Campus Lectures Episodes

Dec. 6, 2024

So Death Doth Touch the Resurrection: Death and Human Nature | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on September 21st, 2024, at University of South Florida.
Dec. 4, 2024

If Your Head Causes You to Sin | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses the pitfalls of undisciplined thinking, advocating for a return to structured thought guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Dec. 3, 2024

Human Person, Community, and Communion | Dr. R.J. Snell

Dr. R.J. Snell explores the contemporary Western world's struggle with disenchantment, loneliness, and lack of purpose, exemplified through Elena Ferrante's fiction by contrasting Ferrante's works with the Christian concept of relational personhood.
Dec. 2, 2024

Saint Thomas and the Acquired Virtues | Prof. Candace Vogler

Professor Candace Vogler examines Thomas Aquinas' approach to virtue by highlighting Thomas' development of the Aristotelian notion of virtue, and explaining the role of the acquired and infused cardinal virtues in correcting human flaws.
Nov. 25, 2024

Aquinas, the 'Great Theory of Beauty', and Music | Prof. Michael Dickson

This lecture was given on February 20th, 2024, at University of South Carolina. Professor Michael Dickson examines the relationship between beauty and music, tracing the development of aesthetics from ancient Greece to modernity.
Nov. 20, 2024

Luther and Aquinas on Grace and Justification | Dr. Nathaniel Peters

This lecture was given on March 13th, 2024, at New York University.
Nov. 13, 2024

The Ethics of Organ Transplantation | Prof. Steven Jensen

This lecture was given on October 4th, 2024, at Johns Hopkins University.
Nov. 11, 2024

Why Should We Believe God Exists? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

This lecture was given on October 25th, 2024, at Virginia Military Institute.
Nov. 8, 2024

Catholicism and Capital Punishment Revisited | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on March 3rd, 2024, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Nov. 5, 2024

Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients to Die? | Prof. Farr Curlin

This lecture was given on November 13th, 2023, at East Carolina University.
Nov. 4, 2024

Is it Wrong to Want the Bad Guy to Suffer? A Christian Approach to Vengeance | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on January 9th, 2024, at North Carolina State University.
Nov. 1, 2024

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

This lecture was given on April 5th, 2024, at University of South Carolina.
Oct. 31, 2024

What Can an Adulteress Teach Us About Happiness? | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P.

This lecture was given on October 19th, 2023, at Georgetown University.
Oct. 30, 2024

C. S. Lewis and Aquinas: Was Lewis Influenced by Thomism? | Prof. Peter Kreeft

This lecture was given on February 20th, 2024, at Regent University.
Oct. 29, 2024

Tolkein's Philosophy | Prof. Robert Koons

This lecture was given on March 20th, 2024, at University of Texas at El Paso.
Oct. 25, 2024

Exploring Finitude: Weakness, Suffering, and Faith in Isaac of Nineveh | Dr. Valentina Duca

This lecture was given on January 29th, 2024, at Oxford University.
Oct. 23, 2024

Why Does God Allow Us to Suffer? | Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P.

This lecture was given on January 29th, 2024, at The Ohio State University.
Oct. 22, 2024

How Could a Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

This lecture was given on January 25th, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin.
Oct. 21, 2024

Affliction, Sorrow and Human Flourishing | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on November 30th, 2023, at North Carolina State University.
Oct. 2, 2024

Angels and Demons: A Biblical Analysis | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

This lecture was given on January 22nd, 2024, at Regent University.
Sept. 25, 2024

A Theology of Joy in the Valley of Tears | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 22nd, 2024, at Georgetown University.