The Thomistic Institute

Seeking Friendship in the Virtual Age – Prof. John Cuddeback

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. John Cuddeback reflects on why many students feel relationally unsatisfied in a hyper-connected world and shows how reclaiming embodied presence...

Let the Best One Win: Reflections of Friendship and Competition – Prof. Michael Krom

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Krom explores how athletic rivalry, when rooted in justice and love of the good, can deepen genuine friendship, build virtue, and lead t...

Friendship and the Digital Age: A Thomistic Reflection on Human Connection – Prof. Joshua Hochschild

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Joshua Hochschild argues that digital culture reshapes friendship and attention through Curiositas and acedia, offering a path of renewal by cul...

Why Get Married? The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage – Prof. Michael Dauphinais

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Dauphinais explains marriage as a lifelong covenant of self-giving love between a man and a woman that images Christ’s union with the ...

Why Did God Become Man? The Absolute Primacy of Christ According to Blessed Duns Scotus – Prof. Thomas Ward

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Ward explains Scotus’s bold claim that the Incarnation is not primarily a response to human sin, but the centerpiece of God’s eternal...

Participation in the Divine Nature: Aquinas and the Catholic Vision of Theosis – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explains that, according to Aquinas, Christians are called to true divinization or theosis: by grace and the sacraments they really c...

What Difference Did Christianity Make? Why the Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Irish Converted – Fr. Terence Crotty, O.P.

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Terence Crotty argues that Christianity spread so rapidly because it uniquely answered the human search for truth and happiness while transforming...

The Disappearing Man: Body, Soul, and the Question of Who We Are – Dr. Paul LaPenna

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Paul LaPenna uses the dramatic case of a man in a coma from autoimmune brain disease to show that personal identity endures despite severe loss of...

Rebutting Necessitarian Universalism: Three Thomistic Arguments – Prof. Mats Wahlberg

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Mats Wahlberg argues that “necessitarian universalism”—the claim that hell is metaphysically impossible and that God must save all rationa...

Reprobation and Permission of Sin – Prof. Thomas Osborne

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Osborne explains reprobation and the permission of sin in Thomas Aquinas as the asymmetrical counterpart to predestination, where God pos...

Aquinas's Interpretation of Predestination in Scripture – Fr. Piotr Roszak

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Piotr Roszak shows how Thomas Aquinas interprets predestination through a deeply biblical lens, reading predestination as God’s merciful, Christ...

Why is Thomism so Fixated on Predestination? – Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy explains that Thomism is “fixated” on predestination because this doctrine lies at the speculative and practical center of the T...

What is predestination? – Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Dominic Legge explains predestination as a profoundly hopeful Catholic doctrine rooted in God’s eternal, loving plan to give grace and lead rati...

Does Nature Make Laws? – Prof. Raymond Hain

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on September 8th, 2025, at United States Military Academy.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitu...

'The greatest of all God's works': Justification in Catholic Theology – Prof. Matthew Thomas

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Matthew Thomas explains why justification—God’s transformative act of making sinners righteous in Christ by grace through faith and incorpor...

Can Divine Providence Be Known Through Natural Reason? The Classics' Response – Prof. Carlos A. Casanova

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Carlos A. Casanova argues that a properly understood Aristotelian–Platonic metaphysics of form, final causality, and nature allows human reaso...

Living Mary's Mediation through De Montfort’s 'Total Consecration' – Fr. John Langlois, O.P.

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. John Langlois presents Saint Louis de Montfort’s Marian spirituality of “total consecration” as the surest, easiest, and most secure way to ...

The History of Devotion to Mary: She Who Leads Us to Jesus – Fr. John Langlois, O.P.

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. John Langlois traces how Marian doctrine and devotion—from Scripture and the early Fathers through medieval councils, liturgy, and architecture...

Is Free Will an Illusion? – Prof. Joshua Hochschild

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture was given on October 10th, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomi...

Happiness and Virtue: Can it be Good for You to Be Bad? – Prof. Thomas Osborne

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Osborne argues that, on an Aristotelian–Thomistic account of human nature, it is never truly good for you to be bad, because vice damag...

