Episodes

April 20, 2022

The Perennial Importance of Plato | Prof. John Rist

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John M. Rist was educated in classics at Trinity College, Cambr...

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April 20, 2022

A Thomistic Account of Truth | Prof. Timothy Pawl

This lecture was given on March 3, 2022 at the College of William and Mary. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4dbe7m5r. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute...

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April 18, 2022

Predestination and Human Freedom: A Catholic Approach | Prof. W. Matt…

Access Prof. Grant's handout here: https://tinyurl.com/2utsun3j This lecture was given on March 7, 2022 at Hillsdale College. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: W....

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April 15, 2022

What Is Truth? Why Does It Matter? | Prof. Jennifer Frey

This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Indiana University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jennifer Frey is an associate Professor of Philosophy at the Un...

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April 14, 2022

The Life of the World to Come | Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. entered the Dominican novitiate f...

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April 13, 2022

Are We Just Accidents? Evolution in the Light of Faith | Prof. Tomás …

View Prof. Bogardus' slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yer9hxmu This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the s...

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April 12, 2022

Biblical Responses to Objections to the Catholic Faith | Prof. Michae…

This lecture was given on February 18, 2022 at the University of Oklahoma. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the...

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April 11, 2022

Aquinas on the Cardinal & Theological Virtues | Prof. Jonathan Sanford

This lecture was given on February 17, 2022 at Trinity Western University via Zoom. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Jonathan J. Sanford, PhD, is Professor of Phil...

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April 8, 2022

Aristotle and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Rob Koons

This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at the University of Kansas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at t...

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April 7, 2022

Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Pro…

This lecture was given on February 16, 2022 at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic Univer...

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April 6, 2022

Are Unjust Laws Really Laws? Positivism and the Natural Law Tradition…

This lecture was given on February 11, 2022 at Ashland University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Peter Karl Koritansky is a Professor of History, Philosophy, an...

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April 5, 2022

Personal Relationship with the Persons of the Trinity | Fr. John Bapt…

This lecture was given on February 7, 2022 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P....

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April 4, 2022

How and How Not to Be Happy | Prof. J. Budziszewski

This lecture was given on February 10, 2022 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: J. Budziszewski (Ph.D. Yale, 1981) is a professor...

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April 1, 2022

What Happens When You Eat God? The Effects of the Eucharist | Fr. Jon…

This lecture was given on January 9, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist: An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: ...

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March 31, 2022

The Eucharist: How Could Christ be Present in Many Places at Once? | …

This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on u...

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March 30, 2022

The Eucharist as Symbol and Reality | Prof. Alexander Pruss

This talk was given on January 8, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on u...

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March 29, 2022

Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena on Conformity to Christ in the …

This talk was given on January 7, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "The Eucharist," an intellectual retreat for the Thomistic Institute’s chapters at Auburn University and North Carolina State University. For more information on u...

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March 28, 2022

Aquinas, Darwin, and Creation: Is Evolution at Odds with Genesis? | P…

This lecture was given on February 8, 2022 at the University of Georgia. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Kenneth W. Kemp is Associate Professor Emeritus in the De...

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March 25, 2022

Is it Reasonable to Believe in God? | Prof. Francis Beckwith

This lecture was given on February 1, 2022 at the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Chur...

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March 24, 2022

St. Thomas’s Eucharistic Devotion | Prof. Joshua Revelle

This talk was given on October 10, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinst...

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March 23, 2022

Prayer and the Intellectual Life | Prof. Joshua Revelle

This talk was given on October 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinsti...

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March 22, 2022

The Mystery Of Prayer | Prof. Josh Revelle

This talk was given on October 8, 2021 at St. Joseph's Retreat Center as part of "Prayer in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Weekend Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinsti...

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March 21, 2022

Faith and Hope amidst Darkness and Fears: C.S. Lewis and Thomas Aquin…

This talk was given on February 2, 2022 at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology ...

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March 18, 2022

Aristotle's Four Causes and the Possibility of Science | Prof. Joshua…

This lecture was given on December 3, 2021 at Youngstown State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Prof...

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