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The Nature of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Nature | Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P. Jul 22, 2020

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This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series.

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Is the Bible True and Accurate? | Fr. Terence Crotty Jul 20, 2020

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This talk was given at the University College Dublin on February 25, 2020.

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Fr. Terence Crotty, OP, is a doctor of Biblical Theology and is Student Master of the Irish Dominican Province.

Four Futures: The Catholic Church in America | Prof. Gladden Pappin Jul 17, 2020

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This lecture was given at Southern Methodist University on March 10, 2020.

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Prof. Gladden Pappin is assistant professor of politics at the University of Dallas, and is the cofounder of American Affairs. He is also a permanent research fellow and senior adviser of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. He received his AB (history) and PhD (government) from Harvard. His writings appear regularly in a variety of publications, including the Norton Anthology of American Political Thought.

How Is God Our Father? | Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P. Jul 15, 2020

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This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series.

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An Unjust Law is No Law at All | Prof. Raymond Hain Jul 13, 2020

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This lecture was given at Florida State University on February 25, 2020.

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Prof. Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars.

Aquinas on Mystical Union with God | Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn Jul 10, 2020

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This lecture was given at Stanford University on November 18, 2019.

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Fr. Bernhard is professor of theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome and associate director of its Thomistic Institute. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, under the direction of Gilles Emery. He has published The Mystery of Union with God: Dionysian Mysticism in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press, 2015). He is completing a textbook on the Eucharist. His other research interests include medieval Dominican mystical theologies, the function of metaphysics in theology, the grace/nature relation, the notion of revelation, the development of doctrine and the charisms.

Born Broken? Aquinas On Original Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. Jul 08, 2020

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This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series.

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Does Nature Make Laws?: An Introduction to the Natural Law Tradition | Prof. Raymond Hain Jul 06, 2020

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This lecture was given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 17, 2019.

About the speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Ralph McInerny and David Solomon. He works primarily in moral philosophy in the Thomistic tradition, as well as topics in applied ethics (especially bioethics and the ethics of architecture) and connections between philosophy and literature. As part of the Humanities Program, he directs the Providence College Humanities Forum and the Providence College Humanities Reading Seminars.

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Does God Exist? Defending the Divine Based on Reason | Prof. Alexander Pruss Jul 03, 2020

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This lecture was presented by the campus chapter of the Thomistic Institute at Stanford University on October 4, 2019.

Prof. Alexander Pruss has doctorates both in philosophy and mathematics, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. His books include "The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment" (Cambridge University Press), "One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics" (Notre Dame University Press), and "Actuality, Possibility and Worlds" (Continuum). His research areas include metaphysics, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, philosophy of mathematics and formal epistemology.

Angels and Demons | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. Jul 01, 2020

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This talk was livestreamed from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., as part of the Thomistic Institute's Quarantine Lecture series.

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