxies, plants and animals, or chemical and physical structures. In many ways this creativity and flux in nature might seem antithetical to the classical picture of nature that Aquinas inherited from Aristotle. The theme for the second annual Thomistic Institute symposium on modern science and Thomistic philosophy, “Novelty in Nature: Scientific and Philosophical Understanding of Flux and Change in the Natural World,” touches on this question. Expert scientists and philosophers will discuss whether Thomistic philosophy is compatible with our modern scientific view of nature and how the two might enrich one another. The symposium is primarily intended for graduate students in the sciences and the philosophy of science and will include introductory sessions on basic of Thomistic philosophy of nature in its own day and in the history of science. 2019 Featured Speakers: Karin Oberg (Harvard University), Robert Koons, (University of Texas), Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, (Providence College), Marissa March (University of Pennsylvania), Fr. James Brent, OP, (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Thomas McLaughlin (St. John Vianny Theological Seminary), Matthew Gaetano (Hillsdale College), Dr. Brian Carl (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception). Prudence and the Moral Virtues | Prof. Fred Freddoso 649895123 This was the seventh lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Are There Intrinsically Evil Acts? | Prof. Steven Long 648930008 This was the sixth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Aquinas on the Stages of Human Action: Part 1 | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 645012777 This was the first lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Aquinas on Stages of Human Action: Part 2 | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 645474969 This was the second lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) What Are Virtues and Why Do We Need Them? | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. 646750059 This was the third lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The hand out for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/v4s78xx Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Understanding the Moral Object | Fr. Stephen Brock 647917515 This was the fourth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/wr2hf2f Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) What is the Nature of the Will? | Prof. Edward Feser 648400147 This was the fifth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Are There Intrinsically Evil Acts? | Prof. Steven Long 648930008 This was the sixth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) What is the Nature of the Will? | Prof. Edward Feser 648400147 This was the fifth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Understanding the Moral Object | Fr. Stephen Brock 647917515 This was the fourth lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The Hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/wr2hf2f Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Fr. Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Fr. Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) What Are Virtues and Why Do We Need Them? | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P. 646750059 This was the third lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events The hand out for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/v4s78xx Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Aquinas on Stages of Human Action: Part 2 | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 645474969 This was the second lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Aquinas on the Stages of Human Action: Part 1 | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 645012777 This was the first lecture of our 2019 Summer Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Human Action and Virtue." The annual four day conference was cosponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute and the Center for Ethics and Culture. The Conference ran from June 19th-23rd at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speakers included: Fr. James Brent (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Steve Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross), Edward Feser (Pasadena City College), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago) and Michael Sherwin (University of Fribourg) Friendship with God, the Highest Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 644643903 This talk was offered for the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and held at St. Gertrude Church, Cincinnati, OH 45243 This event was sponsored by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and the Thomistic Institute. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Event Description: What does it mean to call union with God ‘the highest common good’? Fr. Aquinas (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) will explain how understanding our heavenly homeland correctly shapes the way we live out all our other friendships, from school to married life. This is My Body: Explaining Transubstantiation | Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. 643416225 This lecture was given on April 9th, 2019 at Williams College, and was co-sponsored by Williams Catholic. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 2010, working in theoretical particle physics and subsequently entered the Order of Preachers. He has written and spoken on the relationship of faith and science in a variety of venues, including being a main contributor to the Thomistic Evolution project. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2017 and is currently studying Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. St. Augustine on Friendship with God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 642341205 This talk was offered for the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati, hosted at St. Gertrude's Priory on March 26th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org Event Description: St. Augustine of Hippo has vastly influenced Catholic thinking, and is the most quoted theologian in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He was a man always surrounded by friends, and came to have deep insight into friendship—especially with God. This talk will consider St. Augustine’s insights into the Lord’s initiative of friendship with us, and our response to enjoy the Lord. Passions and the Life of Virtue | Sr. Catherine Joseph Droste, O.P. 641188098 This lecture was offered on May 15th, 2019 at the University of Oxford. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Speaker Bio: Sr Catherine Joseph Droste, OP is a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia, Nashville, TN. Sr. Catherine Joseph currently serves as Professor and Vice-Dean of Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas in Rome (The Angelicum). The Vocation of a Lawyer and the Virtues | Prof.Ryan Meade 641162745 This lecture was offered on May 7th, 2019 at the University of Oxford. For more information about upcoming TI events visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events Lecture Description: This lecture will discuss the vocation of a lawyer from the perspective of virtue, specifically the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance. These virtues are the hinges of happiness for every person, but they play out in different ways the circumstances of a person's life. In this talk the speaker will connect how the cardinal virtues can be reflected in the role of lawyers in civic society and in their dealings with clients to support their professional vocation and help lawyers see the ways they can ennoble their lives and society. About the Speaker: Professor Meade, JD, is Aquinas Institute Visiting scholar focusing on law and philosophy. His academic research while at Blackfriars focuses on theories of justice in the context of regulations as well as the role of ethics in company law. He teaches law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he is Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies in the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy and the Center for Compliance Studies. He also works in the arena of bioethics and comparative healthcare systems. He received a Doctor of Law degree from Cornell University and a BA in history from Northwestern University. Does Science Discredit Faith? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 639862308 This lecture was given April 25th, 2019 at Tulane University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events. Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Hope on Earth: The Sacraments of Jesus Christ | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 638790540 This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School on May 9th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Event Description: The Christian virtue of hope orients persons toward the God-given happiness promised in heaven: indeed, toward God himself. But how does this hope take shape in our lives now? This lecture will explore how the sacraments of Jesus Christ are means toward heavenly bliss. The Catholic sacraments are instruments of hope. Indeed, they give a taste of heaven on earth. The lecture will give special attention to how these Catholic realities apply to patients as well as to medical personnel in their professional and personal lives. About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is an assistant professor of systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and editor in chief of the journal The Thomist. He specializes in sacramental theology. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He entered the Order of Friars Preachers in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2005. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia. Is Belief in God Rational? | Prof. Mark Barker 638370231 This talk was presented at the University of Mississippi on April 29th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 What Can Film Teach Us About Religion? C.S. Lewis Goes to the Movies | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 637751076 This lecture was presented April 9th, 2019 at George Mason University and was sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Mason Catholic Patriots. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Is Today's University Hollow? | Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J. 636896316 This talk was given on May 30th, 2019 at Stanford University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Fr. Stephen Fields is an expert in philosophical theology and the history of Christian thought. He is the author of Being as Symbol: On the Origins and Development of Karl Rahner's Metaphysics and numerous scholarly articles. He is former president of the Jesuit Philosophical Association. The Virtue of Justice and Why It Matters | Prof. Jonathan Sanford 635164551 This lecture was given at USC on April 16th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Speaker Bio Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is Professor of Philosophy and the Dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts at the University of Dallas. He graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University in Classics and Philosophy in 1997, received his PhD from University of Buffalo, State University of New York in 2001, and received a postdoctoral fellowship from Fordham University in 2012. He has published on particular figures in the history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Newman, and Scheler, as well as on topics in both metaphysics and ethics. He is especially interested in drawing from the tradition to solve contemporary problems. Sanford’s most recent book is Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (CUA Press, 2015). The University of Dallas is well known for the undergraduate Catholic liberal education it provides, and as academic dean, Sanford oversees all aspects of it. He is currently writing a book on the virtues of liberal education. He and his wife Rebecca live in Irving, Texas, and are blessed with eight children. Who are the Church Fathers and Why Do They Matter Now? | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 634995594 This lecture was offered at Hillsdale College on April 2nd, 2019. For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Science and Practice of Christian Prayer | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 634314033 This lecture was given April 1st, 2019 at Harvard Medical School. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. What is a Law of Nature? | Prof. Edward Feser 616611258 This talk was delivered at Stanford University on April 17, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker bio: Edward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. in religion from the Claremont Graduate School, and a B.A. in philosophy and religious studies from the California State University at Fullerton. The Mind of Christ: Christ's Human Knowledge and Our Salvation | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 614406342 This talk was offered at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland during the "Thomas Aquinas and the Church Fathers" Conference on April 6th, 2019. Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2001 and was ordained a priest in 2007. He practiced law for several years as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice before becoming a Dominican. Why Did God Die? Salvation According to Aquinas | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove 630705501 This lecture was given at the University of Oxford on March 5th, 2019 and was organized in partnership with the Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars Hall. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Rik Van Nieuwenhove lectures in Medieval Thought at Durham University, UK. He has published scholarly articles on medieval theology and spirituality, theology of the Trinity, and soteriology. His books include: Introduction to Medieval Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012); Jan van Ruusbroec. Mystical Theologian of the Trinity (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003); Introduction to the Trinity (with D. Marmion) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011); and he is editor of The Theology of Thomas Aquinas (with J. Wawrykow) (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005); and Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries (with R. Faesen & H. Rolfson) (NJ: Paulist Press, 2008). Presently he is researching the topic of contemplation in Thomas Aquinas. A Defense of Political Augustinianism | Pater Edmund Waldstein 628995450 This lecture was offered for our Harvard graduate chapter on April 4th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Does Evolution Undermine Christianity? | Prof. James Madden 629315025 This talk was given at the University of Arizona on March 26th, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Dr. James Madden lives in Atchison with his wife and their children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006, and he is the author of Mind, Matter, and Nature: A Thomistic Proposal for the Philosophy of Mind (The Catholic University of America Press: 2013) Human Freedom and Divine Grace | Prof Sarah Byers 628183737 This lecture was given on March 28th, 2019 at the University of Toronto. For more information about upcoming TI events, please visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Event Description: Human beings naturally have the power of free choice, but mental habits can cause us to choose in determined ways. So how can we break out of deep bad habits to form new and better ones? “Divine grace” is the answer given by Augustine and the authors of the Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. Which of these authors has the most persuasive theory about the relation of grace to human free will? What Do We Really Know About Right and Wrong? | Prof. J. Budzsizewski i 627654240 This talk was offered at Southern Methodist University on April 11th, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His main area of research is the natural moral law, and he is most wellknown for his work on moral selfdeception, “the revenge of conscience” what happens when we tell ourselves that we don't know what we really do know. However, has written about all sorts of things such as moral character, family and sexuality, religion and public life, toleration and liberty, and the unraveling of our common culture. The most recent of his thirteen books are Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics, both from Cambridge University Press, as well as On the Meaning of Sex, from Intercollegiate Studies Institute. His book for students, How to Stay Christian in College has sold several hundred thousand copies. He also maintains a personal website and blog, The Underground Thomist. Married for more than 45 years, Dr. Budziszewski has several children and a clutch of grandchildren. Presently he is completing a book on the meaning of happiness. Cognitive Science versus the Soul | Prof James Madden & Prof. Mark Johnson 625096917 This lecture was presented by Prof. James Madden(Benedectine College) with Prof. Mark Johnson (Princeton University) responding. The event was held on April 4th, 2019 and sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and The Aquinas Institute, Princeton University's Catholic Campus Ministry. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Emotion, Affection & Friendship: Aquinas on the Nature of Love | Fr. Gregory Pine OP 624752955 This talk was given January 16th, 2019 at UNC Charlotte by Fr. Gregory Pine OP (Thomistic Institute) For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Karl Barth: A Catholic Appraisal | Bruce Marshall 611219196 The lecture was given at Duke Divinity School on March 21, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Sanctification of the Priesthood in Our Age | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 622105434 This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP, at the Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum) in Rome on May 11, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org Why Modern Science Cannot Explain Away the Human Soul | Prof. Mark Barker 618035316 This talk was given at Yale University on April 1st, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the speaker: Dr. Barker was born and raised in New York City. He completed a doctorate in philosophy at the Center for Thomistic Studies (Houston). He holds an M.A. from the University of Paris (the Sorbonne) and a B.A. in Classical and Romance Languages from Harvard University, which included studies at the University of Seville, Spain. He studied two years of graduate-level theology while in France. While Dr. Barker has a broad range of competencies, his research focuses on philosophical psychology, notably in Aquinas, Aristotle, Avicenna, and Averroes. His research in contemporary philosophy focuses on Heidegger. He also translates Spanish, French, and Latin scholarly texts. More Than a Body, More Than a Mind: The Human Person in the Thought of Aquinas| Fr. Petri, O.P. 619728204 This talk was held on April 4th, 2019 for the Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh TI Chapter. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human About the Speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America. The Search for Life Beyond Earth: What Would This Mean for Our Faith? | Prof. Jonathan Lunine 614657271 This talk was offered at UC Berkeley on April 8th, 2019. For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/the-search-for-life-beyond-earth Speak Bio: Jonathan I. Lunine is The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, His research focuses on astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, he serves as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope project and is a coinvestigator on the Juno mission currently in orbit around Jupiter. Lunine is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union. He is the author of Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Lunine obtained a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the University of Rochester (1980), an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. He lives in Ithaca New York, where he is a member of St. Catherine of Siena parish. In 2016 Lunine helped to found the Society of Catholic Scientists and currently serves as its vice president. The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Time | George Weigel 618406122 The annual St. Mary’s Lecture at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Haven, CT was held on April 8th, 2019. The lecture was given by George Weigel (Ethics and Public Policy Center) on the themes of his recent book by the same name, published last year by Ignatius Press. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: How to Avoid Being Unhappy: Vices that Undermine Human Flourishing | Prof. Scott Cleveland 617012448 This talk was given the University of Oklahoma on April 2nd, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the speaker: Dr. Cleveland received his B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Taylor University, his M.A.R. in philosophical theology & philosophy of religion from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Baylor University (2014). Before coming to UMary, he conducted postdoctoral research at Saint Louis University on the virtue of intellectual humility. His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. For example, he has defended an account of the virtue of courage with focus on its emotional excellences. He also has broad interests in metaphysics, theology, the history of philosophy, and the thought of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. The Historicity of Adam | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 616195926 This talk was given at Baylor University on March 28th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The Catholic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings | Prof. Paul Gondreau 614652594 This talk was offered for our chapter at the United States Naval Academy on March 26th, 2019. For more information on upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family. Can Beauty Save the World? | Prof. Raymond Hain 614119566 This talk was offered at the University of Maryland, College Park on March 28th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speak Bio: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars. God, Beauty, and Mathematics | Prof. Alexander Pruss 613774122 This lecture was given at MIT on Friday, March 15th, 2019. For more info on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. About the speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Sin And Redemption In The Lord of The Rings | Prof. Paige Hochschild 613797957 This talk was offered at Duke University on March 7, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). How to Read the "Dark Passages" of the Bible and Still Be a Christian | Prof. Matthew Ramage 613140156 This talk was offered at the University of Oklahoma on March 5th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. About the speaker: Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Truth of the Gospels (CUA Press, 2017). Dr. Ramage's articles have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals including Nova et Vetera, Scripta Theologica, Cithara, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review as well as popular online venues such as Strange Notions, The Gregorian Institute, and Crisis. Dr. Ramage has been interviewed by news outlets including the National Catholic Register and First Things and has made periodic appearances on the EWTN programs Catholic Answers Live, Catholicism on Campus, and The Son Rise Morning Show. Dr. Ramage lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, Jennifer, and five children. For more on his work and his CV, visit Dr. Ramage's website www.truthincharity.com. Holy Mary, Mother of God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 612902475 This talk was offered at George Mason University on March 5th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. The Good Life Panel Discussion | Prof. Steven Jensen, Fr. John Corbett, OP, and Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 603850887 The panel discussion concluded the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit | Fr. John Corbett, OP 603850263 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Principles of the Moral Life | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 606918606 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. The handout for the lecture can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskxe22xQTN4X1lGYUREU1hnOGNfYm5CYk1xWmkyMTRz/view?usp=sharing Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Our Ultimate End and the Dark Night of the Soul | Prof. Steven Jensen 607152300 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Our Good and God: Our Place within the Greater Good | Prof. Steven Jensen 603847404 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 610510893 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Beyond Human Means: The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit | Fr. John Corbett, OP 603850263 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. The Good Life Panel Discussion | Prof. Steven Jensen, Fr. John Corbett, OP, and Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 603850887 The panel discussion concluded the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 610510893 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Our Ultimate End and the Dark Night of the Soul | Prof. Steven Jensen 607152300 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Principles of the Moral Life | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 606918606 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. The handout for the lecture can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskxe22xQTN4X1lGYUREU1hnOGNfYm5CYk1xWmkyMTRz/view?usp=sharing Presenters: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston) Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception Conference Titles: 1. Principles of the Moral Life 2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude 3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good 4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues 5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Retreat Theme Description: In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist. Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.” For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Made for Love: Why Do We Exist? |Prof. R.J. Snell 606366489 This lecture was offered at UVA on March 21st, 2019. For more info on upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: R. J. Snell is Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. Research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. He is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area. Did Jesus Know Us On the Cross? The Knowledge of Christ Crucified | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 604923579 This talk was offered on April 3rd, 2019 at the Angelicum in preparation for Holy Week. For more information about upcoming TI events visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Science And Faith On The Mind | Prof. Chris Kaczor 604059675 This talk was offered at California State University, Fullerton on March 20, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show. Why Do Christians Call God "Father"? | Prof. Paige Hochschild 603877890 This talk was offered on March 19th, 2019 at University of South Carolina. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Our Good and God: Our Place within the Greater Good | Prof. Steven Jensen 603847404 The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019. Why Did Medieval Christian Thinkers Turn to Islamic Philosophers? | Prof. Thérèse-Anne Druart 603535902 This lecture was offered at Brown University on March 12th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio ThérèseAnne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (1978-87). She obtained an M.A. in Medieval Studies (1971) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy with a dissertation on Plato (1973) at the Université Catholique de Louvain and a B.Phil. in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology at Oxford (1975). In 1975-1976 she was a Research fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. Her field is Medieval Philosophy in Islamic Lands. She has edited several books and published more than 80 articles. Every year she publishes on the web the bibliography for Medieval and PostClassical Islamic Philosophy. She has been president for the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (2000-2002), President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2009-2010) and since 2010 is president of SIHSPAI (Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabe et Islamique, Paris). In 2014 she was awarded the Marianist Award. The Catholic Who Invented Human Rights | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 603103728 This lecture was held on March 6th, 2019 at Yale Law School. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children. Same God? Christian and Islamic Philosophy and Theology | Prof. Thérèse-Anne Druart 601553550 This lecture was given for our chapter at Yale University on March 4th, 2019 by Prof. Thérèse- Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America). Thérèse- Anne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (197887). She obtained an M.A. in Medieval Studies (1971) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy with a dissertation on Plato (1973) at the Université Catholique de Louvain and a B.Phil. in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology at Oxford (1975). In 19751976 she was a Research fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University. Her field is Medieval Philosophy in Islamic Lands. She has edited several books and published more than 80 articles. Every year she publishes on the web the bibliography for Medieval and PostClassical Islamic Philosophy. She has been president for the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (20002002), President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (20092010) and since 2010 is president of SIHSPAI (Société Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabe et Islamique, Paris). In 2014 she was awarded the Marianist Award. Does God Exist? