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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nNow in its sixth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nFORMAT\nThere will be two or three sessions each day for five days\, each featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLOCATION\nThe seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. Travel stipends are available on a need basis. All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nAPPLICATION INFORMATION\nThis seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields. Applicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar.\n\nApplication materials are due February 21\, 2023. \nAPPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 8\, 2023. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-economics-and-catholic-social-thought-a-primer/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Explorations in Integral Ecology: Science\, Theology\, and Creation
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nCOLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at Cornell University\, the In Lumine Network\, and the Lumen Christi Institute partner to organize “Explorations in Integral Ecology: Science\, Theology\, and Creation\,” a weeklong intensive seminar at Cornell University integrating theological study with direct scientific observation of the natural world and experiences of creation. Led by Sr. Damien Marie Savino\, F.S.E.\, PhD (Dean of Science and Sustainability\, Aquinas College) and Fr. Terrence Ehrman\, C.S.C\, PhD (Department of Theology\, University of Notre Dame)\, this program aims to inspire and educate undergraduates of all academic backgrounds to pursue a God-centered response to current environmental challenges in the holistic spirit of integral ecology. With its setting at Cornell University’s Ithaca campus in the heart of the Finger Lakes region\, the seminar will allow participants to explore the rich natural beauty of the area through field-based study and excursions which may include visits to Cayuga Lake\, Cascadilla Gorge\, Ithaca Falls\, and the “living laboratory” of Cornell University’s 3\,600-acre Botanic Gardens. In the classroom\, participants will delve into a range of theological texts\, including authors such as St. Basil the Great\, St. Bonaventure\, St. Francis of Assisi\, Pope Francis\, and Josef Pieper. Students may also have the opportunity to meet leaders in sustainability research at Cornell University. This program is free for accepted students; undergraduate students of all backgrounds are invited to apply. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Cornell University\, in Ithaca\, NY. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs\nLodging and meals will be provided for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive on Sunday\, June 18 and depart on Saturday\, June 24. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with lecture\, discussion\, and/or field excursions throughout the day\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to all undergraduate students\, including those who graduate in 2023 and recent graduates.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation.\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis (Updated April 3)\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation\, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide.” This event is cosponsored by the St. Kateri Institute and member institutes of the In Lumine Network\, including the Harvard Catholic Forum\, the Nova Forum\, COLLIS\, the St. Anselm Institute. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nWhat is integral ecology? Integral ecology (from Latin integralis\, meaning “whole”) is a theme of Catholic Social Teaching. It proposes a holistic framing of creation\, emphasizing the connections and relationship between its parts. Integral ecology calls for the integration of knowledge from various academic disciplines and other domains to repair ruptures in these relationships. \nI’m not an environmental studies or ecology major. Can I still apply? This program does not presuppose any specific science background. We welcome applications of all majors and backgrounds. \nI am a college student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute and other institutes within the In Lumine Network exist to promote the Catholic intellectual tradition and are committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. We welcome seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nApplication Deadline: Rolling Basis
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-undergrad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Cornell University\, Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar: "The Schola Caritatis"
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThe Lumen Christi Institute\, the St. Anselm Institute and Our Lady of the Angels Monastery\, a Trappistine monastery located near Crozet\, Virginia are partnering for the first time to organize a retreat that explores the monastic wisdom tradition. The Trappistine Community at Crozet\, Virginia lives according to a continual tradition of Christian monasticism with its roots in the Cistercian Tradition. This seminar will offer the possibility of not only learning the guiding principles that foster a good and balanced life according to the monastic tradition\, but of putting them into practice\, since it is experience alone that leads not only to correct understanding but to real wisdom. \nAfter reading some core texts in the monastic tradition in advance\, participants will then spend a week praying\, working\, reading\, and learning from the Sisters during two daily conferences and other times of sharing and mutual exchange. \nThe goals of the seminar are fourfold: \n1. Introduce participants to monastic life and the history and theology of monasticism. \n2. Introduce participants to monastic practices\, including community life\, lectio divina\, the Divine Office\, the discipline of silence\, and manual labor\, and see how these practices form a balanced whole that fosters human and spiritual growth. \n3. Provide an opportunity for participants to learn more about the longstanding ascetical and mystical guidelines that support prayer in the Catholic monastic tradition. \n4. Study texts of major figures of the monastic tradition and see how their teaching can illuminate and enrich our human experience. \nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION\n\nEvagrius Ponticus\, Praktikos and Chapters on Prayer\, trans. John Eudes Bamberger\, CS 4 (Cistercian Publications\, 1972).\nBenedict of Nursia\, RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict (Liturgical Press\, 1981).\nMichael Casey\, The Road to Eternal Life: Reflections on the Prologue of Benedict’s Rule\, (Liturgical Press\, 2010).\nBernard of Clairvaux\, Sermons on the Song of Songs I\, trans. Kilian Walsh\, CF 4 (Cistercian Publications\, 1971).\nWilliam of St Thierry\, The Mirror of Faith\, trans. Thomas X Davis\, CF 15 (Cistercian Publications\, 1979)\nBeatrice of Nazareth\, The Seven Modes of Love\n\nHow to read the texts: Besides taking advantage of the introductions to be found in these books\, slow reading is the best approach to these texts. It’s also helpful to bear in mind Bernard McGinn’s advice in his introduction to the Sermons of Isaac of Stella (Cistercian Publications\, 1979). Dr. McGinn encourages the reader to be challenged by the texts instead of attempting to fit them into the confines of their own horizons. Doing this implies being prepared to bracket our spontaneous critical reactions\, and renouncing the attitude of picking out what seems useful and rejecting the rest. It’s precisely by the effort to appreciate this “strangeness” in the texts that we will come away from our reading richer than when we began\, our horizons widened\, our world expanded. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT\n\nThe seminar will take place at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Crozet\, Virginia.\nThe seminar sessions will be led by the Sisters of the monastery.\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students.\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided.\nParticipants will arrive at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery on Monday\, June 5 (before 5 pm)\, and depart on Sunday\, June 11 (after 9:30 am).\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION\n\nOpen to women age 18 through 40. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply.\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor.\nApplication materials are due February 21\, 2023\nAPPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 8\, 2023.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-monastic-wisdom-seminar/
LOCATION:Our Lady of the Angels Monastery\, 3365 Monastery Drive\nCrozet\, VA 22932\, Crozet\, VA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought in Business Education
