The Thomistic Institute
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The Family, the Polity, and the Church – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Jun 26, 202644 min
Flannery O'Connor: Hillbilly Thomist or Hillbilly Nihilist? – Prof. Jennifer Frey
Jun 25, 202637 min
Is There a Right to Steal? – Prof. Michael Krom
Jun 24, 202646 min
The Mystical Body of Christ: What Does Jesus Have to Do with Me? – Dr. Edmund Lazzari
Jun 23, 202638 min
The Creator of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence: Natural Law, Inalienable Rights, and a Just Political Order – Prof. Christopher Kaczor
Jun 22, 202634 min
Rights, Liberties, and the Nature of Medicine – Prof. Christopher Tollefsen
Jun 19, 202648 min
Aquinas' Philosophy of the Angels – Prof. Gregory Doolan
Jun 18, 202658 min
Private Property and the Universal Destination of Goods: How a Right to Private Possessions Serves the Common Good – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Jun 17, 202642 min
Thomistic Sacramental Theology – Fr. Thomas Joseph White
Jun 16, 202654 min
Pope Leo XIII and Communism – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Jun 15, 202641 min
Nagasaki Prays, Hiroshima Rages: God's Providence and Narratives of Suffering – Prof. James Nolan
Jun 12, 202651 min
What is Catholic Social Teaching? – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
Jun 11, 20261h 1m
Mercy and Justice in Political Life: Augustine, Seneca, and Nussbaum – Prof. Sarah Byers
Jun 10, 20261h 6m
The University and the Search for Wisdom in the Middle Ages – Dr. Brian FitzGerald
Jun 9, 202654 min
The Good Citizen: Lessons from Tocqueville on Democratic Citizenship in the 21st Century – Prof. Raymond Hain
Jun 8, 202646 min
How John Paul II Used the Saints Against the Communists in Poland – Prof. James Felak
Jun 5, 202646 min
Musical Dependence: What's Behind It and How We Can Move Beyond It – Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.
Jun 4, 202645 min
Silence, Contemplation, and Non-Being – Fr. Ephrem Reese O.P.
Jun 3, 202655 min
Boredom: The Threshold of Great Deeds – Fr. Ephrem Reese O.P.
Jun 2, 202656 min
Why We Need or Don't Need Utopias – Dr. Jan Bentz
Jun 1, 202636 min
Catholic Social Teaching – Prof. James Felak
May 29, 202645 min
Astonished at the World: G. K. Chesterton's Philosophy of Wonder – Joe Grabowski
May 28, 202649 min
Receiving a Share of God's Kingdom: Vocation and Christian Life according to St. Paul – Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.
May 27, 202643 min
Principles of Discernment – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
May 26, 202641 min
Attainment of Happiness – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
May 25, 202641 min
Life to the Full: Are You Surviving or Thriving? – Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, O.P.
May 22, 202651 min
Science, Reason... and Beyond – Prof. Alexander Pruss
May 21, 202653 min
Aquinas and Catholic Theology – Prof. Gaven Kerr
May 20, 202645 min
Diagnosing Dignity in the Era of AI – Prof. Paul Scherz
May 19, 202644 min
The Idea of a University – Prof. Raymond Hain
May 18, 202641 min
Does Vatican II Permit a Hermeneutic of Rupture? – Prof. Christopher Malloy
May 15, 202646 min
Like Soul to Body?: The Church's Developing Understanding of Her Relation to the State – Fr. Brad Elliott, O.P.
May 14, 20261h 3m
Foreigners’ Views on American Secularism: Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and G.K. Chesterton – Prof. James Nolan
May 13, 202645 min
The Catholic Imagination of Oscar Wilde – Prof. Guiseppe Pezzini
May 12, 202656 min
Catholic Social Teaching: Highlights from the Popes – Prof. James Felak
May 11, 202649 min
Mary's Necessary Role in the Spiritual Life – Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P.
May 8, 20261h 1m
How to Marry Your Best Friend: Thomas Aquinas on Friendship, Marriage, and Children – Dr. Nathaniel Peters
May 7, 202645 min
'I Cannot Tell a Lie': Thomas Aquinas on the Moral Permissibility of Lying – Prof. Christopher Tomaszewski
May 6, 202651 min
Newman on the Dangers of Liberal Education – Prof. Thomas Hibbs
May 5, 202645 min
To Live is to Change: Newman on Cognitive, Moral, and Spiritual Development – Prof. Thomas Hibbs
May 4, 202640 min
After Death Comes Life...to the Soul in the Grace of Jesus Christ – Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P.
May 1, 202649 min
After Death Comes Life – Dr. Carl Vennerstrom
Apr 30, 202640 min
Death Comes to the Soul: The Vulnerable Christian in Distress – Fr. Gabriel O'Donnell
Apr 29, 20261h 0m
The Devil's Unveiling in the Temptation of Christ: A 'Perfect' Temptation – Dr. Carl Vennerstrom
Apr 28, 202643 min
An Image of an Image (of God): Athens, Jerusalem, and Artificial Intelligence – Dr. Kevin Kambo
Apr 27, 202645 min
John Henry Newman on Following Your Conscience – Dr. Christopher Mooney
Apr 24, 202656 min
The Gift of Disability and the Hope for Healing – Prof. Paul Gondreau
Apr 23, 202650 min
Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment – Dr. Peter Koritansky
Apr 22, 202652 min
The Roots of the Church in the Old and New Testament – Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman
Apr 21, 202650 min
Becoming a Good Conversationalist: How Not to Bore, Boast, or Otherwise Blather . . . and More! – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
Apr 20, 202633 min