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 601202247 This lecture was held on March 4th, 2019 at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Event Description: Alexander Pruss, a mathematician and philosopher, will discuss how phenomena such as paradoxes of infinity and the elegant beauty of the laws of physics point to the existence of a cause for the universe. He will then examine whether this cause is likely to be God. About the Speaker: Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (Cambridge University Press), One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame University Press), and Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology. Was Luther Right? Indulgences, Purgatory, Saints and All That | Prof. Michael Root 600643137 This talk was hosted as part of the ongoing DC Young Adult's Speaker Series, hosted at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Arlington, VA. The lecture was held on March 11th, 2019 and sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Diocese of Arlington. The talk handout is available at: https://tinyurl.com/u5ndo2d For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and studied at Dartmouth College (B.A.) and Yale University (Ph.D. in theology). He was received into the Catholic Church in August, 2010. His particular theological interests are ecumenical relations, eschatology/last things, and grace and justification. Root has been a member of the US and international LutheranCatholic dialogues, the US LutheranUnited Methodist dialogue, the AnglicanLutheran International Working Group, and the AnglicanLutheran International Commission. He served on the drafting teams that produced the LutheranRoman Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. The Common Good, Political Order and God | Dr. Steve Long 600105267 This talk was part of the Spring NYU Conference on "Does Politics Need God?" It featured Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute). This even was graciously co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program Can the Separation of Church and State be Sustained? | Prof. Paul Rahe 599458695 This lecture was given by Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College)at our conference at the Catholic Center at NYU, "Does Politics Need God?" Co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program Philosophy, Beauty, and Music | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 598004937 This lecture was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP, for our chapter at UT Austin on March 27th, 2019. About the Speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Biotechnology, Suffering, and Human Aspiration | Dr. William Hurlbut 597351090 This lecture was given by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University) for a series at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in New York City on, "Health Care and God's Providence: Resources and Medical Professionals." This series was co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, Archcare, and the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York. The Moral Truth We All Know - Do Good and Avoid Evil | Prof. Jennifer Frey 595895943 This talk was offered at Brown University on March 13th, 2019 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis | Dr. Robert Royal 595359507 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the third lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth | Prof. Robert Koons 594084894 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the second lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor| Prof. Raymond Hain 593921997 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the first lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis | Dr. Robert Royal 595359507 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the third lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth | Prof. Robert Koons 594084894 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the second lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor| Prof. Raymond Hain 593921997 This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the first lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, and Middle-Earth Shaped the Post-Modern World" - Robert Koons (University of Texas at Austin) "The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis" - Robert Royal (Faith & Reason Institute) To learn more about upcoming events hosted by the TI, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Who Am I To Judge? Politics and Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman 593202297 This lecture was offered for our chapter at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario on March 11th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www. thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Michael Gorman 590706000 This lecture was delivered at the University of Arizona on February 19, 2019. For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 A Reasonable God in the Public Square: Regensburg Revisited | Sohrab Ahmari 590294061 This talk was offered at NYU on March 9th, 2019 as part of the day long conference "Does Politics Need God?" The conference featuring Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute). It was co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Aquinas vs. Freud: The Problem of Unconscious Motivation | Prof. Therese Cory 590116008 This lecture was given for our chapter at Harvard University on march 7th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his Arabic sources. She loves discussing philosophy with her students, and is especially interested in problems relating to the human person, the mind / soul, and how to live well. What has the Historical Jesus to do with the Church's Christ? | Fr. Isaac Morales, OP 589237842 This talk was offered at Trinity University, San Antonio on February 11th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Lecture Description: Every year around Christmas and Easter, it seems, the media runs a story about “who Jesus really was.” Magazine articles and television specials purport to tell us the truth about the man from Nazareth – a truth, they often claim, that the Church has tried to cover up for centuries. These stories represent one popular manifestation of what has come to be known as the “quest for the historical Jesus.” While this quest is a legitimate scholarly discipline, it can sometimes unsettle believers, leading them to question the reliability of the gospels and the truth of the Church’s faith in Christ. In this talk, Fr. Morales will first consider a couple of the main presuppositions that underlie much historical Jesus scholarship. He will then discuss the nature of the gospels and their relation to history. Finally, he will offer a brief sketch of what we can know about Jesus based simply on historical research, arguing that a responsible historical sketch helps to illuminate the Church’s faith in Christ. Speaker Bio: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate for the Province of St. Joseph in the summer of 2012. Before joining the order, Fr. Isaac received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. After completing his PhD, he taught in the department of theology at Marquette University for four years. During the academic year 201112, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the LudwigMaximilians Universität in Munich. Fr. was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2018. Evil and the Goodness of God: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 589079388 This lecture was given at our chapter at Texas A&M University on February 25, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Gloria Frost is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her areas of research are medieval philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the history of science. She is an assistant editor for the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly and on the executive councils for the American Catholic Philosophical Association and the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. She is married to Jake Frost, author of "Catholic Dad" and the "Happy Jar," and they have four children. Aquinas on Christ's Passion and the Sacraments | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 588172668 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. The handout prepared by Fr. Langevin can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/wntw4z4 This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). Why Lent? Innocence, Sin, and Redemption | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 586569948 This talk was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for the Thomistic Institute's University College Dublin chapter on March 6, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. The Tabernacle Narratives as Christian Scripture | Prof. Gary Anderson 585654312 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). The Virtue of Religion in Aquinas - What it is and Why it Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 585307314 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle on "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). Aquinas on Christ's Passion and the Sacraments | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 588172668 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. The handout prepared by Fr. Langevin can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/wntw4z4 This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). The Tabernacle Narratives as Christian Scripture | Prof. Gary Anderson 585654312 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). The Virtue of Religion in Aquinas - What it is and Why it Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 585307314 This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle on "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University). Muslim Philosophers And The Christian Middle Ages | Prof. Therese Cory 584989932 "It is no exaggeration to say that the translation of the works of Avicenna are a fundamental shifting point that changed European thought forever and makes Scholasticism into what we know it as today." - Therese Cory This lecture was offered at our chapter at the University of Texas, Austin on February 20th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Is There a Human Nature? | Prof. Michael Gorman 578589780 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. Creation and the Big Bang | Prof. Stephen Barr 578515230 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Professor Stephen Barr teaches at the University of Delaware in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research interests focus on elementary particle theory, supersymmetric grand unified theories, and cosmology. Culture, Nature and God in the Social Sciences | Prof. Margarita Mooney 578480994 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Margarita Mooney is an Associate Professor of Congregational Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and also the founder of the Scala Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to reinvigorating classical liberal arts education and preserving the ideas and practices necessary to maintain a free society. Dr. Mooney holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, and then earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University, publishing her dissertation as the book, "Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora" in 2009. Before returning to Princeton in 2016, Dr. Mooney was on the faculty of the Sociology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007-2013, and then served on the faculty for the Sociology Dept. at Yale University from 2013-2016. Her research has been funded by two grants from the John Templeton Foundation totaling more than $3 million. She is currently working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Living a Broken Life, Beautifully that explores the religious lives of young adults who have experienced traumatic life events. Good, Evil and Science | Fr. James Brent, OP 578269641 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, & Machines in the Age of Technology | Prof. William Hurlbut 577714359 This talk was offered on February 15th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was the keynote address for a 2 day conference on "Faith, Science and Nature" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics including the co-edited volume Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue (2002, Oxford University Press), and “Science, Religion and the Human Spirit” in the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2008). He was also co-chair of two interdisciplinary faculty projects at Stanford University, “Becoming Human: The Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious, and Moral Awareness” and “Brain, Mind, and Emergence.” In addition to teaching at Stanford, he has also worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He is the author of “Altered Nuclear Transfer” (2005, Stem Cell Reviews) a proposed technological solution to the moral controversy over embryonic stem cell research. Dr. Hurlbut serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust. Just War Theory: Catholic Ethics and the STEM Career | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 583554462 This lecture was offered at our chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on February 22nd, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Saved By Works Or Faith? | Prof. Michael Root 582389295 This lecture was delivered to the Thomistic Institute's Harvard University Undergraduate chapter on March 21, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/. Neuroscience and the Soul | Prof. James Madden 581857314 This lecture was given by Prof. James Madden for our chapter at the University of South Carolina on February 13th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. The Pursuit of Profound Rest: Friendship, Contemplation, and Work | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 580955073 This talk was offered on February 15th, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events in North America check out, https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ For events in Europe, visit: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/thomistic-events/ Speaker Bio: Thomas Joseph White, O.P., entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. His research and teaching have focused particularly on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics and Christology as well as Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. He is the author of Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology (Sapientia Press, 2009), The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015), Exodus (Brazos Press, 2016), and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (The Catholic University of America Press, 2017). He has edited several books, and is co-editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera (English edition). In 2011 he was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is currently teaching at the Angelicum in Rome and is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelcum. Is There a Human Nature? | Prof. Michael Gorman 578589780 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Michael Gorman is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in the Templeton Virtue Project and a fellow of CUA's Institute for Human Ecology. He recently published a book, Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union, published by Cambridge University Press. Creation and the Big Bang | Prof. Stephen Barr 578515230 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Professor Stephen Barr teaches at the University of Delaware in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research interests focus on elementary particle theory, supersymmetric grand unified theories, and cosmology. Culture, Nature and God in the Social Sciences | Prof. Margarita Mooney 578480994 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Margarita Mooney is an Associate Professor of Congregational Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and also the founder of the Scala Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to reinvigorating classical liberal arts education and preserving the ideas and practices necessary to maintain a free society. Dr. Mooney holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, and then earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University, publishing her dissertation as the book, "Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora" in 2009. Before returning to Princeton in 2016, Dr. Mooney was on the faculty of the Sociology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007-2013, and then served on the faculty for the Sociology Dept. at Yale University from 2013-2016. Her research has been funded by two grants from the John Templeton Foundation totaling more than $3 million. She is currently working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Living a Broken Life, Beautifully that explores the religious lives of young adults who have experienced traumatic life events. Good, Evil and Science | Fr. James Brent, OP 578269641 This talk was offered on February 16th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was one of the talks offered at the "Faith, Science and Nature Conference" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and an article forthcoming on “Thomas Aquinas” in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology. He earned his STL from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and was ordained a priest in the same year. He taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America from 2010- 2014, and spent the year of 2014-2015 doing full time itinerant preaching on college campuses across the United States. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception. Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, & Machines in the Age of Technology | Prof. William Hurlbut 577714359 This talk was offered on February 15th, 2019 at Princeton Theological Seminary. It was the keynote address for a 2 day conference on "Faith, Science and Nature" co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Scala Foundation and PTS. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics including the co-edited volume Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue (2002, Oxford University Press), and “Science, Religion and the Human Spirit” in the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2008). He was also co-chair of two interdisciplinary faculty projects at Stanford University, “Becoming Human: The Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious, and Moral Awareness” and “Brain, Mind, and Emergence.” In addition to teaching at Stanford, he has also worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He is the author of “Altered Nuclear Transfer” (2005, Stem Cell Reviews) a proposed technological solution to the moral controversy over embryonic stem cell research. Dr. Hurlbut serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust. Are Science and Religion Compatible? | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 576065316 This lecture was given by Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P. for our chapter at the University of Arizona on Jan 30th, 2019, and was co-sponsored by the Faith and Science Forum. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org Tolkien's Perilous Beauty | Prof. David O'Connor 575058846 This event was hosted at Baylor University, on February 7th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 About the Speaker: David K. O’Connor is a faculty member in the departments of Philosophy and of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. His teaching and writing focus on ancient philosophy, aesthetics, ethics and politics, and philosophy of religion. Dr. O’Connor is an acclaimed teacher and lecturer. His online lectures on love and sexuality have reached a wide international audience, and are the basis of his two recent books, Love is Barefoot Philosophy (in Chinese translation, 2014) and Plato’s Bedroom: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love(2015). He has also published extensively on the relation between philosophy, art, and literature, in both the ancient and the modern world. The Need for Catholic Intellectuals Today | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 574541757 This talk was given on February 7th, 2018 at St. Saviour's Church, Dublin. For more information about upcoming TI events in North America visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ For Europe, visit: angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/thomistic-events/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Thomas Joseph White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Being Religious in a Post-Medieval World: Spinoza, Paschal and Thomas | Prof. F. C. Bauerschmidt 574186476 This lecture was offered at Duke University on January 24, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI Events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has published a book on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Christian mystical tradition, as well as numerous articles on Catholic life and thought. When is Religious Belief Irrational? On the Harmony of Faith and Reason | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 573421446 This lecture was offered at University College Dublin on February 6th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events in North America visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ For Europe, visit: https://angelicum.it/thomistic-institute/thomistic-events/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Thomas Joseph White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Christianity in the Public Square | R.R. Reno 572329134 This lecture was given for our UVA chapter on February 7th, 2019, and was co-sponsored with the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.edu About the Speaker: R. R. Reno is the editor of First Things magazine. He was formerly a professor of theology and ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of several books including Fighting the Noonday Devil, a theological commentary on the Book of Genesis in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series. His work ranges widely in systematic and moral theology, as well as in controverted questions of biblical interpretation. "Late Have I Loved You" - Augustine & Thomas on Grace & Conversion | Paige Hochschild 571206942 This lecture was offered on Feb. 5th, 2019 at Brown University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Speaker Bio: Dr. Paige Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). What Can Film Teach Us About Religion? C.S. Lewis Goes to the Movies | Thomas Hibbs 570127668 This lecture was given to our chapter at the United States Naval Academy on January 29th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. The Antidote to Death: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 568646223 This lecture was given for our Yale University chapter on Jan. 30th, 2019. The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yda5cc72 For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Is Belief in Miracles Rational? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 567361626 This lecture was given for the Thomistic Institute chapter at the University of Oregon on Jan. 17th, 2019. For more information on other upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Lecture Description: Modern people, including believers, can be embarrassed by miracles, fearing to be accused of superstition or unwarranted credulity. Can it ever be rational to believe in miracles? In order to answer this question and the skeptical objections that have been raised, we will consider the fundamental principles at work: What are miracles? Can they violate laws of nature? How can we know that they have occurred? What do they tell us about God, about the world and ourselves? How about miracle claims in other religions? Law Without a Law Giver? Why Natural Rights Require a Divine Source | Prof. Francis Beckwith 566774172 This lecture was given by Prof. Francis Beckwith (Baylor University) to our chapter at the University of Virginia Law School on Jan 28th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas on the Person and the Analogical Scale of Truth | Enrique Martinez 564613995 This lecture was given as the annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC on January 24th 2019. For more information on upcoming events visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events?view=calendar&month=01-2019 The First Theologians: Who Were the Church Fathers and Why Do They Matter? | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 564043455 This lecture was written and prepared by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., and delivered by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. to our chapter at George Mason on November27th, 2018. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org The Catastrophe of the Self: Walker Percy on Sin and Transcendence | Jennifer Frey 563539554 This lecture was given on December 5th, 2018 at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. This is the final lecture in a three-part series titled "Tales That Tell: Moral Devastation and Original Sin in Literature," co-sponsored by the Catholic Information Center and the Thomistic Institute. For more information on other upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. The Possibility of Perfection | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 560763801 This talk was offered at Duke University on January 17th, 2019. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Event Description: In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord instructs us to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect . . . inspiring on one hand, but daunting on the other. Is it possible to be perfect or are we doomed to despair? Come hear how the universal call to holiness resonates really, truly, and personally in every human heart. Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Classical Theism and the Nature of God | Edward Feser 560442318 This talk was offered on January 16, 2019 at Oxford University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Organized in partnership with the Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars Hall at the University of Oxford Speaker Bio: Prof. Edward Feser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College and has also served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University. He received a PhD in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of books including Philosophy of Mind (A Beginner's Guide), The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Aquinas (A Beginner's Guide), Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, NeoScholastic Essays, Five Proofs for the Existence of God, and By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment. He blogs at http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/ Neuroscience and the Soul | James Madden 559650966 This talk was offered on January 15, 2019 at Harvard Medical School. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children; William, Martha, J. Patrick, Brendan, Jack, and Cormac. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006. Let Us Pray?The Liturgical Revolution of the 1960's | Prof. Christopher Ruddy 558997407 This lecture was held at St. Gretrude's parish on October 9th, 2018. It was cosponsored by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and the Thomistic Institute. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the event: What is the liturgy? Why is liturgy so important? Why would would you reform the liturgy and how would you do it? - These are some of the fascinating questions that Dr. Ruddy (CUA) undertakes in his sweeping lecture. Speaker Bio: Christopher Ruddy is associate professor of systematic theology at The Catholic University of America. He was formerly associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and also taught at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Divinity School, he received his doctorate in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame. His two books are titled The Local Church: Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology and Tested in Every Way: The Catholic Priesthood in Today’s Church (both Herder & Herder). His articles and reviews have appeared in America, Christian Century, Commonweal, Ecclesiology, Heythrop Journal, Horizons, Irish Theological Quarterly, Josephinium Journal of Theology, Logos, Nova et Vetera, Origins, Theological Studies, The Thomist, and Worship. His theological interests include ecclesiology, Vatican II, the nouvelle théologie and ressourcement movements, and the relationship of Christianity and culture. New York natives, he and his wife, Deborah, have four sons. Who's in Charge Here?: The Church, Society and Obedience| Fr. Joseph Fox, OP 557584140 This lecture was held at St. Gretrude's parish on October 30th, 2018. It was cosponsored by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and the Thomistic Institute. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the event: The 1960s were a time of anti-establishment rebellion, and the rejection of existing authorities and structures. This turbulent time left its mark on the Church, for priests and religious and for the lay faithful alike. How have the structures of the Church responded to the demands of a skeptical time? Speaker bio: Fr. Joseph Fox, a member of the Order of Preachers in vows since 1969, was ordained a priest in 1974. He has a licentiate degree in theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, a licentiate degree in canon law from the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. Fr. Fox served in a variety of positions during his 22 years in Rome including that of staff official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, bureau chief of the personnel office of the Holy See, teaching in the faculties of theology and canon law at the Angelicum, economic administrator of the Convitto San Tommaso and of the Dominican priory at the Angelicum, and as the director of pastoral formation at the Pontifical North American College. He is currently serving as Vicar of Canonical Services for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles A Discordant Time: Musical Revolution Since the 1960s | Fr. William Goldin 556690809 This event was hosted by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute on October 23rd, 2018. It includes performances by Fr. William Goldin, a trained opera singer and theologian, of pieces by John Cage ("Aria" with "Fontana Mix") and Tchaikovsky. About the event: This revolution had a soundtrack. The 1960s saw a tremendous change in music, from the highest forms of opera to the popular songs on the radio. What we hear and sing in church and on our radios has been marked by that revolutionary decade. Fr. Goldin’s presentation will both explain and illustrate how the standards of musical beauty and excellence have changed. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Do Muslims and Christians and Jews Believe in the Same God? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 556191744 This talk was offered on November 30th, 2018 at Brown University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy). Has Neuroscience Disproved Free Will? | Dr. Daniel De Haan 555540240 This lecture was given by Dr. Daniel De Haan at Stanford University on November 12th, 2018. For more information on upcoming lectures, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Daniel De Haan is a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Cambridge working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences Project, directed by Professor Sarah Coakley. He is conducting research on the intersections of theology, philosophy, and neuroscience in the Faculty of Divinity and in Lisa Saksida’s Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychology Sacraments, Grace and Ethics: The Church at Work | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 555184407 This talk was given at Harvard University on November 15th, 2018. For move information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. is professor of systematic theology at St. John's Seminary, associate editor of The Thomist, senior editor of Magnificat, and general editor of the Catholic Moral Thought series at the Catholic University of America Press. In the Beginning: The Big Bang and the God of Creation | Fr. Thomas Davenport, OP 554025795 This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Davenport, OP (Providence College) to the Yale undergraduate chapter on 11/14/18. For more information on upcoming events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org Perspective of a Catholic Prosecutor | Honorable John Durham 553366080 This talk was given at Yale Law School on November 13th, 2018 by the Honorable John Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: John Durham became the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut in February of 2018 Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Durham served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in various positions in the District of Connecticut for 35 years, prosecuting complex organized crime, violent crime, public corruption and financial fraud matters. From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Durham served as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney; from 1994 to 2008, he served as the Deputy U.S. Attorney, and served as the U.S. Attorney in an acting and interim capacity in 1997 and 1998; from 1989 to 1994, he served as Chief of the Office’s Criminal Division, and from 1982 to 1989, he served as an attorney and then supervisor in the New Haven Field Office of the Boston Strike Force in the Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Durham also served as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he investigated matters relating to the destruction of certain videotapes by the CIA and the treatment of detainees by the CIA. From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Durham served as a Special Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and Head of the Justice Task Force, where he reviewed alleged criminal conduct by FBI personnel and other law enforcement corruption in Boston, led the prosecution of a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent and a former Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant, and handled direct appeals and related proceedings following convictions after trial. From 1978 to 1982, Mr. Durham served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office headed by Arnold Markle, and from 1977 to 1978, he served as a Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney. From 1975 to 1977, Mr. Durham worked as a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Mr. Durham graduated, with honors, from Colgate University in 1972 and the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1975. Why Leisure is Necessary for Human Beings | Zena Hitz 545542671 This lecture was offered at the University of Oklahoma on November 13th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence. She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton. Literature as Philosophy | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 543543819 This lecture was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP for the campus chapter at the University of Maryland on November 13th, 2018. Check out upcoming events on our website: thomisticinstitute.org Eating God: Can the Eucharist Really be Jesus? | Alexander Pruss 547445430 This lecture was offered at Baylor on November 14th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ What Do the Saints Do for Eternity? The Activity of Heaven | Michael Root 546365652 This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The hand out for this lecture is available at: https://tinyurl.com/yclptrzp Artificial Intelligence and the Soul | Anselm Ramelow 545967840 This lecture was offered at Stanford on October 16th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Hell and the Mercy of God | Adrian Reimers 545963997 This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The Thirst for Immortality and the Soul’s Need for Purgatory | Carol Zaleski 545962536 This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete? | Daniel De Haan 545540097 This lecture was offered at the University of Arizona on November 7th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology and the sciences, natural theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas. What Can Philosophy Tell Us About Life after Death? | Prof. Mark Spencer 545538081 This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The hand out for this lecture is available at: https://tinyurl.com/ycx2596r Does Evolutionary Theory Disprove Christianity? | Fr. Michael Dodds OP 546555114 This lecture was given on November 5th, 2018 at UC Berkeley. