Season 11

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...

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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Dec. 19, 2023

How Can Aristotle Benefit Science Today? | Father Ambrose Little

Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order of Preachers in 2007, making his …

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Dec. 18, 2023

Faith, Mysticism, and the 'Dark Night Of The Soul' | Father Dominic L…

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.L. from …

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Dec. 18, 2023

Do You Believe In Miracles? (And Can You Do So Reasonably?) | W. Matt…

W. Matthews Grant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas (MN), and Associate Editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. His articles have focused on Aquinas and the Philosophy of God, parti...

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Dec. 15, 2023

Beyond Words: What ChatGPT Can't Say | Jane Sloan Peters

Jane Sloan Peters is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY. Her dissertation explored Thomas Aquinas's reception of Greek patristic and Byzantine biblical interpretation for his four-volu...

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Dec. 14, 2023

Beyond Words: What ChatGPT Can't Say w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof…

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jane Sloan Peters about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Beyond Words: What ChatGPT Can't Say." Beyond Words: What C...

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Dec. 13, 2023

Human Flourishing And Disability: A Thomistic Approach | Prof. Matthe…

This lecture was given on September 21st, 2023, at Saint Vincent College. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Matthew Shea is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fran...

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Dec. 12, 2023

The Christian Responses St. Gregory and St. Augustine to the Roman Em…

This lecture was given on October 23rd, 2023 at William and Mary. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events. About the Speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is associate professor of patr...

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Dec. 11, 2023

Human And Artificial Intelligence: What Does It Mean To Think I Profe…

This lecture was given on November 15th, 2023 at Saint Louis University. For more information on upcoming events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events. About the Speaker: Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian...

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Dec. 8, 2023

Study And The Spiritual Life Crucifixion Of The Desk I Sister Anna Wr…

Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia. Sister received her PhD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activit...

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Dec. 7, 2023

Saint Thomas And The Acquired Virtues I Professor Candace Vogler

Candace Vogler is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy and Professor in the College at the University of Chicago, and Principal Investigator on "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life," a project funded by the John …

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Dec. 6, 2023

A Neurologists Reflections On Human Dignity And Suffering I Dr. Paul …

Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in ...

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Dec. 5, 2023

The Philosophical And Scientific Images Of Humanity I Professor James…

The Philosophical And Scientific Images Of Humanity I Professor James Madden by The Thomistic Institute

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Dec. 1, 2023

A Thomistic Account Of Ethics Of Assisted Reproductive Technologies I…

Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, "A Thomistic Account of the Habituatio...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Flourishing Through Friendship: Vices That Hinder And Virtues That Ai…

Professor W. Scott Cleveland is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Catholic Studies at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the ...

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Nov. 30, 2023

Veneration of the Eucharist w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Fr. Uwe Micha…

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Veneration of the Eucharist." Veneration of the Eucharist w/ ...

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Nov. 29, 2023

Our Lukewarm Age: Relativism and God in the Modern World | Professor …

Erik Dempsey is the Assistant Director of the University of Texas at Austin's Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas. He is interested in understanding human virtue and the proper place of politics in a flourishing …

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Nov. 24, 2023

Made One with Christ: Aquinas on Deification through the Sacraments |…

This lecture was given on April 15, 2023, at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on Divinization. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Dr. Daria Spezzano (Providence Colle...

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Nov. 23, 2023

Divine Mercy & Deification - Talk #2 | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 15th, 2023 at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on Divinization. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events

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Nov. 22, 2023

Rejecting the Demonic, the Heretical, and the Ludicrous | Fr. Andrew…

This lecture was given on April 15th, 2023, at the West Coast Intellectual Retreat on Divinization. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: r. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as ...

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