Season 9

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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March 17, 2022

Thomas and the New Atheists | Bishop Robert Barron

This talk was given on January 28th, 2022 at the University of California at Santa Barbara in partnership with St. Mark’s University Parish and Newman Center. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstit...

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March 16, 2022

The Majesty of Truth: St. Thomas on the Contemplation and Worship of …

Dr. Revelle's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/8ze3uusf This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter....

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March 15, 2022

'A Fire Shall Flame Out’ Charity and the Conditions of Prayer | Prof.…

This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3...

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March 14, 2022

Echoing the Word: St. Thomas and Divine Creativity in Personal Prayer…

Click here for Dr. Revelle's handout: https://tinyurl.com/yc8b6ew6 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. F...

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March 11, 2022

'Go Down to Nazareth': The Contemplative Life and the Nature of Praye…

This lecture was given on January 28, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer, An Intellectual Retreat." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8k24zu. For more information on upc...

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March 10, 2022

Is Free Will an Illusion? The Metaphysics and Psychology of Choice | …

This lecture was given on January 27, 2022 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/37ttfuud. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstit...

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March 9, 2022

I Am My Passions | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

This talk was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitu...

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March 8, 2022

I Am Not My Passions | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

This lecture was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinst...

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