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle University, he entered the Order of Preachers in 1970 and was ordained in 1977. He then taught for three years at St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California, before doing his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 1986. He has served as Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Convener of the Theology Area at the Graduate Theological Union, and Regent of Studies and Vicar Provincial of the Western Dominican Province. He is the author of The Unchanging God of Love: Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Theology on Divine Immutability (2008), and Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas (2012), both from The Catholic University of America Press. St.Thomas & the Meaning of Love: Human and Divine Friendship | Fr. Gregory Pine OP 546049416 This talk was offered as the second of a 2 part series at NYU on the "Wisdom of Aquinas." The first talk on "Love, Passion and Affection" is also available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/st-thomas-the-meaning-of-love-love-passion-affection-fr-gregory-pine-op For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. St. Thomas & the Meaning of Love: Love, Passion & Affection | Fr. Gregory Pine OP 545188674 This talk was offered as the first of a 2 part series at NYU on the "Wisdom of Aquinas." The second talk on "Human and Divine Friendship" is also available on SoundCloud. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies. Are Animals Intelligent? | Marie George 544191429 This lecture was offered at MIT on October 25th as the 2nd part of a series of lectures on "The Distinctiveness of Human Intelligence." For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department of St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie primarily in the areas of philosophy of nature and philosophy of science. She has received several awards from the John Templeton foundation for her work in science and religion, and in 2007 she received a grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) for an interdisciplinary project entitled: “The Evolution of Sympathy and Morality.” Professor George has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective(2005) and Stewardship of Creation (2009). She is currently working on Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” and also on a variety of questions concerning living things (self-motion, consciousness, evolution, etc.). Professor George is a member of ten philosophical societies, including the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and the Society for Aristotelian Studies. Aquinas's Reception of Aristotle | Reinhard Hütter 543557604 This lecture was given to a small student seminar at Duke University on October 5th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. Reinhard Huetter is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University. Professor Huetter is a native of Lichtenfels, Germany. He received his Dr. theol. (summa cum laude) in 1990, and his Habilitation in 1995, both from the University of Erlangen. He taught for nine years theological ethics and systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and for seventeen years systematic theology at Duke University Divinity School. In 2004, he and his wife entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church. His teaching and research focuses on fundamental theological questions of the relationship between faith and reason, nature and grace, revelation and faith, theology and philosophy, dogma and history, on questions of theological anthropology (grace and freedom), and the theology and epistemology of faith. He has an abiding interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and has, in more recent years, developed also an intense interest in the thought of John Henry Newman. Huetter is the author of numerous books, most recently Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (2012) and Divine Happiness: Aquinas on the Journey to Beatitude, the Ultimate Human End (forthcoming 2018) and has contributed numerous chapters to handbooks and edited collections. He is presently working on a theological commentary on Psalm 119, a small book on John Henry Newman, and a theological treatise on Doctrine: Its Nature and Development. Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers for the Renewal of Theology | Fr. Andrew Hofer OP 543208113 This lecture was given at Duke by Fr. Andrew Hofer OP (Dominican House of Studies) on October 25th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015. What is the Purpose of Life? Classical and Contemporary Answers | Jennifer Frey 542335431 This lecture was offered at UVA on October 19th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer's research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants, including a 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning in Life." She is currently at work on three separate book projects. Is Free Will an Illusion?| Timothy Pawl 540959409 This talk was offered on October 17th, 2018 at Brown University. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Tim Pawl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN, where he works on metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics he works on "truthmaker theory, modality, and free will. In philosophical theology, he has published on transubstantiation, Christology, and divine immutability. Publications where his work has appeared include: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Faith and Philosophy, and Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion. A listing of his publications is available on his PhilPapers Profile. Additionally, Prof. Pawl published a monograph in the Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology series, entitled In Defense of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay. In this book he argues that the philosophical objections to the traditional Christian doctrine of the incarnation fail. Prof. Pawl currently leads a grant with Gloria Frost called The Classical Theism Project, and recently finished a grant in collaboration with Kevin Timpe called Exploring the Interim State Writing Workshop. He is the husband of another philosopher, Faith Glavey Pawl, and the proud father of one son and four daughters. "Out of this Stony Rubbish" Devastation and Rebirth in Eliot's "The Waste Land" | Thomas Pfau 539966799 This lecture was held on October 17th, 2018 at the Catholic Information Center, Washington DC. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Lecture Description: More than any other work of high modernist literature, Eliot's The Waste Land (1922) captures the loss of meaning and purpose that has overwhelmed an entire civilization. Surrounded by fragments of past knowledge that now seem barely intelligible in the wake of World War I, modern society appears mired in an unprecedented spiritual crisis. Yet unlike his modernist peers (e.g., Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Ezra Pound, et al.), Eliot's critique of modern life is not confined to the conceptual resources and secular axioms that have shaped modern life. Though it predates Eliot's “conversion” to Christianity by five years, The Waste Land's forceful summation of spiritual, ecological, psycho-sexual, and moral devastation already contains the seeds for the spiritual awakening that will be at the center of Eliot's "Ash Wednesday" (1927) and his Four Quartets (1936-1943). This lecture is the second of a three-part series titled "Tales That Tell: Moral Devastation and Original Sin in Literature," co-sponsored by the CIC and the Thomistic Institute. Speaker Bio Thomas Pfau (PhD 1989, SUNY Buffalo) is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English, with secondary appointments in Germanic Language & Literatures and the Divinity School at Duke University. He has published forty-five essays on literary and philosophical subjects ranging from the 18th through the early 20th century, translations of Hölderlin and Schelling (SUNY Press, 1987 and 1994). Having edited seven essay collections and special journal issues, he is also the author of three monographs: Wordsworth’s Profession (Stanford UP 1997), Romantic Moods: Paranoia, Trauma, Melancholy, 1790-1840 (Johns Hopkins UP 2005), and Minding the Modern: Intellectual Traditions, Human Agency, and Responsible Knowledge (Notre Dame UP, 2013). His current book project focuses on phenomenology of image-consciousness in literature, theology, and philosophy. The Return of the Strong Gods | Rusty Reno 539243034 On October 9th, 2018, Rusty Reno, the editor of "First Things" offered this talk at Blackfriars, Oxford elaborating on his May 2017 article in First Things of the same name. This lecture was presented in collaboration with the Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars Hall. For more about the TI's upcoming events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ What Does it Mean to be Human? Neuroscience, Psychology, and Personhood | Daniel De Haan 539299098 This lecture was given for the Harvard Medical School Chapter on November 6th, 2018. Speaker Bio: Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences project at the University of Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and University of St Thomas in Texas. His research focuses on philosophical anthropology and the sciences, natural theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas. More information on upcoming events can be found on our website: thomisticinstitute.org What's the Purpose of Life? | Christopher Kaczor 537401676 In this lecture, Prof. Christopher Kaczor draws from the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and research in contemporary psychology to discuss the final end to which human beings are ordered. This lecture was delivered by Prof. Christopher Kaczor(Loyola Marymount University) to the University of Arizona chapter of the Thomistic Institute on October 17, 2018. The Fellowship of Happiness: Aquinas on the Making of Good Friends | Prof. Michael Pakaluk 537046362 This talk was given by Dr. Pakaluk on October 16th, 2018 at the United States Naval Academy and was co-sponsored by the Catholic Midshipmen's Club. For more details about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the Speaker: Michael Pakaluk studied philosophy at Harvard College and the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship before getting his Ph.D. at Harvard writing a dissertation under John Rawls. He is a recognized authority on classical philosophy, especially Aristotle’s ethics. Pakaluk has held academic appointments at Clark University, Brown University, Ave Maria University, and The Catholic University of America, among others. Fundamental Questions for Ethical Decision Making | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 523308633 This lecture was given on October 27, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA as part of the "Emerging Leaders Conference" cosponsored with World Youth Alliance. The Wisdom of St. Catherine in Times of Crisis | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd OP 536072973 This talk was offered on October 4th, 2018 at Harvard University. For more information on the Thomistic Institute's upcoming events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Sr. Mary Madeline Todd is a Dominican Sister of Saint Cecilia Congregation, serving as Assistant Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville. She studied theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and earned her doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She writes and speaks on spiritual and moral theology, especially on the dignity of the human person in Christ. True for Me But Not For You? Moral Relativism and Social Tolerance | Michael Gorman 535892559 This talk was given at Yale University on October 15th, 2018. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America, and has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics. The Rationality of Desire: A Defense of Platonism | Dhananjay Jagannathan 515275815 The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yc56e2g6 A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018. For more information on other Thomistic Institute events, check out our website: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ To be Good is to Do the Truth | Jennifer Frey 514801350 The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y7b4m4rz A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018. For more information on other Thomistic Institute events, check out our website: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Local Goods, Global Good, and Desire | Candace Vogler 514748415 A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018. For more information on other Thomistic Institute events, check out our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The Dark Night of St. Teresa of Calcutta & St. Therese of Lisieux | Carol Zaleski 531581403 This lecture was offered on October 9th, 2018 at the University of Oklahoma. “If I ever become a saint—I will surely be one of ‘darkness.’ I will continually be absent from Heaven — to light the light of those in darkness on earth.” With these words, Mother Teresa—now Saint Teresa of Calcutta—summed up the decades long trial of faith that marked her inner life from the early years of the Missionaries of Charity until her death in 1997. A similar trial was endured by her namesake, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and it bore fruit in a similar resolve. What can we learn about faith, doubt, perseverance, and holiness from the “dark night” experience of the two Teresas? Speaker Bio Carol Zaleski is the Professor of World Religions at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts, where she has been teaching philosophy of religion, world religions, religion and literature, and Catholic thought since 1989. She is the author of Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of NearDeath Experience in Medieval and Modern Times (Oxford University Press) and The Life of the World to Come: NearDeath Experience and Christian Hope (Oxford University Press); and she is coauthor with Philip Zaleski of Prayer: A History (Houghton Mifflin), The Book of Heaven (Oxford University Press), and The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Understanding Divine Providence | Fr. James Brent, OP 530650101 This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." The Names of God | Fr. James Brent, OP 530122395 This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." The Existence Of God | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 529613394 This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." Metaphysics & Goodness | Michael Gorman 523230861 This lecture was delivered on October 6, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." Causality According to the Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective | Michael Gorman 528455394 This lecture was delivered on October 6, 2018 as part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." Drawing from Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas maintained that the least knowledge of the highest things brings the greatest joy. What exactly are the highest things? God and the things of God. To contemplate and savor the truth of the highest reality-this delights our minds, this is the bold challenge undertaken by would-be scholar-saints. Yet today, a clear thinker is hard to find. The space to have rational discussions and the common ground on which to have them are shrinking. Many people experience difficulty in contemplating and speaking about the highest things-even the least bit. And so before one can propose freely contemplating the ultimate reality, time must be spent on realism. This retreat is designed to clear the way for rational discourse, to tease out and purify some popular worldviews. What are the underlying presuppositions that stunt our conversations? How does one begin to speak of God and the things of God? How does one contemplate the highest things and find joy? Substance and Accident, Act and Potency | Michael Gorman 526829691 This lecture was delivered on October 6, 2018 as part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." Beyond Scientism: Philosophical Knowing | Fr. James Brent, O.P. 523219152 This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God." Panel Discussion from "Christianity and the Common Good" 525955338 This Panel Discussion was presented at Harvard Law School at the conclusion of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Defending the Common Good: Mercy and Punishment, from Stoicism to Christianity | Sarah Byers 525471630 This lecture was presented at Harvard Law School as part of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) Dr. Byers's powerpoint that accompanies this lecture can be found at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/byers-presentation For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Faith, Natural Law And The Common Good | J.Budziszewski 524899047 This lecture was presented at Harvard Law School as part of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Shakespeare, the Book of Sir Thomas More, and the Common Good | Prof. Gerard Wegemer 522178239 This lecture was given as a part of our conference at Harvard Law School, "Christianity and the Common Good," October 19th-20th, 2018. For more information on other upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. From the Common Good to Public Order (and Back)| Gladden Pappin 522203574 This lecture was delivered at Harvard Law School on October 20, 2018. It was part of a conferenced entitled "Christianity and the Common Good." Panel Discussion from "Christianity and the Common Good" 525955338 This Panel Discussion was presented at Harvard Law School at the conclusion of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Defending the Common Good: Mercy and Punishment, from Stoicism to Christianity | Sarah Byers 525471630 This lecture was presented at Harvard Law School as part of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) Dr. Byers's powerpoint that accompanies this lecture can be found at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/byers-presentation For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Faith, Natural Law And The Common Good | J.Budziszewski 524899047 This lecture was presented at Harvard Law School as part of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas) Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court) For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit:https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Shakespeare, the Book of Sir Thomas More, and the Common Good | Prof. Gerard Wegemer 522178239 This lecture was given as a part of our conference at Harvard Law School, "Christianity and the Common Good," October 19th-20th, 2018. For more information on other upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. From the Common Good to Public Order (and Back)| Gladden Pappin 522203574 This lecture was delivered at Harvard Law School on October 20, 2018. It was part of a conferenced entitled "Christianity and the Common Good." Purgatory - Good News for Most of Us | Prof. Michael Root 522453273 This talk was offered on October 2nd, 2018 at George Mason University by Dr. Michael Root (CUA) Speaker Bio: Michael Root is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. He studied at Dartmouth College (BA, summa cum laude) and Yale University (PhD. in theology). He has taught at Davidson College, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. For ten years, he was Research Professor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg, France. Ecumenical dialogues have been at the center of Root’s service. He was on the drafting team for the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, and served on the Catholic-Lutheran dialogue both nationally and internationally, the international Lutheran-Anglican dialogue, and the US Lutheran-Methodist dialogue. He was a staff consultant to the 1993 World Conference on Faith and Order (Spain) and the 1998 Lambeth Conference (England). He has been the executive director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. Root is the author (With Gabriel Fackre) of Affirmations and Admonitions (1998) and editor of Justification by Faith (with Karl Lehmann and William Rusch, 1997), Baptism and the Unity of the Church (with Risto Saarinen, 1998), and, with James Buckley, Sharper than a Two-Edged Sword: Preaching, Teaching and Living the Bible (2008), The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Divided Church (2012), and Christian Theology and Islam (2013). In addition, he is the author of many scholarly articles and an associate editor of the journal Pro Ecclesia. Hobbits & Humility: Catholicism, Christology and the Lord of the Rings | Paige Hochschild 521975634 This talk was offered at Yale on Oct. 1st, 2018 and was present by Professor Paige Hochschild. Dr. Hochschild is a professor of historical and systematic theology at Mount St. Mary's University (MD), specializing in Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the early Church. She also teaches philosophy courses at the Seminary at Mount St. Mary's. She has written a book on the place of memory in Augustine's theological anthropology, and publishes on the Church, education, tradition, 20th c. theological debates within the Church (Scripture, history; marriage). For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: Is Faith Reasonable? | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 518276523 This lecture was given on Oct. 10th, 2018, for the Leonine Forum at the CIC in Washington, D.C. For more information on other upcoming events, visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Supersessionism in Jewish-Christian Relations| Rabbi David Novak & Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 521667303 Supersessionism - The belief that the New Testament Covenant supersedes the Mosaic covenant of the Hebrew Bible, and that the Christian Church has displaced Israel as God's chosen people. In this dialogue held on April 25th, 2017 at Providence College, Rabbi David Novak (University of Toronto) and Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP( The Angelicum)engage in a thoughtful, and robust conversation about their respective traditions and theological convictions. Rabbi Novak and Fr. White, both respected scholars, provide an excellent example of what respectful and responsible ecumenical dialogue can look like in the modern wold. An Introduction to the Trinity and to the Mystery of Jesus Christ | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 518859726 This talk was given by Fr. Dominic Legge when he addressed St. Peter's parish on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Oct. 16, 2018. For more information on our other upcoming events, visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Purifying the Clergy After the Scandals of 2018 | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 518192343 This talk was given on Oct. 2nd, 2018 to the Napa Institute Conference. Visit our website for more information on upcoming events: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Atonement & Forgiveness | Eleonore Stump 518974884 This lecture was offered on Sept. 20th, 2018 at Tulane University. To find out more about upcoming TI events, check out: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Lecture Description: In Simon Wiesenthal’s book "The Sunflower: On the Possibility and Limits of Forgiveness," Wiesenthal tells the story of a dying German soldier who was guilty of horrendous evil against Jewish men, women, and children, but who desperately wanted forgiveness from and reconciliation with at least one Jew before his death. Wiesenthal, then a prisoner in Auschwitz, was brought to hear the German soldier’s story and his pleas for forgiveness. As Wiesenthal understands his own reaction to the German soldier, he did not grant the dying soldier the forgiveness the man longed for. In The Sunflower, Wiesenthal presents reflections on this story by numerous thinkers. Their responses are noteworthy for the highly divergent intuitions they express. In this lecture, Prof. Stump uses the account of love given by Thomas Aquinas to argue that those respondents who are convinced that forgiveness should be denied the dying German soldier are mistaken. Nonetheless, she also argues in support of the attitude that rejects reconciliation with the dying German soldier. Prof. Stump will show that, in some cases of grave evil, repentance and making amends are not sufficient for the removal of guilt, and that in some cases of grave evil, reconciliation may be morally impermissible, whatever the case as regards forgiveness. Speaker Bio: Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St.Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her far-reaching examination of human redemption, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009) and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. How To Be An Atheist (According to St. Thomas Aquinas) | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 518713827 There is an abundance of literature discussing the validity of St. Thomas Aquinas' arguments for God's existence. Using a different approach, this lecture takes these arguments as a springboard for interrogating the atheist position(s): What are the problems in asserting the world to be uncaused, or in denying the existence of a necessary being? This lecture was delivered by Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies, Dublin) to the University College Dublin chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 18, 2018. Freedom Under the Law - Early Christian Views | Sarah Byers 514425345 This lecture was the first one given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Aquinas On Human Freedom and Free Will | Fr. James Brent OP 514938663 This lecture was the first one given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Liberty and Grace According to Dante and St. Augustine | Giuseppe Mazzotta 515455983 This lecture was given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Contemplation As Freedom According to Cusa And Hopkins | Thomas Pfau 515926896 This lecture was given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Panel Discussion from the Yale Conference on Christianity and Freedom 516474696 This Panel Discussion concluded our conference which was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale. The four previous talks brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Evil and the Goodness of God | Gloria Frost 518147232 This lecture was offered at Williams College on September 19th, 2018 by Professor Gloria Frost. About the speaker: Gloria Frost is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her areas of research are medieval philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the history of science. She is an assistant editor for the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly and on the executive councils for the American Catholic Philosophical Association and the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. She is married to Jake Frost, author of "Catholic Dad" and the "Happy Jar," and they have four children. Panel Discussion from the Yale Conference on Christianity and Freedom 516474696 This Panel Discussion concluded our conference which was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale. The four previous talks brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Contemplation As Freedom According to Cusa And Hopkins | Thomas Pfau 515926896 This lecture was given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Liberty and Grace According to Dante and St. Augustine | Giuseppe Mazzotta 515455983 This lecture was given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Aquinas On Human Freedom and Free Will | Fr. James Brent OP 514938663 This lecture was the first one given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Freedom Under the Law - Early Christian Views | Sarah Byers 514425345 This lecture was the first one given for our conference on "Christianity and Freedom." It was held on Sept. 22nd, 2018 at Yale and brought together academics from diverse disciplines to discuss the meaning and evolution of the Christian idea of freedom. Lecturers considered the theme from the perspective of Augustine, Origen, Ambrose, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Nicolas of Cusa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Servais Pinckaers, and John Paul II. To find out about more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Forgiveness and Solidarity in Dostoevsky's 'The Brother's Karamzov' | Nicholas Healy 512579769 Fyodor Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel, The Brothers Karamazov, explores the question of God’s existence against the backdrop of suffering and betrayal within a troubled family. The genius of Dostoevsky is to have grasped that there can be no love for human beings without a love for God — and conversely, there can be no belief in God without a deep and profound love for mankind. In this lecture, Professor Healy presents a brief overview of the structure and characters of the novel, focusing on the themes of solidarity and forgiveness. This lecture is the first of a three-part series titled "Tales That Tell: Moral Devastation and Original Sin in Literature," co-sponsored by the Catholic Information Center and the Thomistic Institute. It was delivered on September 19, 2018 to the DC Young Adults chapter of the Thomistic Institute. