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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Who's in Charge Here?: The Church, Society and Obedience| Fr. Joseph Fox, OP 11.01.2019

This lecture was held at St. Gretrude's parish on October 30th, 2018. It was cosponsored by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and the Thomistic Institute. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the event: The 1960s were a time of anti-establishment rebellion, and the rejection of existing authorities and structures. This turbulent time left its...

A Discordant Time: Musical Revolution Since the 1960s | Fr. William Goldin 10.01.2019

This event was hosted by the Aquinas Society of Cincinnati and cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute on October 23rd, 2018. It includes performances by Fr. William Goldin, a trained opera singer and theologian, of pieces by John Cage ("Aria" with "Fontana Mix") and Tchaikovsky. About the event: This revolution had a soundtrack. The 1960s saw a tremendous change in music, from the highest forms of...

Do Muslims and Christians and Jews Believe in the Same God? | Prof. Francis Beckwith 09.01.2019

This talk was offered on November 30th, 2018 at Brown University. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & 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 Mor...

Has Neuroscience Disproved Free Will? | Dr. Daniel De Haan 08.01.2019

This lecture was given by Dr. Daniel De Haan at Stanford University on November 12th, 2018. For more information on upcoming lectures, visit thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Daniel De Haan is a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Cambridge working on the neuroscience strand of the Templeton World Charity Foundation’s Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and the Sciences Pro...

Sacraments, Grace and Ethics: The Church at Work | Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP 07.01.2019

This talk was given at Harvard University on November 15th, 2018. For move information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P. is professor of systematic theology at St. John's Seminary, associate editor of The Thomist, senior editor of Magnificat, and general editor of the Catholic Moral Thought series at the Catholic University of...

In the Beginning: The Big Bang and the God of Creation | Fr. Thomas Davenport, OP 04.01.2019

This lecture was given by Fr. Thomas Davenport, OP (Providence College) to the Yale undergraduate chapter on 11/14/18. For more information on upcoming events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org

Perspective of a Catholic Prosecutor | Honorable John Durham 03.01.2019

This talk was given at Yale Law School on November 13th, 2018 by the Honorable John Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: John Durham became the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut in February of 2018 Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Durham served as a...

Why Leisure is Necessary for Human Beings | Zena Hitz 02.01.2019

This lecture was offered at the University of Oklahoma on November 13th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: 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 fort...

Literature as Philosophy | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP 01.01.2019

This lecture was given by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP for the campus chapter at the University of Maryland on November 13th, 2018. Check out upcoming events on our website: thomisticinstitute.org

Eating God: Can the Eucharist Really be Jesus? | Alexander Pruss 31.12.2018

This lecture was offered at Baylor on November 14th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/

What Do the Saints Do for Eternity? The Activity of Heaven | Michael Root 28.12.2018

This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The hand out for this lecture is available at: tinyurl.com/yclptrzp

Artificial Intelligence and the Soul | Anselm Ramelow 28.12.2018

This lecture was offered at Stanford on October 16th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/

Hell and the Mercy of God | Adrian Reimers 27.12.2018

This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/

The Thirst for Immortality and the Soul’s Need for Purgatory | Carol Zaleski 22.12.2018

This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/

The Human Soul and Neuroscience: Is Belief in the Soul Obsolete? | Daniel De Haan 21.12.2018

This lecture was offered at the University of Arizona on November 7th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: 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 f...

What Can Philosophy Tell Us About Life after Death? | Prof. Mark Spencer 20.12.2018

This lecture was offered at NYU on November 10th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ The hand out for this lecture is available at: tinyurl.com/ycx2596r

Does Evolutionary Theory Disprove Christianity? | Fr. Michael Dodds OP 19.12.2018

This lecture was given on November 5th, 2018 at UC Berkeley. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ About the speaker: Michael J. Dodds, O.P., is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. After undergraduate studies at Seattle Univers...

St.Thomas & the Meaning of Love: Human and Divine Friendship | Fr. Gregory Pine OP 18.12.2018

This talk was offered as the second of a 2 part series at NYU on the "Wisdom of Aquinas." The first talk on "Love, Passion and Affection" is also available on SoundCloud: Thomisticinstitute – St-thomas-the-meaning-of-love-love-passion-affection-fr-gregory-pine-op For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as...

St. Thomas & the Meaning of Love: Love, Passion & Affection | Fr. Gregory Pine OP 15.12.2018

This talk was offered as the first of a 2 part series at NYU on the "Wisdom of Aquinas." The second talk on "Human and Divine Friendship" is also available on SoundCloud. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. serves presently as Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute. He served previously as an...

Are Animals Intelligent? | Marie George 14.12.2018

This lecture was offered at MIT on October 25th as the 2nd part of a series of lectures on "The Distinctiveness of Human Intelligence." For more information about upcoming TI events, check out: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Marie George has been a member of the Philosophy Department of St. John's University since 1988. Professor George is an Aristotelian-Thomist whose interests lie...

Aquinas's Reception of Aristotle | Reinhard Hütter 13.12.2018

This lecture was given to a small student seminar at Duke University on October 5th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Dr. Reinhard Huetter is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies of The Catholic University. Professor Huetter is a native of Lichtenfels, Germany. He received...

Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers for the Renewal of Theology | Fr. Andrew Hofer OP 12.12.2018

This lecture was given at Duke by Fr. Andrew Hofer OP (Dominican House of Studies) on October 25th, 2018. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland fo...

What is the Purpose of Life? Classical and Contemporary Answers | Jennifer Frey 11.12.2018

This lecture was offered at UVA on October 19th, 2018. 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 Fellow...

Is Free Will an Illusion?| Timothy Pawl 08.12.2018

This talk was offered on October 17th, 2018 at Brown University. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Speaker Bio: Tim Pawl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN, where he works on metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics he works on "truthmaker theory, modality, and free w...

"Out of this Stony Rubbish" Devastation and Rebirth in Eliot's "The Waste Land" | Thomas Pfau 06.12.2018

This lecture was held on October 17th, 2018 at the Catholic Information Center, Washington DC. For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1/ Lecture Description: More than any other work of high modernist literature, Eliot's The Waste Land (1922) captures the loss of meaning and purpose that has overwhelmed an entire civilization. Surrounded by fragments of past k...

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