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Applying Just War Principles in Contemporary Warfare – Prof. Michael Krom
Season 13
Prof. Michael Krom argues that just war principles still govern contemporary warfare, especially drone warfare and autonomous weapons, and that moral…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Making War Moral: The Enduring Relevance of Just War Theory – Prof. Michael Krom
Season 13
Prof. Michael Krom argues that just war theory remains morally necessary today because war must be judged by justice, right intention, and the common…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Stoicism and Christianity, with a Focus on Boethius - Prof. Thomas Ward
Season 13
Prof. Thomas Ward argues that Stoicism offers valuable detachment and moral discipline, but Boethius and Christianity deepen it by reordering the hum…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Making Sense of Physician Assisted Suicide – Dr. Lydia Dugdale
This lecture was given on February 12th, 2026, at Vanderbilt University.
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2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Cross is a Marriage Feast – Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman
This lecture was given on March 5th, 2026, at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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2 months, 4 weeks ago
Thomas Aquinas and the Theological Virtue of Hope in Times of Quiet Despair – Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove
This lecture was given on March 12th, 2026, at University of Edinburgh.
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3 months ago
The Promises and Pitfalls of Stoicism – Prof. Christopher Frey
Season 13
Prof. Christopher Frey argues that Stoicism offers real insights about freedom and detachment from externals, but its ideal of self-sufficient sereni…
3 months ago
Why So Sad? The Sorrows that Kill and the Sorrows that Save – Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.
Season 13
Sr. Anna Wray argues that sorrow can either deform the soul as acedia or save it when rightly faced, and she offers a Thomistic account of how sorrow…
3 months ago
Wisdom from the Old Testament on Prayer and the Spiritual Life – Fr. Stephen Ryan, O.P.
This lecture was given on February 19th, 2026, at University of Tulsa.
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3 months ago
Why Modern Christians Need the Eucharist – Prof. Michael Dauphinais
Season 13
Prof. Michael Dauphinais contends that modern Christians, formed by empiricism, individualism, and a this‑worldly hope that easily turns to despair, …
3 months ago