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events visit thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Is Belief In God Rational? | Francis Beckwith 512415258 In this lecture, Francis Beckwith discusses the question, "is belief in God rational?" This lecture was delivered by Francis Beckwith (Baylor University) on September 19, 2018 to the Thomistic Institute's University of Arizona chapter. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Using Similitudes for the Hypostatic Union | Michael Gorman 512110932 A lecture given during "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Sept. 28-29, 2018. For more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Aquinas and Olivi on Job | Thomas Prugl 510091209 The full title of this lecture is: "Aquinas and Olivi on Job: A Franciscan-Dominican Dispute on Suffering, perfection, and Exegesis" This lecture was given on Sept. 28, 2018 to begin the Thomistic Circles conference "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" in Washington, DC. Hand out available here: https://tinyurl.com/y8n8orkf On the Speculative, Practical, or Affective Nature of Theology | Gregory LaNave 509570337 A lecture given during "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Sept. 28-29, 2018. The hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/ybo2qjxb Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas & Duns Scotus on the Real Distinction | Msgr. Wippel 509752431 This talk was offered on Sept. 28,2018 to begin the Thomistic Circle "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions. " To learn more about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events On Analogy & Univocity Revisited | Timothy Noone 509960298 This lecture was given on Sept. 28, 2018 to begin the Thomistic Circles conference "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" in Washington, DC. Handout available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/5ea70a42570bb657b1bff513/1588005443038/Handout+for+DHS+Talk+TBN+Univocity.pdf Aquinas and Olivi on Job | Thomas Prugl 510091209 The full title of this lecture is: "Aquinas and Olivi on Job: A Franciscan-Dominican Dispute on Suffering, perfection, and Exegesis" This lecture was given on Sept. 28, 2018 to begin the Thomistic Circles conference "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" in Washington, DC. Hand out available here: https://tinyurl.com/y8n8orkf On the Speculative, Practical, or Affective Nature of Theology | Gregory LaNave 509570337 A lecture given during "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Sept. 28-29, 2018. The hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/ybo2qjxb Using Similitudes for the Hypostatic Union | Michael Gorman 512110932 A lecture given during "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Sept. 28-29, 2018. For more upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ On Analogy & Univocity Revisited | Timothy Noone 509960298 This lecture was given on Sept. 28, 2018 to begin the Thomistic Circles conference "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions" in Washington, DC. Handout available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/5ea70a42570bb657b1bff513/1588005443038/Handout+for+DHS+Talk+TBN+Univocity.pdf Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas & Duns Scotus on the Real Distinction | Msgr. Wippel 509752431 This talk was offered on Sept. 28,2018 to begin the Thomistic Circle "Friendly Rivals: Franciscan and Dominican Intellectual Traditions. " To learn more about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events It's My Right: What are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | V. Bradley Lewis 508727577 This lecture was delivered by V. Bradley Lewis(Catholic University of America) to the UC Berkeley chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 18th, 2018. V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events visit thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Augustine's City of God and the Nature of Politics | Chad Pecknold 508299285 This lecture was delivered by Chad Pecknold (Catholic University of America) to the MIT chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 18, 2018. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Defending Adam After Darwin | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 507828027 Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015. Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The Motives of the Incarnation: Why Did God Become Man? | Paul Gondreau 506306055 "No greater wonder could be accomplished than that God should become man." So writes St. Thomas Aquinas in his commentary on the Gospel of John. This statement follows a lifetime spent pondering the question of why God became man. If Aquinas fully acknowledges that the Incarnation marks an article of faith, that is, a doctrine that is accepted as true only by an act of faith, he was nonetheless convinced that the mystery of the Incarnation is not only in accord with human reason, it is deeply attractive to the human spirit. To consider the Incarnation a mystery that evokes great "wonder" is to recognize a deep beauty and coherence that is part and parcel of God's having become man. In today's age, which tends to regard articles of faith as irrational and the Incarnation, in particular, as a myth, Thomas Aquinas has a valuable perspective that merits our close consideration. This lecture was given by Paul Gondreau (Providence College) on September 11, 2018 to the University of Oklahoma chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more upcoming TI events, visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Sharing Joys and Sorrows: Christ's Life and Ours (Pt. 2) | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 505716786 This lecture was offered as part of our "Wisdom of Aquinas" series held at NYU on September 22, 2018. The link to the handout can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12a3xybaQ1Wt5gwoVvbPm12EdWy8PD3ard0R7qdpELco/edit?usp=sharing For upcoming Thomistic Insitute events visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Sharing Joys and Sorrows: Christ's Life and Ours (Pt. 1) | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 505264011 This lecture was offered as part of our "Wisdom of Aquinas" series held at NYU on September 22, 2018. The link to the handout can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskxe22xMUU0WEVPRHE2OEhzU1BDWWM2UUZPZ0JnWGFV/view?usp=sharing Friendship and Happiness | Christopher Kaczor 504543501 In this lecture, Professor Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University) draws on insights from Aristotle, Aquinas, and contemporary psychology to understand how to make good friendships and avoid bad ones. This lecture was given to the Baylor University chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 6, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events. The Search For Happiness | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 503266338 What is happiness, and what is the best and happiest life a human being can live? Or even more directly and personally, what kind of life ought I to be living or ought I to be aiming for? In this lecture, Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) draws on wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas and the classical tradition to answer these fundamental and perennial questions. This lecture was given to the Cornell University chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 10, 2018. For further reading on this topic, consider downloading or ordering the booklet referenced in this talk, "On Happiness: Selections from Summa Theologiae by Thomas Aquinas" at https://www.ttf.org/product/happiness-thomas-aquinas. This reading was compiled by the Trinity Forum and features an original introduction by Fr. Dominic Legge. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events. "Globalism in Natural Law Theory: Pope Benedict and Kotaro Paul Francis Tanaka" - Dr. Kevin Doak 502913511 This lecture by Dr. Kevin Doak with a response by Fr. Joseph Koterski SJ was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. Jesus of Nazareth: Scripture, Revelation and Tradition | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 502421130 This lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge with a response by Dr. Rebekah Eklund was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. Deus adorans, Homo adorans: Ratzinger's Liturgical Christology & Anthropology | Dr. Chris Ruddy 501458811 This talk, "Deus adorans, Homo adorans: Joseph Ratzinger's Liturgical Christology & Anthropology" was offered on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. In the Eye of the Storm: Benedict XVI on Our Present Crisis - Dr. Chad Pecknold 501890283 This lecture by Dr. Chad Pecknold with a response by Fr. Stephen Fields SJ was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. Jesus of Nazareth: Scripture, Revelation and Tradition | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 502421130 This lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge with a response by Dr. Rebekah Eklund was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. "Globalism in Natural Law Theory: Pope Benedict and Kotaro Paul Francis Tanaka" - Dr. Kevin Doak 502913511 This lecture by Dr. Kevin Doak with a response by Fr. Joseph Koterski SJ was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. In the Eye of the Storm: Benedict XVI on Our Present Crisis - Dr. Chad Pecknold 501890283 This lecture by Dr. Chad Pecknold with a response by Fr. Stephen Fields SJ was given on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. Deus adorans, Homo adorans: Ratzinger's Liturgical Christology & Anthropology | Dr. Chris Ruddy 501458811 This talk, "Deus adorans, Homo adorans: Joseph Ratzinger's Liturgical Christology & Anthropology" was offered on September 15th, 2018 during a day long conference on "Jesus of Nazareth and the Church's Tradition: The Enduring Legacy of Benedict XVI" held at Georgetown University. An Introduction to St. Augustine (Pt. 1) | Joseph Capizzi 490066536 This talk was offered on July 16th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=calendar&month=September-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas on Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 490095276 This talk was offered on July 16th at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to Saint Augustine (Pt. 2) | Joseph Capizzi 491908506 This talk was offered on July 17th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law (Pt. 1) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 491995536 This talk was offered on July 16th at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to Saint Augustine (Pt. 3) | Joseph Capizzi 495209568 This talk was offered on July 18th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law(Pt. 2) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 495187107 This talk was offered at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law (Pt. 3) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 497736435 This talk was offered at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program on July 19th, 2018. The Catholic Intellectual at the Present Moment in the Church and in the World | Robert Royal 498227535 This talk was given on July 19th, as part of the Civitas Dei Fellowship. Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. A Panel Discussion from Civitas Dei Conference 2018 | Various Presenters 498697698 This is a recording from the panel discussion at the end of our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on July 20th, 2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Why Israel Matters | Douglas Farrow 499986879 The re-emergence of Israel as a nation-state caught the world by surprise. That Israel matters geo-politically cannot be doubted, but does it matter theologically? Is there a place for Israel, as there is for Jews, in Christian eschatology? In this lecture, Douglas Farrow (McGill University) gives a theological perspective on these questions. This lecture was given to the DC Young Adults chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 5, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events. Jesus's Prayer - Unveiling the Mystery of the Trinity | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 498512640 This talk was offered as the Thomistic Institute Lecture in Medieval Dominican Thought at the Boston College Colloquy in Historical Theology on August 4th, 2018. For more information on upcoming events, check out our events calendar: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=calendar&month=September-2018 The Soul After Neuroscience | Daniel De Haan 486964509 Is the existence of the soul compatible with the discoveries of neuroscience? It depends on whose conception of the soul, and which discoveries in neuroscience one has in mind. In this lecture, Daniel De Haan (Cambridge University) draws on recent research from the new mechanistic philosophy of neuroscience and psychology to help articulate a contemporary Aristotelian account of the human person as a “hylomorphically” ensouled body. This lecture was given to the London Young Adults chapter of the Thomistic Institute on April 4, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://tinyurl.com/y9jv4qzx A Panel Discussion from Civitas Dei Conference 2018 | Various Presenters 498697698 This is a recording from the panel discussion at the end of our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on July 20th, 2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. The Catholic Intellectual at the Present Moment in the Church and in the World | Robert Royal 498227535 This talk was given on July 19th, as part of the Civitas Dei Fellowship. Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law (Pt. 3) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 497736435 This talk was offered at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program on July 19th, 2018. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law(Pt. 2) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 495187107 This talk was offered at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to Saint Augustine (Pt. 3) | Joseph Capizzi 495209568 This talk was offered on July 18th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. Aquinas on Eternal Law, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law (Pt. 1) | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 491995536 This talk was offered on July 16th at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to Saint Augustine (Pt. 2) | Joseph Capizzi 491908506 This talk was offered on July 17th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas on Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 490095276 This talk was offered on July 16th at our Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=…eptember-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. An Introduction to St. Augustine (Pt. 1) | Joseph Capizzi 490066536 This talk was offered on July 16th as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship program. For more information on future events, visit our website at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=calendar&month=September-2018 Civitas Dei is an annual summer fellowship sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Institute for Human Ecology. A Panel Discussion from the 2018 Newburgh Philosophy Workshop (Pt. 2) 489973287 This discussion was held June 16th, 2018 with the final 4 speakers of the annual Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop. The Christological Shape Of Aquinas On The Attributes Of God | Anna Moreland 489347790 This talk was offered on June 16th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Infinite Creator And Finite Creation | James Madden 488863428 This talk was offered on June 16, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Fifth Way | Fr. Stephen Brock 488552760 This talk was offered on June 16, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." A Panel Discussion from the 2018 Newburgh Philosophy Workshop (Pt. 1) 487914888 This panel discussion was held with the first 6 speakers from annual Newburgh Philosophy Workshop on June 15th, 2018. The Fourth Way, Participation, and Divine Perfection | Fr. Stephen Brock 486660975 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Preambles Of Faith | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 484802919 This talk was offered on June 14th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." Divine Unity And Simplicity | Michael Gorman 486174105 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." Divine Naming And Analogy | Joshua Hochschild 485849058 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." Knowing God as He Who Is | Brian Carl 485152890 This talk was offered on June 14th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Fourth Way, Participation, and Divine Perfection | Fr. Stephen Brock 486660975 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." A Panel Discussion from the 2018 Newburgh Philosophy Workshop (Pt. 1) 487914888 This panel discussion was held with the first 6 speakers from annual Newburgh Philosophy Workshop on June 15th, 2018. The Fifth Way | Fr. Stephen Brock 488552760 This talk was offered on June 16, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Christological Shape Of Aquinas On The Attributes Of God | Anna Moreland 489347790 This talk was offered on June 16th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." A Panel Discussion from the 2018 Newburgh Philosophy Workshop (Pt. 2) 489973287 This discussion was held June 16th, 2018 with the final 4 speakers of the annual Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop. Divine Unity And Simplicity | Michael Gorman 486174105 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." Divine Naming And Analogy | Joshua Hochschild 485849058 This talk was offered on June 15, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." Knowing God as He Who Is | Brian Carl 485152890 This talk was offered on June 14th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Preambles Of Faith | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 484802919 This talk was offered on June 14th, 2018 as part of the Newburgh Summer Philosophy Workshop on "Aquinas on Divine Attributes." The Dignity of Human Life | Helen Watt 483313809 Dr. Helen Watt, a Senior Research Fellow at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, presents some basic arguments for the dignity of human life. The respondent is Professor Gerry Whyte of Trinity College Dublin. This lecture was co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Laurentian Society, and given at Trinity College Dublin onApril 5th, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: tinyurl.com/yc6v6t7o Suffering and Flourishing | Eleonore Stump 480651204 Professor Eleonore Stump (St. Louis University)looks closely at the relevant Christian doctrines to see what can be said to explain and defend the attitude towards suffering found in the Christian tradition that sees suffering as part of flourishing. This lecture was given to the Oxford chapter of the Thomistic Institute on June 5, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://tinyurl.com/yc6v6t7o Accompaniment as the Perfection of the Image of God | Fr. James Sullivan, OP 479824389 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Fr. James' slideshow: https://thomisticinstitute.org/sullivan-slideshow Accompaniment of Those Who Experience Addiction | Msgr. Brian Bransfield 479821965 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Person-According-John-Paul/dp/0819833940 Accompaniment of Those Who Experience Same Sex Attraction | Fr. James Brent, OP 479819559 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment of Those in Irregular Marriages | Fr. George Rutler 479783886 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment in the Modern Magisterium | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 479782500 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. The Hands of a Priest | Bishop Robert Reed 479779278 This reflection was given as the keynote presentation during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment in the Modern Magisterium | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 479782500 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment of Those in Irregular Marriages | Fr. George Rutler 479783886 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment of Those Who Experience Same Sex Attraction | Fr. James Brent, OP 479819559 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Accompaniment of Those Who Experience Addiction | Msgr. Brian Bransfield 479821965 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Person-According-John-Paul/dp/0819833940 Accompaniment as the Perfection of the Image of God | Fr. James Sullivan, OP 479824389 This lecture was given during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Fr. James' slideshow: https://thomisticinstitute.org/sullivan-slideshow The Hands of a Priest | Bishop Robert Reed 479779278 This reflection was given as the keynote presentation during the 7th Annual Conference for Priests in Providence, RI on July 9 - 12, 2018. Hylomorphism and the New Mechanist Philosophy of Neuroscience | Dr. Daniel De Haan 470948076 This lecture was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Soul, Mind and Personhood in Modern Biology | Dr. Stephen Meredith 470223684 This talk was offered on June 7th, as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" Symposium. Thomistic Objections against Evolution: Returning to First Principles | Dr. Brian Carl 466575738 This talk was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Aquinas After Darwin: Disputed Questions Raised by Evolutionary Theory | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP 465584385 This talk was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" Symposium. Exoplanets and Extraterrestrials | Dr. Karin Oberg 464940972 This lecture was offered on June 6th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's Symposium "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" held at the Dominican House of Studies." Fr. Thomas Davenport OP - “Physics: Ancient, Classical, and Modern” 464230032 This talk was offered by Fr. Thomas Davenport on June 6th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's Symposium on "Thomistic Philosophy and Modern Science" Dr. Stephen Barr - “Contemporary Science-Religion Issues: The Relevance of St. Thomas & Aristotle" 463520802 This talk was offered by Dr. Stephen Barr as part of the opening session of the 2018 "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC Providence, Prayer and Science | Fr. Michael Dodds OP 463165797 This talk was offered on June 8th, 2018 during our "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Dr. Stephen Barr - “Contemporary Science-Religion Issues: The Relevance of St. Thomas & Aristotle" 463520802 This talk was offered by Dr. Stephen Barr as part of the opening session of the 2018 "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC Fr. Thomas Davenport OP - “Physics: Ancient, Classical, and Modern” 464230032 This talk was offered by Fr. Thomas Davenport on June 6th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's Symposium on "Thomistic Philosophy and Modern Science" Exoplanets and Extraterrestrials | Dr. Karin Oberg 464940972 This lecture was offered on June 6th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's Symposium "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" held at the Dominican House of Studies." Aquinas After Darwin: Disputed Questions Raised by Evolutionary Theory | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP 465584385 This talk was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" Symposium. Thomistic Objections against Evolution: Returning to First Principles | Dr. Brian Carl 466575738 This talk was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Soul, Mind and Personhood in Modern Biology | Dr. Stephen Meredith 470223684 This talk was offered on June 7th, as part of the Thomistic Institute's "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science" Symposium. Hylomorphism and the New Mechanist Philosophy of Neuroscience | Dr. Daniel De Haan 470948076 This lecture was offered on June 7th, 2018 as part of the "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Providence, Prayer and Science | Fr. Michael Dodds OP 463165797 This talk was offered on June 8th, 2018 during our "Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium" held at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC. Justice and Human Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 270496505 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Common Good | Prof. Steven Long 270363264 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Human Rights | Prof. Angela Knobel 270363254 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Protecting and Taking Human Life | Prof. Edward Feser 270363251 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Nature of Religious Freedom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 270363246 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The City of God: Collective Charity in the Church and in Heaven | Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP 270363243 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. America's Three Worldviews | Ross Douthat 452431752 Ross Douthat delivered this lecture at Yale Law School on October 26, 2017. The full title of the lecture is "America's Three Worldviews: Religious Conflict and Convergence in a Post-Christian Republic." Keys to the Kingdom: Foundations of the Sacrament of Penance | Fr. Dominic Langevin OP 451269396 Fr. Dominic Langevin OP delivered this lecture on the sacrament of penance to students at Brown University on March 1. The handout for Fr. Langevin's lecture is accessible here: goo.gl/fdLRfs Aquinas on the Natural Complexity of Human Emotions - Fr. Richard Conrad OP 450772242 Fr. Richard Conrad OP delivered this lecture on May 16, 2018 at Oxford in conjunction with the Aquinas Institute at Blakfriars Hall. The Task of Life: "Feelings Management" or Human Flourishing? | Dr. Michael Gorman 447595908 This lecture was given by Dr. Michael Gorman to the MIT Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on Thursday, April 19, 2018. "Christian Political Principles In The Age Of Trump"- R. R. Reno and Panel 447103722 This event was co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and AEI's Values & Capitalism Initiative. Opening remarks are delivered by R. R. Reno of First Things, and a panel discussion is moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Corey (Baylor University) with Reno, George Weigel, and Dr. Joshua Mitchell (Georgetown University). Aquinas on Sin, Suffering, and Evil | Prof. Jennifer Frey 445998825 On April 24, 2018, Dr. Jennifer Frey delivered a lecture entitled "Aquinas on Sin, Suffering, and Evil" to the UMD Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. Concluding Panel Featuring Fr. Dominic Legge OP, R.R. Reno, and Vincent P Muñoz 442740510 Concluding at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. Can God Save the University? The Religious Roots of an Academic Crisis | Ross Douthat 442737198 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the Secular University | Prof. Carlos Eire 442728633 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The University and Its Counterfeit: Newman's Litmus Test | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 442725837 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The Dying of the Dark: The Death and Rebirth of the Catholic University | Prof. Patrick Deneen 442714779 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The University and Its Counterfeit: Newman's Litmus Test | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 442725837 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the Secular University | Prof. Carlos Eire 442728633 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. Can God Save the University? The Religious Roots of an Academic Crisis | Ross Douthat 442737198 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. Concluding Panel Featuring Fr. Dominic Legge OP, R.R. Reno, and Vincent P Muñoz 442740510 Concluding at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The Dying of the Dark: The Death and Rebirth of the Catholic University | Prof. Patrick Deneen 442714779 A lecture given at NYU at "The Catholic Intellectual & the Challenge of the Contemporary University" - a conference on April 20-21, 2018. The Separated Soul and Life after Death | Fr. Bryan Kromholtz OP 437922213 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. The Resurrection of the Body and the New Creation | Fr. Bryan Kromholtz OP 437917821 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. Human Freedom: What Is the Will and Is it Really Free? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP 437786094 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. Human Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence | Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP 436139118 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. The Horizon of Creation: the Unique Place of the Human Person | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 436119903 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. Human Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence | Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP 436139118 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. Human Freedom: What Is the Will and Is it Really Free? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP 437786094 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. The Resurrection of the Body and the New Creation | Fr. Bryan Kromholtz OP 437917821 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. The Separated Soul and Life after Death | Fr. Bryan Kromholtz OP 437922213 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. The Horizon of Creation: the Unique Place of the Human Person | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 436119903 A lecture given at a Thomistic Institute Intellectual Retreat held April 6-8, 2018 at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, CA. Thomas Aquinas and the Harmony of Faith and Reason | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 435820530 This talk was offered on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, March 7th, by Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP at Heythrop College, London. Edith Stein on the Gestalt of the Feminine Soul | Dr. Catherine Pakaluk 435289416 This talk was given by Dr. Catherine Pakaluk at Harvard on April 19th, 2018. Solidarity & Faith in a Divided America | Dr. R.R. Reno 433727427 This lecture was given by RR Reno at Yale Law School on Feb. 23rd, 2017. Cooperation with Sins Against Prudence | Ed Feser 432220986 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. A Brief Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa | Fr. John Harris OP 432402999 This was an informal talk given by Fr. Harris over dinner with some students at University College Dublin. Developing Virtue and the Problem of Cooperating with Evil | Fr. Ezra Sullivan, OP 432207795 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. Cooperation with Evil and 'Violations of Conscience' | Prof. Christopher Tollefsen 432203961 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. A Closer Look at Intention: What Exactly is the Cooperator Doing? | Msgr. Andrew McLean Cummings 432203013 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. The Goodness of God and the Evil in Our World: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 431878650 This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School by Dr. Gloria Frost on March 15th, 2018. On the Isomorphism of Evil Action and Co-action | Prof. Steven Long 431133924 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. Cooperation with Evil and 'Violations of Conscience' | Prof. Christopher Tollefsen 432203961 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. A Closer Look at Intention: What Exactly is the Cooperator Doing? | Msgr. Andrew McLean Cummings 432203013 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. Cooperation with Sins Against Prudence | Ed Feser 432220986 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. Developing Virtue and the Problem of Cooperating with Evil | Fr. Ezra Sullivan, OP 432207795 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. On the Isomorphism of Evil Action and Co-action | Prof. Steven Long 431133924 A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018. The Magisterium: What it is and Why it Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 430308564 This lecture was co-sponsored by the Diocese of Arlington at was given on April 10th, 2018 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Arlington, VA. Link to handout: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/5ad6028970a6ad9f61294df9/1523974793138/HuetterTIHandoutMagisteriumWhatItIsWhyItMatters.pdf God on a Cross: The Meaning of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus | Prof. Bruce Marshall 428972253 This lecture was offered by Dr. Bruce Marshall at Williams College on April 5th, 2018. Is It Rational to Believe in Miracles? