Podcast Episodes

Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature I Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P.

Season 12

Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel explores the project of literature from the classical to the modern era, highlighting how stories like Anna Karenina shape the moral imagination through themes of virtue, marr…

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Getting to Know Tolkien and Lewis and Why It's Worth Your Time I Prof. Lee Oser

Season 12

Prof. Lee Oser explores the intertwined lives, faith journeys, and literary legacies of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Inklings, highlighting their countercultural Christian imagination against …

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Reading Sacred Scripture with St. Thomas Aquinas I Fr. Isaac Morales, O.P. and Prof. Michael Root

Season 12

Fr. Isaac Morales and Prof. Michael Root explore how Thomas Aquinas’ biblical commentaries on Matthew and 1 Corinthians illuminate the beatific vision, resurrection, and the role of Scripture in shap…

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J.R.R. Tolkien's Detached Aesthetics I Dr. Rebekah Lamb

Season 12

Dr. Rebekah Lamb explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s “detached aesthetics,” revealing how his Christian understanding of spiritual detachment shapes his writing, especially in "The Lord of the Rings," as a mea…

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C.S. Lewis on the Ethics of Technology I Prof. Thomas Ward

Season 12

Prof. Thomas Ward explores C. S. Lewis’s "The Abolition of Man", analyzing how technology’s conquest of nature risks diminishing humanity unless anchored by objective moral values.

This lecture was gi…

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Christ vs. Mary? Mary in Catholicism I Prof. Christopher Malloy

Season 12

Prof. Christopher Malloy defends the Catholic understanding of Mary’s role in salvation history, refuting common objections and demonstrating how her divine maternity, perpetual virginity, and immacu…

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Will Heaven Be Incredibly Boring? I Prof. Christopher Mooney

Season 12

Prof. Christopher Mooney's lecture confronts the philosophical objection that heaven would be unbearably boring due to its infinite duration, arguing instead that Christian eternity is fulfilled in t…

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The Mystery of Predestination: A Catholic Approach I Prof. Bruce Marshall

Season 12

Prof. Bruce Marshall presents a deep Catholic theological exploration of predestination, examining its biblical foundations, historical development, doctrinal boundaries, and the enduring tension bet…

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Brothers Karamazov: Manicheanism, Christian Existentialism and other Paradoxes I Prof. Thomas Pfau

Season 12

Prof. Thomas Pfau offers an in-depth theological and philosophical analysis of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, focusing on Ivan and Alyosha’s contrasting worldviews, the “Rebellion” and “Grand I…

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Happiness Understood Psychologically and Theologically I Prof. Christopher Kaczor

This lecture was given on February 15th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.

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