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The Thomistic Institute

The Thomistic Institute

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone. The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more. Founded in 2009, the Thomistic

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Finding Meaning Amidst the Chaos Or: Why Get Out of...

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2025/11/20

Dr. Robert McNamara explores the problem of meaninglessness and chaos in contemporary life, showing how wonder, intellectual attention, and the cultivation of virtue empower individuals to find purpose and resilience in the face of suffering and cultural fragmentation.This lecture was given on September 30th, 2025, at University of Galway.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Dr. Robert McNamara is lecturer in philosophy at

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A Feeble Plant in the Breeze: Personal and Social...

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2025/11/19

This lecture was given on April 11th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Dr. Vennerstrom specializes in eastern patristic theology. Of particular interest are monasticism, scriptural interpretation, and the writings of Evagrius of Pontus. He earned his PhD in Early Christian Studies at the Catholic University of America and teaches courses in church history, theology, and Greek at the

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Your Eucharistic Identity – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

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2025/11/18

This lecture was given on November 3rd, 2025, at University of Pennsylvania.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. is an instructor of dogmatic and moral theology at the Dominican House of Studies and an Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute. He holds a doctorate from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He is the co-author of Credo: An RCIA Program and Marian Consecration with Aquinas as

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38:29

Aquinas and Newman on the Pursuit of Wisdom and...

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2025/11/17

This lecture was given on September 18th, 2025, at University of Tulsa.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Jennifer A. Frey is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. She previously served as the inaugural Dean of the Honors College. Before coming to Oklahoma, she was an Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, where she was also a Peter and Bonnie McCausland Faculty Fellow in the

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47:52

Minimum Wage vs. Just Wage: A Thomistic Clarification...

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2025/11/14

This lecture was given on September 25th, 2025, at Louisiana State University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Michael Krom started reading Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae shortly after his conversion at the end of college. Upon learning about Flannery O’Connor’s “hillbilly Thomist” habit of reading Aquinas every night, he started studying two articles a day and completed the Summa while in graduate school at Emory University

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43:09

Would St. Thomas Baptize and Extraterrestrial? – Dr....

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2025/11/13

This lecture was given on September 10th, 2025, at North Dakota State University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Edmund Lazzari is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Catholic Studies at Duquesne University. Dr. Lazzari is also a member of the Aquinas and 'the Arabs' International Working Group and affiliated faculty of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law. A former Basselin Fellow,

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George Lemaitre: The Catholic Priest Who Proposed the...

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2025/11/12

This lecture was given on October 5th, 2023, at the Thomistic Institute in Limerick, Ireland.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Jonathan Lunine is the Chief Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech in Pasadena, California. Beforehand, he was the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University. Lunine is

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Does AI Have a Soul? – Dr. Edmund Lazzari

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2025/11/11

Dr. Edmund Lazzari’s lecture critically assesses claims that artificial intelligence systems might possess souls, arguing from Thomistic philosophy and computational neuroscience that AI lacks genuine abstraction, intentionality, and the ontological requirements for immaterial intelligence.This lecture was given on October 2nd, 2025, at University of Houston.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Edmund Lazzari is Teaching

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Neuroscience and the Soul – Dr. William Hurlbut

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2025/11/10

Dr. William Hurlbut explores the profound questions raised by neuroscience, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, emphasizing that the human soul—understood as the organizing principle of embodied, personal, and purposeful life—remains irreducibly distinct from animal, mechanical, and computational processes.This lecture was given on October 7th, 2025, at The Ohio State University.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers:

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Astrology: Why Did Medieval Philosophers Study It? –...

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2025/11/07

This lecture was given on September 19th, 2025, at University of MichiganFor more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Fr. Ambrose Little is the director of the Thomistic Institute. He is originally from Connecticut and entered the Dominican Order in 2007 and was ordained a priest in 2013. Before entering the Dominican Order, he graduated from The Catholic University of America with a BA in philosophy. After ordination, he completed a

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Theology True Science of God or Poetical Musing –...

