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The Types of Miracles and the Possibilty of Demonic Miracles – Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Anselm Ramelow explains how, in a Thomistic framework, miracles are graded by how they surpass nature and why only God can perform the highest-le…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Fire on the Altar: A Lecture on St. Augustine – Prof. Chad Pecknold
Season 13
Prof. Chad Pecknold shows how St. Augustine’s Confessions should be read as a Catholic, sacramental account of conversion in which the “altar of the …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Dominican Mystics of the Rhineland – Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy introduces the medieval Dominican mystics of the Rhineland and, in dialogue with Aquinas and Pseudo-Dionysius, shows how their o…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Catholic Women in the Arts & Sciences: An Underappreciated Tradition – Dr. Bronwen McShea
Season 13
Dr. Bronwen McShea uncovers the rich but often forgotten history of Catholic women in the arts and sciences, showing how figures from late antiquity …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Natural Law Ethics of Killing – Prof. Christopher Tollefsen
Season 13
Prof. Christopher Tollefsen argues from a Thomistic natural law perspective that it is always morally wrong to intend the death of an innocent human …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Catholic Ethics in the Modern World – Prof. Marshall Bierson
This lecture was given on January 23rd, 2026, at Washington & Lee University.
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4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Scopes Trial & the Myth of Warfare between Science & Religion – Prof. Kenneth Kemp
Season 13
Prof. Kenneth Kemp reexamines the Scopes “Monkey Trial” to show that it has been mythologized into evidence of a supposed war between science and rel…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
My Life Exploring the Solar System and Worlds Beyond – Prof. Jonathan I. Lunine
Season 13
Prof. Jonathan I. Lunine recounts his life as a planetary scientist, tracing how early inspirations from Carl Sagan and the space race led to his wor…
5 months ago
Creation vs. Creationism – University of America Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.
This lecture was given on October 20th, 2025, at The Catholic University of America.
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5 months ago
Vocation of a Catholic Scientist – Prof. Karin Öberg
This lecture was given on January 15th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.
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5 months ago