Episodes

Feb. 13, 2024

The Priest As Sinner In The Thought Of Augustine | Fr. Robert Dodaro

Fr. Robert Dodaro, O.S.A. (Patristic Institute) is the president of the Patristic Institute in Rome, where he is also a professor. In addition, he is professor of patristic theology in the Pontifical Lateran University. He is the author of Christ a...

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Feb. 9, 2024

Is Lying Always Wrong? | Fr. Gregory Pine

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. is a doctoral student in Christology at the University of Fribourg. He serves as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to the TI, he was an associate pastor at St. Lo...

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Feb. 9, 2024

The Unintended Reformation | Prof. Brad Gregory

This lecture was given on February 9th, 2024, at St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village.

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Feb. 8, 2024

Is Masculinity Toxic? A Thomistic Perspective on Marriage | Prof. Joh…

John A. Cuddeback 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 ac...

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Feb. 7, 2024

The Search for Life Beyond Earth| Prof Jonathan Lunine

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 w...

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Feb. 6, 2024

Rethinking Economic Equality: A Thomistic Perspective I Professor Mar…

Mary Hirschfeld is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Mary Hirschfeld was Associate Professor of Economics and Theology in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University ...

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Feb. 5, 2024

Aquinas on Reason and Emotion | Professor Michael Gorman

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 (Cambr...

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Feb. 2, 2024

Friendship with God and Others | Professor Adam Eitel

Professor Eitel is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Dallas. Before joining the UD faculty in 2023, he taught for eight years at Yale University, where he held appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies,...

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Feb. 1, 2024

Does Evil Disprove God? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. W. Matthews…

Does evil disprove God? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. W. Matthews Grant about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Does Evil Disprove God?" Does Evil ...

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Jan. 31, 2024

The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art that Leads to God | Pr…

This lecture was given on October 10th, 2023, at The Ohio State University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for C...

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Jan. 30, 2024

The Good Life: Tips from Aquinas | Father Alan O'Sullivan O.P.

This lecture was given on June 16th, 2023, at Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh House Kilsheelan, TA Ireland. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Alan O’Sullivan, O....

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Jan. 29, 2024

St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body and St. Thomas Aquinas | Father …

This lecture was given on November 21st, 2023, at Universidad Panamericana Campus Mixcoac. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President...

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Jan. 26, 2024

Salvation for Sinful Christians: The Sacrament of Confession | Father…

This lecture was given on November 9th, 2023, at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is vice president and dean of the Pont...

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Jan. 25, 2024

Does Modern Neuroscience Disprove The Existence Of The Soul

This lecture was given on November 28th, 2023, at Johns Hopkins University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and As...

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Jan. 24, 2024

Greed in Christian Societies | Professor Brad Gregory

This lecture was given on October 19th, 2023, at the University of Oregon. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Brad S. Gregory is Professor of History and Dorothy G. Grif...

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Jan. 23, 2024

St. Augustine’s Confessions & the Interior Altar of the Heart | Profe…

This lecture was given on October 16th, 2023, at The College of William and Mary. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Dr. Chad Pecknold received his PhD from the Univers...

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Jan. 22, 2024

Does Birthplace Determine Religion? | Professor Tomas Bogardus

This lecture was given on November 16th, 2023, at The Catholic University of America. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Tomas Bogardus is associate professor of philoso...

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Jan. 22, 2024

How to Do Business and Keep Your Soul | Prof. Andrew Abela

This lecture was given on January 22nd, 2024, at Yale University.

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Jan. 18, 2024

What's Wrong With Moral Relativism? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof.…

What's wrong with moral relativism? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Francis Beckwith about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Is There Anything Wrong W...

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Jan. 17, 2024

Saint Augustine's Revision Of The Heroic Ideal I Father Robert Dodaro…

Fr. Robert Dodaro, O.S.A. (Patristic Institute) is the president of the Patristic Institute in Rome, where he is also a professor. In addition, he is professor of patristic theology in the Pontifical Lateran University. He is the author of Christ a...

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Jan. 16, 2024

Natural Law And The U.S. Constitution: A Thomistic Introduction I Pro…

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...

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Jan. 15, 2024

Should I Believe That Jesus Is God? I Father Conor McDonough, O.P

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)

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Jan. 12, 2024

The Journey to Human Flourishing: Insights from Thomistic Philosophy …

Professor Eitel is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Dallas. Before joining the UD faculty in 2023, he taught for eight years at Yale University, where he held appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies,...

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Jan. 11, 2024

A Philosophical Theology of the Body? Eros in Plato and John Paul II …

This lecture was given on November 3rd, 2023, at Youngstown State University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Direct...

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