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2025/11/06

Prof. Christopher Malloy argues that theology, properly understood as a classical science, involves intellectual habits of certain knowledge through causes grounded in faith, integrating poetry and philosophy to guide believers toward truth and beatific union with God.This lecture was given on September 25th, 2025, at University of Pittsburgh.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Christopher J. Malloy is married to Flory with

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How to Know God? Philosophical Wisdom and Divine...

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2025/11/05

Prof. Michael Dauphinais explores how Thomas Aquinas integrates philosophical wisdom and divine revelation, showing that genuine knowledge of God arises from both reason and the transformative experience of Christ’s incarnation and the Holy Spirit.This lecture was given on June 28th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Michael A. Dauphinais, Ph.D., serves as the Fr. Matthew Lamb Professor

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44:49

Nicene Trinity, Chalcedonian Christology:...

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2025/11/04

Fr. Gregory Pine explains Nicene Trinitarian theology and Chalcedonian Christology through key councils and controversies, showing how Christ’s incarnation and union with humanity unveil the path to salvation and divine participation.This lecture was given on September 11th, 2025, at University of Dallas.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., is an instructor of dogmatic and moral theology at the

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Thomas Aquinas on Intellectual Memory – Fr....

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2025/11/03

Fr. Philip-Neri Reese examines Thomas Aquinas’s theory of intellectual memory, tracing how Aquinas navigates conflicting authorities and ultimately defends the preservation of intelligible species in the possible intellect.This lecture was given on June 17th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P. is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph and a professor of

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Augustine's Account of Trinitarian Image and Thomas...

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2025/10/31

Fr. Reginald Lynch’s lecture explores Augustine’s account of the Trinitarian image and its reception by Aquinas, illuminating how the development of grace, human anthropology, and sacramental life shape the Christian journey toward likeness with God.This lecture was given on June 17th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.Will you hand on the Faith to those who need it the most? Give by October 31st to film the next season of Aquinas 101!https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcastFor more

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Rational Mind and Non-Rational Agency: Aquinas'...

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2025/10/30

Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis analyzes the Augustinian and Thomistic accounts of the rational mind, will, and the hierarchy of the soul, exploring how sin emerges from the complex interplay of reason, freedom, and non-rational agency.This lecture was given on June 15th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis is the twelfth Prince of Thurn und Taxis and the current

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50:46

In the Beginning Was the Word: Augustine, Aristotle,...

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2025/10/29

Fr. Dominic Legge’s lecture traces the theological development of the concept of the Word through Augustine, Aristotle, and Aquinas, illuminating the evolution of Trinitarian analogy and the nature of human understanding in medieval philosophy.This lecture was given on June 16th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.Will you hand on the Faith to those who need it the most? Give by October 31st to film the next season of Aquinas 101!https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcastFor more information

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World Time versus Soul Time: Augustine in Albert the...

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2025/10/28

Prof. Katja Krause analyzes Albert the Great’s synthesis of Augustine in his physics, showing how philosophical method, anthropological formation, and the hierarchy of sciences inform the integration of world time and soul time in medieval thought.This lecture was given on June 16th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events.About the Speakers: Prof. Katja Krause is a historian of science and a philosopher specializing

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Memory, Intellect, and Will: The 13th Century...

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2025/10/27

Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis explores the 13th-century reception of Augustine’s account of memory, intellect, and will, analyzing how medieval philosophers navigated the tension between Augustinian and Aristotelian models of the rational soul.This lecture was given on June 15th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram.Will you hand on the Faith to those who need it the most? Give by October 31st to film the next season of Aquinas 101!https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcastFor more information

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Catholic Culture with Tolkien – Prof. Patrick Callahan

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2025/10/24

Prof. Patrick Callahan explores the living tradition of Catholic culture, using Tolkien’s life and imagination to demonstrate how the Mass, community, and cultivation of virtue form a unified Christian identity resilient amidst modern challenges.This lecture was given on January 18th, 2024, at University of Washington.Will you hand on the Faith to those who need it the most? Give by October 31st to film the next season of Aquinas 101!https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcastFor more

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