$60 General / $600 Host Committee Member Since publishing Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics in 2012, Ross Douthat’s commentary on American religious culture has established him as a prominent and thoughtful critic. This lecture will describe the three "world pictures" that dominate American religiosity: the biblical, spiritual, and secular. As these world […]
Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Hildegard of Bingen Society for Christian Thought and Culture. You can view Professor Öberg's recent presentation at the 2017 Society of Catholic Scientists Conference HERE. To view photos of the event, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our […]
Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Seminary Coop Bookstore, and the Divinity School Theology Club. ABOUT THE BOOK Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a […]
Open to current university students and faculty. Copies of Democracy in America will be available for participants who do not already have it. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What does Tocqueville mean by democracy? Is democracy inevitable ("providential")? Is its corruption inevitable? What, if anything, follows democracy? Democratic despotism? Do Tocqueville's recommendations for the role played by religion as […]
Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Theology Club at the Divinity School and the Hildegard of Bingen Society for Christian Thought and Culture. Is the moral teaching of Aquinas a purely cerebral, speculative reflection that can hardly be correlated with practical Christian living, or does it have a message that can be […]
Open to current university students and faculty. A link to the readings will be provided for registrants. SESSION I: "Grace and Free Choice" Primary Reading: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Ia, q. 83, art. 1-4 Secondary Reading: Servais Pinckaers OP, The Sources of Christian Ethics, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995), chapters XIV-XV […]
REGISTER HERE Transportation will be provided from Hyde Park. Open to current university students and faculty. Cosponsored by the Hildegard of Bingen Society. Join us for an evening of prayer with Benedictine Monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. Students will participate in the prayer of the Divine Office (including Vespers and Compline), and […]
Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Program in Poetry and Poetics and the Seminary Coop Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. You can hear Peter O'Leary discuss the book in a recent OPEN STACKS Podcast interview. ABOUT THE BOOK How do poets use language to render the transcendent, […]
REGISTER HERE 6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture Intended for current students and faculty. Others interested in attending: please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. The Renaissance era is regarded as the period during which European civilization transitioned from […]
An acclaimed soundscape of sacred and devotional song developed for The Met Cloisters museum, this one-hour program brings medieval traditions to life with sounds of status quo and religious change in and around Jerusalem. The vocalists of local ensemble Schola Antiqua are joined by special guests Amro Helmy, oud, and soprano Nell Snaidas. Schola Antiqua […]
Information on directions and parking can be found HERE. Information on the club's dress code can be found HERE. Our secular society does nothing to encourage us to discover God's presence in our lives through silent, prayerful reflection. To the contrary, the overload of media and noise discourage cultivating a habit of silent, meditative prayer. […]
Cosponsored by the Theology Club of the University of Chicago's Divinity School. Free and open to the public. In this lecture, Cardinal Arborelius explores the role that contemplative women have occupied in the Church throughout the ages and reflects on the witness they can offer to today's secular society. By discussing women ranging from Mary the Mother of […]
