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The Thomistic Institute episodes:

04.15.2024
The Unintended Reformation | Prof. Brad Gregory
This lecture was given on February 9th, 2024, at St. Joseph's in Greenwich Village. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Brad S. Gregory is Professor of History and Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair at the...
04.12.2024
The Sacrament of Penance: a Sign Working Grace | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 17th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) is originally from Ohio, received his master's in architecture from...
04.11.2024
A Vision for Catholic Education w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Raymond Hain
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Raymond Hain about the evolution of Catholic education, the role of the teacher in humanities education, how to cultivate a love...
04.10.2024
Penance and the Temptations of Christ Part 2 | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 17th, 2024, at the North Carolina Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) is a Dominican friar of the Province of...
04.09.2024
Penance and the Temptations of Christ Part 1 | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 17th, 2024, at the North Carolina Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies) is a Dominican friar of the Province of...
04.08.2024
Why Sackcloth and Ashes: Exterior Signs and the Virtue of Penance | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 16th, 2024, at the North Carolina Intellectual Retreat. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) is originally from Ohio, received his master's in architecture from...
04.05.2024
How to Do Business and Keep Your Soul | Prof. Andrew Abela
This lecture was given on January 22nd, 2024, at Yale University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Andrew Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business and Ordinary Professor of Marketing at The...
04.04.2024
Christ vs. Secularism: The Ethics of the Day | Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 23rd, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Ezra Sullivan is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He currently serves as professor...
04.03.2024
Virtue: The Human Operating System | Prof. Andrew Abela
This lecture was given on February 26th, 2024, at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Andrew Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business and Ordinary Professor of Marketing at The...
04.02.2024
Moral Relativism and the Natural Law | Prof. Francis Beckwith
This lecture was given on November 30th, 2023, at Vanderbilt University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate...
04.01.2024
The Role of Positive Human Law According to Aquinas | Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P
This lecture was given on January 26th, 2024, at the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P. was born in 1951 in London, UK. He studied...
03.29.2024
Anger ad salutem | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.
This lecture was given on January 14th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speakers: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) from Pennsylvania, graduated from Franciscan University of...
03.28.2024
Insights from Alasdair MacIntyre w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. Daniel De Haan
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Daniel De Haan about Alasdair MacIntyre and virtue. You can watch this interview on YouTube here: https://tinyurl.com/29pba85r About the speaker: Daniel D. De Haan...
03.28.2024
Anger in virtute | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP
This lecture was given on January 13th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Thomistic Institute) from Pennsylvania, graduated from Franciscan University of...
03.27.2024
The Work of Anger in Community: Anger ad alterum | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. & Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
This lecture was given on January 13th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speakers: Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (Catholic University of America) a native of New Canaan,...
03.26.2024
The Work of Anger in the Human Heart | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.
This lecture was given on January 13th, 2024, at the Dominican House of Studies | Washington, DC. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. (Catholic University of America) a native of New Canaan,...
03.25.2024
Mirabilis Rerum Connexio: The Human Person in the World | Fr. Conor McDonough, OP
This lecture was given on June 20th, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies, Dublin) is a Dominican friar from Galway. He...
03.22.2024
The Profundity & Personalism of the Eucharist | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P.
This lecture was given on October 10th, 2023, at the University of Dallas. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P. is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the...
03.20.2024
Personhood & Our Ancient Faith: How Person Became Central to the Catholic Faith | Fr. Dominic Legge
This lecture was given on November 4th, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and an Assistant Professor in...
03.19.2024
Is Smerdyakov a Human Being? | Prof. Stephen Meredith
This lecture was given on October 11th, 2023, at Harvard University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Stephen Meredith is a professor at the University of Chicago’s Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Neurology....
03.18.2024
Reconciling the Image of God with the Scientific Image of Human Persons | Dr. Daniel De Haan
This lecture was given on September 28th, 2023, at the University of Edinburgh. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion...
03.15.2024
Is Lying Always Wrong? | Fr. Gregory Pine O.P.
This lecture was given on October 10th, 2023, at Regent University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. is a doctoral student in Christology at the University of Fribourg. He serves as the...
03.14.2024
Unlocking the Power of Virtue w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and Prof. Timothy Pawl
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Timothy Pawl about how the integration of philosophy, the wisdom of Christian morality, and psychology can help us grow in virtue. You...
03.14.2024
Justice: The Point of Courage and Temperance | Prof. John Cuddeback
