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Metaphysics

Faith & Science

Philosophy

A lecture on April 18, 2015 at New York University.

To Be Good Is To Do the Truth: Reality, Good, and the Primordial Conscience | Prof. Reinhard Huetter

What is Truth? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

A lecture on March 7, 2016 at Duke University.

God after Darwin: Are Christianity and Evolution Compatible? | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

A lecture on August 10, 2016 at Conference for Priests.

Preaching to the New Faithful | Fr. Paul Check

A lecture on August 11, 2016 at Conference for Priests.

Preaching Beyond the Pulpit | Fr. Bill Byrne

A debate on September 10, 2016 at New York University.

Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 2 | White, Frey, Vogler, Reno

Happiness Without Religion? A Philosophical Debate Part 1 | White, Frey, Vogler

A lecture on September 8, 2016 at Harvard University.

Is Faith Irrational: Aquinas on the Rationality of Belief | Fr. Dominic Legge, OP

A lecture on September 19, 2016 at Yale University.

The Reality of the Soul in an Age of Neuroscience | Fr. Michael Dodds, OP

A lecture on September 15, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Illusion of Conflict: A Catholic Understanding of Faith, Reason & Science | Fr. Dominic Legge

Introduction to Metaphysics Part One: Form and Matter; Substance and Accidents | Fr. T.J. White

Introduction to Metaphysics Part Two: Transcendentals and the Existence of God | Fr. T.J. White

Introduction to Metaphysics Part Three: Philosophy as Wisdom | Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

A lecture on December 2, 2016 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

What's So Special About the Universe? Multiverse Theory & Catholic Theology | Prof. Stephen Barr

October 19, 2017 at University of California, Berkeley.

Blinded by Scientism? The Proper Role—And Limits—Of Science in the Quest for Truth | Edward Feser

This lecture was given to the Chapter of the Thomistic Institute at the University of Virginia on November, 13, 2017 by Dr. John Cuddeback (Christendom College, Front Royal, VA).

Christian Friendship: The Role of Human Friendship in the Spiritual Life | Prof. John Cuddeback

This talk was offered for our chapter at the United States Naval Academy on March 26th, 2019.

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Speaker Bio:
Paul 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 theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. 

He has a published manuscript on Christ's human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB's committee on marriage and family.

The Catholic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings | Prof. Paul Gondreau

This talk was given the University of Oklahoma on April 2nd, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

About the speaker:

Dr. Cleveland received his B.A. in philosophy and biblical studies from Taylor University, his M.A.R. in philosophical theology & philosophy of religion from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Baylor University (2014). Before coming to UMary, he conducted postdoctoral research at Saint Louis University on the virtue of intellectual humility.

His research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of religion. He is especially interested in the study of virtues and emotions, the relation between the two, and the role of each in the moral and intellectual life. For example, he has defended an account of the virtue of courage with focus on its emotional excellences.  He also has broad interests in metaphysics, theology, the history of philosophy, and the thought of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.

How to Avoid Being Unhappy: Vices that Undermine Human Flourishing | Prof. Scott Cleveland

This lecture was given at the University of Kansas on 30 September 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 Philadelphia, PA, he attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying mathematics and humanities. Upon graduating, he entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He was ordained a priest in 2016 and holds an STL from the Dominican House of Studies.

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The Reasons Of The Heart: A Philosophy Of Love | Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

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Blinded by Scientism? The Proper Role—And Limits—Of Science in the Quest for Truth | Edward Feser

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