Virtue and the Meaningful Life – Dr. David McPherson

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. David McPherson argues that human beings are “meaning-seeking animals” and that an adequate neo-Aristotelian ethics must see the virtues as co...

St. Thomas Aquinas: His Life, Wisdom, and Relevance Today – Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy presents Aquinas as a medieval theologian whose love of Scripture, clear metaphysics of happiness, integrated view of body and so...

Why We Need the Saints – Prof. Adam Eitel

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Adam Eitel argues that God’s divine pedagogy makes the examples of the saints indispensable for our salvation, since their concrete, imperfect...

Does Marketing Make Us Less Human? – Dr. John-Paul Heil

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John-Paul Heil critiques modern marketing’s implicit anthropology, explaining that marketing driven by manipulation, simulation, and quantity un...

A Breastplate of Stillness and a Book of Thanksgiving: The Fruits of Patience in the Face of Boredom – Prof. Carl Vennerstrom

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Carl Vennerstrom explores how perseverance, prayer, ordered work, and thanksgiving transform boredom and the temptation to acedia into opportuni...

Theology of the Body – Prof. Paige Hochschild

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Paige Hochschild analyzes John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, contrasting the Catholic vision of bodily integration, purity, and vocation wit...

Identity vs. Nature: Aquinas on Who Creates Me – Prof. Jacob Wood

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jacob Wood contrasts Aquinas’s account of nature, cause, and purpose with modern identity theory, showing that human nature—created and orde...

The Way of Beauty: The Church and the Arts – Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Innocent Smith explores how beauty in art, architecture, and liturgy forms the soul, elevates worship, and points to God, showing that the Church’...

Mariology 101: Part 1 – Fr. James Brent, O.P.

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. James Brent presents a systematic introduction to Mariology, demonstrating that all Marian titles and attributes find their source and unity in he...

Finding Meaning Amidst the Chaos Or: Why Get Out of Bed in the Morning? – Dr. Robert McNamara

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Robert McNamara explores the problem of meaninglessness and chaos in contemporary life, showing how wonder, intellectual attention, and the cultiv...

A Feeble Plant in the Breeze: Personal and Social Forms of Acedia – Prof. Carl Vennerstrom

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Carl Vennerstrom explores personal and social forms of acedia, tracing its origins from ancient monasticism to contemporary life and illuminatin...

Your Eucharistic Identity – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explores the Eucharist as the foundation of Catholic identity, showing how sacramental worship unites the past, present, and future o...

Aquinas and Newman on the Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness – Prof. Jennifer Frey

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jennifer Frey’s lecture compares Aquinas and Newman on the pursuit of wisdom and happiness, showing how a true liberal education cultivates ph...

Minimum Wage vs. Just Wage: A Thomistic Clarification of Catholic Social Teaching – Dr. Michael Krom

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michael Krom uses Catholic social teaching and Thomistic ethics to explain the difference between minimum wage and just wage, emphasizing that jus...

Would St. Thomas Baptize and Extraterrestrial? – Dr. Edmund Lazzari

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Edmund Lazzari uses Thomistic philosophy and sacramental theology to analyze whether extraterrestrial intelligences could be baptized, exploring q...

George Lemaitre: The Catholic Priest Who Proposed the Big Bang Theory – Prof. Jonathan Lunine

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jonathan Lunine tells the story of Georges Lemaître—the Catholic priest and physicist who proposed the Big Bang theory—showing how his pion...

Does AI Have a Soul? – Dr. Edmund Lazzari

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Edmund Lazzari’s lecture critically assesses claims that artificial intelligence systems might possess souls, arguing from Thomistic philosophy ...

Neuroscience and the Soul – Dr. William Hurlbut

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. William Hurlbut explores the profound questions raised by neuroscience, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, emphasizing that the human sou...

Astrology: Why Did Medieval Philosophers Study It? – Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P.

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Ambrose Little’s lecture explains why medieval philosophers studied astrology as part of natural science, showing how its connection to astronom...

