Dr. Mark Wunsch received his undergraduate degree in Denver, and pursued his graduate degree in the Angelicum in Rome. Since 2005, he has taught and served in multiple administrative roles, associate professor of philosophy, academic dean, director of Rome academics, and chair of the philosophy department. He has taught all six of our core Philosophy classes here at Christendom. 

In this Principles Live Lecture, he first addresses Aristotle's novel thesis: only the virtuous man can be happy. Secondly, he will delve into Nicomichean Ethics, and conclude with how Aristotle's thought can be reconciled with Christian morality.

Dr. Joseph Brutto serves as associate professor of Political Science, Chairman of the Political Science and Economics department, and Director of the Advanced Studies program at Christendom College. He teaches classes on the origin of political thought, Catholic Social Doctrine, and Ancient and Political Philosophy, and more.

Today's Principles Live Lecture will focus on Machiavelli. Dr. Brutto will explain how, in many ways, Machiavelli's most famous writings still impact our Western society, even today. He briefly introduces us to Niccoló Machiavelli as a man, and follows up with the historical context of his writing. Secondly Dr. Brutto will tell us about what it is in the history of Western thought that Machiavelli is responding to, and lastly, it will conclude with a brief discussion in what Machiavelli's response is to Western thought.

Christendom's Tocqueville Forum welcomed Dr. Lynn Uzzell of the University of Virginia and Washington & Lee University to campus for a lecture on March 24 titled "James Madison's Antislavery Constitution."

For more information on the Tocqueville Forum, visit here: https://www.tocquevilleforum.com.

Pro-life advocate and author of the best-selling book Unplanned Abby Johnson delivered an address at Christendom College on Monday, March 28, encouraging the college’s students to take an even greater role in the pro-life movement during this critical moment in America’s history. Johnson spoke directly about the Jackson v. Dobbs case during her address, touching upon what could happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned this year and also on what Christendom students can do to help change the world post-graduation.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Daniel McInerny delivered a talk entitled “Festivity as Evangelization” as a part of the Principles Lecture during the Christmas at Christendom event held annually at Christendom College.

Christendom’s Tocqueville Forum hosted a talk by Professor James Stoner titled “Can Religion be Legislated?” in November of 2021. He discussed the role of religion and its legislators in civilizations throughout history.

For the last installment of the Beato Fra Angelico Fine Arts series in 2021, Professor Kathleen Sullivan gave a talk discussing the positive impact literature can have in our lives. Her lecture focused on how literature “helps restore joy and wonder in our lives.”

Professor Sharon Hickson of Christendom College delivered a talk on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The talk touches on the paradoxes in the novel, the season of Advent as a season of hope, as well as a reflection and commentary on the Victorian Age.

Dr. McInerny delivered a talk in the final installment of the Beato Fra Angelica Fine Arts events entitled: “The Longing for Beauty in Our Age of Anxiety”. The talk discussed “the transcendent nature of beauty and the desperate need of our anxious, attention-fractured culture to experience this transcendence. As well as how more and more our culture is defined by the metaphor of the machine and the power associated with the machine. And what’s ironic is that, while the machine is of our own making and its power is something we desire, we at the same time feel a desperate sense of unease and anxiety over the thing we have wrought. Like Victor Frankenstein, we feel haunted and entrapped by the creature we have made. Thus in our culture we are in great need of that which will enable us to transcend and overcome our own menacing mechanisms. Grace, of course, is the most important source of transcendence, but natural, artistic, and moral beauty are key sources of transcendence as well.”

Sara Pecknold delivered a talk titled: "Pietoso Medico": Giovanni Teipolo, Claudio Monteverdi, and Devotion to the Most Precious Blood in 17th Century Venice to the faculty and students of Christendom College.