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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Why Did Medieval Christian Thinkers Turn to Islamic Philosophers? | Prof. Thérèse-Anne Druart 10.04.2019 1:16:09
This lecture was offered at Brown University on March 12th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio ThérèseAnne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (1978-87)....
The Catholic Who Invented Human Rights | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 09.04.2019 1:18:27
This lecture was held on March 6th, 2019 at Yale Law School. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 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 theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, a...
Same God? Christian and Islamic Philosophy and Theology | Prof. Thérèse-Anne Druart 06.04.2019 49:58
This lecture was given for our chapter at Yale University on March 4th, 2019 by Prof. Thérèse- Anne Druart (The Catholic University of America). Thérèse- Anne Druart is ordinary professor at the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where she has been teaching since 1987. Before that she had become an associate professor at Georgetown University (197887). She obtained an...
Does God Exist? | Prof. Alexander Pruss 05.04.2019 1:22:34
This lecture was held on March 4th, 2019 at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Event Description: Alexander Pruss, a mathematician and philosopher, will discuss how phenomena such as paradoxes of infinity and the elegant beauty of the laws of physics point to the existence of a cause for the universe. He wil...
Was Luther Right? Indulgences, Purgatory, Saints and All That | Prof. Michael Root 04.04.2019 1:09:26
This talk was hosted as part of the ongoing DC Young Adult's Speaker Series, hosted at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Arlington, VA. The lecture was held on March 11th, 2019 and sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the Diocese of Arlington. The talk handout is available at: tinyurl.com/u5ndo2d For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio: Mich...
The Common Good, Political Order and God | Dr. Steve Long 03.04.2019 40:32
This talk was part of the Spring NYU Conference on "Does Politics Need God?" It featured Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and th...
Can the Separation of Church and State be Sustained? | Prof. Paul Rahe 02.04.2019 42:49
This lecture was given by Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College)at our conference at the Catholic Center at NYU, "Does Politics Need God?" Co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Tocqueville Program
Philosophy, Beauty, and Music | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 30.03.2019 46:42
This lecture was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP, for our chapter at UT Austin on March 27th, 2019. About the Speaker: 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...
Biotechnology, Suffering, and Human Aspiration | Dr. William Hurlbut 29.03.2019 1:00:03
This lecture was given by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University) for a series at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in New York City on, "Health Care and God's Providence: Resources and Medical Professionals." This series was co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute, Archcare, and the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York.
The Moral Truth We All Know - Do Good and Avoid Evil | Prof. Jennifer Frey 27.03.2019 1:22:59
This talk was offered at Brown University on March 13th, 2019 For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Speaker Bio 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 Professor and Harper Schmidt F...
The Practice and Theory of Imagination in C.S. Lewis | Dr. Robert Royal 25.03.2019 59:54
This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the third lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middl...
Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth | Prof. Robert Koons 22.03.2019 54:04
This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the second lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Midd...
A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor| Prof. Raymond Hain 21.03.2019 1:07:36
This talk was offered at University of Texas at Austin on March 9th, as the first lecture in a 3 part conference on "The Christian Imagination: Reflections of Flannery O'Connor, J.R.R. Tolkien, & C.S. Lewis." The lectures offered included: "A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Christian Imagination of Flannery O’Connor" - Raymond Hain (Providence College) "Tolkien’s Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middl...
Who Am I To Judge? Politics and Moral Relativism | Prof. Michael Gorman 20.03.2019 38:23
This lecture was offered for our chapter at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario on March 11th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www. thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is a Professor of Philosophy at CUA. He received a doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo and a doctorate in theology from Boston College. He is also a scholar in...
Why Did God Become Man? | Prof. Michael Gorman 18.03.2019 57:15
This lecture was delivered at the University of Arizona on February 19, 2019. For more information about upcoming Thomistic Institute events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1
A Reasonable God in the Public Square: Regensburg Revisited | Sohrab Ahmari 15.03.2019 39:25
This talk was offered at NYU on March 9th, 2019 as part of the day long conference "Does Politics Need God?" The conference featuring Prof. Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), Prof. Steve Long (Ave Maria University), Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post), and a panel including Prof. Robert George (Princeton University), Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (University of Notre Dame) and Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifica...
Aquinas vs. Freud: The Problem of Unconscious Motivation | Prof. Therese Cory 14.03.2019 53:58
This lecture was given for our chapter at Harvard University on march 7th, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Therese Scarpelli Cory is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and his Arabic sources. She loves discussing philosophy with her st...
What has the Historical Jesus to do with the Church's Christ? | Fr. Isaac Morales, OP 13.03.2019 46:23
This talk was offered at Trinity University, San Antonio on February 11th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Lecture Description: Every year around Christmas and Easter, it seems, the media runs a story about “who Jesus really was.” Magazine articles and television specials purport to tell us the truth about the man from Nazareth – a truth,...
Evil and the Goodness of God: Aquinas on the Problem of Evil | Prof. Gloria Frost 12.03.2019 35:50
This lecture was given at our chapter at Texas A&M University on February 25, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: www.thomisticinstitute.org Speaker Bio: 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...
Aquinas on Christ's Passion and the Sacraments | Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP 11.03.2019 1:05:52
This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. The handout prepared by Fr. Langevin can be found here: tinyurl.com/wntw4z4 This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary A...
Why Lent? Innocence, Sin, and Redemption | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 08.03.2019 59:25
Fr. Gregory Pine explores the idea of Lent as a penitential season that helps individuals confront their own limitations and weaknesses, challenging the notion of inevitable progress and perfection. He delves into the Christian concepts of original justice, original sin, and redemption, highlighting how these shape human nature and our relationship with God. This talk was given by Fr. Gregory Pine...
The Tabernacle Narratives as Christian Scripture | Prof. Gary Anderson 06.03.2019 1:05:23
This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle Series, "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This conference featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis Univ...
The Virtue of Religion in Aquinas - What it is and Why it Matters | Prof. Reinhard Huetter 05.03.2019 1:06:19
This talk was offered for as part of our Thomistic Circle on "On Sacrifice and the Virtue of Religion" held at DHS on March 1st & 2nd, 2019. This featured Prof. Reinhard Huetter (The Catholic University of America), Fr. Dominic Langevin, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception), Prof. Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame), and Fr. David Meconi, SJ (St. Louis University).
Just War Theory: Catholic Ethics and the STEM Career | Prof. Joseph Capizzi 01.03.2019 1:04:41
This lecture was offered at our chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on February 22nd, 2019. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org.
Saved By Works Or Faith? | Prof. Michael Root 27.02.2019 58:42
This lecture was delivered to the Thomistic Institute's Harvard University Undergraduate chapter on March 21, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/.
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