The Thomistic Institute

The Thomistic Institute

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events,  and much more. Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies...

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Jul 10, 2026

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Suffering, Sacrifice, and Leadership | Prof. Joseph McInerney 19.02.2021

This lecture was given on November 23, 2020 to the United States Military Academy - West Point. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Captain Joe McInerney is the Chairman of the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law and Permanent Military Professor of Applied Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. Captain McInerney lect...

When is War Justified? A Catholic Perspective | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 17.02.2021

This lecture was given on November 4, 2020 to University College Dublin. The slides for this lecture are available here: tinyurl.com/ydf93234 For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theol...

Reading Scripture with Benedict and Francis | Prof. Lewis Ayres 15.02.2021

The lecture was given to the University of Edinburgh on November 10, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Lewis Ayres is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in the study of early Christian theology, especially the history of Trinitarian theology and earl...

Catholicism in Contemporary Astronomy | Prof. Karin Oberg 12.02.2021

The lecture was given to Boston University on October 27, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of...

Does God Exist? And How Could We Know? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 10.02.2021

The lecture was given to West Virginia University on October 16, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in me...

Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 08.02.2021

This lecture was given to the University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology...

Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Corey Barnes 05.02.2021

This lecture was given to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on November 16, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the speaker: Corey Barnes is an Associate Professor of Religion at Oberlin College specializing in scholastic thought from the 12th to the 14th centuries. His research areas include Christology,...

Flannery O'Connor and the Christian Intellectual Tradition | Prof. Ralph Wood 03.02.2021

This talk was given at Texas A&M University on November 9, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Ralph C. Wood has served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. He holds the B.A. and M.A. from East Texas State College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) as well as the A.M. and Ph. D. from...

Christianity and Nationalism | Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. 01.02.2021

This lecture was given to Trinity College Dublin on December 16, 2020. The handout is available here: tinyurl.com/y689bga8 For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events About the Speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. is a Dominican friar from Galway. He studied science and theology at the University of Cambridge and taught theology at seconda...

Prayer, Study, and the Mind's Ascent to God | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 29.01.2021

This lecture was given at Texas A&M University on October 15, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a...

Does Nature Make Laws? An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Joshua Hochschild (duplicate?) 28.01.2021

This lecture was delivered at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on November 02, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary...

The Fifth Way | Prof. Brian Carl 22.01.2021

This lecture was given on December 6, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Brian T. Carl earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and his Ph. D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of...

The Fourth Way | Fr. Ambrose Mary Little, O.P. 20.01.2021

This lecture was given on December 5, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. The hand out for this talk can be found here tinyurl.com/y7vdmng8 For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Ambrose Mary Little O.P. was ordained to the priesthood in 201...

The Third Way | Prof. Thomas Osborne 18.01.2021

This lecture was given on December 5, 2020 as part of "The Five Ways: A Symposium on Aquinas’s Proofs for the Existence of God" at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, AL. The hand out for this talk can be found here tinyurl.com/y7lr4uzd For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph. D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philos...

What Makes a Lawyer Good? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 15.01.2021

This lecture was given to the St. Thomas More Society of Richmond Virginia on October 17, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He holds a J.D....

The Novelty of Transubstantiation: The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | Fr. James Brent, O.P. (duplicate?) 13.01.2021

This lecture was delivered to the William & Mary chapter on October 5, 2020. Fr. Brent's lecture concludes around 35:05. The rest of the recording is a Q&A session with students from the William & Mary Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and r...

Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor and J. R. R. Tolkien | Prof. Raymond Hain 12.01.2021

This lecture was given on October 29, 2020 at Baylor University. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA...

The Last Plague: Thinking about God and Justice in the Old Testament | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 09.01.2021

This talk was given to the Texas A&M Chapter on October 7, 2020. For more events and info, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. About the Speaker: Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University, and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. H...

Finding Hope in the Time Of COVID: C.S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas | Prof. Michael Dauphinais 07.01.2021

This lecture was given at Saint Louis University on November 11, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph. D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School,...

Chesterton on Saints Francis and Thomas Aquinas | Dr. Thomas Hibbs 05.01.2021

This lecture was given at the University of Virginia on November 18, 2020. Dr. Hibbs' lecture concludes at 43:22. The rest of the recording is Q&A with him and the students of the chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker Bio: Thomas Hibbs has been President of the University of Dallas since 2019. Previously, he served as distin...

Thomas Aquinas and the Theology of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P. 02.01.2021

This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on October 22, 2020. For more events and info, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Speaker Bio: Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 20...

The Incarnate, Sacramental, and Redeeming Christ at Christmas | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 31.12.2020

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Trudel received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2000, and after receiving the post-doctoral License in Mediaeval Studies in 2002, he served as a Junior Fellow at the Pontifical Institute o...

Arguments for God's Existence: Recent Work on Ancient Arguments | Prof. Robert Koons 29.12.2020

This lecture was delivered on October 23, 2020 at Florida State University. Prof. Koons' lecture concludes around the 28:50 mark. The rest of the recording is Q&A with students. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for...

Mary and the Victory Over Evil | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. 24.12.2020

This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Advent livestream series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St. Patrick’s Parish, and through attending Providence College, from which he graduated in...

What is Good Music? What Good is Music? | Prof. Michael Dickson 22.12.2020

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on September 29, 2020. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Speaker Bio: Michael Dickson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. After a brief term as a professional french horn player, he earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1995. He was a member of the facult...

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