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Fundamental Questions for Ethical Decision Making | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. Nov 28, 2018

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This lecture was given on October 27, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA as part of the "Emerging Leaders Conference" cosponsored with World Youth Alliance.

The Wisdom of St. Catherine in Times of Crisis | Sr. Mary Madeline Todd OP Nov 27, 2018

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This talk was offered on October 4th, 2018 at Harvard University.

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Speaker Bio: Sr. Mary Madeline Todd is a Dominican Sister of Saint Cecilia Congregation, serving as Assistant Professor of Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville. She studied theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and earned her doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She writes and speaks on spiritual and moral theology, especially on the dignity of the human person in Christ.

True for Me But Not For You? Moral Relativism and Social Tolerance | Michael Gorman Nov 26, 2018

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This talk was given at Yale University on October 15th, 2018.

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Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America, and has doctorates in philosophy and theology. He has authored over thirty academic papers and a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His main interests are metaphysics, human nature, and ethics.

The Rationality of Desire: A Defense of Platonism | Dhananjay Jagannathan Nov 23, 2018

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The handout for this lecture is available here: tinyurl.com/yc56e2g6

A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018.

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To be Good is to Do the Truth | Jennifer Frey Nov 21, 2018

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Local Goods, Global Good, and Desire | Candace Vogler Nov 20, 2018

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The Dark Night of St. Teresa of Calcutta & St. Therese of Lisieux | Carol Zaleski Nov 19, 2018

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This lecture was offered on October 9th, 2018 at the University of Oklahoma.

“If I ever become a saint—I will surely be one of ‘darkness.’ I will continually be absent from Heaven — to light the light of those in darkness on earth.” With these words, Mother Teresa—now Saint Teresa of Calcutta—summed up the decades long trial of faith that marked her inner life from the early years of the Missionaries of Charity until her death in 1997. A similar trial was endured by her namesake, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and it bore fruit in a similar resolve. What can we learn about faith, doubt, perseverance, and holiness from the “dark night” experience of the two Teresas?

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Carol Zaleski is the Professor of World Religions at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts, where she has been teaching philosophy of religion, world religions, religion and literature, and Catholic thought since 1989. She is the author of Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of NearDeath Experience in Medieval and Modern Times (Oxford University Press) and The Life of the World to Come: NearDeath Experience and Christian Hope (Oxford University Press); and she is coauthor with Philip Zaleski of Prayer: A History (Houghton Mifflin), The Book of Heaven (Oxford University Press), and The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

Understanding Divine Providence | Fr. James Brent, OP Nov 16, 2018

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This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God."

The Names of God | Fr. James Brent, OP Nov 15, 2018

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This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God."

The Existence Of God | Fr. James Brent, O.P. Nov 14, 2018

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This lecture was delivered on October 5, 2018. It was part of an intellectual retreat entitled "Philosophical Realism and the Existence of God."