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nWe are pleased to announce the third 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 and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship in order to gain knowledge\, exchange experiences\, receive help with their syllabi and consider how best to integrate Catholic social thought into business education. \nLOCATION \nThe seminar will take place at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. between Tuesday May 23 and Friday May 26. \nA limited number of travel stipends for students are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION\nThis seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. Applicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.\nFifteen students will be admitted to this seminar.\n\nApplication materials are due February 21\, 2023. \nAPPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 8\, 2023. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-cst-in-business-education/
LOCATION:Catholic University of America\, 620 Michigan Ave NE\, Washington\, DC 20064\, Washington\, DC
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and Christian Faith for Undergraduates
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings will include excerpts from: \n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr)\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr)\nThomistic Evolution (Fr. Nicanor Austriaco et al.)\nScience and Belief in a Nuclear Age (Peter E. Hodgson)\nGod’s Mechanics (Br. Guy Consolmagno)\nGod and Reason in the Middle Ages (Edward Grant)\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers)\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel)\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens)\nConfessions (St. Augustine)\nCity of God (St. Augustine)\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine)\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas)\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger)\naddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission)\nsections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at the University of Virginia. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive on Sunday\, August 7 and depart on Saturday\, August 13. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon.\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to all undergraduate students\, including those who graduate in 2022 and recent graduates.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation.\nFor full consideration\, apply by April 15. After April 15\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation\, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide” \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a college student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-undergrad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:University of Virginia\, University of Virginia\, Charlottesville\, VA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nIn 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 this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held in Berkeley\, CA. \nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $350 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive on Saturday\, July 30 and depart on Saturday\, August 6.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. and J.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, law\, social sciences\, and relevant fields of study \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-cst-seminar/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Origen of Alexandria’s On First Principles
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThis seminar will be a close reading of Origen’s On First Principles\, supplemented by various other texts from his corpus. One of the first systematic presentations of the Christian faith\, On First Principles\, written c. 220\, is also a complex text to engage. While we possess some Greek fragments\, the whole survives only in a much later Latin translation. At the same time\, it is essential to see how the positions that Origen puts forth in this work relate to those we find developed in his biblical exegesis. Accordingly\, we will examine texts from the On First Principles in parallel with selections from his Commentary on John\, Against Celsus\, and his various Old Testament commentaries. \nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Cosponsored by the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar sessions will be held at Windle House\, hosted by the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies\, at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto.\nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $350 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive at on Sunday\, July 9 and depart on Saturday\, July 16.\nParticipants will be provided with a copy of On First Principles (Oxford University Press\, 2020) and will be expected to read it in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to PhD students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. Working knowledge of relevant ancient languages will be helpful\, but not essential. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-origen-seminar/
LOCATION:University of St. Michael’s College\, 81 St. Mary's Street\nToronto\, ON M5S 1J4\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and Christian Faith for Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings may include excerpts from: \n\n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr) \n\n\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr) \n\n\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers) \n\n\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel) \n\n\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens) \n\n\nConfessions (St. Augustine) \n\n\nCity of God (St. Augustine) \n\n\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine) \n\n\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas) \n\n\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger) \n\n\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission) \n\n\nThe Blind Watchmaker (Richard Dawkins). \n\n\nCatechism of the Catholic Church \n\n\nAddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II \n\n\n“Hylomorphism and Human Wholeness:  Perspectives on the Mind-Brain Problem.” (Theology and Science)\,  Michael J. Dodds\, OP\, \n\n“Thomas Aquinas Meets Nim Chimpsky:  On the Debate about Human Nature and the Nature of Other Animals.” (The Aquinas Review)\, Marie I. George\n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\n\nThe seminar will take place at Harvard University in Cambridge\, MA. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar. \n\n\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar. \n\n\nParticipants will arrive In Cambridge\, MA on Sunday\, July 3 and depart on Saturday\, July 9. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon. \n\n\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar. \n\n\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar. \n\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\n\nOpen to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in STEM fields\, medicine\, the history of science\, philosophy\, theology\, and relevant fields. \n\n\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation (optional). \n\n\nFor full consideration\, apply by April 15. After April 15\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. \n\n\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar. \n\n\nThis seminar is made possible through the support of grant #62372 from the John Templeton Foundation\, “In Lumine: Promoting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide”  \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate but have been admitted to a graduate program for the next academic year. Can I still apply? Yes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-grad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Harvard University\, Mount Auburn Street\, Cambridge\, MA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nNow in its ninth 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held at Merton College\, Oxford.\nThe seminar will be led by Fr. Fields with Fr. Ker serving as a guest lecturer.\nMeals and lodging will be provided.\nParticipants will receive a stipend of up to $700 to offset travel expenses.\nParticipants will arrive on Saturday\, July 2 and depart on Saturday\, July 9.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nFifteen applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-newman-seminar/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Aquinas’s Five Ways and Where they Lead
