Season 11

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. 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 …

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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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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Jan. 2, 2024

The Priest as Sinner in the Thought of Augustine | Father Robert Doda…

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 …

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Jan. 1, 2024

Dumb Ox to Angelic Doctor: The Life and Works of St. Thomas Aquinas |…

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...

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Dec. 29, 2023

Leaving Loneliness, Building Friendship, and Fostering Human Flourish…

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...

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Dec. 28, 2023

Recover Your Faith with C.S. Lewis & St. Thomas w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, …

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. …

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Dec. 28, 2023

Balderdash: What It Is, Why We Tolerate It, and How We Can Reduce It …

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...

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Dec. 27, 2023

Is Faith Irrational? A Lecture on Faith and Reason | Father Ambrose L…

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...

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