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May 15, 2023

Making Sense of the Atonement | Prof. Ross McCullough

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...

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May 12, 2023

Thomistic Philosophy as a Remedy for Today's Crisis of Faith | Prof. …

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 Politica...

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May 10, 2023

The Error of Beginnings and the Beginning of Errors: Cosmology and Cr…

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 U...

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May 8, 2023

Why is Creation So Central in Early Christian Teaching? | Prof. Lewis…

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. H...

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May 5, 2023

The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Brideshead Revisited | P…

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 directo...

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May 4, 2023

Overcoming the Science and Religion Divide | Dr. Karin Oberg

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 rese...

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April 28, 2023

Death and Immortality | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

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.thomisticinstit...

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April 26, 2023

Classical and Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Prof. Mic…

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 doctorate...

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April 24, 2023

Are We Our Brains? Neuroscience And The Soul | Doctor Paul LaPenna

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 a...

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April 20, 2023

Why the Roman Catholic Church? w/ Prof. Paige Hochschild (Off-Campus …

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) ...

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April 19, 2023

Peace in the Lives of Gregory of Nazianzus and Augustine of Hippo | F…

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 …

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April 17, 2023

A Thomistic Approach to Friendship Between the Sexes| Prof. John Cudd…

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 tw...

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April 14, 2023

Spirit, Soul, and Body According to Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent,…

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 Uni...

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April 12, 2023

Descartes and 'The Aristotelians' on the Soul as the Life of the Body…

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...

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April 10, 2023

Descartes's Soul | Prof. Jorge Secada

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 V...

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April 7, 2023

The Ethics of Human Gene Editing with CRISPR | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco,…

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 laud...

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April 6, 2023

St. Thomas's Five Ways: How to Prove God Exists w/ Dr. Edward Feser(O…

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 Conversatio...

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April 5, 2023

Proofs for the Existence of God | Prof. Robert Koons

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 Te...

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April 1, 2023

Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul | Prof. Gyula Klima

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. And...

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March 31, 2023

St. Edmund Campion and the Jesuit English Mission of 1580 | Prof. Fio…

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...

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March 29, 2023

The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau.…

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. Jose...

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March 29, 2023

Does God Exist? | Prof. Michael Gorman

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 ...

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March 27, 2023

The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers | Prof. Eleonore…

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 Sain...

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March 27, 2023

Does God Create Through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P.

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 t...

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