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP 428469981 This lecture was offered by Fr. Anselm Ramelow OP at UC Berkeley on March 8th, 2018 On the Christian Moral Revolution | Dr. Remi Brague 427854801 This lecture was given on March 1, 2018 to the Yale Law School Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. The handout for this talk can be found here: https://goo.gl/F3d2Hu Politics, Augustine and the City of God | Prof. Matthew Mehan & Prof. Chad Pecknold 427475913 This event was co-sponsored by Hillsdale College and was held at the Kirby Center, Washington DC on March 8th, 2018. Dr. Matthew Mehan, the Worsham Teaching Fellow for Hillsdale College, and Dr. Chad Pecknold, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of America, discuss St. Augustine’s Ciceronian account of justice and the providence of politics. Does God Exist? | Prof. Michael Gorman 425866569 This lecture was given to the Williams College Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on February 20, 2018. The Triune God: the Central Mystery of the Christian Faith (Part Two) | Fr. John Baptist Ku, OP 424346058 A lecture given by Fr. John Baptist Ku, OP on March 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU as part of the annual 'Wisdom of Aquinas' series. The Triune God: the Central Mystery of the Christian Faith" (Part One) | Fr. John Baptist Ku, OP 424344564 A lecture given by Fr. John Baptist Ku, OP on March 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU as part of the annual 'Wisdom of Aquinas' Series. A Spiritual Lifeline: Why We Should Go to Confession | Fr. Dominic Langevin OP 425510175 This talk was offered at Duke University on March 8th, 2018. The handout for Fr. Langevin's lecture is accessible here: https://goo.gl/cWP2cs Redemptive Love & Comic Mercy in Flannery O'Connor | Dr. Jennifer Frey & Fr. Thomas Joseph White 424489365 In Episode 1 of the podcast Sacred & Profane Love, philosopher Jennifer A. Frey has a conversation with the Thomist theologian, Father Thomas Joseph White, O.P., about Aquinas on grace and charity, and how Thomistic concepts of grace and charity operate in the short stories of Flannery O’Connor. The episode covers themes of grace, redemption, the comic unveiling of the human person to itself, and the violence of Divine Love as a necessary antidote to human folly and brokenness. Flannery O’Connor: “A Good Man is Hard to Find,””Greenleaf,” “Revelation,” “The Enduring Chill” Thomas Aquinas: ST I-II q. 26-28 and ST III, q. 60, q. 64-65 Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is A Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and co-Principal Investigator at Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life. This podcast is a project of Virtue, Happiness, & the Meaning of Life, and is made possible through a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Budziszewski - "Is It Ever Right to Break the Law?" 423984087 This lecture was offered by Dr. Budziszewski at NYU on March 1st, 2018. Concluding Panel Discussion 421447347 The concluding panel discussion among speakers and participants at the conference "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" held at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Thomism as a Paradigm of Academic Discourse | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 421332723 A lecture by Jessica Murdoch given at a conference entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Is the Secular University a Contradiction in Terms? | Prof. John Cavadini 420230736 A lecture given by Prov. John Cavadini at a conference entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Seeking Universality in Truth, Goodness & Beauty | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 420817401 A lecture given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP at a conference at Duke Divinity School entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" - February 23, 2018. Thomism as a Paradigm of Academic Discourse | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 421332723 A lecture by Jessica Murdoch given at a conference entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Concluding Panel Discussion 421447347 The concluding panel discussion among speakers and participants at the conference "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" held at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Seeking Universality in Truth, Goodness & Beauty | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 420817401 A lecture given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP at a conference at Duke Divinity School entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" - February 23, 2018. Closing Remarks | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 420246336 Fr. Thomas Joseph White's final thoughts given at the end of the conference "Liberalism & Christianity" at Harvard Law School March 2-3, 2018. Is the Secular University a Contradiction in Terms? | Prof. John Cavadini 420230736 A lecture given by Prov. John Cavadini at a conference entitled "Catholic Theology and the Modern University" at Duke Divinity School on February 23, 2018. Understanding Nietzsche's Post-Modern Critique of Christianity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 419300124 This lecture was offered at University of Texas at Austin on February 8th, 2018 by Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP, Director of the Thomistic Institute. Panel Discussion | R.R. Reno & Margarita Mooney 418400300 Panel discussion and concluding remark for the conference entitled "Liberalism & Christianity" at Harvard Law School on March 2-3, 2018. The Vocation of a Scientist | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP 418059492 This talk was offered at John Hopkins University by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP on March 15th, 2018. The Compatibility of Neuroscience and the Soul | Prof. James Madden 417157854 This talk was offered at Vanderbilt University on February 8th, 2018. Cornelio Fabro’s Explanation of Aquinas’s Proofs for God’s Existence | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 416833485 This talk was offered by Fr. Raymund Snyder OP during "Thomistic Week" 2018 for the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word at their Fulton Sheen House of Formation, Washington DC. Human Genome Editing with CRISPR | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP 416322876 This lecture was offered on February 22nd, 2018 at MIT by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP. The Reality of Angels And Demons | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 415811448 This lecture was given on March 6, 2018 to the George Mason Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. The Troubles about Sex and Gender | Prof. Candace Vogler 414653466 A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler given at a conference entitled "Christianity & Liberalism" at Harvard Law School on March 2-3, 2018. When Rights Go Wrong: Thomistic Reflections on Rights, Justice & the Common Good | Fr. Dominic Legge 413556903 A lecture given by Fr. Dominic Legge, OP at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. Conference Introduction 413154540 Introduction to a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. Made Free for Freedom | Prof. Remi Brague 413154498 A lecture given by Prof. Remi Brague at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. Dr. Brague's handout is accessible here: https://goo.gl/sHRL95 When Rights Go Wrong: Thomistic Reflections on Rights, Justice & the Common Good | Fr. Dominic Legge 413556903 A lecture given by Fr. Dominic Legge, OP at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. The Troubles about Sex and Gender | Prof. Candace Vogler 414653466 A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler given at a conference entitled "Christianity & Liberalism" at Harvard Law School on March 2-3, 2018. Panel Discussion | R.R. Reno & Margarita Mooney 418400300 Panel discussion and concluding remark for the conference entitled "Liberalism & Christianity" at Harvard Law School on March 2-3, 2018. Closing Remarks | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 420246336 Fr. Thomas Joseph White's final thoughts given at the end of the conference "Liberalism & Christianity" at Harvard Law School March 2-3, 2018. Conference Introduction 413154540 Introduction to a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. Made Free for Freedom | Prof. Remi Brague 413154498 A lecture given by Prof. Remi Brague at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. Dr. Brague's handout is accessible here: https://goo.gl/sHRL95 Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP- "Authentic Friendship: From Longing to Living" 412679541 This lecture was given to the Thomistic Institute Chapter at Vanderbilt (Undergraduate) on January 25, 2018. Dr. Farr Curlin - "In Support of Dying Well" 412356801 This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School by Dr. Farr Curlin on November 29th, 2017. Does God Exist? Aquinas's Proof of God Based on Motion | Prof. Gloria Frost 411852345 This talk was given by Dr. Gloria Frost at Columbia University on February 19th, 2018. What Can We Know About the Jesus of History? | Prof. Nathan Eubank 411448329 This lecture was given by Dr. Nathan Eubank at Trinity College, Dublin on December 14th, 2017. Human Freedom and Divine Grace | Prof. Sarah Byers 410873355 This lecture was given to the Graduate Chapter of the Thomistic Institute at Brown University on October 30, 2017. The content of this lecture is from Dr. Byers book, Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine (Cambridge: 2013). The Catholic Who Invented Human Rights: Francisco de Vitoria and Human Rights | Dr. Joseph Capizzi 410214984 This lecture was give at Tulane on January 31, 2018. The Middle Ages: Dark Ages of Backwardness, Age of Catholic Harmony, or Neither? | Dr. Brad Gregory 409681821 The full title of this lecture is: "The Middle Ages: Dark Ages of Superstitious Backwardness, Golden Age of Catholic Harmony, or Neither?" It was delivered by Dr. Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame on March 1st for the Tulane chapter of the Thomistic Institute. Is Belief in God Rational? | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 409310403 This talk was offered by Fr. Raymund Snyder OP at UMD on February 8th, 2018. Handouts available here: goo.gl/c8BgE3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskxe22xTEdHa1BiWXYzb25nMXdmNmxZNGxYVkZKU2ZF/view?usp=sharing Dr. Therese Cory- "Masters, Parasites, or Gardeners? Thomistic Reflections on Environmental Ethics" 408790029 This lecture was given at Baylor University on February 15th by Dr. Therese Cory (University of Notre Dame). Rik Van Nieuwenhove - "Why Did God Die? Salvation According to Thomas Aquinas" 408363972 This talk was given at Trinity College Dublin by Dr. Rik Van Nieuwenhove on February 21st, 2018. The Grace of Preaching and the Dominican Life | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 407321364 This talk was offered by Fr. Dominic Legge OP at the Dominican House of Studies during a "Come and See" weekend, for young men discerning Dominican religious life. Dr. John Haldane - "Reasonable Disagreement and Civic Friendship in an Age of Conflict" 406827195 This talk was offered by Dr. John Haldane at UCLA on December 4th, 2017. The Divine Name and the God of the Old Testament | Dr. Gregory Vall 406320711 This lecture was given January 26th, 2018 by Dr. Gregory Vall at Yale. Does Physics Leave Any Room for Free Will? | Fr. Thomas Davenport OP 405773127 This lecture was given at MIT on Nov. 3rd, 2017 by Fr. Thomas Davenport OP. True for Me, But Not for You? Moral Relativism and Public Life | Prof. Michael Gorman 405253368 This lecture was offered at the United States Naval Academy on January 30th, 2018 by Dr. Michael Gorman (CUA) Why Rights? Where Rights Come From and What They Mean for Healthcare | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 404370924 This lecture was offered by Fr. Thomas Joseph White for Harvard Medical Students on October 20th, 2017. What is the Soul, and When Does It Come To Be? | Prof. James Madden 403856145 This lecture was offered February 9th, 2018 at Vanderbilt Medical School. Christian Friendship: The Role of Human Friendship in the Spiritual Life | Prof. John Cuddeback 403026570 This lecture was given to the Chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of Virginia on November, 13, 2017 by Dr. John Cuddeback (Christendom College, Front Royal, VA). Evil: The Great Accuser of God's Existence | Fr. John Harris OP 402776754 This lecture was offered by Fr. John Harris OP at University College, Dublin on October 18th, 2017 The Natural Law Justification Of Capital Punishment (Keating Responding)| Prof. Edward Feser 402074712 This lecture by Dr. Edward Feser, with a response by Dr. James Keating, was given to the Brown Graduate Student Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on February 6, 2018. The Compatibility of Neuroscience And The Soul | Prof. James Madden 401716218 This lecture was given to the Graduate Chapter of the Thomistic Institute at Brown University on October 5, 2017. Bodily Religion: God, the Flesh, and Catholic Belief | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 401107434 This lecture was given at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, VA on December 12. How to Talk to People about God: Talking to Others | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 400563435 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: goo.gl/6qxg1u goo.gl/c8BgE3 How to Talk to People about God: Our Knowledge of God | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 400024116 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: https://goo.gl/6qxg1u https://goo.gl/c8BgE3 Hollow Pursuits, Fulfilling Pursuits and Ultimate Satisfaction | Prof. Candace Vogler 399172308 This talk, which offers a philosophical look at our quest for happiness, was offered by Dr. Candace Vogler at Tulane on September 18th, 2017. The Rational Mystery: The Shape of Catholicism in the 21st Century | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 398368080 "The Rational Mystery: The Shape of Catholicism in the 21st Century" was offered by Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP at Williams College on October 5th, 2017. On Grace and Salvation: What Can We Hope For? | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 398128488 This lecture was given by Dr. Jessica Murdoch (Villanova) at Brown University on October 16th, 2017. The Formation of Catholic Tradition from the New Testament to the First Ecumenical Council | Crotty 397405359 This lecture was offered by Fr. Terence Crotty OP, at Trinity College, Dublin on November 2nd, 2017. The Virgin Mother of God: Mary in the Bible and Church Teaching | Prof. Joshua Benson 396890838 This lecture was offered by Prof. Joshua Benson (Catholic University of America) at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on September 26th, 2017. Description: Even cradle Catholics sometimes seem confused about who Mary is and what Catholics believe. A prime example is the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Sometimes Catholics think this refers to Mary's conception of Christ or some see it as an expression of Catholic guilt about the body. We can ground all our thinking about Mary, however, in a simple place: she is the Virgin Mother of God. From this vantage point, Catholic teaching about Mary can be unified and understood as deeply rooted in God's Word and the tradition of reflection upon it. Speaker Bio: Joshua Benson received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University in 2007 where he focused on medieval theology, especially the thought of Saint Bonaventure. He also holds an MA in Franciscan Studies from the Franciscan Institute (St. Bonaventure University, 2002) and a BA in Philosophy (Canisius College, 2000). Dr. Benson's current research focuses on producing editions of twelfth-century biblical commentaries (1150-1200) and early thirteenth-century commentaries on the Peter Lombard's Sentences (1225-1250). He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and four children. Sizeless Stretchable Souls: Substantial Form as Nature in Aquinas | Fr. Stephen Brock 395859600 A lecture given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC on January 25th 2018. The annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas’s Adaptation Of The Neoplatonic Triad Of Being, Life, And Intellect | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 395333865 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "Aquinas’s Adaptation Of The Neoplatonic Triad Of Being, Life, And Intellect." This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. The handout referenced in this lecture will be available shortly on the Thomistic Institute website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/lecture-texts/ Quid Est Veritas? Truth and Moral Relativism | Prof. Jennifer Frey 394640865 This lecture was offered on October 25th, 2017 at USC. The Soul After Neuroscience | Prof. Daniel De Haan 394630719 Given November 6th, 2017 at Rutgers University this lecture was sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion What Is Beauty? Is God Beautiful? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 393030630 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "What is Beauty? Is God Beautiful?" This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. Christ and the Trinity at the Transfiguration | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 393536376 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "Christ and the Trinity at the Transfiguration" This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. Aquinas’s Adaptation Of The Neoplatonic Triad Of Being, Life, And Intellect | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 395333865 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "Aquinas’s Adaptation Of The Neoplatonic Triad Of Being, Life, And Intellect." This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. The handout referenced in this lecture will be available shortly on the Thomistic Institute website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/lecture-texts/ Christ and the Trinity at the Transfiguration | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 393536376 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "Christ and the Trinity at the Transfiguration" This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. What Is Beauty? Is God Beautiful? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 393030630 This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University, that was held January 26-27, 2018, entitled: "What is Beauty? Is God Beautiful?" This event was hosted by the Aquinas Center and the Thomistic Institute. How To Not Ask About "The Meaning of Life" | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 389245941 This lecture was given October 12th, 2017 at the University of Maryland. Darkness in the City of Angels: Evil as a Theme and Vice as a Fact | John Haldane 388530885 This lecture was given on December 5th to the Los Angeles Young Adults Group of the Thomisitic Institute, entitled: Darkness in the City of Angels: Evil as a Theme and Vice as a Fact in the Entertainment Industry." What can Philosophy Tell us About Angels? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 385623983 This lecture was given on November 11th at the NYU Catholic center as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas." Thinking Like Angels: the Spark of Reason & the Fire of Intellectuality | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 381772640 Given at a conference entitled "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas: Exploring the Existence, Nature, and Influence of Pure Spirits." Catholic Center at NYU November 11, 2017. What can Philosophy Tell us About Angels? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 385623983 This lecture was given on November 11th at the NYU Catholic center as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas." Thinking Like Angels: the Spark of Reason & the Fire of Intellectuality | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 381772640 Given at a conference entitled "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas: Exploring the Existence, Nature, and Influence of Pure Spirits." Catholic Center at NYU November 11, 2017. Does God Exist? An Argument for God's Existence from Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent, OP 381090104 A lecture at Johns Hopkins University on November 9, 2017. Aquinas's Political Philosophy | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 378802034 A presentation given in Washington, DC God After Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 378366119 A lecture at George Mason University on November 7, 2017. Guilt and Forgiveness | Prof. Eleonore Stump 372662960 11/30/17 at Rutgers University It's My Right!: Understanding Natural Rights and the Purpose of Politics | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 371853356 11/16/17 at Vanderbilt University Psalms as the Mystical Prayer of the Church | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 369511280 The Virgin Mary: Mother of God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 369090644 This lecture was offered as part of the Wisdom of Aquinas series held at the Catholic Center at NYU on December 9, 2017. Handout for the lecture available here: https://tinyurl.com/y7jfuqvo For more information on other upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org The Virgin Mary: Full of Grace | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 368548925 A lecture given as part of the Wisdom of Aquinas series on December 9th, 2017 at the Catholic Center and NYU. The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y9ffgh5b Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Problem of Unjust Laws | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 362233541 A lecture delivered at Brown University on 11/9/17 The Life and Sanctity of Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 357282491 The Moral Use of Money: Reflections on Profit, Business, and Prosperity | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 356823089 A lecture at MIT on October 26, 2017. The Drama of Grace: Sigrid Undset and the Narrative of Conversion | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 355273394 A lecture on November 8, 2017 Can Reason Tell Us Anything about God? | Prof. Michael Gorman 353896010 A lecture at Johns Hopkins University on October 10, 2017. How True is the Bible? Reading the Bible Intelligently and Faithfully | Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ 353487959 A lecture on October 10, 2017 at Columbia University. The Holy Family: Exemplars of Faith, Hope, and Charity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 352869827 Sacramentality of Marriage and the Universal Call to Holiness | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 352513769 Blinded by Scientism? The Proper Role—And Limits—Of Science in the Quest for Truth | Edward Feser 352040612 October 19, 2017 at University of California, Berkeley. The Sacraments in the Christian Life (Part 2) | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 350703580 Handout for the lecture: goo.gl/eMWJwB October 14, 2017 at New York University Wisdom of Aquinas series. The Sacraments in the Christian Life (Part 1) | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 350307769 Handout for the lecture: https://goo.gl/eMWJwB October 14, 2017 at New York University, Wisdom of Aquinas series. The Virgin Mary: Full of Grace | Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP 368548925 A lecture given as part of the Wisdom of Aquinas series on December 9th, 2017 at the Catholic Center and NYU. The handout for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y9ffgh5b How to Talk to People about God: Talking to Others | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 400563435 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: goo.gl/6qxg1u goo.gl/c8BgE3 How to Talk to People about God: Our Knowledge of God | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 400024116 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: https://goo.gl/6qxg1u https://goo.gl/c8BgE3 The Sacraments in the Christian Life (Part 1) | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 350307769 Handout for the lecture: https://goo.gl/eMWJwB October 14, 2017 at New York University, Wisdom of Aquinas series. Entering into Christ's Passion: the Mass as a Sacrifice | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 349690183 October 9, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. After Christ: Understanding Nietzsche's Postmodern Critique of Christianity | Fr. White, OP 349471387 October 19, 2017 at Harvard University. Charity & Communion in the Mystical Body | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 349261055 October 8, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. Aquinas's Foundation for a Spiritual Life Centered in the Eucharist | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348840038 This lecture was offered on October 8, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online. The Presence of Christ: Aquinas on Eucharistic Transubstantiation | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348695336 This lecture was offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. The text for the lecture is available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/59f09dafbff200f4d38365a7/1508941232224/HuetterTIRetreatTalk2Eucharist.pdf For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Divine Faith: Aquinas's Key to Eucharistic Realism | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348532412 A lecture offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. Lecture text available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/59f09d94b7411c1c8d0cf261/1508941207146/HuetterTIRetreatTalk1Faith.pdf The Antidote to Death: the Eucharist & Re-Creation | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 348358328 This lecture was offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. The Last Supper & the Fulfillment of the Covenant | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 348192433 A lecture offered on October 6, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. The Antidote to Death: the Eucharist & Re-Creation | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 348358328 This lecture was offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. Divine Faith: Aquinas's Key to Eucharistic Realism | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348532412 A lecture offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. Lecture text available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/59f09d94b7411c1c8d0cf261/1508941207146/HuetterTIRetreatTalk1Faith.pdf The Presence of Christ: Aquinas on Eucharistic Transubstantiation | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348695336 This lecture was offered on October 7, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. The text for the lecture is available here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e5b23579fb3fdc10ab03c/t/59f09dafbff200f4d38365a7/1508941232224/HuetterTIRetreatTalk2Eucharist.pdf For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Aquinas's Foundation for a Spiritual Life Centered in the Eucharist | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 348840038 This lecture was offered on October 8, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online. Charity & Communion in the Mystical Body | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 349261055 October 8, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. Entering into Christ's Passion: the Mass as a Sacrifice | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 349690183 October 9, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. The Last Supper & the Fulfillment of the Covenant | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 348192433 A lecture offered on October 6, 2017 at an Intellectual Retreat in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Holy Spirit & the Eucharist as Sacrament & Sacrifice | Prof. Joseph Wawrykow 347780747 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Incarnate de Spiritu Sancto: the Holy Spirit & Christ's Conception | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 347627079 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles Thomas Aquinas & the Gifts of the Holy Spirit | Fr. Joseph d'Amécourt OP 347518553 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Capital Grace in Alexander of Hales and the Summa Halensis | Prof. Boyd T Coolman 347317203 September 29, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Catholic Environmentalism: From St. Augustine to Pope Francis | Prof. Marie George 346745469 October 2, 2017 at New York University. The Holy Spirit as Gift and the Communion of the Trinity | Fr. Gilles Emery, OP 346561205 September 29, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Incarnate de Spiritu Sancto: the Holy Spirit & Christ's Conception | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 347627079 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles Capital Grace in Alexander of Hales and the Summa Halensis | Prof. Boyd T Coolman 347317203 September 29, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Thomas Aquinas & the Gifts of the Holy Spirit | Fr. Joseph d'Amécourt OP 347518553 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Aquinas on the Holy Spirit & the Eucharist as Sacrament & Sacrifice | Prof. Joseph Wawrykow 347780747 September 30, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. The Holy Spirit as Gift and the Communion of the Trinity | Fr. Gilles Emery, OP 346561205 September 29, 2017 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Science and Religion: the Myth of Conflict | Prof. Stephen Barr 345182042 “The real antagonist of religion is not science, but scientific materialism which is a reductive philosophy that comes from a blinkered view of reality and a blinkered view of science itself.” September 25, 2017 at Yale University. The Sacraments in General: The Number & Order of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344418459 The fourth lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org The Sacraments in General: Character and Institution/Causation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344287546 The third lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. The Sacraments in General: Definition and Necessity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 343443828 The first lecture in a four part series. This talk was offered in Sept, 2017. The Sacraments in General: Grace of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. 343537508 September 2017 The Sacraments in General: Character and Institution/Causation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344287546 The third lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. The Sacraments in General: The Number & Order of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344418459 The fourth lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org The Sacraments in General: Grace of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. 