Episodes

Nov. 20, 2024

Luther and Aquinas on Grace and Justification | Dr. Nathaniel Peters

This lecture was given on March 13th, 2024, at New York University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Nathaniel Peters is the Director of the Morningside Institute. He recei...

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Nov. 19, 2024

Types of Grace | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given on December 16th, 2023, at The Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Instit...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Why We Need Grace | Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

This lecture was given on December 15th, 2023, at The Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Thomas Joseph White is the Rector Magnificus of the P...

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Nov. 15, 2024

Augustine's Significance for Theorists on War, Justice, and Peace | F…

This lecture was given on June 10th, 2024, at the Catholic University of America.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is professor o...

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Nov. 14, 2024

Disease and the Problem of Evil | Prof. Stephen Meredith

This lecture was given on September 15th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Stephen Meredith (University of Chicago) is a professor ...

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Nov. 13, 2024

The Ethics of Organ Transplantation | Prof. Steven Jensen

This lecture was given on October 4th, 2024, at Johns Hopkins University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Steven J Jensen, who holds the Bishop Nold Chair in Graduate Phil...

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Nov. 12, 2024

Natural Inclinations, the Passions, and Human Acts | Fr. Kevin Flanne…

This lecture was given on September 6th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Fr. Kevin L. Flannery, S.J., is professor of the history ...

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Nov. 11, 2024

Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

This lecture was given on October 25th, 2024, at Virginia Military Institute.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speaker:Dr. Trabbic is an associate professor of philosophy at Ave Ma...

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Nov. 8, 2024

Catholicism and Capital Punishment Revisited | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.…

This lecture was given on March 3rd, 2024, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Nov. 7, 2024

Understanding Just War Theory w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Josep…

What exactly is just war theory? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Joseph Capizzi about the criteria for just war, the complexity of forgiveness in war, and post-war reconciliation and healing.

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Nov. 6, 2024

Judging Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism | …

This lecture was given on November 8th, 2023, at Ave Maria University.

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Nov. 5, 2024

Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients to Die? | Prof. Fa…

This lecture was given on November 13th, 2023, at East Carolina University.

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Nov. 4, 2024

Is it Wrong to Want the Bad Guy to Suffer? A Christian Approach to Ve…

This lecture was given on January 9th, 2024, at North Carolina State University.

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Nov. 1, 2024

The Catholic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings | Prof.…

This lecture was given on April 5th, 2024, at University of South Carolina.

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Oct. 31, 2024

What Can an Adulteress Teach Us About Happiness? | Sr. Jane Dominic L…

This lecture was given on October 19th, 2023, at Georgetown University.

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Oct. 30, 2024

C. S. Lewis and Aquinas: Was Lewis Influenced by Thomism? | Prof. Pet…

This lecture was given on February 20th, 2024, at Regent University.

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Oct. 29, 2024

Tolkein's Philosophy | Prof. Robert Koons

This lecture was given on March 20th, 2024, at University of Texas at El Paso.

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Oct. 28, 2024

Flannery O'Connor and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Future of Catholic Fi…

This lecture was given on April 4th, 2024, at Fordham University.

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Oct. 25, 2024

Exploring Finitude: Weakness, Suffering, and Faith in Isaac of Nineve…

This lecture was given on January 29th, 2024, at Oxford University.

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Oct. 24, 2024

Why the Demons Fell | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 2nd, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a part of an intellectual retreat on The Angels | An Intellectual Retreat for Catholic University of America.

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Oct. 23, 2024

Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P.

This lecture was given on January 29th, 2024, at The Ohio State University.

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Oct. 22, 2024

How Could a Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

This lecture was given on January 25th, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin.

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Oct. 21, 2024

Affliction, Sorrow and Human Flourishing | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on November 30th, 2023, at North Carolina State University.

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Oct. 18, 2024

Thomas Aquinas on Peace: Part Two | Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.

This lecture was given on Jun 12th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a talk within The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship. The Fellowship engaged the following theme: Can War Be Just? Augustinian, Thomistic, and Contemporary Perspectives.

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