Theology True Science of God or Poetical Musing – Prof. Christopher Malloy

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Christopher Malloy argues that theology, properly understood as a classical science, involves intellectual habits of certain knowledge through c...

How to Know God? Philosophical Wisdom and Divine Revelation – Prof. Michael Dauphinais

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Dauphinais explores how Thomas Aquinas integrates philosophical wisdom and divine revelation, showing that genuine knowledge of God aris...

Nicene Trinity, Chalcedonian Christology: Understanding Christ through Councils and Conflicts – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine explains Nicene Trinitarian theology and Chalcedonian Christology through key councils and controversies, showing how Christ’s inca...

Thomas Aquinas on Intellectual Memory – Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Philip-Neri Reese examines Thomas Aquinas’s theory of intellectual memory, tracing how Aquinas navigates conflicting authorities and ultimately ...

Augustine's Account of Trinitarian Image and Thomas Aquinas – Fr. Reginald Lynch, O.P.

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Reginald Lynch’s lecture explores Augustine’s account of the Trinitarian image and its reception by Aquinas, illuminating how the development ...

In the Beginning Was the Word: Augustine, Aristotle, and Aquinas – Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Dominic Legge’s lecture traces the theological development of the concept of the Word through Augustine, Aristotle, and Aquinas, illuminating th...

Memory, Intellect, and Will: The 13th Century Reception of Augustine – Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis explores the 13th-century reception of Augustine’s account of memory, intellect, and will, analyzing how medieval phi...

Catholic Culture with Tolkien – Prof. Patrick Callahan

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Patrick Callahan explores the living tradition of Catholic culture, using Tolkien’s life and imagination to demonstrate how the Mass, communit...

Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing By Tenderness – Dr. Jerome Foss

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jerome Foss uses Flannery O’Connor’s stories to warn against the pitfalls of governing by abstract tenderness, advocating for a vision rooted ...

Newman and Tolkien: The Humility of (Hi)story – Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini explores the biographical and spiritual connections between Newman and Tolkien, revealing how their shared organic vision of hi...

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Canticles: Gregorian Chant and the Joy of the Gospel – Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Innocent Smith’s lecture illuminates how Gregorian Chant, rooted in Psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, enriches Catholic liturgy by shaping...

The Incarnation and the Machine: The Visions of Fra Angelico and Le Corbusier – Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy O.P.

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy's lecture contrasts the incarnational vision of Fra Angelico with Le Corbusier’s machine aesthetic, revealing how Christian art...

Beyond but Not Against Nature: How Grace Perfects and Transforms Nature – Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy explores the relationship between grace and nature, demonstrating how grace perfects, transforms, and preserves the continuity of hu...

How the Highest of the Inanimate Touches the Lowest of the Living: A Contemporary Thomistic Approach – Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Thomas Davenport examines the philosophical and scientific boundaries between the inanimate and the living, highlighting how Thomistic principles,...

The Measure of All Things? Rethinking Constants and Replicability in the Life Sciences – Prof. Santiago Schnell

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Santiago Schnell’s lecture examines the challenges of measurement, scientific constants, and replicability in the life sciences, highlighting ...

The Plasma Membrane: Boundary and Bridge at the Edge of Life – Prof. Keith Kozminski

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Keith Kozminski explores the plasma membrane’s evolving scientific understanding, highlighting its role as both boundary and bridge in cellula...

Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. John Cuddeback

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. John Cuddeback presents Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God emphasizing the importance of cleaving to the final end—God—as the ultima...

Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. Paige Hochschild

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Paige Hochschild explores Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God, focusing on the virtues required for spiritual journey, the meanings of pa...

Must Beautiful Things be Natural? – Prof. Raymond Hain

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Raymond Hain examines whether beauty must be natural, exploring Thomistic metaphysics, twentieth-century debates between Maritain and Gilson, an...

Are Societies Natural? The Metaphysics of Thomistic Social Thought – Prof. Joshua Hochschild

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Joshua Hochschild examines whether societies are natural by tracing the Aristotelian and Thomistic understanding of social forms, arguing that c...