343537508 September 2017 The Sacraments in General: Definition and Necessity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 343443828 The first lecture in a four part series. This talk was offered in Sept, 2017. Large & Startling Figures: Flannery O'Connor's Postmodern Apologetic | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt 342047863 September 6, 2017 at Catholic Information Center, DC. The Rational Mystery: The Promise of Catholicism in the 21st Century | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 341896744 September 7, 2017 at Baylor University. Patience & Purification: the Priest & the Suffering Christian | Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, OP 337822184 August 3, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Medicine & Morals: the Contemporary Challenge of Bio-Ethics | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 337450745 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. A Reminder of Higher Things: the Rites of Sickness & Death | Msgr. James Moroney 337313001 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Grace & Reality: The Sacrament of Anointing | Fr. Paul Keller, OP 337157010 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Compassionate Blood: The Sanctification of Christian Suffering | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 336996253 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Grace & Reality: The Sacrament of Anointing | Fr. Paul Keller, OP 337157010 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. A Reminder of Higher Things: the Rites of Sickness & Death | Msgr. James Moroney 337313001 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Medicine & Morals: the Contemporary Challenge of Bio-Ethics | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 337450745 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Compassionate Blood: The Sanctification of Christian Suffering | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 336996253 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Why Aquinas Matters: Thomism and the New Evangelization | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 335937789 Napa Institute, July, 2017 The Primary Being | Prof. Steven Long 334197527 July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop Teleology and Actuation | Prof. Candace Vogler 334046750 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. What Is a Substance? | Prof. Michael Gorman 333913448 June 29, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Form-Matter Composition | Prof. Jeffrey Brower 333713772 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Causality and Ontotheology | Prof. Emeritus Alfred Freddoso 333225121 A lecture on July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Distinction of Essence and Existence | Prof. Edward Feser 333027816 A lecture on June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. What Is a Substance? | Prof. Michael Gorman 333913448 June 29, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Teleology and Actuation | Prof. Candace Vogler 334046750 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Primary Being | Prof. Steven Long 334197527 July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop Form-Matter Composition | Prof. Jeffrey Brower 333713772 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Causality and Ontotheology | Prof. Emeritus Alfred Freddoso 333225121 A lecture on July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Distinction of Essence and Existence | Prof. Edward Feser 333027816 A lecture on June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. On the Other Side of the Confessional | Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. 332689518 For the Archdiocese of Washington. Moral Duty and the Rule of Law | Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr. 323450861 A lecture on May 16, 2017 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Political by Nature: Friendship and the Good Life | Prof. Chad Pecknold 323274483 A lecture on March 21, 2017 at the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. For the Greater Good: Social Justice, the Human Heart, and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Philip Neri Reese 321912752 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Brown University. Who Can Be Saved? Christ, the One Savior & Non-Christians - Jessica Murdoch (4/20/17) 321761220 Reading St. Augustine's City of God with St. Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Chad Pecknold 321579579 A lecture on April 27, 2017 at Harvard University. Religious Freedom and the Common Good | Prof. Nicholas J. Healy 321112209 A lecture on April 4, 2017 at Johns Hopkins University. Interrogating Prayer with Science & Theology | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 320700420 A lecture on April 28, 2017 at Harvard Medical School. Is God a Person? | Prof. Michael Gorman 320544593 A lecture on April 24, 2017 at Brown University. The Goodness of God and the Evil in Our World: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 320380482 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Brown University. Is Man Naturally Religious? Religion, Superstition, and the Healing Power of Grace | Fr. White OP 319920049 A lecture on April 25, 2017 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. Autonomy, Meaning, and Existential Purpose | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 319910341 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at Yale University. Thomism of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 319756050 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Duke Divinity School. Why Did God Become Man? Aquinas on the Logic of the Incarnation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 319445233 A lecture on April 20, 2017 by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP at Rutgers University. Catholic Feminism: Finding One's Identity in Christ | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 319401427 A lecture on April 21, 2017 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thomism, Postliberal Theology & Postmodernity | Concluding Panel 319396767 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Taking the Cure at Yale: From Aquinas to Rahner and Back | Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP 319396766 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas, Postliberal Theology & the Universal Offer of Salvation in Christ | Prof. Bruce Marshall 319396760 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. What Is Postliberal Theology? Was There a Yale School? Why Care? | Prof. Michael Root 319396758 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Thomism, Postliberal Theology & Postmodernity | Concluding Panel 319396767 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Taking the Cure at Yale: From Aquinas to Rahner and Back | Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP 319396766 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas, Postliberal Theology & the Universal Offer of Salvation in Christ | Prof. Bruce Marshall 319396760 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. What Is Postliberal Theology? Was There a Yale School? Why Care? | Prof. Michael Root 319396758 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Why Did Jesus Die? A Short Introduction to Catholic Beliefs | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 318522608 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Columbia University. It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 317198723 A lecture on March 7, 2017 at Johns Hopkins University. Nihilism, Beauty and God: Theology and Art in the Twentieth Century | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 317195292 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Yale University. What Are Natural Rights? | Concluding Panel 317047166 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. Do Thomists Have Rights? Does Anyone? | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 317047159 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. Natural Rights & Public Right in the American Founding | Prof. Charles Kesler 317047144 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. What's the Problem with Rights? | Prof. Nigel Biggar 317045909 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. International Human Rights and Catholic Social Teaching | Prof. Paolo Carozza 316460651 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at University of Virginia Law School. Thomism After Vatican II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 315955069 Rights Alone Are Not Enough: Christian Faith and the Dignity of Human Nature | Prof. David Lantigua 315953594 A lecture on March 9, 2017 at Brown University. The Presence Of God: The Witness of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity | Fr. James Brent, OP 315936729 A lecture on March 4, 2017 at New York University. The Presence Of God: The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent, OP 315936721 A lecture on March 4, 2017 at New York University. The Pursuit of Happiness: The Least Understood of Our Fundamental Rights | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 315423902 A lecture on March 7, 2017 at University of Maryland, College Park. Neuroscience and the Soul | Prof. James Madden 315048402 A lecture on March 21, 2017 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Newman at Harvard: The Idea of a University--Encore et Toujours | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 314767407 A lecture on March 23, 2017 at Harvard University. Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism? | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 312562118 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at University of California Berkeley. Is Friendship Still Possible? | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP 311426048 A lecture on March 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Thomism, Natural Rights, and the Politics of Prudence | Prof. Matthew Gaetano 311181493 A lecture on February 28, 2017 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. The Light of Faith: Why It's Not Irrational to Believe | Fr. James Brent, OP 311047972 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. Do We Really Need Catholic Schools Anymore? | Prof. Nicole Garnett 310579574 A lecture on February 21, 2017 at Harvard University. The Communion of the Saints in This World and the Next | Prof. Michael Root 310560961 A lecture on February 27, 2017 at Yale University. The Reasonableness of Faith and the Faithfulness of Reason | Prof. Jeremy Wilkins 310187982 A lecture on November 14, 2016 at Brown University. True Sacrifice: Understanding the Mass | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 309827553 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at Duke University. Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us about God's Existence | Prof. John O'Callaghan 309795696 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at New York University. Scripture as Scientia Christi | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP 228564301 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Holy Scripture and Divine Attributes: Conference Introduction | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 136359531 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. God as Wholly Other: Why It Can Be Dangerous to Draw Too Close to God | Prof. Gary Anderson 136359536 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. "Through Those Near To Me, I Show Myself Holy" The Bible And The Euthyphro Problem | Prof. Michael Gorman 136359535 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Yahweh's Repentance And The Immutability Of The Divine Will | Prof. Gregory Vall 139575971 A lecture on March 13, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. A Theology of Tradition in the Light of Dei Verbum | Prof. Lewis Ayres 285326768 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dei Verbum: Holy Scripture as a Mirror of God | Prof. Katherine Sonderegger 285326764 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Spirit of the Letter: St. Thomas's Reading of the Book of Job's Eschatology | Fr. Kromholtz, OP 304500536 A lecture on January 24, 2017 at the Dominican House of Studies for the annual Aquinas Lecture. 6 - Scriptural & Historical Background To The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978600 "You Spoke in a Vision"(Ps 89:19): Iconoclasts, Exegetes, and God's Word as an Image | Fr. Giambrone 254671073 A lecture on December 5, 2015 at New York University. Verbum Domini: The Catholic Approach to Scripture | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 309365666 A lecture on February 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Verbum Domini: The Catholic Approach to Scripture | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 309365666 A lecture on February 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Liberty in the Things of God: Christian Origins of Religious Freedom | Prof. Robert Louis Wilken 309364938 A lecture on January 30, 2017 at Yale University. What's So Special About the Universe? Multiverse Theory & Catholic Theology | Prof. Stephen Barr 309364184 A lecture on December 2, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308711610 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Cardinal Virtues and the Indwelling Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308707826 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 1) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706849 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 2) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706837 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. The Seven Deadly Sins | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308705565 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Non-Aristotelian Character of Thomistic Ethics | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308704447 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Holy Spirit in the Church and the Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308696443 A lecture on February 12, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308695359 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Mission of the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308693455 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Goodness without God? Aquinas and the Problem of Pagan Virtue | Prof. Angela Knobel 308274140 A lecture on February 16, 2017 at Baylor University. The Non-Aristotelian Character of Thomistic Ethics | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308704447 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Deadly Sins | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308705565 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 1) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706849 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 2) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706837 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. The Seven Cardinal Virtues and the Indwelling Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308707826 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308711610 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Is Friendship Still Possible? | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP 311426048 A lecture on March 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism? | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 312562118 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at University of California Berkeley. Autonomy, Meaning, and Existential Purpose | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 319910341 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at Yale University. For the Greater Good: Social Justice, the Human Heart, and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Philip Neri Reese 321912752 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Brown University. Goodness without God? Aquinas and the Problem of Pagan Virtue | Prof. Angela Knobel 308274140 A lecture on February 16, 2017 at Baylor University. I Believe in the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308070842 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Introduction to Mental Prayer | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308068223 A lecture on February 9, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y7yeokaf I Believe in the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308070842 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Mission of the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308693455 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308695359 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Holy Spirit in the Church and the Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308696443 A lecture on February 12, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Non-Aristotelian Character of Thomistic Ethics | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308704447 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Deadly Sins | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308705565 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Cardinal Virtues and the Indwelling Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308707826 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308711610 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Introduction to Mental Prayer | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308068223 A lecture on February 9, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y7yeokaf The Courage to Rest: Thomas Aquinas on the Soul of Leisure | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP 306607451 A lecture on January 31, 2017 at Hillsdale Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Why Believe in God? Arguments for the Existence of God | Prof. Edward Feser 306561235 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. True for Me But Not for You? Moral Relativism and Moral Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 304848804 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at University of Maryland, College Park. The Spirit of the Letter: St. Thomas's Reading of the Book of Job's Eschatology | Fr. Kromholtz, OP 304500536 A lecture on January 24, 2017 at the Dominican House of Studies for the annual Aquinas Lecture. The Development of Doctrine—What It Is and Why It Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 300952454 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at University of Virginia. 1 - Introduction To The Study Of The Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978526 2 - The Sacrament Itself & Transubstantiation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 298978552 For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. 3 - Transubstantiation Part 2 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978564 4 - Transubstantiation Part 3 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978571 5 - Effects Of The Sacrament Of The Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978586 6 - Scriptural & Historical Background To The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978600 7 - Aquinas On The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978624 8 - Modern Theories Of Christ's Passion In The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 298978631 8 - Modern Theories Of Christ's Passion In The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 298978631 7 - Aquinas On The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978624 6 - Scriptural & Historical Background To The Mass | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978600 5 - Effects Of The Sacrament Of The Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978586 4 - Transubstantiation Part 3 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978571 3 - Transubstantiation Part 2 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978564 2 - The Sacrament Itself & Transubstantiation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 298978552 For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. 1 - Introduction To The Study Of The Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298978526 Christmas as a Christian Mystery | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 298235776 A lecture on December 4, 2016. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 2) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916905 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 1) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916901 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. The Dominican Need of and Service to the University | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 257652665 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. St. Thomas, Wisdom, and the University Master | Prof. John Boyle 257652109 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Dante and the Power of Love in the Intellectual Life | Prof. Anthony Esolen 257651813 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas on Original Sin: The Promise of an Interdisciplinary Approach | Abp. Augustine DiNoia, OP 257644423 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Medieval Dominicans and the Magisterium | Prof. M. Michéle Mulchahey 257643877 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Preaching Beyond the Pulpit | Fr. Bill Byrne 278654281 A lecture on August 11, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching to the New Faithful | Fr. Paul Check 278552434 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching the Doctrine of the Faith | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 278552430 A lecture on August 9, 2016 at Conference for Priests. The Spirituality of the Preacher | Fr. Paul Scalia 278552429 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Compassionate Blood: The Sanctification of Christian Suffering | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 336996253 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Grace & Reality: The Sacrament of Anointing | Fr. Paul Keller, OP 337157010 August 1, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. A Reminder of Higher Things: the Rites of Sickness & Death | Msgr. James Moroney 337313001 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. Medicine & Morals: the Contemporary Challenge of Bio-Ethics | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 337450745 August 2, 2017 at Annual Conference for Priests. A Theology of Tradition in the Light of Dei Verbum | Prof. Lewis Ayres 285326768 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dei Verbum: Holy Scripture as a Mirror of God | Prof. Katherine Sonderegger 285326764 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. True & False Ecumenism in the Church | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 285326757 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Humanity of God and Catholic Communion | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 285326747 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Paschal Mystery & the Diversity of Religions | Prof. Bruce Marshall 285326746 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Same God? Karl Barth on the Relation of Islam to Christianity | Prof. Bruce McCormack 285326741 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Biblical Renewal & Vatican II: Karl Barth's Contributions | Prof. Matthew Levering 285326739 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dignity & Domination in Gaudium et Spes and Its Siblings | Prof. John Bowlin 285326736 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Gaudium et Spes at the Origins of Narrative Theology | Prof. Francesca Murphy 285326733 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Catholic Ecumenical Doctrine and Committment | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 285326726 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Unitatis Redintegratio & the Possibility of Ecumenical Progress | Prof. Hans Boersma 285326721 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Concluding Discussion | Ad Limina Apostolorum Conference 285326718 A discussion on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dr. R. R. Reno: "Lumen Gentium: The Catholic Destiny of Humanity" (10/4/2014) 170928312 Reform, Promotion & Participation in the Church of Christ: Sancrosanctum Concilium | Fr. O'Donnell 170928311 A lecture by Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, OP on October 3, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Participatory Priesthood: Contemporary Contributions of Presbyterorum Ordinis | Fr. David Meconi SJ 170928310 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Analogia Verbi: Divine and Human Speech in Scripture According to Dei Verbum | Michael Waldstein 170928308 A lecture by Prof. Michael Waldstein on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles The Church in the Post-Modern World: Gaudium et Spes on Nature and Grace | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 170927797 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Dante and the Mind that is Catholic | Dr. Robert Royal 285464617 A lecture on September 21, 2016 at Brown University. Faith in Music | Maestro Manfred Honeck 268174605 A lecture on April 5, 2016 at New York University. "You Spoke in a Vision"(Ps 89:19): Iconoclasts, Exegetes, and God's Word as an Image | Fr. Giambrone 254671073 A lecture on December 5, 2015 at New York University. Beauty and the Spiritual Senses | Prof. Francesca Murphy 254669905 A lecture on March 12, 2015 at New York University. It's Complicated: Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in Dante's Purgatorio | Dr. Robert Royal 254669533 A lecture on November 7, 2015 at New York University. Nihilism, Beauty and God: Theology and Art in the Twentieth Century | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 317195292 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Yale University. Large & Startling Figures: Flannery O'Connor's Postmodern Apologetic | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt 342047863 September 6, 2017 at Catholic Information Center, DC. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999526 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 2 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999523 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 1) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916901 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 2) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916905 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. True Sacrifice: Understanding the Mass | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 309827553 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at Duke University. Reason, Faith and Incarnation in Irenaeus | Fr. Khaled Anatolios 292138012 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. Unity, Truth and Goodness in the Early Franciscan Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Boyd T. Coolman 292138007 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. The Flesh of the Logos: Reflections on Faith and Reason | Prof. Bruce Marshall 292138002 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. How Could A Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Denys Turner 290304001 A lecture on October 13, 2016 at Harvard University. Can You Believe in the Trinity and Still be a Monotheist? | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 264601756 A lecture on May 12, 2016 at Harvard University. Analogical Naming Of God In Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252376115 A lecture in March of 2016. The Descent Of Christ into Hell | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252372390 A lecture in March of 2016. The Presence Of God | Fr. James Brent, OP 252365753 A lecture on March 13, 2016. Immortality and Resurrection | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247930180 Predestination | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247929694 The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236692446 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology" in conversation with Professors Griffiths, Hauerwas and others. The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236691195 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions" followed by questions from Prof. Paul Griffiths. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381950 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381691 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 232486316 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part I | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 229625559 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. The Social Identity of the Earliest Christians | Prof. Ben Witherington III 228564309 A lecture on October 2, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Jesus' Human Knowledge: A Test for Theological Exegesis | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 228564306 This lecture was offered as part of the Thomistic Circles conference series at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2, 2015. For more information on upcoming events, please visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Scripture as Scientia Christi | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP 228564301 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. John 14:9 and Medieval Debates about the Science of Theology | Dr. R. Trent Pomplun 228564296 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Does Christology Still Have a Place for Christ's Infused Knowledge? | Fr. Simon Gaine, OP 228564281 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Christ's Earthly Perfection in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Joseph P. Wawrykow 188632021 A lecture on January 29, 2015 for the annual Aquinas Lecture at the Dominican House of Studies. Yahweh's Repentance And The Immutability Of The Divine Will | Prof. Gregory Vall 139575971 A lecture on March 13, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. God as Wholly Other: Why It Can Be Dangerous to Draw Too Close to God | Prof. Gary Anderson 136359536 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. "Through Those Near To Me, I Show Myself Holy" The Bible And The Euthyphro Problem | Prof. Michael Gorman 136359535 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Testifying to the Truth: Usque Ad Sanguinem——Pro Veritate Mori | Prof. Reinhard Hütter 125633239 Reinhard Hütter, Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity School, presents a lecture on December 6, 2013 at the Dominican House of Studies, on the ongoing relevance of Thomas Aquinas's teaching on martyrdom. The Development of Doctrine—What It Is and Why It Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 300952454 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at University of Virginia. The Spirit of the Letter: St. Thomas's Reading of the Book of Job's Eschatology | Fr. Kromholtz, OP 304500536 A lecture on January 24, 2017 at the Dominican House of Studies for the annual Aquinas Lecture. I Believe in the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308070842 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Mission of the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308693455 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. Aquinas on the Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308695359 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Holy Spirit in the Church and the Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 308696443 A lecture on February 12, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Reasonableness of Faith and the Faithfulness of Reason | Prof. Jeremy Wilkins 310187982 A lecture on November 14, 2016 at Brown University. The Communion of the Saints in This World and the Next | Prof. Michael Root 310560961 A lecture on February 27, 2017 at Yale University. The Light of Faith: Why It's Not Irrational to Believe | Fr. James Brent, OP 311047972 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. Why Did Jesus Die? A Short Introduction to Catholic Beliefs | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 318522608 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Columbia University. Thomism, Postliberal Theology & Postmodernity | Concluding Panel 319396767 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Taking the Cure at Yale: From Aquinas to Rahner and Back | Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP 319396766 A lecture on April 8, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas, Postliberal Theology & the Universal Offer of Salvation in Christ | Prof. Bruce Marshall 319396760 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. What Is Postliberal Theology? Was There a Yale School? Why Care? | Prof. Michael Root 319396758 A lecture on April 7, 2017 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Goodness of God and the Evil in Our World: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 320380482 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Brown University. Who Can Be Saved? Christ, the One Savior & Non-Christians - Jessica Murdoch (4/20/17) 321761220 The Rational Mystery: The Promise of Catholicism in the 21st Century | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP 341896744 September 7, 2017 at Baylor University. The Sacraments in General: Grace of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. 