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nThis intensive seminar will discuss St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways of proving the existence of a God and the conception that he thinks they yield: that of a God who is at once utterly simple and utterly perfect\, and therefore utterly beyond our comprehension. The sessions will center on Summa theologiae\, I\, qq. 2-4—especially\, of course\, I\, q. 2\, a. 3\, which contains the Five Ways themselves—and on selected texts from I\, qq. 12 & 13.  Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences and some related contemporary issues. \n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will be held at Gavin House\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute in Hyde Park\, Chicago.\nBreakfast and lunch on the days of the seminar sessions along with several dinners will be provided.\nParticipants will be responsible for securing your own lodging for the seminar. We can assist and provide information on nearby accommodations. Participants will receive a stipend of up to $850 to offset travel and lodging expenses.\nParticipants should arrive on Sunday\, June 26 and depart on Saturday\, July 2 after the final session.\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned texts in preparation for the seminar.\nThis seminar was defered in 2020. As a result only a limited number of available spaces are available to new applicants.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION  \nThis seminar is open to Ph.D. students in theology\, philosophy\, classics\, and other relevant fields of study. \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered\n\n\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15\, 2022. \nContact us with any questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-aquinas-five-ways/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nDo not be daunted immediately by fear and run away from the road that leads to salvation. It is bound to be narrow at the outset. But as we progress in this way of life and faith\, we shall run on the path of God’s commandments\, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love.” \n“My words are meant for you\, whoever you are\, who laying aside your own will\, take up the all-powerful and righteous arms of obedience to fight under the true King\, the Lord Jesus Christ.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Prologue \nThe Lumen Christi Institute and Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey are partnering to organize a retreat that explores the monastic wisdom tradition. The Cistercian community at Irving\, Texas lives according to a continual tradition of Christian monasticism with roots in the early Church. \nStudents with an interest in theology or spirituality may be familiar with some of the tradition’s major figures—St. Anthony of Egypt\, St. John Cassian\, St. Benedict of Nursia\, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is less likely they have spent time putting into practice the lessons of prayer\, spiritual reading\, and silence in an organized manner. \nMonastic disciplines must be practiced to be understood. The seminar proposes such an experience. After reading some core texts in the monastic tradition in advance\, participants will then spend a week praying\, conferencing\, reading and recreating with the monks of Our Lady of Dallas. \nThe goals of the retreat are fourfold: \n\nIntroduce participants to monastic life\, the Divine Office\, and the history and theology of monasticism.\nIntroduce participants to monastic practices\, including the discipline of silence\, community life and lectio divina.\nProvide an opportunity for participants to reflect on Catholic practices of daily prayer and their relation to monastic life.\nStudy of texts of major figures of the monastic tradition.\n\n  \nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION \n\nSt. Athanasius\, “Life of Antony\,” in Early Christian Lives\, trans. Carolinne White (Penguin Classics\, 1998).\nThe Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks\, trans. Benedicta Ward (Penguin Classics\, 2003).\nSt. Benedict of Nursia\, RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict (Liturgical Press\, 1981).\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On the Steps of Humility and Pride” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press\, 1987).\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On Conversion” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press\, 1987).\nJohn Cassian\, Institutes\, trans. Boniface Ramsey\, Ancient Christian Writers 58 (New York\, NY: The Newman Press\, 2000). Read especially the preface and Books V-XII on the eight vices.\nOPTIONAL: Jean Leclercq\, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God\, trans. Catharine Misrahi (New York: Fordham University Press\, 1982).\n\n  \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey in Irving\, Texas.\nThe seminar sessions will be led by the monks of the monastery.\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students.\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided.\nParticipants will arrive at Our Lady of Dallas on Monday\, June 20 (morning)\,and depart on Sunday\, June 26 (afternoon).\nParticipants will be required to read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\n\n  \nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to men aged 18 through 35. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply.\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor.\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Apply no later than May 17th to receive full consideration. \nA maximum of 15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-monastic-wisdom/
LOCATION:Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey\, 3550 Cistercian Rd\, Dallas\, TX
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought in Business Education
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nWe 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 and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship in order to gain knowledge\, exchange experiences\, receive help with their syllabi and consider how best to integrate Catholic social thought into business education. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. \n\nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. The application deadline is February 14. 2022. \nPlease direct any further questions HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-business-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE\nNow in its fifth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the the Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \n\nFormat: There will be two sessions each day for three days\, each featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. Travel stipends are available on a need basis. All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. The application deadline is February 14\, 2022. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2022-econ-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of René Girard: Understanding the Faith in a Secular Age
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service \nAPPLY HERE\nTHE APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 1. \nOne 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 the greatest writers\, this five-day seminar will explore Girard’s key insights into imitation\, conflict\, and scapegoating\, connecting them to central themes of Christian theology. \nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions on Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday\, the morning session will be followed by a post-lunch excursion. Each session will a seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully\, submit study questions in advance\, and participate actively in each session. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at a retreat center in Los Angeles from July 26-30 (there will be an opening dinner on the evening of July 25th\, and students will be expected to arrive at 5pm) with lodging provided from Sunday evening through Saturday morning. Participants will be provided with lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Requirements: This seminar is open to all undergraduate students (including 2021 graduates) interested in understanding the thought of one of the great modern Christian apologists. \nApplicants will be required to submit an online application form including: \n\nA list of completed coursework.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a professor at the school in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current intellectual interests.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen applicants will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due May 1. \nAPPLY HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-girard-seminar/
LOCATION:Mary & Joseph Retreat Center\, 5300 Crest Road\, Los Angeles\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Truth and Authority in Augustine's City of God
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is an intensive week-long course in how to read\, analyze\, and discern the many themes in Augustine’s most ambitious and sprawling work. The City of God tells the history of two societies\, and their respective origins\, progress\, and appointed ends. The story is engaged first from the evidence of profane history (I-XI) and then from the evidence of revelation (XII-XXII). In this seminar\, participants will discuss how Augustine reckons with the crisis of the ancient and the human city\, and whether it is possible to reconcile truth and authority across the competing domains of polity\, religion\, and philosophical wisdom. These themes will be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective\, addressing questions pertinent to students in political science\, philosophy\, law\, theology\, religious studies\, and history. \nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein\, IL. Students will be provided with lodging\, meals\, and a travel stipend. \n\nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to JD\, PhD students\, postdoctoral fellows\, and junior faculty in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, English\, classics\, law and  history). \n\nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-city-of-god-hittinger-sherwin/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Irenaeus of Lyon’s Adversus Haereses: A Seminar on the Foundations of Early Christian Theology
