Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGod and Suffering: How Could God Allow Evil? | Rev. Thomas Petri O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Thomas Petri explicates St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of God as ipsum esse subsistens (being itself), the source of all existence and goodne…
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The Benedict Option: What Is It and Would Aquinas Advise Us to Embrace It? | Prof. Michael Krom
Professor Michael Krom evaluates the modern "Benedict Option" as a proposed Christian response to cultural decline, contrasting it with Saint Benedic…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Right Answers of Ethics | Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Bonaventure Chapman presents a philosophical exploration of ethics, drawing on Anscombe, Aristotle, and Aquinas to argue for moral absolutes grou…
1 year, 1 month ago
Going for Glory: Seeking Honor Rightly | Fr. Dominic Verner, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Dominic Verner explores Aquinas' definition of honor as reverence exhibited in testimony to someone's excellence, explaining its importance for p…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Wrong Questions of Modern Action Theory | Fr. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. Bonaventure Chapman analyzes the flaws in modern action theory, using Wittgenstein and Anscombe to argue against seeking intention in either phys…
1 year, 1 month ago
Go and Do Likewise:The Saints as Models for Growth in Virtue | Prof. Michael Wahl
Season 12
Professor Michael Wahl discusses the Catholic Church's position on abortion, emphasizing the importance of both scientific and philosophical argument…
1 year, 1 month ago
Do Trees Have Souls? | Prof. Joshua Hochschild
Season 12
Professor Hochschild explores the question of whether trees have souls through the lens of Aristotelian biology, emphasizing the importance of empiri…
1 year, 1 month ago
Do You Have a Soul? Are You Just a Cloud of Atoms? | Prof. Alexander Pruss
This lecture was given on October 24th, 2024, at Texas A&M University.
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1 year, 1 month ago
Neurobiology, Human Embodiment, and the Concept of Soul | Prof. William Hurlbut
Professor William Hurlbut explores the relationship between neurobiology and the concept of the soul, examining the reductive scientific approach to …
1 year, 1 month ago
Why Would a Biologist Believe in the Soul? | Prof. Jonathan Buttaci
Professor Jonathan Buttaci explores the concept of the soul as a biological principle, arguing for its relevance in scientific inquiry concerning liv…
1 year, 1 month ago