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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

God in St. Augustine's Confessions | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a deacon in 2001 and a priest...

Oct 22, 202058 min

Common Mistakes about God and Suffering | Prof. Robert Koons

This lecture was streamed for Texas State University on September 24, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphy...

Oct 17, 202029 min

Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness | Prof. Christopher Kaczor

This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to ta...

Oct 15, 202018 min

Hillbilly Thomism Flannery O'Connor's Vision Of Grace | Prof. Jennifer Frey

This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to ta...

Oct 15, 202058 min

Is the Human Person Naturally Religious? Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

This talk was given for the University Edinburgh on September 24, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. White is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The L...

Oct 10, 20201 hr 15 min

St. Thomas Aquinas Our Common Doctor For Theology Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Institute Livestream. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the following year. He made his profession of solemn vows in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, and was ordained a...

Oct 08, 202058 min

Is there a Distinction Between Faith and Reason? | Prof. Robert Koons

This talk was given at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000), and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide ...

Oct 06, 202039 min

Friendship and Happiness: Insights from Aristotle and Aquinas | Prof. Jennifer Frey

This lecture was given for our chapter at Cornell University on September 23rd, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appoin...

Oct 03, 202051 min

Discerning a Vocation to Be a Catholic Intellectual | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and 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 the School of Philosophy of the Cath...

Oct 01, 202049 min

Happiness of the Catholic Intellectual: Balance, Focus, and Priorities | Prof. Christopher Kaczor

This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor did post-doctoral work as a Federal Chancellor...

Sep 29, 202039 min

Prayer, Holiness, and the Intellectual Life | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and 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 the School of Philosophy of the Cath...

Sep 26, 202050 min

The Vocation of the Catholic Intellectual: Faith, Reason, and Service | Prof. Christopher Kaczor

This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor did post-doctoral work as a Federal Chancellor...

Sep 24, 202034 min

Divinization and the Gradation Of Freedom | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the spring of 2020 he was ordained a priest, and received an S.T.L. from ...

Sep 22, 202059 min

The Danger of Technology to Human Flourishing | Prof. James Madden

This talk is Prof. Madden's third and final lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert Coll...

Sep 19, 202039 min

The Virtues of Healthy Dependence | Fr. Gregory Pine

This lecture was given on August 8, 2020, at the Thomistic Institute's Intellectual Retreat on Virtuous Autonomy in Estes Park, Colorado. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. 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 nea...

Sep 17, 202055 min

Freedom in Friendship and Community | Prof. James Madden

This talk is Prof. Madden's second lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For Prof. Madden's first lecture, see Thomisticinstitute – True-freedom-and-its-counterfeits-prof-james-madden For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) a...

Sep 15, 202036 min

True Freedom and Its Counterfeits | Prof. James Madden

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work...

Sep 12, 202038 min

The Image of God in Modernity | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. The hand out for this talk can be accessed here: tinyurl.com/yxfsqkk3 Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers in the summer of 2013. In the...

Sep 10, 202049 min

Christian Theology and the Limits of Politics in Augustine | Prof. Bradley Lewis

This lecture was given as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship, June 15 through 18, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and on some figures in the neo-Thomist tradition, as well as on the topics of public reason and religiou...

Sep 08, 202015 min

Natural Theology, Civil Theology, and the Limits of Politics in Plato | Prof. Bradley Lewis

This lecture was given at the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on June 15, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and on some figures in the neo-Thomist tradition, as well as on the topics of public reason and religious freedom....

Sep 05, 202017 min

Ebbing, Flowing Sea: Trinitarian Mystical Theology of Jan Van Ruusbroec | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

This lecture was given at the University of York on March 9, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove lectures in Medieval Thought at Durham University, UK. He has published scholarly articles on medieval theology and spirituality, theology of the Trinity, and soteriology. His books include: Introduction to Medieval Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012); Jan van Ruusbroec. Mystical Theologian of the Trinity (IN: University of ...

Sep 03, 202047 min

Are There Failed Persons? Are You One of Them? | Prof. John O'Callaghan

This lecture was given at Brown University on February 20, 2020. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include Medieval Philosophy, the p...

Aug 29, 202053 min

Reading Bonaventure in a Time Of Crisis | Prof. Gregory LaNave

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in publishing at the New Catholic Encyclopedia and The Catholic University of America Press, he joined th...

Aug 26, 20201 hr

Neuroscience and Freedom of the Will - Is There Really a Problem? | Prof. James Madden

This lecture was given at the University of Tulsa on February 27, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. James Madden lives in Atchison, KS with his wife (Jennifer) and their children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph.D., 2002). He was awarded the Benedictine College Distinguished Educator of the Year Award in 2006....

Aug 24, 202043 min

Does God Create through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P.

This lecture was given at Oxford University on February 5, 2020. The power point presentation for this lecture can be accessed here: tinyurl.com/y39la8ja For more events and information please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P., is a Polish Dominican theologian. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA and Church Licentiate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He currently works as a professor of...

Aug 21, 202053 min

The Way of the Cross During Pandemic | Prof. Jody Vaccaro Lewis

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Lewis works in the areas of the New Testament and Patristics. She teaches courses on the Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Writings, and Pauline Letters, as well as various patristic topics. Her interests include the history of biblical interpretation, women in the Bible and early Church, and early Ch...

Aug 19, 202059 min

The Resurrection | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. 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 Phi...

Aug 17, 202016 min

The Descent into Hell | Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk was ordained to the priesthood in May 2017. He is a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he earned a degree in biomedical sciences.

Aug 14, 202016 min

The Death of the Lord | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in t...

Aug 12, 202015 min

The Passion Of The Lord | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Holy Week Retreat, April 9-12, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: 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 Law School, a PhL from the School of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in S...

Aug 10, 202019 min
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