The Lumen Christi Podcast - Faith and Science

This lecture is entitled Catholic Women in the Arts and Sciences.

It was presented by Bronwen McShea of the Augustine Institute on March 20, 2024, at the Ruth Lake Country Club.

Catholic Women in the Arts and Sciences

This lecture is entitled Quandaries of Biotechnology: Theory and Practice - Session 1.

It was presented by Kyle Karches of Saint Louis University and Stephen Meredith of the University of Chicago on March 22, 2024, at the University of Chicago.

Quandaries of Biotechnology: Theory and Practice - Session 1

This lecture is entitled Quandaries of Biotechnology: Theory and Practice - Session 2.

It was presented by Lesley Rice of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute and Silvianne Aspray of Cambridge University on March 22, 2024, at the University of Chicago.

Quandaries of Biotechnology: Theory and Practice - Session 2

Angela Knobel, Candace Vogler, Daniel Lapsley, and Emily Austin on April 26, 2024 at the University of Chicago's Swift Hall.

What would pagan philosophers and modern psychologists (or ‘scientists-of-mind’) make of what Thomas Aquinas says about the work of grace in the moral life?

Thomas Aquinas holds that moral virtues can be cultivated in humans by habits, but he also holds that God can infuse the moral virtues into a human being. Can humans become good on their own? Or do they require external assistance?  This symposium will consider the question of infused moral virtue: how does Aquinas describe the bestowal of moral virtues on an individual by God? How is his description related to the classical account of virtues acquired by virtuous action? How does modern science make sense of these insights? 

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This symposium was cosponsored by the University of Notre Dame Press and made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.

Can We Be Good On Our Own? Ancient Pagans and Modern Scientists on Thomistic Moral Virtue

Dr. Jeffrey P. Bishop on November 14, 2024 at Loyola Academy McGrath Family Performing Arts Center.

Technology always pushes the limits of our thinking and challenges us morally. In this presentation, we will see that our difficulty with evaluating the morality of technology is because technology sits very close to human identity. Human culture just is technology. Technology/culture is produced by us, but it in turn comes to produce human identity. If this is true, what do we make of the work of human hands as Christians?

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The Magis Series on Faith and Reason is a partnership between the Lumen Christi Institute, St. Ignatius College Prep, and Loyola Academy to bring accessible yet sophisticated lectures on the Church’s intellectual tradition to the broad lay public.

Technology, Liturgy, and the Work of Human Hands

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