DESCRIPTION:July 11—16\, 2021\, Fr. John Behr and Professor Lewis Ayres will lead a summer seminar of graduate students in a close reading of Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses. One of the first systematic presentations of the Christian theology\, Irenaeus’ refutation of Gnosticism\, as well as his bold defense of the canon of Scripture and its connection with the preaching of the apostles\, set the trajectory for future theological reflection. Through the engagement of this principal text\, students will be able to grasp the contours of the early Church’s discernment of the Christian faith. \nThe seminar will be held in the monastic setting of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. Meals and lodging will be provided and students will receive a travel stipend. \nWorking knowledge of relevant ancient languages will be helpful\, but not essential. Preference will be given to Ph.D. students in theology\, though advanced M.A. students will be considered. \nThere will be two sessions each day in the morning and in the afternoon. Each session will include lectures and seminar-style discussions working through all five books of Adversus Haereses. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and no more than two letter(s) of recommendation.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Applications are now closed. \nPlease contact us with any questions. \nRequired Reading Before Seminar \nIrenaeus\, Against Heresies in Ante-Nicene Fathers 1\, eds. A. Roberts and J. Donaldson (Edinburgh\, 1887; reprinted Grand Rapids: Eerdmans\, 1987). [digital copy provided in advance] \nPreliminary Bibliography \nThis bibliography contains only a few suggestions of things worth reading before our sessions together. Moreover\, it lists only works in English. This will give a distorted view of scholarship on Irenaeus\, but it is a point of departure. For further literature see the extensive biography in John Behr’s Irenaeus of Lyons (Oxford\, 2013)\, which we suggest you read before we meet. \nIf you can read literature other than English it is important to be aware of the extensive notes attached to the multi-volume Sources Chrétiennes edition of Against Heresies\, and the huge corpus of the late Spanish scholar Antonio Orbe. Behr’s bibliography will provide indications to both these resources. If you have French\, an invaluable resource for the biographies of writers in this period is Pierre Nautin’s Lettres et Écrivains Chrétiens des IIe et IIIe Siècles. Not in Behr’s bibliography but a useful book (if you have German) is Brox\, Norbert\, Offenbarung\, Gnosis und gnostischer Mythos bei Irenäus von Lyon (Salzburg/Munich: Verlag Anton Pustet\, 1966). \nTranslations \n\nRoberts\, A.\, and J. Donaldson (eds.)\, ANF 1 (Edinburgh\, 1887; repr. Grand Rapids\, Mich.: Eerdmans\, 1987). [this is the version that we will send around as a word document. It is also available online fairly easily]\nUnger\, D. J.\, rev. J. J. Dillon\, St. Irenaeus of Lyons Against the Heresies\, Book 1\, ACW 55 (New York: Paulist Press\, 1992).\nUnger\, D. J.\, rev. J. J. Dillon\, St. Irenaeus of Lyons Against the Heresies\, Book 2\, ACW 65 (New York: Paulist Press\, 2012).\nUnger\, D.J. rev. Irenaeus M. C. Steenberg\, St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies\, Book 3\, ACW 64 (New York: Newman Press\, 2012).\nGrant\, R. M.\, Irenaeus of Lyons (New York: Routledge\, 1997) [Extracts].\nBehr\, J.\, St Irenaeus of Lyons: The Apostolic Preaching (New York: SVS\, 1997).\n\nSecondary Literature \n\nBehr\, J. Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement\, OECS (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2000).\nBlowers\, Paul M.\, ‘The Regula Fidei and the Narrative Character of Early Christian Faith’\, Pro Ecclesia 6 (1997)\, 199-228.\nBrakke\, David\, The Gnostics: Myth\, Ritual\, and Diversity in Early Christianity (Cambridge\, MA: Harvard University Press\, 2010).\nBriggman\, A. God and Christ in Irenaeus. (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2018).\nFarkasfalvy\, D.\, ‘Theology of Scripture in St Irenaeus’\, RB 78 (1968)\, 319-33.\nHill\, Charles E. Who Chose the Gospels? Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2010).\nSteenberg\, M. C. Irenaeus on Creation: The Cosmic Christ and the Saga of Redemption (Leiden: Brill\, 2008).\nMarkschies\, C. Gnosis: An Introduction. Trans. John Bowden. London: T&T Clark\, 2003.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-behr-ayres-irenaeus-seminar/
LOCATION:St. Meinrad Archabbey\, 200 Hill Drive\, St. Meinrad\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:Now in its eighth 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Fr. Fields and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar-style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Participants will be provided with lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend. \nApplication Information: This seminar is open to PhD students\, post docs\, and junior faculty in the humanities and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the applicant is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2021-newman-seminar-ker/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200811T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:ONLINE SEMINAR on Dominican Theological Anthropology: Albert the Great and Meister Eckhart
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS SEMINAR \nOn consecutive Mondays and Tuesdays in August (August 3\, 4\, 10\, 11) Bernard McGinn and Fr. Bernhard Blankenhorn will lead a set of young scholars through questions relating to the theological anthropologies of Albertus Magnus and Meister Eckhart. Topics of special interest will include contemplation\, Albert on the imago dei\, and Eckhart on the ground of the soul. \nApplicants should have some background in medieval philosophy and theology. More specifically\, they should have a basic familiarity with Aristotelian anthropology\, as well as general grasp of the Augustinian theology of the image of God and medieval theories of contemplation. \nIntermediate knowledge of Latin is preferred\, but not required.  Applications who can read German and/or French secondary literature should be given preference. \nRequired Reading Before Seminar \nSimon Tugwell\, “Introduction\,” Albert and Thomas: Select Writings (Paulist Press\, 1988)\, 3-129. \nEdmund Colledge and Bernard McGinn\, “Introduction\,” Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons\, etc. (Paulist Press\, 1981)\, 5-81. \nRequired Reading During Seminar \nTexts \nAlbert the Great\, Commentary on Dionysius’s Mystical Theology\, in Albert and Thomas\, 133-98 \nAlbert the Great\, De Intellectu et intelligibili\, Book II\, chaps. 8-9 (Borgnet ed.\, IX:514-17) \nAlbert the Great\, Selections from Summa theologica\, Pars I (Cologne Edition XXXIV.1)\, q. 13\, chapter 1 (pp. 38-41); q. 13\, chapter 4 (pp. 44-48); q. 15\, chapter 2\, a. 2 (pp. 65-75). \nMeister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons\, etc. \nMeister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher (Paulist Press\, 1986) \nStudies \nHenryk Anzulewicc\, “Anthropology: The Concept of Man in Albert the Great\,” in A Companion to Albert the Great\, 325-46 \nBernard Blankenhorn\, “The Mystery of Union with God\, 52-90\, and 131-48 \nBernard McGinn\, “Chapter 4. Meister Eckhart: Mystical Teacher and Preacher\,” in McGinn\, The Harvest of Mysticism\, 94-194 \nRupert J. Mayer\, “The Term ‘Ground of the Soul’ and ‘Sparkle of Reason’ in Eckhart and Aquinas\,” Medieval Mystical Theology 22 (2013): 120-38. \nSchedule \nMornings will contain two hour-long lecture/discussions of key texts. \nAfternoons will have two sessions of 45-minute guided discussion. \nThe final day (Tuesday\, August 11) will be devoted to short student presentations.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2020-mcginn-blankenhorn/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190728T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190803T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and the Catholic Faith for Undergraduates
