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Reductionism in Science: Order from Chaos or Order from Ideas?

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

REGISTER HERE Open to current university students and faculty. Lunch will be served. Join us for a discussion with physicist Stephen Barr on his article from First Things on the philosophical assumptions behind a tendency toward reductionism in the natural sciences. "This tendency to downgrade and diminish reflects a metaphysical prejudice that equates explanatory reduction […]

Master Class: David Hume, Julian of Norwich, and the Problem of Evil

Faculty House at Columbia University 64 Morningside Drive, New York, NY

REGISTER HERE This master class is open to current graduate students and faculty. Others interested in participating should contact us. Digital copies of the readings will be made available to participants. More info TBA

Dei Verbum: Persons and Propositions

St. Procopius Abbey Church 5601 College Rd. Lisle, IL 60532, Lisle, IL

Presented by St. Procopius Abbey, Benedictine University, and the Lumen Christi Institute Free and open to the public. Contact Fr. Becket Franks, O.S.B. with any questions.

What Does it Mean to Say the Son of God is ‘Consubstantial’ with the Father? New Insights about Augustine’s Debt to Aristotle

Harper Memorial Library 130 1116 East 59th Street, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the Department of Philosophy It is commonly accepted that Aristotelian ideas did not inform Latin-language metaphysics until the translation of Aristotle in the 12th century. However, this opinion has arisen from a failure to understand how the metaphysics of Augustine fundamentally depends upon Victorinus’ assimilation of Aristotelian concepts and distinctions.  Victorinus, mentioned […]

Master Class: Augustine on Human Freedom and Divine Grace: What is Really Going on in the ‘Conversion Scene’ in Augustine’s Confessions?

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

REGISTER HERE This master class is open to graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of the readings will be made available online to all participants. Although the part of Augustine’s Confessions that describes his conversion to Christianity is arguably the most […]

The Book of Judges

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

6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture Open to current students and faculty. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. The Book of Judges is a collection of loosely connected accounts of the loosely connected Israelite tribes in the period between the death of the general Joshua […]

Tracing our Shared Deep History: Evolutionary Anthropology and Theo-Drama

Social Sciences, Room 122 1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Cosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop While theology and biological science often seem to be at odds, there are productive ways of telling the Christian story of who we are as human beings which resonate with newer evolutionary theories. This lecture will argue that the most convincing theological approach is theo-drama, where insights […]

The Liberal Arts Then and Now

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

Open to current University of Chicago undergraduates. Lunch will be served. Literary critic, noted essayist, and alumnus of the College Joseph Epstein will participate in a conversation with students about his life inside and outside the academy. Students are encouraged to read the short essay "Who Killed the Liberal Arts? And Why We Should Care" […]

The Soul of Early Irish Monasticism

Union League Club 65 W Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604, Downtown, IL

Not many people are aware that when it comes to Irish religious history, St. Patrick only scratches the surface. The island in fact has a rich and fascinating Christian heritage, of which monks and sprawling monastic communities play a central role.

Echoes from the Galleries

Art Institute of Chicago 111 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown

a concert with Schola Antiqua of Chicago (Lumen Christi Artists-in-Residence) BUY TICKETS $10 non-members | $5 members & students* * - Ticket allows for entry to the museum and event beginning at 2:30pm.  To enter the museum prior to 2:30pm, please purchase a separate museum admission ticket. Schola Antiqua presents a concert in connection with […]

The Greek East and the Spiritual Franciscan View of History

Swift Hall, First Floor Common Room 1025 E 58th St,Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the Theology & Religious Ethics Workshop The Spiritual Franciscan Angelo Clareno (d.1337) fervently promoted the view that St. Francis’ life and Rule renewed the true evangelic life.  When ecclesiastical persecution led him to flee to Greece, Angelo came into contact with both Greek monasticism and Greek theology based on the Church […]

Religious Origins of Modern Science?

Kersten 120 5720 South Ellis Avenue, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the Department of History and the Committee for the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science It is often thought that modern science developed largely independently of, or even in opposition to, religion.  Some historians, however, have suggested that religious factors played a key role in the emergence of modern science in […]