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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Neuroscience and Free Will | Dr. Daniel De Haan 31.12.2019

This lecture was given at Trinity University on November 18, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow in Natural Theology at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was a postdoctoral fellow working on the neuroscience stran...

Sacramental Architecture as Offering and Presence | Prof. Philip Bess 29.12.2019

This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. The accompanying powerpoint presentation is available at tinyurl.com/qmvtem6. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Prof. Philip Bess (University of Notre Dame) lectures widely, and is the author of numerous articles and three books: City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Base...

The Anagogical Intentions of the Medieval Cathedral Builders | Dr. Steven Schloeder 26.12.2019

This lecture was given at New York University on November 16, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. The accompanying powerpoint is available at tinyurl.com/syoqp3b. Steven Schloeder, Ph. D., AIA, NCARB, is a registered Architect in the State of Arizona, the State of California, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and a widely published author and popular le...

The Interior Cathedral and the Cathedral Interior | Dr. Margaret Hughes 23.12.2019

This lecture was given at New York University on 16 November 2019 at a symposium gathering scholars and architects in light of the recent catastrophe at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to consider the purpose of sacred architecture, the nature of beauty and the issues with early proposals for rebuilding Notre Dame that are rooted in post-modern ideas about art and architecture. Featuring Prof. Phili...

The Soul of Freedom: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Perspectives | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. 20.12.2019

This lecture was given at Louisiana State University on 4 November 2019. 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 as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelph...

What Are We? Human Persons After Neuroscience | Dr. Daniel De Haan 18.12.2019

This lecture was given at the University of Texas at Austin on November 19, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Befor...

The Advent of Christ in Mystery | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau 17.12.2019

This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. T...

The Advent of Christ In the Flesh and Glory | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. 16.12.2019

This lecture was given as part of the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series at New York University on 7 December 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation on St. T...

Humans and Other Animals - Are We Rational Enough to Know the Difference? | Dr. Daniel De Haan 13.12.2019

This talk was given on November 20, 2019 at Baylor University. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Daniel De Haan is a Research Fellow of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He is working on the Renewal of Natural Theology Project directed by Professor Alister McGrath. Before coming to Oxford,...

Through a Glass Darkly - How Certain is Faith? | Prof. Matthew Ramage 10.12.2019

This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on November 14, 2019. For more events and info please visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Matthew Ramage is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. He is author, coauthor, or cotranslator of several books, including Dark Passages of the Bible: Engaging Scripture with Benedict XVI and Thomas Aquinas (Catholic...

Authentic Freedom in the Novels of Graham Greene | Prof. Frederick Bauerschmidt 09.12.2019

This lecture was given at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019. For more events and info visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He has published a book on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and the Christian mystical tradition, as well...

Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America | Prof. Catherine Pakaluk 06.12.2019

This lecture was given at the University of Utah on 14 November 2019. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (PhD, 2010) is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Tim and Steph Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include econo...

Proofs for the Existence of God | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP 05.12.2019

This lecture was offered at Trinity College, Dublin on November 6, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 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 theology of grace. His books include...

The Dignity of Human Life | Prof. Paul Symington 04.12.2019

This lecture was offered at the University of California, Los Angeles on October 16, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Professor Paul Symington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1998. He received an M.A. in Theology from Northeastern Seminary in 2001 and an M.A. in Philosophy fro...

Freedom Beyond Civility | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP 03.12.2019

This lecture was given by Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (Dominican House of Studies) at Hillsdale College on 4 November 2019. A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation...

Does Science Need Faith? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. 29.11.2019

This talk was offered at Yale University on October 21, 2019. For more information on this and other events go to thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy department. He obtained his doctorate u...

Is Free Will An Illusion? | Prof. Paul Symington 27.11.2019

This lecture was given at Ohio State University on 16 April 2019. Paul Symington is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Scholarly Excellence at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His publications include On Determining What There Is (Walter De Gruyter, 2010) and over a dozen peer reviewed articles ranging in topics from philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and medieva...

On Earth As It Is In Heaven | Prof. Sarah Byers 26.11.2019

This lecture was given by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) at Queen's University on 28 October 2019. Sarah Byers has mainly written on Augustine and Hellenistic philosophy. Her work focuses on the reception of Stoicism in Augustine and in other early Christian figures, but she also works on Plotinus, Apuleius and Victorinus in relation to Augustine. For more information on this and other events...

One Of The Trinity Was Crucified | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. 25.11.2019

This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. (of the Angelicum) at the University of Oxford on 7 November 2019. 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 theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic S...

Is Belief In God Rational? | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 22.11.2019

This lecture was given at the University of Oklahoma on 23 October 2019. Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 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 as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University. Born and raised near Philadelphia...

Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Prof. Zena Hitz 20.11.2019

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on 23 October 2019. Dr. 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, Modern Age,...

St. John Henry Newman on the Complexity of Human Knowledge | Prof. Joshua Hochschild 19.11.2019

This lecture was given at the University of Toronto on 22 October 2019. 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 medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevanc...

Why Leisure Is Necessary For Human Beings | Zena Hitz 18.11.2019

This lecture was given by Dr. Zena Hitz (St. John's College (Annapolis) at Tulane University on 3 October 2019. Dr. 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 appe...

The Gift and Fruits of the Holy Spirit | Prof. Eleonore Stump 15.11.2019

This lecture was given at St. Savior's Priory (Dublin) on 9 October 2019. Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy...

Apostles of Empire: The Jesuits and New France | Prof. Bronwen McShea 14.11.2019

This lecture was offered at Harvard University on 10 October, 2019 Dr. Bronwen Catherine McShea lives in Princeton, New Jersey, where she is an Associate Research Scholar with Princeton University's James Madison Program. With advanced degrees from both Harvard University and Yale University, she is a scholar of European history and of the history of Christianity, with research interests in French...

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