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now closed.\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings will include excerpts from: \n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr)\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr)\nThomistic Evolution (Fr. Nicanor Austriaco et al.)\nScience and Belief in a Nuclear Age (Peter E. Hodgson)\nGod’s Mechanics (Br. Guy Consolmagno)\nGod and Reason in the Middle Ages (Edward Grant)\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers)\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel)\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens)\nConfessions (St. Augustine)\nCity of God (St. Augustine)\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine)\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas)\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger)\naddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission)\nsections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College in St. Benedict\, LA. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive at Saint Joseph on Sunday\, July 28 and depart on Saturday\, August 3. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon.\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to all undergraduate students\, including those who graduate in 2019 and recent graduates.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation.\nFor full consideration\, apply by May 12. After May 12\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s “Science and Religion: A Dialogue of Cultures” project generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a college student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-undergrad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College\, 75376 River Road\, St. Benedict\, LA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190727T000000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED\nIn 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 this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history.\nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Participants will be provided with lodging and most meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students\, JD students\, post docs\, and junior faculty in the humanities\, social sciences\, and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 15. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nCan I apply for more than one seminar? Yes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply? Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somehwere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nIn addition to the travel stipend\, are there other funding possibilities? Seminar participation includes an opportunity to give a formal presentation and inclusion in the official program and schedule. We encourage participants to seek funding from their home institutions or other sources to supplement the travel stipend offered by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nWhen do I get my Travel Stipend? Stipends are distributed as a refund after successful completion of the seminar and seminar evaluations. Exceptions can be made on case by case basis. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-cst-seminar-hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190715T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190721T170000
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SUMMARY:The Thought of Rene Girard
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nOne 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 major works of literary analysis\, religious anthropology\, and Biblical exegesis\, this five-day seminar will explore Girard’s key insights into imitation\, conflict\, and scapegoating\, connecting them to central themes of Christian theology. \nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at Saint-Michel de Frigolet Abbey near Avignon\, France. Participants will be provided with lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $700. \nApplication Requirements: This seminar is open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen applicants will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 15. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nCan I apply for more than one seminar? Yes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply? Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somehwere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nIn addition to the travel stipend\, are there other funding possibilities? Seminar participation includes an opportunity to give a formal presentation and inclusion in the official program and schedule. We encourage participants to seek funding from their home institutions or other sources to supplement the travel stipend offered by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nWhen do I get my travel stipend? Stipends are distributed as a refund after successful completion of the seminar and seminar evaluations. Exceptions can be made on case by case basis. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-girard-seminar/
LOCATION:Saint-Michel de Frigolet Abbey\, La Montagnette\, 13150 \nTarascon\, France\, Saint-Michel de Frigolet Abbey\, France
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190706T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190713T000000
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS SEMINAR \nNow in its seventh consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Blessed 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Professor Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar-style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Participants will be provided with lodging and most meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $700. \nApplication Information: This seminar is open to PhD students\, post docs\, and junior faculty in the humanities and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the applicant is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen applicants will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 15. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nCan I apply for more than one seminar? Yes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply? Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somehwere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nIn addition to the travel stipend\, are there other funding possibilities? Seminar participation includes an opportunity to give a formal presentation and inclusion in the official program and schedule. We encourage participants to seek funding from their home institutions or other sources to supplement the travel stipend offered by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nWhen do I get my Travel Stipend? Stipends are distributed as a refund after successful completion of the seminar and seminar evaluations. Exceptions can be made on case by case basis. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-newman-seminar-ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190706T120000
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SUMMARY:Modern Science and the Catholic Faith for Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now closed.\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide students with the background knowledge and conceptual tools necessary to understand and think clearly about the relation of science and faith. This will help them to integrate scientific and theological ways of understanding in their own thinking\, and make it possible for them to help others (including their future colleagues and students) to achieve such integration. The overarching goal is to help develop a cadre of people with a broad and informed understanding of these issues who can be the nucleus from which wider outreach efforts might grow. \nAmong the topics discussed will be the historical relationship of the Church and science; the relation of faith and reason; evidence for God in the existence and order of the cosmos; God and nature; primary and secondary causality; the supernatural and miracles; modern physics and natural theology; creation and providence; the beginning of the universe and modern cosmology; God and time; human origins and human distinctiveness; rationality\, freedom\, and the soul; physicalist reductionism and the human mind; Genesis and scriptural interpretation; biological evolution; biology and human nature; and the Fall\, original sin and concupiscence. \nPreparatory readings will include excerpts from: \n\nModern Physics and Ancient Faith (Stephen M. Barr)\nThe Believing Scientist (Stephen M. Barr)\nThomistic Evolution (Fr. Nicanor Austriaco et al.)\nScience and Belief in a Nuclear Age (Peter E. Hodgson)\nGod’s Mechanics (Br. Guy Consolmagno)\nGod and Reason in the Middle Ages (Edward Grant)\nGalileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (ed. Ronald L. Numbers)\nMind and Cosmos (Thomas Nagel)\nThe Faith of the Early Fathers (William A. Jurgens)\nConfessions (St. Augustine)\nCity of God (St. Augustine)\nOn the Literal Meaning of Genesis (St. Augustine)\nSumma Contra Gentiles (St. Thomas Aquinas)\nIn the Beginning (Joseph Ratzinger)\naddresses and statements on science and religion by Pope St. John Paul II\nCommunion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God (International Theological Commission)\nsections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. \n\nThis seminar is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. \nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\nThe seminar will take place at Providence College in Providence\, RI. Admitted students will be required to arrange their own travel to and from the seminar.\nAdmitted students will be granted a stipend of $350 to offset travel costs in addition to having their lodging and meals covered for the duration of the seminar.\nParticipants will arrive at Providence College on Sunday\, June 30 and depart on Saturday\, July 6. The seminar will take place from Monday to Friday\, with a lecture and discussion session each morning and afternoon.\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar.\nIn order to receive the $350 stipend\, students must participate fully in all seminar activities and complete a survey at the end of the seminar.\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\nOpen to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in STEM fields\, medicine\, the history of science\, philosophy\, theology\, and relevant fields.\nApplicants must submit an online application\, including details on their course of study\, a statement of interest\, and a letter of recommendation (optional).\nFor full consideration\, apply by May 12. After May 12\, applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.\n15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.\n\nThis seminar is part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s “Science and Religion: A Dialogue of Cultures” project generously supported by the John Templeton Foundation and is cosponsored by the Society of Catholic Scientists. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?  Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or but have been admitted to a graduate program for the next academic year. Can I still apply? Yes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-grad-science-religion-seminar/