Are the Virtues Natural? – Fr. John Sica, O.P.

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. John Sica explores whether virtues are natural by examining Aristotle and Aquinas, ultimately concluding that the virtues are not innate qualities...

From Nature to Norm: How to Derive 'Ought' From 'Is' – Prof. Catherine Peters

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Catherine Peters addresses the philosophical question of deriving moral 'ought' from descriptive 'is', arguing from a Thomistic natural law pers...

The Natural and the Artificial – Prof. Christopher Frey

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Christopher Frey examines the distinctions and interactions between natural and artificial entities, showing how art can complete, imitate, or e...

Nature's Cheat Codes? On the Course of Nature and its Laws – Prof. John G. Brungardt

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. John Brungardt explores the concept of laws of nature as partial transcriptions of the natures of physical substances, emphasizing the interplay...

Aquinas on Nature and the Natural: Form and the Scale of 'Esse' – Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Raymund Snyder explores Thomas Aquinas’s metaphysics of nature, form, and the scale of being, emphasizing the integration of Aristotelian and Ne...

Aquinas on Nature and the Natural: Endoxa and Principles – Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Raymund Snyder explores the foundations of nature, natural philosophy, and metaphysics through a Thomistic lens, with special attention to Aristot...

Usefulness and Elegance in Mathematics – Prof. Meraiah Martinez

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Meraiah Martinez explores the beauty and usefulness of mathematics, emphasizing the delight mathematicians find in elegant proofs, structured ab...

How Planetary Science Unifies the Search for Life Beyond Earth – Prof. Jonathan I. Lunine

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jonathan Lunine explains how planetary science unifies the search for life beyond Earth by integrating astronomy, geology, chemistry, and atmosp...

Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in the Scientific Revolution – Prof. Nuno Castel-Branco

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Nuno Castel-Branco examines Nicolaus Steno’s innovative use of focused interdisciplinarity during the Scientific Revolution, tracing Steno’s...

Dividing and Relating the Sciences in Aquinas – Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Philip-Neri Reese analyzes Aquinas’s method for dividing and relating the sciences, clarifying the distinction between speculative and practical...

Aquinas and the Basic Principles of the Material World – Prof. Michael Gorman

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Gorman explores Aquinas’s foundational philosophy of the material world, detailing key concepts such as the four causes, hylomorphism,...

How Many Friends Should I Have? I Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau explores the nature, value, and varieties of friendship in Christian and philosophical tradition, highlighting the importance of ...

Dating Like Mr. Darcy I Dr. John-Paul Heil

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John-Paul Heil investigates how virtuous courtship, compassionate secrecy, and sexual difference—as presented in Jane Austen’s novels—are es...

What is Wisdom and Why Do We Need It? I Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy explains how wisdom—philosophical, theological, and mystical—transcends mere technical knowledge and, theref...

The Happiness of Human Limitations I Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Fr. Gregory Pine explores how true happiness is discovered by accepting and embracing the limits and commitments inherent to human li...

12 (Thomistic) Rules for Managing Appearances and Making Yourself Miserable I Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sr. Anna Wray, redefines leadership as the practice of initiating genuine collaboration by rational wishing, deliberation, and action, exposing twelve...

The TI and Your Vocation I Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses how involvement with the Thomistic Institute can help college students integrate faith, virtue, and personal vocation by fo...

Why Becoming More Philosophical is a Good Idea I Prof. Michael Gorman

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Gorman demonstrates why becoming more philosophical is essential for intellectual autonomy and deeper understanding, emphasizing the imp...

Technology In Our Relationship With God I Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Anselm Ramelow examines how technology shapes and reflects our relationship with God, cautioning against both idolizing technology and seeking sal...

Insight, Idolatry, and AI I Prof. Jordan Wales

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jordan Wales examines how AI-aided decision making and bias in fields like medicine and criminal justice risk reducing human engagement to idola...

