Episodes

Feb. 11, 2022

Can You Be Spiritual But Not Religious? | Dr. R.J. Snell

This walk was given on September 21, 2021 at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon In...

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Feb. 10, 2022

Why Do We Die? | Prof. Christopher Frey

This lecture was delivered on October 28, 2021 at the University of South Carolina. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Christopher Frey is currently an associate pr...

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Feb. 9, 2022

Does Moral Knowledge Require God?: An Introduction To Thomistic Epist…

Prof. Bogardus' slides can be viewed here: https://tinyurl.com/dc329b72 This lecture was given on November 30, 2021 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute....

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Feb. 8, 2022

Nuclear Deterrence: Moral or Immoral? | Prof. John Keown

This lecture was given on November 19, 2021 at the University of South Carolina. View Prof. Keown's slides here: https://tinyurl.com/yck2hbwu For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About ...

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Feb. 4, 2022

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature | Sr. Jane Domi…

This lecture was given on November 5, 2021 at Auburn University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregati...

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Jan. 31, 2022

How Many Friends Should I Have? ‘A Lot,’ says Thomas Aquinas | Fr. Aq…

Fr. Guilbeau's handout can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3vw4dp4e This lecture was delivered on December 6, 2021 at St. Mary Mother of God Catholic Church for the DC Young Professionals Chapter of the Thomistic Institute. For more informatio...

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Jan. 28, 2022

St. Thomas Aquinas' Pursuit of Wisdom and Friendship with God | Fr. D…

This homily by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. was given on Thursday, Jan. 27 in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the Catholic University of America's annual University Mass in honor of the school's patron, St. …

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Jan. 25, 2022

How to Die Well | Dr. Farr Curlin

This lecture was given on November 2, 2021 at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Farr Curlin is the Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities...

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Jan. 24, 2022

The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete? | Pr…

This lecture was given at University of Alabama, Birmingham on November 1, 2021. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department since 1988. Professor George is an Aristo...

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Jan. 20, 2022

The Intellectual Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary | Dr. Zena Hitz

This lecture was given at University of California, Berkeley on November 16, 2021. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is intere...

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Jan. 17, 2022

How Is My iPhone Changing Me? Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology |…

This lecture was given at West Virginia University on November 5, 2021. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor o...

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March 13, 2021

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Faith and Reason in a World under Sieg…

This lecture was given to the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Santa Barbara on February 24, 2021.For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org.About the speaker:Caro...

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Jan. 26, 2018

What Is Beauty? Is God Beautiful? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

This lecture was given during a conference on Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers at Ave Maria University held on January 26-27, 2018.

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