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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

St. Thomas Aquinas on Love, the Body, and the Soul | Fr. Thomas Petri

This lecture was given at Tulane University on December 2, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Thomas Petri, OP is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America....

Jan 10, 202058 min

What is Evil? Why Does God Permit It? | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP

This lecture was given at Harvard University on November 20, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic 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 Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of F...

Jan 08, 202049 min

Making Sense of Death with Dignity | Prof. Farr Curlin

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on November 14, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and CoDirector of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religionassociated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments...

Jan 07, 202043 min

Thomism of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, OP

This lecture was given at the US Naval Academy on November 19, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Thomas Petri, OP is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America....

Jan 06, 202043 min

Love and Leadership: Machiavelli or the Good Shepherd? | Capt. Joseph McInerny

This lecture was given at Georgetown University on November 19, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Captain Joe McInerney is the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Captain McInerney lectures in the Naval Academy’s core ethics course, which is offered to all Third Class Midshipman (sophomores) at the Naval Academy and teaches elective courses in th...

Jan 03, 202051 min

Neuroscience and Free Will | Dr. Daniel De Haan

This lecture was given at Trinity University on November 18, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences pro...

Dec 31, 201945 min

Growing In Faith And Intellect Through The Liberal Arts | Prof. Zena Hitz

This talk was given at the United States Naval Academy on 5 November 2019. 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 Aristotle, es...

Dec 31, 201945 min

Sacramental Architecture as Offering and Presence | Prof. Philip Bess

This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. The accompanying powerpoint presentation is available at tinyurl.com/qmvtem6. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Knothole, 1991); Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Orde...

Dec 29, 201947 min

The Anagogical Intentions of the Medieval Cathedral Builders | Dr. Steven Schloeder

This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. The accompanying powerpoint is available at tinyurl.com/syoqp3b. Steven Schloeder, Ph.D., AIA, NCARB, is a registered Architect in the State of Arizona, the State of California, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and a widely published author and popular lecturer. He holds a professional degree in architecture (B. Arch – Arizona State University 1984), as ...

Dec 26, 201950 min

The Interior Cathedral and the Cathedral Interior | Dr. Margaret Hughes

This lecture was given at New York University on 16 November 2019 at a symposium gathering scholars and architects in light of the recent catastrophe at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to consider the purpose of sacred architecture, the nature of beauty and the issues with early proposals for rebuilding Notre Dame that are rooted in post-modern ideas about art and architecture. Featuring Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame), Dr. Margaret Hughes (Thomas Aquinas College), and Dr. Steven Schl...

Dec 23, 201955 min

The Soul of Freedom: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Perspectives | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

This lecture was given at Louisiana State University on 4 November 2019. 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 the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. ...

Dec 20, 201957 min

What Are We? Human Persons After Neuroscience | Dr. Daniel De Haan

This lecture was given at the University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University o...

Dec 18, 201959 min

The Advent of Christ in Mystery | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau

This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican 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 on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as sen...

Dec 17, 201957 min

The Advent of Christ In the Flesh and Glory | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican 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 on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serves as sen...

Dec 16, 201959 min

Humans and Other Animals - Are We Rational Enough to Know the Difference? | Dr. Daniel De Haan

This talk was given on November 20, 2019 at Baylor University. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford, De Haan was a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge working...

Dec 13, 20191 hr 16 min

Through a Glass Darkly - How Certain is Faith? | Prof. Matthew Ramage

This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on November 14, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and Jesus, Interpreted: Benedict XVI, Bart Ehrman, and the Histor...

Dec 10, 201936 min

Authentic Freedom in the Novels of Graham Greene | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt

This lecture was given at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has published a book on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Christian mystical tradition, as well as numerous articles on Catholic life and thought.

Dec 09, 201954 min

Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk

This lecture was given at the University of Utah on 14 November 2019. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (PhD, 2010) is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Tim and Steph Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought, and politica...

Dec 06, 20191 hr 19 min

Proofs for the Existence of God | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

This lecture was offered at Trinity College, Dublin on November 6, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 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 Light of Christ: An Introductio...

Dec 05, 20191 hr 7 min

The Dignity of Human Life | Prof. Paul Symington

This lecture was offered at the University of California, Los Angeles on October 16, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1998. He received an M.A. in Theology from Northeastern Seminary in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College in 2004. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Ph.D....

Dec 04, 201950 min

Freedom Beyond Civility | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP

This lecture was given by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (Dominican House of Studies) at Hillsdale College on 4 November 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican 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 on St. Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau serve...

Dec 03, 20191 hr

Does Science Need Faith? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

This talk was offered at Yale University on October 21, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate under Robert Spaemann in Munich on Leibniz and the Spanish Jesuits (Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl, 1997)...

Nov 29, 20191 hr 1 min

Is Free Will An Illusion? | Prof. Paul Symington

This lecture was given at Ohio State University on 16 April 2019. Paul Symington is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Scholarly Excellence at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His publications include On Determining What There Is (Walter De Gruyter, 2010) and over a dozen peer reviewed articles ranging in topics from philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and medieval philosophy. He has also given numerous paper presentations, in topics ranging from medieval metaph...

Nov 27, 201946 min

On Earth As It Is In Heaven | Prof. Sarah Byers

This lecture was given by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) at Queen's University on 28 October 2019. Sarah Byers has mainly written on Augustine and Hellenistic philosophy. Her work focuses on the reception of Stoicism in Augustine and in other early Christian figures, but she also works on Plotinus, Apuleius and Victorinus in relation to Augustine. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Nov 26, 201948 min

One Of The Trinity Was Crucified | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (of the Angelicum) at the University of Oxford on 7 November 2019. 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 Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-...

Nov 25, 20191 hr 6 min

Is Belief In God Rational? | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on 23 October 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 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 the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Up...

Nov 22, 201958 min

Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Prof. Zena Hitz

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on 23 October 2019. Dr. 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 Arist...

Nov 20, 20191 hr 7 min

St. John Henry Newman on the Complexity of Human Knowledge | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on 22 October 2019. Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy 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 logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Ca...

Nov 19, 20191 hr 2 min

Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Zena Hitz

This lecture was given by Dr. Zena Hitz (St. John's College (Annapolis) at Tulane University on 3 October 2019. Dr. 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 pol...

Nov 18, 20191 hr 3 min

The Gift and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump

This lecture was given at St. Savior's Priory (Dublin) on 9 October 2019. Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aq...

Nov 15, 201958 min
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