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The Thomistic Institute

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The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events,  and much more.  Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
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Episodes

The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Prof. Zena Hitz

This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on March 3, 2020. About the speaker: Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Modern Age, and The Washington Post. Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and...

May 19, 202055 min

Immaterial Beings: From Ghosts to Minds | Prof. Therese Cory

This lecture was given at Yale Graduate School on March 2, 2020. About the speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is also a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Francis in 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

May 16, 20201 hr 3 min

The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: The Meaning of the Mass | Prof. Paul Gondreau

This lecture was given at Columbia University on February 12, 2020. About the speaker: Prof. Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. ...

May 12, 20201 hr 8 min

Searching for Happiness: Pathfinding and Pitfalls | Prof. W. Scott Cleveland

This lecture was given on February 18, 2020 at the University of Kansas. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Director of Catholic Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy 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 study of the virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral a...

May 09, 202048 min

The Psychology of Happiness: Stoicism in the City of God | Prof. Sarah Byers

This lecture was given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 5, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. Her areas of expertise include Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ethics. She received a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto.

May 05, 202059 min

Should We Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide? | Prof. John Keown and Dr. Joseph Marine

This lecture was given at Johns Hopkins University on February 17, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. John Keown is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He graduated in law from Cambridge and took a doctorate in law at Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). After a spell teaching medical and criminal law at the University of Leicester, he became the first hol...

May 02, 202048 min

Living a Life of Divine Worship | Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Apr 30, 20201 hr

Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship | Prof. Craig Titus

The full title of this lecture is "Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship: Love as a Contribution to Mental Health Practice." It was given at a conference on "Love, Friendship, and Happiness," co-sponsored with the Scala Foundation and the Aquinas Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary on February 15, 2020. This conference featured Prof. Erika Kidd (University of St. Thomas), Prof. Craig Titus (Divine Mercy University), Prof. Anna Moreland (Villanova University), and Dr. RJ Snell (T...

Apr 28, 20201 hr 8 min

Chance or Purpose? God's Providence and the Christian Worldview | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

This lecture was given at the United States Military Academy on February 11, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia, PA, he attended...

Apr 26, 202056 min

The Remedy for Confused Kenoticism: Aquinas as a Kenotic Theologian | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given at a conference co-sponsored by the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University and the Thomistic Institute entitled "Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology" in February 2020. Bruce Marshall (Southern Methodist University) and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (Angelicum) were this conference’s keynote speakers. Other speakers include: Prof. Richard Bauckham (University of St. Andrews), Prof. Oliver Crisp (University of St. Andrews), Nathan Eubank (Unive...

Apr 23, 202035 min

Is the Coronavirus a Punishment from God? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Apr 22, 202056 min

St Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law: The Contemporary Relevance of a Medieval Idea | Prof. Kenneth Kemp

This lecture was given at Florida State University on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Kenneth W. Kemp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Fellow of that University’s Center for Catholic Studies. His education includes an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of Science as well as a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. His research work has in...

Apr 21, 202049 min

The Virgin Mary and the Church: The New Eve | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 19, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Master of Students and Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, DC. He earned his Ph.D. in Theology (History of Christianity) in 2010 from the University of Notre Dame. His short studies appear in such journals as Vigilia...

Apr 18, 202059 min

Poetry, Philosophy, and the Sacred: An Example by G.M. Hopkins | Prof. Kevin Hart

This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on 26 February 2020. About the speaker: Kevin Hart is the Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where he also holds professorships in the Departments of English and French. His most recent scholarly books include Kingdoms of God (Indiana UP, 2014) and Poetry and Revelation (Bloomsbury, 2017). Among the books he has edited are JeanLuc Marion: The Essential Writings (Fordham UP, ...

Apr 16, 20201 hr 26 min

What is Health for the Soul? A Conversation with Fr. John Corbett, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Apr 15, 202059 min

What Is Politics About Anyway? Thomas Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

This lecture was given at the College of William and Mary on 27 February, 2020. The handout for this lecture can be found here: tinyurl.com/y7c3k73c Speaker Bio: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the co...

Apr 09, 20201 hr 12 min

The Presence of God in a Season of Solitude | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Apr 08, 202059 min

The Place of the Altar and the Shape of the Font | Prof. Robin Jenson

This lecture was given at Duke University on 27 February 2020. Speaker Bio: Prof. Robin Jensen’s research and publication focuses on the relationship between early Christian art and literature and examines the ways that visual images and architectural spaces should be regarded as modes of theological expression. Her published essays and books contend that, in addition to interpreting sacred texts, visual images enhance liturgical settings, reflect the nature and content of devotional piety, and ...

Apr 07, 202055 min

Complicating Private Property | Prof. Joseph Capizzi

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on February 20, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the ...

Apr 04, 20201 hr 34 min

Plagues: What We Can Learn from the Bible | Fr. Anthony Giambrone, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Apr 03, 202059 min

Is Postmodernism a Problem for Religion? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

This lecture was given at Mississippi State University on February 20, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Joseph Trabbic is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University, where he has taught since 2006. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 2008. His areas of interest include Aquinas, continental philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He has published his work in various academic journa...

Apr 02, 202046 min

Grace and Anxiety: Spiritual Growth in a Time of Turmoil | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures. Speaker bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an assistant professor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He holds a JD from Yale...

Apr 01, 202032 min

Before Church and State | Dr. Andrew Willard Jones

This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 13, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Andrew Willard Jones is the Director of the St. Paul Center and a Faculty Fellow at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Jones holds a PhD in Medieval History from Saint Louis University with a focus on the Church of the High Middle Ages. Jones’s work is primarily concerned with historical political theology and with the reconciliation of the post-modern wit...

Mar 31, 202058 min

Demons at the Feast of Love: Concupiscence, Benevolence, and Transcendence | Dr. R.J. Snell

This lecture was given at a conference on "Love, Friendship, and Happiness," co-sponsored with the Scala Foundation and the Aquinas Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary on February 15, 2020. This conference featured Prof. Erika Kidd (University of St. Thomas), Prof. Craig Titus (Divine Mercy University), Prof. Anna Moreland (Villanova University), and Dr. RJ Snell (The Witherspoon Institute). R. J. Snell is Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life. Prior to his appoi...

Mar 28, 20201 hr 6 min

Love Comes to Grief: Scenes from Augustine's Confessions | Prof. Erika Kidd

This lecture was given at Princeton University on February 15, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Erika Kidd is Associate Professor of Catholic Studies and the Director of the Masters in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. For more information on the masters program, please visit www.stthomas.edu/catholicstudies/masters/.

Mar 26, 202044 min

Can Catholics Defend Free Enterprise? | Prof. Jay Richards

This lecture was given at Tulane University on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the author of many books including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013) and Indivisible (2012). He is also the author of Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; and co-author of The Privileged Planet with astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. His most recent book is “Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body Wh...

Mar 24, 202054 min

Why the Catholic Church is Not Pacifist | Prof. Joseph Capizzi

Professor Joseph Capizzi discusses why the Catholic Church is not pacifist, exploring the historical and theological contexts that justify the use of force in certain situations, particularly in defense of vulnerable people. This lecture was given at Duke University on February 13, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 . Prof. Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social an...

Mar 21, 20201 hr 5 min
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