Episodes
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.
Guest: Prof. Andrew Abela
Jan. 18, 2024
What's Wrong With Moral Relativism? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Francis Beckwith
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...
Jan. 17, 2024
Saint Augustine's Revision Of The Heroic Ideal I Father Robert Dodaro, OSA
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...
Jan. 16, 2024
Natural Law And The U.S. Constitution: A Thomistic Introduction I Professor Joshua Hochschild
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...
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)
Jan. 12, 2024
The Journey to Human Flourishing: Insights from Thomistic Philosophy I 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,...
Jan. 11, 2024
A Philosophical Theology of the Body? Eros in Plato and John Paul II | Professor Joshua Hochschild
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...
Jan. 10, 2024
The Virtues: Moral, Intellectual, Theological I 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,...
Jan. 9, 2024
Aquinas on Friendship with God | Professor Adam Eitel
Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fund...
Jan. 8, 2024
Aquinas on Friendship | Professor Adam Eitel
Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fund...
Jan. 5, 2024
The Good Life: Tips from Aquinas | Father Alan O'Sullivan, O.P.
Fr. Alan O’Sullivan, O.P. (Trinity College) is currently the chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of the Irish province of the Order of Preachers who studied at Blackfriars, Oxford.
Jan. 4, 2024
The Gift of Fear | Professor Adam Eitel
Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fund...
Jan. 3, 2024
Humility & Pride | Professor Adam Eitel
Prof. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fund...
Jan. 2, 2024
The Priest as Sinner in the Thought of Augustine | Father Robert Dodaro, O.S.A.
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...
Jan. 1, 2024
Dumb Ox to Angelic Doctor: The Life and Works of St. Thomas Aquinas | Father Conor McDonough, O.P.
Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies, Dublin) 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 or...
Dec. 29, 2023
Leaving Loneliness, Building Friendship, and Fostering Human Flourishing | Professor Scott Cleveland
This lecture was given on September 24th, 2023, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Associate Pr...
Dec. 28, 2023
Recover Your Faith with C.S. Lewis & St. Thomas w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Michael Dauphinais
Looking to reignite your faith in the new year? C.S. Lewis and St. Thomas Aquinas can help you recover your faith! Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Michael Da...
Dec. 28, 2023
Balderdash: What It Is, Why We Tolerate It, and How We Can Reduce It | Sister Anna Wray, O.P.
This lecture was given on September 28th, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Sr. Anna Wray is a native of Connec...
Dec. 27, 2023
Is Faith Irrational? A Lecture on Faith and Reason | Father Ambrose Little, O.P.
This lecture was given on October 20th, 2023, at The University of North Florida. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the...
Dec. 26, 2023
Purgatory: Good News for Most of Us | Professor Michael Root
This lecture was given on October 13th 2023, at St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Th...
Dec. 25, 2023
Forgotten Lay Patronesses Of The Church | Doctor Bronwen McShea
This lecture was given on October 27th, 2023, at St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Bronwen McShea is an historian and author who lives...
Dec. 22, 2023
Human Nature and Biotechnology | Professor Stephen Meredith
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 t...
Dec. 21, 2023
Resilience and Happiness According to Dante and Aquinas | Thomas Hibbs
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 receiv...
Dec. 20, 2023
Justice, the Common Good, and Friendship | Father Gregory Pine
Fr. Gregory currently serves as an adjunct professor of dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies and an Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute. He is a contributor on the Pints with Aquinas show and a co-host of the Catholic Class...