The Lumen Christi Institute

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The Lumen Christi Institute for Catholic Thought was founded by Catholic scholars at the University of Chicago in 1997 to bring the light of Christ and the Catholic intellectual and spiritual tradition to the secular academy and the general public. On this station we make available our many lectures and programs, as well as interviews with visiting scholars. To support our work, visit www.lumenchristi.org/donate

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Ezekial and Daniel (Episode 1/1) 05.11.2025 1:07:51

Ezekial and Daniel (Episode 1/1) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Elijah (Episode 1/1) 03.11.2025 1:03:11

Elijah (Episode 1/1) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Judges (Episode 7/7) 31.10.2025 1:11:14

Judges (Episode 7/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Judges (Episode 6/7) 29.10.2025 1:01:22

Judges (Episode 6/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

A Spiritual Manual for the Technological Age: A Discussion of Paul Kingsnorth's Against the Machine 28.10.2025 58:21

Paul Kingsnorth and James Matthew Wilson on September 25, 2025 at the University Club of Chicago. “Our culture is not in danger of dying; it is already dead, and we are in denial. This, now, is the reality we have to wrestle with—and transcend.” We all experience how the rapid advance of technology, especially AI, has affected the way we live, think, and experience the world. But has it also chang...

Judges (Episode 5/7) 27.10.2025 22:53

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Judges (Episode 4/7) 24.10.2025 1:05:01

Judges (Episode 4/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Judges (Episode 3/7) 22.10.2025 1:05:05

Judges (Episode 3/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Judges (Episode 2/7) 20.10.2025 1:07:24

Judges (Episode 2/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Judges (Episode 1/7) 17.10.2025 1:00:43

Judges (Episode 1/7) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Genesis (Episode 2/2) 15.10.2025 56:14

Genesis (Episode 2/2) by The Lumen Christi Institute

Genesis (Episode 1/2) 13.10.2025 1:06:41

Genesis (Episode 1/2) by The Lumen Christi Institute

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 6/6) 10.10.2025 1:02:30

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 6/6) by The Lumen Christi Institute

“In the One, we are One”: Christian Unity and the City of God with Jared Ortiz 08.10.2025 40:58

Jared Ortiz on September 10, 2025 at Ruth Lake Country Club. In the City of God, Augustine eloquently speaks about “two cities” that are divided by their two loves. In God’s city, there are angels and humans united in their love of God. In the earthly city, there are demons and humans united in their devotion to their own wills. For Augustine, the city of God on earth is the Church, but in this li...

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 5/6) 08.10.2025 1:02:15

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BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 4/6) 06.10.2025 1:04:56

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 4/6) by The Lumen Christi Institute

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 3/6) 03.10.2025 1:08:56

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 3/6) by The Lumen Christi Institute

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 2/6) 01.10.2025 1:01:44

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BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 1/6) 29.09.2025 46:46

BXVI- Jesus of Nazareth (Episode 1/6) by The Lumen Christi Institute

What Can We Say About God? An Interview with David Novak on God-Talk 21.06.2025 45:02

David Novak and Melanie Barrett on May 9, 2025 at the University Club of Chicago. David Novak, one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians in the world, offers a new interpretation of how the Jewish people and the Jewish tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about Himself? And how does the God of the Torah talk about human beings? The...

Christianity, Culture, and Sport: From Play to Virtue 21.06.2025 49:09

Professor Clark Power on April 24, 2025 at Butterfield Country Club. "I was his delight day by day, Playing before him every moment, playing in his inhabited world, delighting in Adam’s offspring." Proverbs 8:30-32 (trans. Brown, 2012: 28-29) Drawing on Brown’s exegetical exploration of Wisdom’s paideia in the Book of Wisdom, Clark Power explores the relationship between Christianity and culture (...

A Catholic Vision of Art: Beauty – The Highway to God 21.06.2025 38:46

Sarah Crow on May 14, 2025 at Ruth Lake Country Club. “In everything which gives us the pure authentic feeling of beauty there is really the presence of God…all art of the highest order is religious in essence” – Simone Weil Beautiful art reflects the glory of the living, incarnate God, Jesus Christ, whether or not explicitly religious in subject matter. Art is not only an instrument and expressio...

Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis 03.06.2025 37:58

This lecture is entitled Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis. It was presented by John McGreevy of the University of Notre Dame on February 8, 2023, at the University of Chicago's Swift Hall.

America's Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States 03.06.2025 1:10:57

Prof. Shannen Dee Williams on April 27, 2023 at the University of Chicago. For most people, Whoopi Goldberg's performance as Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act is the dominant interpretation of an African American nun and the desegregation of white Catholic sisterhood in the United States. In this presentation, Dr. Shannen Dee Williams will explore the story of America's real sister act: the story...

Care of Souls in Inquisition Spain 03.06.2025 42:05

Professor Lu Ann Homza on February 9, 2024 at the University of Chicago. What did the practice of Christianity look like in a place shadowed by an inquisition? Were personal preferences, conversations, spiritual friendships, and religious questions off the table by default? Did clergy under the Spanish Inquisition neglect their duty to care for souls? Sixteenth-century Spaniards — regardless of th...