LOCATION:Providence College\, 1 Cunningham Square\, Providence\, RI
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190703T000000
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nThis seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St. Thomas Aquinas’s account of the nature of the soul\, with particular attention paid to the metaphysical principles on which it rests. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 75-77\, concerning the soul in itself\, its essential relation to the body\, and its role as the primary principle of vital activity. Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences (such as Plato\, Aristotle\, and Augustine) and some contemporary literature on the topic. Finally\, the seminar will take up related issues\, such as Aquinas’s understanding of the relation between metaphysics and theology\, his handling of the Augustinian tradition\, his reaction to the Averroists\, and how his account of the soul relates to later philosophical developments such as Cartesianism and personalism. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Chicago. Students will be provided with lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to doctoral students in the humanities and relevant fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 15. \n\nFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS \nCan I apply for more than one seminar? Yes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply? Yes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this in the statement of purpose in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply? Yes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply? No. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nIn addition to the travel stipend\, are there other funding possibilities? Seminar participation includes an opportunity to give a formal presentation and inclusion in the official program and schedule. We encourage participants to seek funding from their home institutions or other sources to supplement the travel stipend offered by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nWhen do I get my travel stipend? Stipends are distributed as a refund after successful completion of the seminar and seminar evaluations. Exceptions can be made on case by case basis. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-aquinas-brock-seminar/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S. Ellis Ave.\, University of Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190616T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190621T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED\n“Understanding is wholly useless if it is not based upon wisdom\, in that while it penetrates the higher mysteries without the counterpoise of wisdom\, its own lightness is only lifting it up to meet with the heavier fall.” \n– St. Gregory the Great\, Moralia in Job\, 1.32.45 \n“Idleness is an enemy of the soul. Therefore\, the brothers should be occupied according to schedule in either manual labor or holy reading.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Chapter 48 \n“My words are meant for you\, whoever you are\, who laying aside your own will\, take up the all-powerful and righteous arms of obedience to fight under the true King\, the Lord Jesus Christ.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Prologue \nThe Lumen Christi Institute and New Melleray Abbey have partnered to organize a retreat aimed at exploring the monastic wisdom tradition. The Trappist community at New Melleray Abbey in Iowa represents an ancient and continual tradition of Christian monasticism with roots in the early Church. Students with an interest in theology or spirituality may be familiar with some of the major figures in this tradition—St. John Cassian\, St. Benedict of Nursia\, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is less likely they have spent time putting into practice the lessons of prayer\, spiritual reading\, and silence in an organized manner. \nThe contention of the Monastic Wisdom Seminar is that monastic disciplines must be practiced to be understood. Participants will spend a week praying\, conferencing\, reading\, and working with the monks of New Melleray Abbey. The goals of the retreat are fourfold: \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic life\, the Divine Office\, and the history and theology of monasticism. \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic practices\, including the discipline of silence\, the principle of ora et labora and lectio divina. \n\n\nProvide an opportunity for participants to reflect on Catholic practices of daily prayer and their relation to monastic life. \n\n\nStudy of texts of major figures of the monastic tradition. \n\n\nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION \n\n\nJean Leclercq\, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God\, trans. Catharine Misrahi (New York: Fordham University Press\, 1982). \n\n\nSt. Athanasius\, “The Life of Antony\,” in Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus\, trans. Robert C. Gregg (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1979). \n\n\nJohn Cassian\, Conferences\, trans. Colm Luibheid\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1985). \n\n\nSt. Benedict of Nursia\, The Rule of St. Benedict\, trans. Carolinne White (London: Penguin Classics\, 2008). \n\n\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On Loving God” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1987). \n\n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\n\nThe seminar will take place at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta\, Iowa. \n\n\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students. \n\n\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided. \n\n\nParticipants will arrive at New Melleray on Sunday\, June 16 and depart on Friday\, June 21. \n\n\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar. \n\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\n\nOpen to men aged 18 through 35. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply. \n\n\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor. \n\n\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Apply no later than May 17th to receive full consideration. \n\n\nA maximum of 15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-monastic-wisdom-seminar/
LOCATION:New Melleray Abbey\, 6632 Melleray Cir\nPeosta\, IA 52068\, New Melleray Abbey\, IA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190614T170000
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SUMMARY:Economics & Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED\nNow in its fourth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the he Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \n*Dates reflect the days of seminar sessions. Participants should expect to arrive on June 10 and depart on June 15. \n\nFormat: There will be ten sessions over the course of four days\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. There will also be opportunities for mass and several outings to important religious sites. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Notre Dame Global Gateway outside of Jerusalem. Participants will be provided with accommodations and meals\, and a limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. \nApplication Information:
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students and faculty in Economics\, Finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 applicants will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-econ-cst/
LOCATION:Notre Dame Global Gateway\, Ha-Rosmarin St\, Jerusalem\, Israel
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190602T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190605T000000
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SUMMARY:Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nWe are excited to announce our newly created seminar designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in business schools. Participants 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 and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. \n\nFormat: There will be four sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-business-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180721T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180728T000000
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SUMMARY:Truth and Authority in Augustine's City of God
