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...

Author

The Thomistic Institute

Category

Religion

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android 5M+ downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

Who Am I to Judge? Politics and the Problem of Moral Relativism | Prof. Francis Beckwith 19.06.2020

This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of Arizona on February 27, 2020. Prof. Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are "Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion...

Friendship and the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 17.06.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. The hand out for this lecture can be found here: tinyurl.com/ycsedsu3 For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Aquinas as a Mystical Theologian | Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P. 15.06.2020

This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of California, Berkeley on October 21, 2019. Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. He is a professor of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where he is an associate director of the Thomistic Institut...

Did Jesus Christ See the Father? | Fr. Simon Gaine, O.P. 10.06.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

A Window into the Mind? Neuroimaging and Our Understanding of the Human Being | Pro. Sofia Reimao 05.06.2020

This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Sofia Reimao is a medical doctor from Lisbon, Portugal. She is a professor on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon.

The Inner Workings of Confession | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P. 04.06.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Popular Neuroscience and Other Political Schemes | Prof. Jeffrey Bishop 30.05.2020

This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Prof. Jeffrey Bishop is a philosopher, bioethicist, author and the Tenet Endowed Chair of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. The director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, he is most widely recognized and cited for work in medical et...

Dante on Love's Ordeal And the Ascent of Purgatory | Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. 28.05.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online:  thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures .

Freedom, Aquinas, and the Brain | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 26.05.2020

This talk was offered as part of our Thomistic Circles Series, "Neuroscience and the Soul" held at DHS on February 28th & 29th, 2020. Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy Department Chair at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA. He holds a Ph. D in Philosophy from the University of Munich. At Munich, he studied with Robert Spaemann, and...

Our Lady's Sword: The Holy Rosary and the Battle for Salvation | Fr. John Langlois, O.P. 21.05.2020

This conversation was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

The Intellectual Life of the Mother of God | Prof. Zena Hitz 19.05.2020

This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on March 3, 2020. About the speaker: Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College where she teaches across the liberal arts. She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake, as against its use for economic or political goals. Her forthcoming book, Intellectual Life, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things, Moder...

Immaterial Beings: From Ghosts to Minds | Prof. Therese Cory 16.05.2020

This lecture was given at Yale Graduate School on March 2, 2020. About the speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is also a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Francis in 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Saved on a Turbulent Sea: St. Gregory of Nazianzus on Jesus Christ | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 14.05.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online:  thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures .

The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: The Meaning of the Mass | Prof. Paul Gondreau 12.05.2020

This lecture was given at Columbia University on February 12, 2020. About the speaker: Prof. Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theolo...

Searching for Happiness: Pathfinding and Pitfalls | Prof. W. Scott Cleveland 09.05.2020

This lecture was given on February 18, 2020 at the University of Kansas. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. W. Scott Cleveland is Director of Catholic Studies and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the...

He Is Risen: God’s Mercy and the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P. 07.05.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

The Psychology of Happiness: Stoicism in the City of God | Prof. Sarah Byers 05.05.2020

This lecture was given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November 5, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Sarah Byers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. Her areas of expertise include Augustine, Hellenistic philosophy, and the history of ethics. She received a MA and PhD from the University of Toronto.

Should We Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide? | Prof. John Keown and Dr. Joseph Marine 02.05.2020

This lecture was given at Johns Hopkins University on February 17, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. John Keown is the Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He graduated in law from Cambridge and took a doctorate in law at Oxford, after which he was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple). Aft...

Living a Life of Divine Worship | Fr. Michael O'Connor, O.P. 30.04.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship | Prof. Craig Titus 28.04.2020

The full title of this lecture is "Aquinas on the Moral Development of Friendship: Love as a Contribution to Mental Health Practice." It was given at a conference on "Love, Friendship, and Happiness," co-sponsored with the Scala Foundation and the Aquinas Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary on February 15, 2020. This conference featured Prof. Erika Kidd (University of St. Thomas), Prof. Cr...

Chance or Purpose? God's Providence and the Christian Worldview | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 26.04.2020

This lecture was given at the United States Military Academy on February 11, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as the Assistant Director for Campus Outreach with the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. He served previously as an associate pastor at St. Louis Bertrand Church in Louisville, KY where he also taught...

The Remedy for Confused Kenoticism: Aquinas as a Kenotic Theologian | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 23.04.2020

This lecture was given at a conference co-sponsored by the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University and the Thomistic Institute entitled "Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology" in February 2020. Bruce Marshall (Southern Methodist University) and Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (Angelicum) were this conference’s keynote speakers. Other speakers include: Prof. Richard Bauckh...

Is the Coronavirus a Punishment from God? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. 22.04.2020

This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series. For more information on the Quarantine Lectures and to subscribe, visit us online: thomisticinstitute.org/quarantine-lectures.

St Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law: The Contemporary Relevance of a Medieval Idea | Prof. Kenneth Kemp 21.04.2020

This lecture was given at Florida State University on February 4, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Kenneth W. Kemp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Fellow of that University’s Center for Catholic Studies. His education includes an M.A. in the History and Philosophy of...

The Virgin Mary and the Church: The New Eve | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. 18.04.2020

This lecture was given at Harvard University on February 19, 2020. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Master of Students and Associate Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, DC. He earned his Ph. D. in Theology (History of Christia...

Listen to the The Thomistic Institute podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.