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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Common Mistakes about God and Suffering | Prof. Robert Koons 17.10.2020 28:37
This lecture was streamed for Texas State University on September 24, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph. D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, including: Realism...
Love, Friendship, and Heavenly Happiness | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 15.10.2020 18:18
This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she w...
Hillbilly Thomism Flannery O'Connor's Vision Of Grace | Prof. Jennifer Frey 15.10.2020 58:10
This lecture was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5th, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she w...
Is the Human Person Naturally Religious? Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 10.10.2020 1:14:31
This talk was given for the University Edinburgh on September 24, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Fr. White 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 theolo...
St. Thomas Aquinas Our Common Doctor For Theology Today | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 08.10.2020 58:16
This talk was given at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. as part of the Thomistic Institute Livestream. For more information on upcoming events, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Father Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a Kansas farm. He entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1995 and professed simple vows the followi...
Is there a Distinction Between Faith and Reason? | Prof. Robert Koons 06.10.2020 39:09
This talk was given at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2020. For more information on other upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 33 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph. D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of four books, includin...
Friendship and Happiness: Insights from Aristotle and Aquinas | Prof. Jennifer Frey 03.10.2020 51:17
This lecture was given for our chapter at Cornell University on September 23rd, 2020. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Jennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Pr...
Discerning a Vocation to Be a Catholic Intellectual | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 01.10.2020 49:16
This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Wash...
Happiness of the Catholic Intellectual: Balance, Focus, and Priorities | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 29.09.2020 39:12
This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph. D. four years later from the Uni...
Prayer, Holiness, and the Intellectual Life | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 26.09.2020 50:23
This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO from August 2nd - August 6th. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute and Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Wash...
The Vocation of the Catholic Intellectual: Faith, Reason, and Service | Prof. Christopher Kaczor 24.09.2020 34:21
This lecture was offered at the 2020 Student Leadership Conference held in Estes Park, CO. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph. D. four years later from the Uni...
Divinization and the Gradation Of Freedom | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 22.09.2020 59:02
This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church around the same time. He entered the Order of Preachers...
The Danger of Technology to Human Flourishing | Prof. James Madden 19.09.2020 38:40
This talk is Prof. Madden's third and final lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and...
The Virtues of Healthy Dependence | Fr. Gregory Pine 17.09.2020 54:51
This lecture was given on August 8, 2020, at the Thomistic Institute's Intellectual Retreat on Virtuous Autonomy in Estes Park, Colorado. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louis...
Freedom in Friendship and Community | Prof. James Madden 15.09.2020 35:38
This talk is Prof. Madden's second lecture given at the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For Prof. Madden's first lecture, see Thomisticinstitute – True-freedom-and-its-counterfeits-prof-james-madden For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Pro...
True Freedom and Its Counterfeits | Prof. James Madden 12.09.2020 37:58
This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Speaker bio: Dr. James Madden is Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College. He lives in Atchison, Kansas with his wife (Jennifer) and their six children. He is ori...
The Image of God in Modernity | Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P. 10.09.2020 49:17
This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's intellectual retreat, "Virtuous Autonomy: Freedom and Independence in a Technological Age," August 7 - 10, 2020. The hand out for this talk can be accessed here: tinyurl.com/yxfsqkk3 Speaker bio: Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., was born in Harrisburg, PA. He received a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD in 2010, and was confirmed in the C...
Christian Theology and the Limits of Politics in Augustine | Prof. Bradley Lewis 08.09.2020 15:06
This lecture was given as part of the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship, June 15 through 18, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and...
Natural Theology, Civil Theology, and the Limits of Politics in Plato | Prof. Bradley Lewis 05.09.2020 16:50
This lecture was given at the Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship on June 15, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Bradley Lewis is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He specializes in political and legal philosophy. He has written articles on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle and on some figures i...
Ebbing, Flowing Sea: Trinitarian Mystical Theology of Jan Van Ruusbroec | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove 03.09.2020 47:05
This lecture was given at the University of York on March 9, 2020. For more events and info, please visit thomisticinstitute.org Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove lectures in Medieval Thought at Durham University, UK. He has published scholarly articles on medieval theology and spirituality, theology of the Trinity, and soteriology. His books include: Introduction to Medieval Theology (Cambridge: Cambridg...
Are There Failed Persons? Are You One of Them? | Prof. John O'Callaghan 29.08.2020 52:33
This lecture was given at Brown University on February 20, 2020. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Ca...
Reading Bonaventure in a Time Of Crisis | Prof. Gregory LaNave 26.08.2020 59:50
This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. LaNave was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1991, when he came to Catholic University to begin a doctoral program in theology. After stints in pu...
Neuroscience and Freedom of the Will - Is There Really a Problem? | Prof. James Madden 24.08.2020 43:05
This lecture was given at the University of Tulsa on February 27, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. James Madden lives in Atchison, KS with his wife (Jennifer) and their children. He is originally from Wisconsin, where he received a B.A. from St. Norbert College, and did his graduate work at Kent State (MA, 1998) and Purdue (Ph. D., 2002). He was awar...
Does God Create through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. 21.08.2020 52:33
This lecture was given at Oxford University on February 5, 2020. The power point presentation for this lecture can be accessed here: tinyurl.com/y39la8ja For more events and information please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P., is a Polish Dominican theologian. He holds a Ph. D. in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA and Church L...
The Way of the Cross During Pandemic | Prof. Jody Vaccaro Lewis 19.08.2020 58:54
This talk was given as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Professor Lewis works in the areas of the New Testament and Patristics. She teaches courses on the Synoptic Gospels, Johannine Writings, and Pauline Letters, as well as various patristic topics. Her interes...
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