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What is Social Science? Charles Taylor’s Catholic Vision of Human Behavior

University of Southern California University Park Campus 3551 Trousdale Pkwy Los Angeles, CA 90007, Los Angeles, CA

Are the social sciences properly scientific? Will we one day discover a social physics—perhaps a blend of psychology, economics, and algorithms—that allows us to predict and engineer our common life? No one has done more intellectual work to cast doubt on these techno-utopian claims than Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor. In this seminar we will explore […]

Early Christian Old Testament Exegesis

University of St. Michael's College 81 St. Mary's Street Toronto, ON M5S 1J4, Toronto, ON

Co-presented with the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the University of St. Michael's College Scripture is the soul, shape, and content of early Christian theology. This week-long seminar will offer an intensive exploration of the foundational texts, concepts, and movements in Early Christian Old Testament exegesis from 100-700 AD. LOCATION AND FORMAT · […]

Catholic Social Thought in Business Education

University of Saint Thomas, Minnesota St. Paul Campus 2115 Summit Ave St. Paul, MN 55105, St. Paul, MN

Apply here We are pleased to announce the fourth annual seminar on "Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer." During the seminar, graduate students and faculty members in business schools will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of research and teaching. This seminar aims at widening epistemological preconceptions […]

St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Choice

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

This seminar will be a five-day, intensive discussion aimed at understanding and evaluating St. Thomas Aquinas’ account of liberum arbitrium and of the psychological and metaphysical principles that underlie it. The sessions will center on passages from the Summa Theologiae, but we will also refer to other works of Aquinas, such as the De Malo and the Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, and to […]

The Thought of John Henry Newman

Linacre College St. Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3JA, Oxford, United Kingdom

Now in its eleventh year, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Saint John Henry Newman as a theologian, philosopher, educator, preacher, and writer. Remarkably, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, The Grammar of Assent, The Idea […]

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Catholic Thought

Duke University Chapel Drive Durham , NC 27708, Durham, NC

The last few years have seen the rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI), bearing potentially great benefits for the common good but also many dangers. AI applications are shaping society and individual life, leaving governments, businesses, and individuals struggling to address the effects of this powerful technology. This five-day seminar will explore how the Catholic […]

AI Ethics, Human Flourishing, and Trust in Health Care

ONLINE World Wide Web, INTERNET

How are our imaginations deepened when the humanities and the sciences enter into a conversation? Join us for a lecture and panel discussion among scholars, including theologians, ethicists, and data scientists. This event is co-sponsored by Duke Health, Fons Vitae at Duke Divinity, and the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago. The evening […]

Faith on the Frontiers: Origins, Cosmos, and Extraterrestrial Life

Cornell University Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Apply here COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at Cornell University, the In Lumine Network, and the Lumen Christi Institute partner to organize "Faith on the Frontiers: Origins, Cosmos, and Extraterrestrial Life" a weeklong intensive summer seminar for undergraduates exploring questions at the frontiers of science and theology. Where do we come from? Are […]

The Thought of Rene Girard: Understanding the Faith in a Secular Age

Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, Stanford, CA

One of the most influential 20th century Catholic thinkers, René Girard transformed our understanding of culture, religion, and human behavior. His “mimetic theory" builds on the demystifying power of the Old and New Testaments to illuminate the religious history of mankind. Through an intensive reading of his more accessible works, in conjunction with the fiction of […]

Eudaimonia: Philosophical, Theological, and Psychological Perspectives

University of Pennsylvania 34th & Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Philadelphia, PA

What is a good human life? What are the virtues and community types that enable us to live well?  This seminar will explore the nature of virtue and happiness by putting philosophical and theological perspectives on eudaimonia in dialogue with the empirical findings and theoretical frameworks of contemporary psychology, especially the field of positive psychology […]

Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation

University of California, Berkeley S Hall Rd. Berkeley, CA 94720, Berkeley, CA

In this seminar, students will read, analyze, and discern continuities and discontinuities in Catholic social thought from the late 19th century to the present. Lectures, seminar reports, and discussion will focus on original sources (encyclicals and other magisterial documents), beginning with Rerum novarum (1892) and concluding with Caritas in veritate (2009) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary, since […]

Heart Speaks to Heart: John Henry Newman on Faith, Reason, and Holiness

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Registration has been closed (If you would like to be put on a waitlist in case we receive a cancellation, please email mcorona@lumenchristi.org) Each year, the West Suburban Catholic Culture series presents sophisticated yet accessible lectures drawn from the treasure house of the Church's intellectual tradition. These lectures explore contemporary themes and issues by presenting faithful […]