This lecture was given on September 9th, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington D.C. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Professor John Cuddeback (Christendom College) is professor of Philosophy at Christendom...
03.13.2024
Prudence The Forgotten Queen | Prof. John Cuddeback
Professor John Cuddeback (Christendom College) is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and...
03.12.2024
The Cardinal Virtues | Prof. Patrick Callahan
Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the...
03.11.2024
Saint Thomas And The Acquired Virtues | Prof. Candace Vogler
Candace Vogler is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy and Professor in the College at the University of Chicago, and Principal Investigator on "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life," a project funded by the John...
03.08.2024
Is Certainty Possible in Science? | Dr. Brian Carl
Brian T. Carl earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on Thomistic metaphysics,...
03.06.2024
Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia
Gina Maria Noia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Providence College. She received her Ph.D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical ethicist for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center...
03.05.2024
Helping Patients Who Are Dying Or Helping Patients To Die? | Prof. Farr Curlin
Farr Curlin is the 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’...
03.04.2024
Going Deeper Than Darwin God And Biological Evolution | Prof. Chris Baglow
Christopher T. Baglow is the director of the Science and Religion Initiative in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, where he also serves as Professor of the Practice in the theology department. He is...
03.01.2024
Overcoming The Science And Religion Divide | Prof. Karin Oberg
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02.29.2024
Discovering Wisdom: A Journey with Edith Stein w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and Prof. Catherine Pakaluk
Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Catherine Pakaluk about the philosophy of Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Learn how she inspired Prof. Pakaluk and...
02.28.2024
Dumb Ox to Angelic Doctor: The Life and Works of St. Thomas Aquinas |Fr. Conor McDonough, OP
This lecture was given on June 16th, 2023, at Glencomeragh House, Ireland. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies, Dublin) is a Dominican friar from Galway. He studied science and theology...
02.27.2024
What is Freewill? And Do We Have It? | Prof. Paul Symington
This lecture was given on November 18th, 2023, at University of South Florida. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan...
02.26.2024
What We Owe to God and Country: Romans 13 | Prof. Erik Dempsey
This lecture was given on November 7th, 2023, at University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Erik Dempsey (PhD, Boston College) is the Assistant Director of UT's Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study...
02.23.2024
Religious Liberty And The Human Good | Robert P. George
This lecture was given on September 28th, 2023, at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Robert P. George is the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American...
02.22.2024
Is There Always a Right Choice? Conscience, Prudence, and Natural Law |Prof. Joshua Hochschild
This lecture was given on June 21st, 2023, at Stonyhust College. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University) is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He also served...
02.21.2024
Who Gets to Judge?: Answering Objections to Truth in Morality | Professor Joshua Hochschild
Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University) is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic,...
02.20.2024
The Gift Of Fear | Prof. Adam Eitel
Dr. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fundamental moral...
02.19.2024
Making Sense of Balderdash w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.
Balderdash: what is it, exactly? Why do we tolerate balderdash? How can we reduce it? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. about her latest...
02.19.2024
Humility & Pride | Prof. Adam Eitel
Dr. Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School) holds appointments in the Divinity School, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Humanities Program. His research and teaching bring topics in the history of Christian theology to bear on questions of fundamental moral...
02.16.2024
The Common Good & the Catholic Intellectual Vocation | Fr. Dominic Legge
This lecture was given on October 21st, 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information about upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Associate Professor...
02.14.2024
The Power of the Love of God: Providence and Predestination | Prof. Corey Barnes
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02.13.2024
The Priest As Sinner In The Thought Of Augustine | Fr. Robert Dodaro
Fr. Robert Dodaro, O.S.A. (Patristic Institute) is the president of the Patristic Institute in Rome, where he is also a professor. In addition, he is professor of patristic theology in the Pontifical Lateran University. He is the author of Christ...
02.09.2024
Is Lying Always Wrong? | Fr. Gregory Pine
Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. is a doctoral student in Christology at the University of Fribourg. He serves as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to the TI, he was an associate pastor...
02.08.2024
Is Masculinity Toxic? A Thomistic Perspective on Marriage | Prof. John Cuddeback
John A. Cuddeback is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He lectures widely on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and household, and his professional writings appear in various academic journals and books.
02.07.2024
The Search for Life Beyond Earth| Prof Jonathan Lunine
Jonathan Lunine is the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University. Lunine is interested in how planets form and evolve, what processes maintain and establish habitability, and what kinds...
02.06.2024
Rethinking Economic Equality: A Thomistic Perspective I Professor Mary Hirschfeld
Mary Hirschfeld is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Mary Hirschfeld was Associate Professor of Economics and Theology in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University where she regularly...
02.05.2024
Aquinas on Reason and Emotion | Professor Michael Gorman
Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University...