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nIn 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 this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. \nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with lodging\, meals\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, and  history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somewhere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promote the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-city-of-god-hittinger-sherwin/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180707T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180714T000000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180409Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nNow in its sixth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Blessed 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Professor Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar-style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with lodging and meals while at Oxford\, and a travel stipend of up to $700. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, English\, classics\, & history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somehwere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-newman-seminar-ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180627T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180704T000000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Choice
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nThis 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 pertinent texts from other philosophers such as Plato\, Aristotle\, Kant\, and Anscombe. We will want to address some of the more controversial questions about Thomas’ views\, such as the following: Does he differ from Aristotle on the will\, and if so\, how? Did he change his own mind about the will? To what extent\, in Aquinas’ account\, does the freedom of the will depend upon the distinction between the will and the intellect? Does St. Thomas’ apparent intellectualism commit him to some kind of determinism with regard to choice?  Does he offer an adequate account of the choice of evil? In comparison with modern thinkers\, does he sufficiently appreciate the value of freedom? \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Chicago. Students will be provided with lodging\, meals\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fiften students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or master’s student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somewhere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-aquinas-seminar-brock/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S. Ellis Ave.\, University of Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180610T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180613T170000
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nNow in its third year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization\, the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture\, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies\, and the Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. \nFormat: There will be two sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-econ-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170730T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170806T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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 this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Santa Barbara\, University of California\, Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170709T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170715T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180350Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:Now in its fifth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine Newman’s achievements as 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_thought_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170622T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170628T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T191423Z
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SUMMARY:Is God Knowable by Natural Reason? Philosophy\, Theology\, and Trinitarian Thought in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, historian of medieval theology Mark Clark and scholar of medieval philosophy Timothy Noone will offer an intensive survey of theological and philosophical debates about the natural knowledge of God in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Participants will read and discuss the writings of Peter Abelard\, Peter Lombard\, Bonaventure\, Albert the Great\, and Thomas Aquinas as well as modern philosophical engagement with these questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_natural_knowledge_of_god/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170522T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170526T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T191211Z
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now closed for this seminar.\nThis seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture\, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame\, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame\, the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization\, and the Markets\, Culture\, and Ethics Research Center at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce. \nFormat: There will be twenty hours of class in addition to a full Roman experience.  Each class will open with a brief lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar style discussion of the texts and issues at hand.  Classroom activities will be supplemented with opportunities for daily Mass\, meetings with Church leadership\, and visits to famous sights in Rome. \nLocation: The seminar will take place in Rome\, split between the University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway and the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. Students will be provided with accommodations and meals\, and a limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. \nApplication Information:
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students and faculty in Economics\, Finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm on MARCH 4\, 2017. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017-econ-cst/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160730T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T184453Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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 this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160710T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160715T230000
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:Now in its fourth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine Newman’s achievements as 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_thought_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160623T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160628T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
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SUMMARY:Aquinas’s Five Ways and Where they Lead
DESCRIPTION:This intensive seminar will discuss St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways of proving the existence of a God and the conception that he thinks they yield: that of a God who is at once utterly simple and utterly perfect\, and therefore utterly beyond our comprehension. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 2-4—especially\, of course\, q. 2\, a. 3\, which contains the Five Ways themselves—and on selected texts from qq. 12 & 13.  Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences and some related contemporary issues.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_aquinas_five_ways/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150802T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150808T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T184331Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary\, since this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. This will be the third time Prof. Hittinger has led this seminar. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on MARCH 1\, 2013. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150711T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150716T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180126Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150618T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150623T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T182942Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St Thomas Aquinas’s account of the nature of the soul\, with particular attention paid to the metaphysical principles on which it rests. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 75-77\, concerning the soul in itself\, its essential relation to the body\, and its role as the primary principle of vital activity. Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences (such as Plato\, Aristotle\, and Augustine) and some contemporary literature on the topic. Finally\, the seminar will take up related issues\, such as Aquinas’s understanding of the relation between metaphysics and theology\, his handling of the Augustinian tradition\, his reaction to the Averroists\, and how his account of the soul relates to later philosophical developments such as Cartesianism and personalism. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_metaphysics_and_the_soul_brock/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140727T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140801T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T182816Z
