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What Contemporary Culture Needs to Learn from Thomas Aquinas – Prof. Michael Dauphinais
Season 13
Prof. Michael Dauphinais explains what contemporary culture needs to learn from Thomas Aquinas, arguing for a metaphysics of communion in which God,…
5 months ago
Flirting with Happiness: Aquinas on the Good Life – Fr. Alan O'Sullivan, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Alan O’Sullivan unpacks Aquinas on the good life, explaining why wealth, power, fame, and pleasure cannot be our ultimate happiness and how true …
5 months ago
Does God Exist? How Do I Know? The Five Ways of Aquinas – Fr. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P.
This lecture was given on May 8th, 2025, at North Dakota State University.
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5 months ago
John Paul II on the Value of Human Life and Euthanasia – Prof. Christopher Tollefsen
This lecture was given on September 23rd, 2025, at University of South Carolina.
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5 months, 1 week ago
St. Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes – Fr. Anton ten Klooster
This lecture was given on November 3rd, 2025, at Oxford University.
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5 months, 1 week ago
Engaging Politics as a Catholic – Fr. Jan Bentz
Season 13
Fr. Jan Bentz explores what it means to engage politics as a Catholic, calling believers to critical thinking rooted in truth, a both‑and logic that …
5 months, 1 week ago
Understanding Anscombe’s Absolutism – Prof. Marshall Bierson
Season 13
Prof. Marshall Bierson unpacks Elizabeth Anscombe’s moral absolutism, arguing that questions like “Why is it worse to kill one innocent person than t…
5 months, 1 week ago
Icons and Idols: An Augustinian Reflection on Race, Racism, and Antiracism – Prof. Kevin Kambo
Season 13
Prof. Kevin Kambo reflects on race, racism, and antiracism through Augustine, showing how modern racial categories operate as idolatrous myths born o…
5 months, 1 week ago
Augustine and Aquinas Against Skepticism – Prof. Chad Pecknold
Season 13
Prof. Chad Pecknold explains how Augustine and Aquinas argue against skepticism, defending metaphysical realism and the mind’s capacity to know truth…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Issue of Free Will: Are We the Authors of Our Actions? – Prof. Steven Jensen
Season 13
Prof. Steven Jensen explores the issue of free will and moral responsibility, arguing that we are genuine authors of our actions only if our choices …
5 months, 2 weeks ago