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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Smith, dean of the humanities, Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about St. Thomas More, William Shakespeare, and Christian humanism. What is the Christian humanist tradition? How does St. Thomas More exemplify that tradition? How was William Shakespeare inspired by More’s life, scholarship, and sensibility? How can we revive the humanities and continue the Christian humanist tradition today?
Stephen Smith — Hillsdale College
Thomas More Studies
The Essential Works of Thomas More
What is Christian humanism? A conversation with Bradley J. Birzer
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis | Alan Jacobs
De officiis, with an English translation by Walter Miller | Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Friendship (De Amicitia) | Marcus Tullius Cicero
More’s Letter to Antonio Bonvisi, 1535
The Book of Sir Thomas More
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In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Smith, dean of the humanities, Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about St. Thomas More, William Shakespeare, and Christian humanism. What is the Christian humanist tradition? How does St. Thomas More exemplify that tradition? How was William Shakespeare inspired by More’s life, scholarship, and sensibility? How can we revive the humanities and continue the Christian humanist tradition today?
Stephen Smith — Hillsdale College
Thomas More Studies
The Essential Works of Thomas More
What is Christian humanism? A conversation with Bradley J. Birzer
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis | Alan Jacobs
De officiis, with an English translation by Walter Miller | Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Friendship (De Amicitia) | Marcus Tullius Cicero
More’s Letter to Antonio Bonvisi, 1535
The Book of Sir Thomas More

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