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SUMMARY:Truth and Authority in Augustine's City of God
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOW FEBRUARY 15 \nAPPLY HERE \nThis seminar is an intensive five-day course in how to read\, analyze\, and discern the many themes in Augustine’s most ambitious and sprawling work. The City of God tells the history of two societies\, and their respective origins\, progress\, and appointed ends. The story is engaged first from the evidence of profane history (I-XI) and then from the evidence of revelation (XII-XXII). In this seminar\, participants will discuss how Augustine reckons with the crisis of the ancient and the human city\, and whether it is possible to reconcile truth and authority across the competing domains of polity\, religion\, and philosophical wisdom. These themes will be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective\, addressing questions pertinent to students in political science\, philosophy\, law\, theology\, religious studies\, and history. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day.  Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation:
 The seminar will take place at the University of California Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as Philosophy\, Theology\, Political Science\, History\, and Medieval Studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne example of written\, academic work (25-30 pages maximum). Incomplete applications will not be considered.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life.  The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_truth_authority_augustine/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140706T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140711T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180018Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140622T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180600Z
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Choice
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nAPPLY HERE \nThis seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St Thomas Aquinas’ philosophical account of liberum arbitrium and the psychological and metaphysical principles underlying it. The sessions will focus on passages from the Summa theologiae (including ST\, I\, 19\, 59-60\, 82-83; ST\, I-II\, 6\, 9\, 10\, 13) and will refer to other works of Aquinas (such as the De Malo and the Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics) and to pertinent texts from other philosophers such as Plato\, Aristotle\, Kant\, and Anscombe. Controversies in the interpretation of St Thomas’s thought will be considered\, especially regarding his understanding of the relation between intellect and will\, and particular attention will be given to how he deals with the questions of causal determinism and of the choice between good and evil. \nThe seminar will address the following questions: How does Aquinas differ from Aristotle on the will?  Did Aquinas change his mind about the will?  To what extent does the freedom of the will depend upon the distinction between the will and the intellect?  Does St Thomas’ apparent intellectualism run the risk of a kind of determinism with regards to choice?  Does Aquinas offer an adequate account of the choice of evil?  In approaching these questions\, the seminar’s objectives will be\, first\, to understand the thought of St Thomas\, and\, second\, to relate his teaching to contemporary philosophical debates. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nSeminar Leader: Fr. Stephen L. Brock is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome.  He is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas and is the author of Action & Conduct: Thomas Aquinas and the Theory of Action.  He has written numerous articles on various aspects of the thought of Thomas Aquinas\, and he has edited several collections including Thomas Aquinas and the Subject of Metaphysics. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne example of written\, academic work (25-30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by FEBRUARY 1\, 2014. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life.  The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_aquinas_free_choice_brock/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130805T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130809T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T183833Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary\, since this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. This will be the third time Prof. Hittinger has led this seminar. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on MARCH 1\, 2013. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130722T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130726T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T190737Z
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SUMMARY:Christianity\, The Unity of Knowledge\, and the Secularized Academy
DESCRIPTION:The pursuit and transmission of knowledge in the contemporary academy is highly specialized\, secular\, and regarded as separable from the social circumstances and beliefs of scientists\, scholars\, and students. This seminar analyzed the historical and intellectual reasons for the secularization and specialized fragmentation of knowledge characteristic of the contemporary academy. Through reading and discussion of scholarship pertaining to the historical processes through which knowledge was secularized\, participants explored ways in which knowledge has been alternatively understood within a unifying philosophical and theological framework\, and how such a framework might remain intellectually viable today. \nIn addition to primary sources\, this seminar included discussion of the works of Pierre Hadot\, Jean LeClerq\, Alasdair MacIntyre\, John Paul II\, George Mardsen\, Mark Knoll\, and Christian Smith. \nSeminar Leader: Brad Gregory is professor of history and the Dorothy G. Griffin collegiate chair at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University (1996) and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows (1994-96). Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame in 2003\, Gregory taught at Stanford University\, where he received early tenure in 2001. Gregory has two degrees in philosophy as well\, both earned at the Catholic University of Louvain\, Belgium. Gregory’s research focuses on Christianity in the Reformation era\, the long-term effects of the Reformation\, secularization in early modern and modern Western history\, and methodology in the study of religion. He most recently published The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at the University of Chicago\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_christianity_knowledge_secular_academy_gregory/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130617T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130621T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T093001
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T191212Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as 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 of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Law
DESCRIPTION:No description available
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2012_aquinas_on_law/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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). This intensive course is multi-disciplinary\, since this tradition of social thought overlaps several disciplines in the contemporary university including political science\, political philosophy\, law\, economics\, theology\, and history. This will be the third time Prof. Hittinger has led this seminar. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2011_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:Portsmouth Abbey\, 285 Corys Lane\, Portsmouth\, RI
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20110811T230000
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SUMMARY:Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory
DESCRIPTION:June 2011: Professor Mark Murphy (Georgetown University) led a seminar on “Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory” in Chicago\, IL.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2011_aquinas_contemporary_ethical_theory_murphy/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20100812T230000
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SUMMARY:Seminar: De Trinitate and De Civitate Dei
DESCRIPTION:Professor Paul Griffiths (Duke University) led a seminar on Augustine’s seminal later works\, De Trinitate and De Civitate Dei at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein\, Illinois.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2010_de_trinitate_griffiths/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090905T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T230000
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Summa theologiae
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Corey Barnes (Oberlin College) led a seminar on Aquinas’s Christology in his Summa theologiae at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein\, Illinois.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2009_summa_theologiae_barnes/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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