Episodes

Dec. 5, 2024

What Does "Creation" Really Mean? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. Wil…

What does it really mean to say the world is "created," according to St. Thomas Aquinas? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Dr. William Carroll about what "creation" really means!

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Dec. 4, 2024

If Your Head Causes You to Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses the pitfalls of undisciplined thinking, advocating for a return to structured thought guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Dec. 3, 2024

Human Person, Community, and Communion | Dr. R.J. Snell

Dr. R.J. Snell explores the contemporary Western world's struggle with disenchantment, loneliness, and lack of purpose, exemplified through Elena Ferrante's fiction by contrasting Ferrante's works with the Christian concept of relational personhood.

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Dec. 2, 2024

Saint Thomas and the Acquired Virtues | Prof. Candace Vogler

Professor Candace Vogler examines Thomas Aquinas' approach to virtue by highlighting Thomas' development of the Aristotelian notion of virtue, and explaining the role of the acquired and infused cardinal virtues in correcting human flaws.

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Nov. 29, 2024

Friendships and Social Life - Thomistic Insights | Prof. Thomas Hibbs…

Professor Thomas Hibbs and Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau discuss the importance of friendship and social life from a Thomistic perspective, highlighting the decline in friendships in modern society with philosophical insights from Aristotle and Aquinas.

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Nov. 28, 2024

Feasting like a Saint | Prof. Michael Foley

Professor Michael Foley discusses how to "drink like a saint" by outlining five principles: moderation, gratitude, memory, merriment, and ritual. This lecture was given on March 9th, 2024, as a part of the Texas Intellectual Retreat: "Honorable Festivity."

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Nov. 27, 2024

Honorable Festivity: An Oxymoron? | Prof. Michael Foley

Professor Michael Foley examines the idea of honorable festivity, demonstrating how human culture elevates the basic act of eating into a dramatic, artistic experience.

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Nov. 26, 2024

Praying the Psalms in Friendship with God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

Fr. Andrew Hofer discusses the significance of the Psalms in fostering a friendship with God, highlighting the teachings of Sts. Athanasius and Thomas Aquinas.

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Nov. 25, 2024

Aquinas, the 'Great Theory of Beauty', and Music | Prof. Michael Dick…

This lecture was given on February 20th, 2024, at University of South Carolina. Professor Michael Dickson examines the relationship between beauty and music, tracing the development of aesthetics from ancient Greece to modernity.

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Nov. 22, 2024

Justified by Grace, But What is Grace and What Does it Do? | Prof. Mi…

This lecture was given on February 3rd, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a part of an Intellectual Retreat titled: The Protestant Reformation From a Catholic Perspective: Then & Now.

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Nov. 21, 2024

The Effects of Grace, Justification & Sanctification | Fr. Dominic Le…

This lecture was given on December 16th, 2023, at The Dominican House of Studies as part of An Intellectual Retreat for Regent University & Providence College following the theme of Divine Grace.

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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.

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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 as part of An Intellectual Retreat for Regent University & Providence College following the theme of Divine Grace.

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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 as part of An Intellectual Retreat for Regent University & Providence College following the theme of Divine Grace.

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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 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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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 as part of an Intellectual Retreat for DC Young Professionals titled: Are We Still Human?

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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.

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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 as part of a Thomistic Circles conference titled: Disentangling the Emotions: St. Thomas on Moral Taxonomy and Integration.

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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.

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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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