343537508 September 2017 The Sacraments in General: Definition and Necessity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 343443828 The first lecture in a four part series. This talk was offered in Sept, 2017. The Sacraments in General: Character and Institution/Causation | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344287546 The third lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. The Sacraments in General: The Number & Order of the Sacraments | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 344418459 The fourth lecture in a four part series. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org What can Philosophy Tell us About Angels? | Prof. Gregory Doolan 385623983 This lecture was given on November 11th at the NYU Catholic center as part of the Thomistic Institute conference "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas." Thinking Like Angels: the Spark of Reason & the Fire of Intellectuality | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 381772640 Given at a conference entitled "Angels, Demons, and Aquinas: Exploring the Existence, Nature, and Influence of Pure Spirits." Catholic Center at NYU November 11, 2017. How to Talk to People about God: Talking to Others | Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP 400563435 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: goo.gl/6qxg1u goo.gl/c8BgE3 How to Talk to People about God: Our Knowledge of God | Fr. Raymund Snyder OP 400024116 A lecture given on February 3, 2018 at the Catholic Center at NYU. Handouts: https://goo.gl/6qxg1u https://goo.gl/c8BgE3 Is Belief In God Rational? | Francis Beckwith 512415258 In this lecture, Francis Beckwith discusses the question, "is belief in God rational?" This lecture was delivered by Francis Beckwith (Baylor University) on September 19, 2018 to the Thomistic Institute's University of Arizona chapter. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events/ The Motives of the Incarnation: Why Did God Become Man? | Paul Gondreau 506306055 "No greater wonder could be accomplished than that God should become man." So writes St. Thomas Aquinas in his commentary on the Gospel of John. This statement follows a lifetime spent pondering the question of why God became man. If Aquinas fully acknowledges that the Incarnation marks an article of faith, that is, a doctrine that is accepted as true only by an act of faith, he was nonetheless convinced that the mystery of the Incarnation is not only in accord with human reason, it is deeply attractive to the human spirit. To consider the Incarnation a mystery that evokes great "wonder" is to recognize a deep beauty and coherence that is part and parcel of God's having become man. In today's age, which tends to regard articles of faith as irrational and the Incarnation, in particular, as a myth, Thomas Aquinas has a valuable perspective that merits our close consideration. This lecture was given by Paul Gondreau (Providence College) on September 11, 2018 to the University of Oklahoma chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more upcoming TI events, visit our website: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events Jesus's Prayer - Unveiling the Mystery of the Trinity | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 498512640 This talk was offered as the Thomistic Institute Lecture in Medieval Dominican Thought at the Boston College Colloquy in Historical Theology on August 4th, 2018. For more information on upcoming events, check out our events calendar: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/?view=calendar&month=September-2018 The Illusion of Conflict: A Catholic Understanding of Faith, Reason & Science | Fr. Dominic Legge 285155325 A lecture on September 15, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Reality of the Soul in an Age of Neuroscience | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 283789701 A lecture on September 19, 2016 at Yale University. Is Faith Irrational: Aquinas on the Rationality of Belief | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 283669729 A lecture on September 8, 2016 at Harvard University. God after Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252177822 A lecture on March 7, 2016 at Duke University. What's So Special About the Universe? Multiverse Theory & Catholic Theology | Prof. Stephen Barr 309364184 A lecture on December 2, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Neuroscience and the Soul | Prof. James Madden 315048402 A lecture on March 21, 2017 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Blinded by Scientism? The Proper Role—And Limits—Of Science in the Quest for Truth | Edward Feser 352040612 October 19, 2017 at University of California, Berkeley. God After Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 378366119 A lecture at George Mason University on November 7, 2017. The Soul After Neuroscience | Daniel De Haan 486964509 Is the existence of the soul compatible with the discoveries of neuroscience? It depends on whose conception of the soul, and which discoveries in neuroscience one has in mind. In this lecture, Daniel De Haan (Cambridge University) draws on recent research from the new mechanistic philosophy of neuroscience and psychology to help articulate a contemporary Aristotelian account of the human person as a “hylomorphically” ensouled body. This lecture was given to the London Young Adults chapter of the Thomistic Institute on April 4, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://tinyurl.com/y9jv4qzx What Is Politics About Anyway? Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 294439382 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at Harvard University. The City of God and the Virtue of Hope | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 292423571 A lecture on October 16, 2016. The Problem of Social Justice: A Catholic Approach | Prof. Russell Hittinger 281696312 A lecture on September 1, 2016 at Baylor University. Justice and Human Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 270496505 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Common Good | Prof. Steven Long 270363264 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Human Rights | Prof. Angela Knobel 270363254 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Protecting and Taking Human Life | Prof. Edward Feser 270363251 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Nature of Religious Freedom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 270363246 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The City of God: Collective Charity in the Church and in Heaven | Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP 270363243 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Final Thoughts on The Future of Catholicism in America | Mary Eberstadt and R. R. Reno 259291822 A discussion on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century Q&A | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259291134 A lecture on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259288619 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom Q&A | Prof. Michael Hanby 259280036 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom | Prof. Michael Hanby 259277471 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future Q&A | George Weigel 259275139 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future | George Weigel 259272389 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders Q&A | Prof. Phil Munoz 259265495 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders | Prof. Phil Munoz 259247251 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Introduction to The Future of Catholicism in America | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 259243662 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A 13th-Century Take on Natural Rights | Fr. White, OP 256303169 The Wise Restraints that Make Men Free? Freedom, Morality, and the Law | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 252200766 A lecture on February 23, 2016 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Who Am I To Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 246096769 A lecture on February 2, 2016. First installment of the "Thomistic Institute on the Hill" series exploring politics and philosophy. The series is sponsored by the Thomistic Institute - DC Chapter and the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. See more at thomisticinstitute@dhs.edu! True for Me But Not for You? Moral Relativism and Moral Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 304848804 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at University of Maryland, College Park. Liberty in the Things of God: Christian Origins of Religious Freedom | Prof. Robert Louis Wilken 309364938 A lecture on January 30, 2017 at Yale University. Do We Really Need Catholic Schools Anymore? | Prof. Nicole Garnett 310579574 A lecture on February 21, 2017 at Harvard University. Thomism, Natural Rights, and the Politics of Prudence | Prof. Matthew Gaetano 311181493 A lecture on February 28, 2017 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Rights Alone Are Not Enough: Christian Faith and the Dignity of Human Nature | Prof. David Lantigua 315953594 A lecture on March 9, 2017 at Brown University. International Human Rights and Catholic Social Teaching | Prof. Paolo Carozza 316460651 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at University of Virginia Law School. What's the Problem with Rights? | Prof. Nigel Biggar 317045909 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. What Are Natural Rights? | Concluding Panel 317047166 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. Natural Rights & Public Right in the American Founding | Prof. Charles Kesler 317047144 A lecture on April 1, 2017 at New York University. It's My Right: What Are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | Prof. V. Bradley Lewis 317198723 A lecture on March 7, 2017 at Johns Hopkins University. Political by Nature: Friendship and the Good Life | Prof. Chad Pecknold 323274483 A lecture on March 21, 2017 at the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Moral Duty and the Rule of Law | Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr. 323450861 A lecture on May 16, 2017 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. The Moral Use of Money: Reflections on Profit, Business, and Prosperity | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 356823089 A lecture at MIT on October 26, 2017. It's My Right!: Understanding Natural Rights and the Purpose of Politics | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 371853356 11/16/17 at Vanderbilt University Aquinas's Political Philosophy | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 378802034 A presentation given in Washington, DC When Rights Go Wrong: Thomistic Reflections on Rights, Justice & the Common Good | Fr. Dominic Legge 413556903 A lecture given by Fr. Dominic Legge, OP at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018. The Troubles about Sex and Gender | Prof. Candace Vogler 414653466 A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler given at a conference entitled "Christianity & Liberalism" at Harvard Law School on March 2-3, 2018. It's My Right: What are Natural Rights and What Rights Do We Have? | V. Bradley Lewis 508727577 This lecture was delivered by V. Bradley Lewis(Catholic University of America) to the UC Berkeley chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 18th, 2018. V. Bradley Lewis is associate professor in the School of Philosophy in the Catholic University of America. He specializes in political and legal philosophy, especially that of the classical Greeks and in the Thomistic tradition, and is currently working on a book on the idea of the common good. In addition to these things he has served as a consultant on ethics to the federal government, testified before a congressional subcommittee about immigration, and currently serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events visit thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Augustine's City of God and the Nature of Politics | Chad Pecknold 508299285 This lecture was delivered by Chad Pecknold (Catholic University of America) to the MIT chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 18, 2018. To learn about upcoming Thomistic Institute events visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/ Introduction to Metaphysics Part Three: Philosophy as Wisdom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 295375644 Introduction to Metaphysics Part Two: Transcendentals and the Existence of God | Fr. T.J. White 295375201 Introduction to Metaphysics Part One: Form and Matter; Substance and Accidents | Fr. T.J. White 295374689 What is Truth? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247929006 To Be Good Is To Do the Truth: Reality, Good, and the Primordial Conscience | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 202373572 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas' Metaphysics and the Non-Aristotelian Character of Aquinas's Ethics | Prof. Eleonore Stump 202373394 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. The Principle Of Non-Contradiction Yesterday, Today, And Forever | Fr. James Brent, OP 125807792 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Why Believe in God? Arguments for the Existence of God | Prof. Edward Feser 306561235 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us about God's Existence | Prof. John O'Callaghan 309795696 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at New York University. What Is a Substance? | Prof. Michael Gorman 333913448 June 29, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Form-Matter Composition | Prof. Jeffrey Brower 333713772 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Causality and Ontotheology | Prof. Emeritus Alfred Freddoso 333225121 A lecture on July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Distinction of Essence and Existence | Prof. Edward Feser 333027816 A lecture on June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Teleology and Actuation | Prof. Candace Vogler 334046750 June 30, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Primary Being | Prof. Steven Long 334197527 July 1, 2017 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop After Christ: Understanding Nietzsche's Postmodern Critique of Christianity | Fr. White, OP 349471387 October 19, 2017 at Harvard University. Blinded by Scientism? The Proper Role—And Limits—Of Science in the Quest for Truth | Edward Feser 352040612 October 19, 2017 at University of California, Berkeley. Can Reason Tell Us Anything about God? | Prof. Michael Gorman 353896010 A lecture at Johns Hopkins University on October 10, 2017. The Life and Sanctity of Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 357282491 Does God Exist? An Argument for God's Existence from Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent, OP 381090104 A lecture at Johns Hopkins University on November 9, 2017. Sizeless Stretchable Souls: Substantial Form as Nature in Aquinas | Fr. Stephen Brock 395859600 A lecture given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC on January 25th 2018. The annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas. Vectors to God: Growing in Faith, Hope, and Love | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 295603822 A lecture on November 29, 2016 in Arlington, VA. Understanding the Christian Idea of Redemption | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 291137213 A lecture on November 1, 2016 at Brown University. Spiritual and Religious: Why We Owe God an Hour a Week | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 286406279 A lecture on October 3, 2016 at New York University. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617977 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617800 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. The Courage to Rest: Thomas Aquinas on the Soul of Leisure | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP 306607451 A lecture on January 31, 2017 at Hillsdale Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Introduction to Mental Prayer | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308068223 A lecture on February 9, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Hand out for this lecture is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y7yeokaf I Believe in the Holy Spirit | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 308070842 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. True Sacrifice: Understanding the Mass | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 309827553 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at Duke University. The Presence Of God: The Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent, OP 315936721 A lecture on March 4, 2017 at New York University. The Presence Of God: The Witness of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity | Fr. James Brent, OP 315936729 A lecture on March 4, 2017 at New York University. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 1) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706849 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. Freedom for Excellence: Virtue & Moral Character According to Aquinas (Pt 2) | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP 308706837 A lecture on February 18, 2017 at New York University. Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism? | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 312562118 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at University of California Berkeley. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308711610 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Cardinal Virtues and the Indwelling Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308707826 A lecture on February 11, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. The Seven Deadly Sins | Prof. Eleonore Stump 308705565 A lecture on February 10, 2017 at a student conference in Connecticut. On the Other Side of the Confessional | Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. 332689518 For the Archdiocese of Washington. Why Aquinas Matters: Thomism and the New Evangelization | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 335937789 Napa Institute, July, 2017 The Sacraments in the Christian Life (Part 1) | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 350307769 Handout for the lecture: https://goo.gl/eMWJwB October 14, 2017 at New York University, Wisdom of Aquinas series. Sacramentality of Marriage and the Universal Call to Holiness | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 352513769 The Holy Family: Exemplars of Faith, Hope, and Charity | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 352869827 Why Are We? Classical & Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Fr. James Brent OP 297726391 A lecture on December 1, 2016 at Johns Hopkins University. Cultivating a Truthful Soul | Prof. Angela Knobel 290405755 A lecture on October 19, 2016 at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. Created Equal Or Variated Moral Status? | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 286191126 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at University of Virginia. Virtue and the Desire for Happiness in a Secular Age | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 285906328 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Harvard University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 1 | White, Frey, Vogler 283645553 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 2 | White, Frey, Vogler, Reno 283645543 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. The Human Person Today | Prof. Thomas Pfau 263822859 A lecture on April 26, 2016 at Brown University. Persons and Assumptions, Persuasion and Audience | Prof. Brad Gregory 197837018 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Are There Failed Persons? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 197835356 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. After Solipsism: Person in the Modern Literary Imagination | Prof. Thomas Pfau 197830685 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Perils of Boethian Personhood | Prof. Candace Vogler 197373981 A lecture on March 20, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Creation Ad Imaginem Dei | Prof. Steven Long 197370346 A lecture March 20, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Atheism At The End Of The Line | Prof. Rémi Brague 179200534 Rémi Brague, the Romano Guardini Chair for the Study of Religion at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, presents a lecture on the future of atheism on November 1, 2014 at New York University. Nature, Culture, And Human Good In Aquinas | Prof. Candace Vogler 125807793 A lecture on November 13, 2013 at New York University. True for Me But Not for You? Moral Relativism and Moral Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 304848804 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at University of Maryland, College Park. The Courage to Rest: Thomas Aquinas on the Soul of Leisure | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP 306607451 A lecture on January 31, 2017 at Hillsdale Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Is Friendship Still Possible? | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP 311426048 A lecture on March 2, 2017 at Harvard University. The Pursuit of Happiness: The Least Understood of Our Fundamental Rights | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 315423902 A lecture on March 7, 2017 at University of Maryland, College Park. Catholic Feminism: Finding One's Identity in Christ | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 319401427 A lecture on April 21, 2017 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thomism of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 319756050 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Duke Divinity School. Is Man Naturally Religious? Religion, Superstition, and the Healing Power of Grace | Fr. White OP 319920049 A lecture on April 25, 2017 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. For the Greater Good: Social Justice, the Human Heart, and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Philip Neri Reese 321912752 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Brown University. Guilt and Forgiveness | Prof. Eleonore Stump 372662960 11/30/17 at Rutgers University Friendship and Happiness | Christopher Kaczor 504543501 In this lecture, Professor Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University) draws on insights from Aristotle, Aquinas, and contemporary psychology to understand how to make good friendships and avoid bad ones. This lecture was given to the Baylor University chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 6, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events. The Search For Happiness | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 503266338 What is happiness, and what is the best and happiest life a human being can live? Or even more directly and personally, what kind of life ought I to be living or ought I to be aiming for? In this lecture, Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) draws on wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas and the classical tradition to answer these fundamental and perennial questions. This lecture was given to the Cornell University chapter of the Thomistic Institute on September 10, 2018. For further reading on this topic, consider downloading or ordering the booklet referenced in this talk, "On Happiness: Selections from Summa Theologiae by Thomas Aquinas" at https://www.ttf.org/product/happiness-thomas-aquinas. This reading was compiled by the Trinity Forum and features an original introduction by Fr. Dominic Legge. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events. Suffering and Flourishing | Eleonore Stump 480651204 Professor Eleonore Stump (St. Louis University)looks closely at the relevant Christian doctrines to see what can be said to explain and defend the attitude towards suffering found in the Christian tradition that sees suffering as part of flourishing. This lecture was given to the Oxford chapter of the Thomistic Institute on June 5, 2018. View upcoming Thomistic Institute events at: https://tinyurl.com/yc6v6t7o Why Are We? Classical & Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Fr. James Brent OP 297726391 A lecture on December 1, 2016 at Johns Hopkins University. Vectors to God: Growing in Faith, Hope, and Love | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 295603822 A lecture on November 29, 2016 in Arlington, VA. Cultivating a Truthful Soul | Prof. Angela Knobel 290405755 A lecture on October 19, 2016 at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. “What a Piece of Work is Man" (Part 1) | Fr. Stephen Fields 283053393 Today we live under what Pope Benedict XVI called a “dictatorship of relativism.” During this first installment of a three part series reflecting on the human person, Fr. Stephen Fields discusses how the human person is created in God’s image and likeness. He also comments on the strengths and limits of humanity’s distinctive powers of reason and freedom. Fr. Fields does this against the backdrop of authentic understandings of truth and goodness. The Courage to Rest: Thomas Aquinas on the Soul of Leisure | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP 306607451 A lecture on January 31, 2017 at Hillsdale Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Thomism, Natural Rights, and the Politics of Prudence | Prof. Matthew Gaetano 311181493 A lecture on February 28, 2017 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Is Man Naturally Religious? Religion, Superstition, and the Healing Power of Grace | Fr. White OP 319920049 A lecture on April 25, 2017 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. Political by Nature: Friendship and the Good Life | Prof. Chad Pecknold 323274483 A lecture on March 21, 2017 at the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Vectors to God: Growing in Faith, Hope, and Love | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 295603822 A lecture on November 29, 2016 in Arlington, VA. Introduction to Metaphysics Part One: Form and Matter; Substance and Accidents | Fr. T.J. White 295374689 Introduction to Metaphysics Part Two: Transcendentals and the Existence of God | Fr. T.J. White 295375201 Introduction to Metaphysics Part Three: Philosophy as Wisdom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 295375644 Introduction to Metaphysics Part Three: Philosophy as Wisdom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 295375644 Introduction to Metaphysics Part Two: Transcendentals and the Existence of God | Fr. T.J. White 295375201 Introduction to Metaphysics Part One: Form and Matter; Substance and Accidents | Fr. T.J. White 295374689 What Is Politics About Anyway? Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 294439382 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at Harvard University. Masters, Parasites, or Gardeners? Thomistic Reflections on Environmental Ethics | Prof. Therese Cory 292280816 A lecture on October 27, 2016 at Duke University. Understanding the Christian Idea of Redemption | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 291137213 A lecture on November 1, 2016 at Brown University. Cultivating a Truthful Soul | Prof. Angela Knobel 290405755 A lecture on October 19, 2016 at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. How Could A Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Denys Turner 290304001 A lecture on October 13, 2016 at Harvard University. Anscombe's Theism | Prof. Candace Vogler 288853172 A lecture on October 13, 2016 at Yale University. Spiritual and Religious: Why We Owe God an Hour a Week | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 286406279 A lecture on October 3, 2016 at New York University. Created Equal Or Variated Moral Status? | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 286191126 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at University of Virginia. Virtue and the Desire for Happiness in a Secular Age | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 285906328 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Harvard University. Dante and the Mind that is Catholic | Dr. Robert Royal 285464617 A lecture on September 21, 2016 at Brown University. The Illusion of Conflict: A Catholic Understanding of Faith, Reason & Science | Fr. Dominic Legge 285155325 A lecture on September 15, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Reality of the Soul in an Age of Neuroscience | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 283789701 A lecture on September 19, 2016 at Yale University. Is Faith Irrational: Aquinas on the Rationality of Belief | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 283669729 A lecture on September 8, 2016 at Harvard University. The Problem of Social Justice: A Catholic Approach | Prof. Russell Hittinger 281696312 A lecture on September 1, 2016 at Baylor University. What Is Politics About Anyway? Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 294439382 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at Harvard University. Why Are We? Classical & Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Fr. James Brent OP 297726391 A lecture on December 1, 2016 at Johns Hopkins University. The Development of Doctrine—What It Is and Why It Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 300952454 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at University of Virginia. True for Me But Not for You? Moral Relativism and Moral Truth | Prof. Michael Gorman 304848804 A lecture on November 17, 2016 at University of Maryland, College Park. Why Believe in God? Arguments for the Existence of God | Prof. Edward Feser 306561235 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. Goodness without God? Aquinas and the Problem of Pagan Virtue | Prof. Angela Knobel 308274140 A lecture on February 16, 2017 at Baylor University. What's So Special About the Universe? Multiverse Theory & Catholic Theology | Prof. Stephen Barr 309364184 A lecture on December 2, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Liberty in the Things of God: Christian Origins of Religious Freedom | Prof. Robert Louis Wilken 309364938 A lecture on January 30, 2017 at Yale University. Verbum Domini: The Catholic Approach to Scripture | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 309365666 A lecture on February 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Is Atheism Irrational? What Reason Can Tell Us about God's Existence | Prof. John O'Callaghan 309795696 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at New York University. True Sacrifice: Understanding the Mass | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 309827553 A lecture on February 23, 2017 at Duke University. The Reasonableness of Faith and the Faithfulness of Reason | Prof. Jeremy Wilkins 310187982 A lecture on November 14, 2016 at Brown University. The Communion of the Saints in This World and the Next | Prof. Michael Root 310560961 A lecture on February 27, 2017 at Yale University. Do We Really Need Catholic Schools Anymore? | Prof. Nicole Garnett 310579574 A lecture on February 21, 2017 at Harvard University. The Light of Faith: Why It's Not Irrational to Believe | Fr. James Brent, OP 311047972 A lecture on January 28, 2017 at University of Virginia. Is Friendship Still Possible? | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, OP 311426048 A lecture on March 2, 2017 at Harvard University. Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism? | Fr. Dominic Legge OP 312562118 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at University of California Berkeley. The Pursuit of Happiness: The Least Understood of Our Fundamental Rights | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 315423902 A lecture on March 7, 2017 at University of Maryland, College Park. Nihilism, Beauty and God: Theology and Art in the Twentieth Century | Prof. Thomas Hibbs 317195292 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Yale University. Why Did Jesus Die? A Short Introduction to Catholic Beliefs | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 318522608 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Columbia University. Catholic Feminism: Finding One's Identity in Christ | Prof. Jessica Murdoch 319401427 A lecture on April 21, 2017 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thomism of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 319756050 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Duke Divinity School. Autonomy, Meaning, and Existential Purpose | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 319910341 A lecture on March 6, 2017 at Yale University. Is Man Naturally Religious? Religion, Superstition, and the Healing Power of Grace | Fr. White OP 319920049 A lecture on April 25, 2017 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. The Goodness of God and the Evil in Our World: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 320380482 A lecture on April 3, 2017 at Brown University. For the Greater Good: Social Justice, the Human Heart, and Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Philip Neri Reese 321912752 A lecture on April 6, 2017 at Brown University. The City of God and the Virtue of Hope | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 292423571 A lecture on October 16, 2016. Masters, Parasites, or Gardeners? Thomistic Reflections on Environmental Ethics | Prof. Therese Cory 292280816 A lecture on October 27, 2016 at Duke University. Reason, Faith and Incarnation in Irenaeus | Fr. Khaled Anatolios 292138012 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. Unity, Truth and Goodness in the Early Franciscan Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Boyd T. Coolman 292138007 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. The Flesh of the Logos: Reflections on Faith and Reason | Prof. Bruce Marshall 292138002 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. Reason, Faith and Incarnation in Irenaeus | Fr. Khaled Anatolios 292138012 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. Unity, Truth and Goodness in the Early Franciscan Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Boyd T. Coolman 292138007 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. The Flesh of the Logos: Reflections on Faith and Reason | Prof. Bruce Marshall 292138002 A lecture on November 5, 2016 at New York University. Understanding the Christian Idea of Redemption | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 291137213 A lecture on November 1, 2016 at Brown University. Cultivating a Truthful Soul | Prof. Angela Knobel 290405755 A lecture on October 19, 2016 at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. How Could A Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Denys Turner 290304001 A lecture on October 13, 2016 at Harvard University. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999526 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999526 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 2 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999523 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 1) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916901 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Aquinas on the Rites of the Mass (Pt 2) | Fr. Innocent Smith OP 297916905 A lecture on December 3, 2016 at New York University. Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass Part 2 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 288999523 A lecture on October 15, 2016 at New York University. Anscombe's Theism | Prof. Candace Vogler 288853172 A lecture on October 13, 2016 at Yale University. Spiritual and Religious: Why We Owe God an Hour a Week | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 286406279 A lecture on October 3, 2016 at New York University. Created Equal Or Variated Moral Status? | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 286191126 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at University of Virginia. Virtue and the Desire for Happiness in a Secular Age | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP 285906328 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Harvard University. Dante and the Mind that is Catholic | Dr. Robert Royal 285464617 A lecture on September 21, 2016 at Brown University. A Theology of Tradition in the Light of Dei Verbum | Prof. Lewis Ayres 285326768 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dei Verbum: Holy Scripture as a Mirror of God | Prof. Katherine Sonderegger 285326764 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. True & False Ecumenism in the Church | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 285326757 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Lumen Gentium Through the Glasses of Reformation Theology | Prof. Christoph Schwoebel 285326751 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Humanity of God and Catholic Communion | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 285326747 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Paschal Mystery & the Diversity of Religions | Prof. Bruce Marshall 285326746 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Same God? Karl Barth on the Relation of Islam to Christianity | Prof. Bruce McCormack 285326741 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Biblical Renewal & Vatican II: Karl Barth's Contributions | Prof. Matthew Levering 285326739 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dignity & Domination in Gaudium et Spes and Its Siblings | Prof. John Bowlin 285326736 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Gaudium et Spes at the Origins of Narrative Theology | Prof. Francesca Murphy 285326733 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Catholic Ecumenical Doctrine and Committment | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 285326726 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Unitatis Redintegratio & the Possibility of Ecumenical Progress | Prof. Hans Boersma 285326721 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Concluding Discussion | Ad Limina Apostolorum Conference 285326718 A discussion on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. A Theology of Tradition in the Light of Dei Verbum | Prof. Lewis Ayres 285326768 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dei Verbum: Holy Scripture as a Mirror of God | Prof. Katherine Sonderegger 285326764 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. True & False Ecumenism in the Church | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 285326757 A lecture on September 22, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Lumen Gentium Through the Glasses of Reformation Theology | Prof. Christoph Schwoebel 285326751 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Humanity of God and Catholic Communion | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 285326747 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Paschal Mystery & the Diversity of Religions | Prof. Bruce Marshall 285326746 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Same God? Karl Barth on the Relation of Islam to Christianity | Prof. Bruce McCormack 285326741 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Biblical Renewal & Vatican II: Karl Barth's Contributions | Prof. Matthew Levering 285326739 A lecture on September 23, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Dignity & Domination in Gaudium et Spes and Its Siblings | Prof. John Bowlin 285326736 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Gaudium et Spes at the Origins of Narrative Theology | Prof. Francesca Murphy 285326733 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Catholic Ecumenical Doctrine and Committment | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 285326726 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Unitatis Redintegratio & the Possibility of Ecumenical Progress | Prof. Hans Boersma 285326721 A lecture on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. Concluding Discussion | Ad Limina Apostolorum Conference 285326718 A discussion on September 24, 2016 at Fall Thomistic Circles at the Dominican House of Studies. The Illusion of Conflict: A Catholic Understanding of Faith, Reason & Science | Fr. Dominic Legge 285155325 A lecture on September 15, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Reality of the Soul in an Age of Neuroscience | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP 283789701 A lecture on September 19, 2016 at Yale University. Is Faith Irrational: Aquinas on the Rationality of Belief | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 283669729 A lecture on September 8, 2016 at Harvard University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 1 | White, Frey, Vogler 283645553 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 2 | White, Frey, Vogler, Reno 283645543 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 1 | White, Frey, Vogler 283645553 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 2 | White, Frey, Vogler, Reno 283645543 A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University. “What a Piece of Work is Man" (Part 1) | Fr. Stephen Fields 283053393 Today we live under what Pope Benedict XVI called a “dictatorship of relativism.” During this first installment of a three part series reflecting on the human person, Fr. Stephen Fields discusses how the human person is created in God’s image and likeness. He also comments on the strengths and limits of humanity’s distinctive powers of reason and freedom. Fr. Fields does this against the backdrop of authentic understandings of truth and goodness. The Problem of Social Justice: A Catholic Approach | Prof. Russell Hittinger 281696312 A lecture on September 1, 2016 at Baylor University. Preaching Beyond the Pulpit | Fr. Bill Byrne 278654281 A lecture on August 11, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching the Doctrine of the Faith | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 278552430 A lecture on August 9, 2016 at Conference for Priests. The Spirituality of the Preacher | Fr. Paul Scalia 278552429 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching to the New Faithful | Fr. Paul Check 278552434 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching Beyond the Pulpit | Fr. Bill Byrne 278654281 A lecture on August 11, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching to the New Faithful | Fr. Paul Check 278552434 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. Preaching the Doctrine of the Faith | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 278552430 A lecture on August 9, 2016 at Conference for Priests. The Spirituality of the Preacher | Fr. Paul Scalia 278552429 A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617977 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617800 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. Justice and Human Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 270496505 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Common Good | Prof. Steven Long 270363264 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Justice and Human Law | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 270496505 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Human Rights | Prof. Angela Knobel 270363254 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Protecting and Taking Human Life | Prof. Edward Feser 270363251 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Nature of Religious Freedom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 270363246 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The City of God: Collective Charity in the Church and in Heaven | Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP 270363243 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Common Good | Prof. Steven Long 270363264 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Human Rights | Prof. Angela Knobel 270363254 A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Protecting and Taking Human Life | Prof. Edward Feser 270363251 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The Nature of Religious Freedom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 270363246 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. The City of God: Collective Charity in the Church and in Heaven | Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP 270363243 A lecture on June 4, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop. Faith in Music | Maestro Manfred Honeck 268174605 A lecture on April 5, 2016 at New York University. Can You Believe in the Trinity and Still be a Monotheist? | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 264601756 A lecture on May 12, 2016 at Harvard University. The Human Person Today | Prof. Thomas Pfau 263822859 A lecture on April 26, 2016 at Brown University. Can Beauty Save the World? Aquinas on Art and Liturgy | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 261382378 A lecture on April 26, 2016 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. Final Thoughts on The Future of Catholicism in America | Mary Eberstadt and R. R. Reno 259291822 A discussion on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century Q&A | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259291134 A lecture on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259288619 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom Q&A | Prof. Michael Hanby 259280036 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom | Prof. Michael Hanby 259277471 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future Q&A | George Weigel 259275139 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future | George Weigel 259272389 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders Q&A | Prof. Phil Munoz 259265495 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Introduction to The Future of Catholicism in America | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 259243662 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders | Prof. Phil Munoz 259247251 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Introduction to The Future of Catholicism in America | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 259243662 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders | Prof. Phil Munoz 259247251 A lecture on April 9, 2016. God, Catholicism and the American Founders Q&A | Prof. Phil Munoz 259265495 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future | George Weigel 259272389 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Murray's Critique of the American Future Q&A | George Weigel 259275139 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom | Prof. Michael Hanby 259277471 A lecture on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259288619 A lecture on April 9, 2016. The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the 21st Century Q&A | Prof. Russell Hittinger 259291134 A lecture on April 9, 2016. Final Thoughts on The Future of Catholicism in America | Mary Eberstadt and R. R. Reno 259291822 A discussion on April 9, 2016. Technocracy and the Future of Christian Freedom Q&A | Prof. Michael Hanby 259280036 A lecture on April 9, 2016. The Personal God of Classical Theism | Prof. Eleonore Stump 258687311 A lecture on April 4, 2016 at Yale University. The Medieval Dominicans and the Magisterium | Prof. M. Michéle Mulchahey 257643877 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas on Original Sin: The Promise of an Interdisciplinary Approach | Abp. Augustine DiNoia, OP 257644423 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Dante and the Power of Love in the Intellectual Life | Prof. Anthony Esolen 257651813 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. St. Thomas, Wisdom, and the University Master | Prof. John Boyle 257652109 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Dominican Need of and Service to the University | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 257652665 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Dominican Need of and Service to the University | Fr. Richard Schenk, OP 257652665 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. St. Thomas, Wisdom, and the University Master | Prof. John Boyle 257652109 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Dante and the Power of Love in the Intellectual Life | Prof. Anthony Esolen 257651813 A lecture on April 2, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Aquinas on Original Sin: The Promise of an Interdisciplinary Approach | Abp. Augustine DiNoia, OP 257644423 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Medieval Dominicans and the Magisterium | Prof. M. Michéle Mulchahey 257643877 A lecture on April 1, 2016 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A 13th-Century Take on Natural Rights | Fr. White, OP 256303169 "You Spoke in a Vision"(Ps 89:19): Iconoclasts, Exegetes, and God's Word as an Image | Fr. Giambrone 254671073 A lecture on December 5, 2015 at New York University. Beauty and the Spiritual Senses | Prof. Francesca Murphy 254669905 A lecture on March 12, 2015 at New York University. It's Complicated: Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in Dante's Purgatorio | Dr. Robert Royal 254669533 A lecture on November 7, 2015 at New York University. It's Complicated: Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in Dante's Purgatorio | Dr. Robert Royal 254669533 A lecture on November 7, 2015 at New York University. "You Spoke in a Vision"(Ps 89:19): Iconoclasts, Exegetes, and God's Word as an Image | Fr. Giambrone 254671073 A lecture on December 5, 2015 at New York University. Beauty and the Spiritual Senses | Prof. Francesca Murphy 254669905 A lecture on March 12, 2015 at New York University. Faith in Music | Maestro Manfred Honeck 268174605 A lecture on April 5, 2016 at New York University. Analogical Naming Of God In Aquinas | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252376115 A lecture in March of 2016. The Descent Of Christ into Hell | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252372390 A lecture in March of 2016. The Presence Of God | Fr. James Brent, OP 252365753 A lecture on March 13, 2016. The Wise Restraints that Make Men Free? Freedom, Morality, and the Law | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 252200766 A lecture on February 23, 2016 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Can You Believe in the Trinity and Still be a Monotheist? | Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman 264601756 A lecture on May 12, 2016 at Harvard University. The Human Person Today | Prof. Thomas Pfau 263822859 A lecture on April 26, 2016 at Brown University. The Personal God of Classical Theism | Prof. Eleonore Stump 258687311 A lecture on April 4, 2016 at Yale University. The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236691195 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions" followed by questions from Prof. Paul Griffiths. The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236692446 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology" in conversation with Professors Griffiths, Hauerwas and others. God after Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252177822 A lecture on March 7, 2016 at Duke University. Can Beauty Save the World? Aquinas on Art and Liturgy | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 261382378 A lecture on April 26, 2016 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, VA. God after Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 252177822 A lecture on March 7, 2016 at Duke University. Immortality and Resurrection | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247930180 Predestination | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247929694 What is Truth? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 247929006 Who Am I To Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 246096769 A lecture on February 2, 2016. First installment of the "Thomistic Institute on the Hill" series exploring politics and philosophy. The series is sponsored by the Thomistic Institute - DC Chapter and the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. See more at thomisticinstitute@dhs.edu! The Wise Restraints that Make Men Free? Freedom, Morality, and the Law | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 252200766 A lecture on February 23, 2016 at Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A 13th-Century Take on Natural Rights | Fr. White, OP 256303169 Who Am I To Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 246096769 A lecture on February 2, 2016. First installment of the "Thomistic Institute on the Hill" series exploring politics and philosophy. The series is sponsored by the Thomistic Institute - DC Chapter and the Hillsdale College Kirby Center in Washington, DC. See more at thomisticinstitute@dhs.edu! The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236692446 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology" in conversation with Professors Griffiths, Hauerwas and others. The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236691195 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions" followed by questions from Prof. Paul Griffiths. The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236692446 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Incarnate Lord: Controversies in Christology" in conversation with Professors Griffiths, Hauerwas and others. The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 236691195 A lecture on December 3, 2015 at Duke University. Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP: "The Universal Mediation of Christ and Non-Christian Religions" followed by questions from Prof. Paul Griffiths. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381950 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381691 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part I | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 229625559 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 232486316 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part I | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 229625559 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. Faith, Reason, and Reasonable Belief: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 232486316 A lecture on October 17, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part 1 | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381691 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas on the Incarnation: Part II | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 233381950 A lecture on November 14, 2015 at New York University. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617800 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. The Heart of True Love: Part II | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 271617977 A lecture on February 27, 2016 at New York University. The handout for this lecture can be found here at https://thomisticinstitute.org/handouts. Conference Introduction | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 228564313 An introduction to Fall Thomistic Circles on October 2, 2015. The Social Identity of the Earliest Christians | Prof. Ben Witherington III 228564309 A lecture on October 2, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Jesus' Human Knowledge: A Test for Theological Exegesis | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 228564306 This lecture was offered as part of the Thomistic Circles conference series at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2, 2015. For more information on upcoming events, please visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Scripture as Scientia Christi | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP 228564301 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. John 14:9 and Medieval Debates about the Science of Theology | Dr. R. Trent Pomplun 228564296 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Does Christology Still Have a Place for Christ's Infused Knowledge? | Fr. Simon Gaine, OP 228564281 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Conference Introduction | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 228564313 An introduction to Fall Thomistic Circles on October 2, 2015. The Social Identity of the Earliest Christians | Prof. Ben Witherington III 228564309 A lecture on October 2, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Jesus' Human Knowledge: A Test for Theological Exegesis | Prof. Bruce D. Marshall 228564306 This lecture was offered as part of the Thomistic Circles conference series at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2, 2015. For more information on upcoming events, please visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org Scripture as Scientia Christi | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP 228564301 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. John 14:9 and Medieval Debates about the Science of Theology | Dr. R. Trent Pomplun 228564296 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Does Christology Still Have a Place for Christ's Infused Knowledge? | Fr. Simon Gaine, OP 228564281 A lecture on October 3, 2015 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Turning to Aquinas on Virtue | Prof. Candace Vogler 202374332 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. To Be Good Is To Do the Truth: Reality, Good, and the Primordial Conscience | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 202373572 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. Aquinas' Metaphysics and the Non-Aristotelian Character of Aquinas's Ethics | Prof. Eleonore Stump 202373394 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. Are There Failed Persons? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 202373246 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. Introduction to Metaphysics and Morals Conference | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 202372975 A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University. Persons and Assumptions, Persuasion and Audience | Prof. Brad Gregory 197837018 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Are There Failed Persons? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 197835356 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. After Solipsism: Person in the Modern Literary Imagination | Prof. Thomas Pfau 197830685 A lecture on March 21, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Perils of Boethian Personhood | Prof. Candace Vogler 197373981 A lecture on March 20, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Creation Ad Imaginem Dei | Prof. Steven Long 197370346 A lecture March 20, 2015 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Christ's Earthly Perfection in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Joseph P. Wawrykow 188632021 A lecture on January 29, 2015 for the annual Aquinas Lecture at the Dominican House of Studies. Atheism At The End Of The Line | Prof. Rémi Brague 179200534 Rémi Brague, the Romano Guardini Chair for the Study of Religion at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, presents a lecture on the future of atheism on November 1, 2014 at New York University. Vatican II in the 21st Century: Conference Introduction | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 170928313 A lecture on October 3, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Vatican II in the 21st Century: Conference Introduction | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP 170928313 A lecture on October 3, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Dr. R. R. Reno: "Lumen Gentium: The Catholic Destiny of Humanity" (10/4/2014) 170928312 Reform, Promotion & Participation in the Church of Christ: Sancrosanctum Concilium | Fr. O'Donnell 170928311 A lecture by Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, OP on October 3, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Participatory Priesthood: Contemporary Contributions of Presbyterorum Ordinis | Fr. David Meconi SJ 170928310 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. The Church in the Post-Modern World: Gaudium et Spes on Nature and Grace | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 170927797 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Analogia Verbi: Divine and Human Speech in Scripture According to Dei Verbum | Michael Waldstein 170928308 A lecture by Prof. Michael Waldstein on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles Dr. R. R. Reno: "Lumen Gentium: The Catholic Destiny of Humanity" (10/4/2014) 170928312 Reform, Promotion & Participation in the Church of Christ: Sancrosanctum Concilium | Fr. O'Donnell 170928311 A lecture by Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, OP on October 3, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Participatory Priesthood: Contemporary Contributions of Presbyterorum Ordinis | Fr. David Meconi SJ 170928310 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Analogia Verbi: Divine and Human Speech in Scripture According to Dei Verbum | Michael Waldstein 170928308 A lecture by Prof. Michael Waldstein on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles The Church in the Post-Modern World: Gaudium et Spes on Nature and Grace | Fr. Thomas Joseph White 170927797 A lecture on October 4, 2014 at Fall Thomistic Circles. Yahweh's Repentance And The Immutability Of The Divine Will | Prof. Gregory Vall 139575971 A lecture on March 13, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. God as Wholly Other: Why It Can Be Dangerous to Draw Too Close to God | Prof. Gary Anderson 136359536 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. "Through Those Near To Me, I Show Myself Holy" Holy Scripture and Divine Attributes: Conference Introduction | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 136359531 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. God as Wholly Other: Why It Can Be Dangerous to Draw Too Close to God | Prof. Gary Anderson 136359536 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. "Through Those Near To Me, I Show Myself Holy" The Bible And The Euthyphro Problem | Prof. Michael Gorman 136359535 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Yahweh's Repentance And The Immutability Of The Divine Will | Prof. Gregory Vall 139575971 A lecture on March 13, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Bible And The Euthyphro Problem | Prof. Michael Gorman 136359535 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. Holy Scripture and Divine Attributes: Conference Introduction | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 136359531 A lecture on February 14, 2014 at Spring Thomistic Circles. The Truth Of Things In Words And Pictures | Msgr. Robert Sokolowski 132359486 A lecture on January 30, 2014 for the annual Aquinas Lecture at the Dominican House of Studies. An Aristotelian Argument For The Existence Of God | Prof. Edward Feser 132359481 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Thomas Aquinas and Philosophical Realism: Conference Introduction | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 125807795 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Nature, Culture, And Human Good In Aquinas | Prof. Candace Vogler 125807793 A lecture on November 13, 2013 at New York University. The Principle Of Non-Contradiction Yesterday, Today, And Forever | Fr. James Brent, OP 125807792 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Aquinas and Realism | Prof. John Haldane 125807791 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Thomas Aquinas and Philosophical Realism: Conference Introduction | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 125807795 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. The Principle Of Non-Contradiction Yesterday, Today, And Forever | Fr. James Brent, OP 125807792 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Nature, Culture, And Human Good In Aquinas | Prof. Candace Vogler 125807793 A lecture on November 13, 2013 at New York University. An Aristotelian Argument For The Existence Of God | Prof. Edward Feser 132359481 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Aquinas and Realism | Prof. John Haldane 125807791 A lecture on November 9, 2013 at New York University. Testifying to the Truth: Usque Ad Sanguinem——Pro Veritate Mori | Prof. Reinhard Hütter 125633239 Reinhard Hütter, Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity School, presents a lecture on December 6, 2013 at the Dominican House of Studies, on the ongoing relevance of Thomas Aquinas's teaching on martyrdom.