The Thomistic Institute

This lecture was given on July 25, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. for the Thomistic Institute's Washington, D.C. young professional's chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for twenty-five years....

This lecture was given on July 17, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. for the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White completed his bachelor’s in religious studies from Bro...

This lecture was given on September 20, 2022 at the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Angelicum. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Angelicum Thomistic Institute present the XI International Thomistic Congress. The general scientific objective of the XI International T...

How can we read and interpret the Book of Revelation? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with scripture scholar Prof. Nina Heereman about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation." Finding Consolation in the Book of Revelation w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. Nina Heereman (Off-C...

This lecture was given on June 6, 2022 at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Erik Tonning is Professor of British Literature and Culture in the University of Bergen (from 2015). In 2011-2014 he was Research Director of the ‘Modernism and Christianity’ project funded by the Bergen Rese...

This lecture was given on July 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. for the Fourth Annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Complexity, Simplicity and Emergence. Slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p97hkek For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mark V...

One of the hallmarks of modern science is the ability to explain the workings of nature by detailed study of its pieces and parts. Organisms are understood as combinations of organ systems, which are made up of tissues, which are made up of cells, which are made of up complex chemicals, then atoms, and more fundamental particles. As successful as this methodological reductionism has been, it is st...

This lecture was given on March 22, 2022 to the University of North Texas. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gloria Frost is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her areas of research are medieval philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the history of scie...

Prof. Pezzini's handout can be found here: tinyurl.com/nkxw4saa This lecture was given on May 9, 2022 at Oxford University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Giuseppe Pezzini is Associate Professor of Latin Language & Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Prof. Pezzini returned to CCC in 2021, after five beaut...

What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about happiness and ultimate purpose? How (and how not) can we be happy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. J. Budziszewski about Aquinas' thoughts on happiness. Aquinas on Happiness w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Prof. J. Budziszewski (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to one o...

This lecture was given on April 28, 2022 at Texas State University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is an assistant professor of systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and editor in chief of the journal The Thomist. He specializes in sacramental theology. He did his...

This lecture was given on April 28, 2022 at the University of Arizona. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence Co...

This lecture was given on April 26, 2022 at Oxford University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Rebekah Lamb specializes in religion, literature and visual culture from the long nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites as well as their affiliate circles and inheritors. She joined the...

This lecture was given on April 26, 2022 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Old Town Alexandria. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He joined the Order...

This lecture was given on April 22, 2022 at Youngstown State University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph. D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He is an assistant professor at the Center for Thomistic Studies at the Un...

Prof. Beckwith's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p982fwr This lecture was given on April 22, 2022 at Ashland University. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduat...

This lecture was given on April 8, 2022 at the University of California, Berkeley. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Matthew J. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA, and an Instructor in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He holds a D...

This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Chur...

Fr. Thompson's slides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/8smyu7xm This lecture was given on June 16, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augustine Th...

Why does God allow us to suffer? How can we address the problem of pain? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Suffering and the Narrative of Redemption: Why God Allows Us to Suffer." Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine and Sr....

This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Chur...

This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/b7ubtddp For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eir...

This lecture was given on June 15, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture are available here: https://tinyurl.com/y4jwy2c9 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Augus...

This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." The slides for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mpfttpnh For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Carlos Eir...

This lecture was given on June 14, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship: "The City of God in Modernity: Culture and Ecclesiology." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Thomas Clemmons, a native of South Florida, is assistant professor of theology in Chur...