What's The Thomistic Institute about?

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The Thomistic Institute episodes:

The Unintended Reformation | Prof. Brad Gregory

The Sacrament of Penance: a Sign Working Grace | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

A Vision for Catholic Education w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Raymond Hain

Penance and the Temptations of Christ Part 2 | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

Penance and the Temptations of Christ Part 1 | Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

Why Sackcloth and Ashes: Exterior Signs and the Virtue of Penance | Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

How to Do Business and Keep Your Soul | Prof. Andrew Abela

Christ vs. Secularism: The Ethics of the Day | Fr. Ezra Sullivan, O.P.

Virtue: The Human Operating System | Prof. Andrew Abela

Moral Relativism and the Natural Law | Prof. Francis Beckwith

The Role of Positive Human Law According to Aquinas | Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P

Anger ad salutem | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

Insights from Alasdair MacIntyre w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. Daniel De Haan

Anger in virtute | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

The Work of Anger in Community: Anger ad alterum | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P. & Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

The Work of Anger in the Human Heart | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

Mirabilis Rerum Connexio: The Human Person in the World | Fr. Conor McDonough, OP

The Profundity & Personalism of the Eucharist | Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P.

Personhood & Our Ancient Faith: How Person Became Central to the Catholic Faith | Fr. Dominic Legge

Is Smerdyakov a Human Being? | Prof. Stephen Meredith

Reconciling the Image of God with the Scientific Image of Human Persons | Dr. Daniel De Haan

Is Lying Always Wrong? | Fr. Gregory Pine O.P.

Unlocking the Power of Virtue w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and Prof. Timothy Pawl

Justice: The Point of Courage and Temperance | Prof. John Cuddeback

Prudence The Forgotten Queen | Prof. John Cuddeback

The Cardinal Virtues | Prof. Patrick Callahan

Saint Thomas And The Acquired Virtues | Prof. Candace Vogler

Is Certainty Possible in Science? | Dr. Brian Carl

Are Quality of Life Judgments Ethical? | Prof. Gina Noia

Helping Patients Who Are Dying Or Helping Patients To Die? | Prof. Farr Curlin

Going Deeper Than Darwin God And Biological Evolution | Prof. Chris Baglow

Overcoming The Science And Religion Divide | Prof. Karin Oberg

Discovering Wisdom: A Journey with Edith Stein w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. and Prof. Catherine Pakaluk

Dumb Ox to Angelic Doctor: The Life and Works of St. Thomas Aquinas |Fr. Conor McDonough, OP

What is Freewill? And Do We Have It? | Prof. Paul Symington

What We Owe to God and Country: Romans 13 | Prof. Erik Dempsey

Religious Liberty And The Human Good | Robert P. George

Is There Always a Right Choice? Conscience, Prudence, and Natural Law |Prof. Joshua Hochschild

Who Gets to Judge?: Answering Objections to Truth in Morality | Professor Joshua Hochschild

The Gift Of Fear | Prof. Adam Eitel

Making Sense of Balderdash w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

Humility & Pride | Prof. Adam Eitel

The Common Good & the Catholic Intellectual Vocation | Fr. Dominic Legge

The Power of the Love of God: Providence and Predestination | Prof. Corey Barnes

The Priest As Sinner In The Thought Of Augustine | Fr. Robert Dodaro

Is Lying Always Wrong? | Fr. Gregory Pine

Is Masculinity Toxic? A Thomistic Perspective on Marriage | Prof. John Cuddeback

The Search for Life Beyond Earth| Prof Jonathan Lunine

Rethinking Economic Equality: A Thomistic Perspective I Professor Mary Hirschfeld

Aquinas on Reason and Emotion | Professor Michael Gorman