Predictive AI, Manipulation, and Human Freedom According to Aquinas I Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Anselm Ramelow explores the tension between predictive artificial intelligence and human freedom, drawing on St. Thomas Aquinas to argue that whil...

AI and Interpersonal Relationships I Prof. Jordan Wales

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jordan Wales explores the ethical and spiritual implications of interpersonal relationships with artificial intelligence, emphasizing the danger...

AI and Ethics I Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Anselm Ramelow examines the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, highlighting both its beneficial uses and its risks to human dignity, p...

AI and Knowledge of the World I Prof. Jordan Wales

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jordan Wales explores how artificial intelligence and neural networks engage with meaning and knowledge, contrasting their statistical methods w...

Mind, Matter, and Life: Can Machines be People, too? I Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Anselm Ramelow examines whether machines can possess consciousness or personhood, arguing from philosophical and theological perspectives that art...

AI and the Human Person I Prof. Jordan Wales

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Jordan Wales critically examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and human personhood through the lens of Christian theology, e...

The Neuroscience of Vice and Virtue I Dr. Paul LaPenna

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Paul LaPenna delves into the neuroscience of vice and virtue, explaining how neuroplasticity, habit formation, and philosophical insights from fig...

Origins of the Christian 'Just War' Tradition in Augustine's Anti-Manichean Works I Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Andrew Hofer explores the origins of the Christian just war tradition through Augustine’s anti-Manichean writings, examining the theological deb...

Drone Warfare and Just War Theory: Aquinas on the Virtuous Use of Violence I Prof. Michael Krom

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Krom analyzes the ethics of drone warfare through the lens of Aquinas’s just war tradition and virtue ethics, addressing moral princip...

Just War Theory I Prof. Joseph Capizzi

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Joseph Capizzi presents the just war account within the Catholic tradition, arguing that the use of force in war can be a moral act of peacemaki...

Render Unto Caesar: Aquinas On the Relationship Between Religion and Politics I Prof. Michael Krom

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Michael Krom explores Thomas Aquinas’s view on the relationship between religion and politics, discussing the distinction between obligations ...

Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature I Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P.

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel explores the project of literature from the classical to the modern era, highlighting how stories like Anna Karenina shape the...

Getting to Know Tolkien and Lewis and Why It's Worth Your Time I Prof. Lee Oser

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Lee Oser explores the intertwined lives, faith journeys, and literary legacies of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Inklings, highlighting the...

Reading Sacred Scripture with St. Thomas Aquinas I Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. and Prof. Michael Root

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fr. Isaac Morales and Prof. Michael Root explore how Thomas Aquinas’ biblical commentaries on Matthew and 1 Corinthians illuminate the beatific visi...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Detached Aesthetics I Dr. Rebekah Lamb

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rebekah Lamb explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s “detached aesthetics,” revealing how his Christian understanding of spiritual detachment shapes his w...

C.S. Lewis on the Ethics of Technology I Prof. Thomas Ward

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Ward explores C. S. Lewis’s "The Abolition of Man", analyzing how technology’s conquest of nature risks diminishing humanity unless a...

Christ vs. Mary? Mary in Catholicism I Prof. Christopher Malloy

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Christopher Malloy defends the Catholic understanding of Mary’s role in salvation history, refuting common objections and demonstrating how he...

Will Heaven Be Incredibly Boring? I Prof. Christopher Mooney

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Christopher Mooney's lecture confronts the philosophical objection that heaven would be unbearably boring due to its infinite duration, arguing ...

The Mystery of Predestination: A Catholic Approach I Prof. Bruce Marshall

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Bruce Marshall presents a deep Catholic theological exploration of predestination, examining its biblical foundations, historical development, d...

Brothers Karamazov: Manicheanism, Christian Existentialism and other Paradoxes I Prof. Thomas Pfau

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Thomas Pfau offers an in-depth theological and philosophical analysis of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, focusing on Ivan and Alyosha’s...

Happiness Understood Psychologically and Theologically I Prof. Christopher Kaczor

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Christopher Kaczor explores the relationship between positive psychology and Catholic theology, uncovering how empirical psychological findings ...