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NYC Master Class on “The Wisdom of Bernard of Clairvaux”

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

This master class is open to graduate students and faculty. Undergraduates or others interested in participating should contact us. PDFs of the readings will be made available online for all participants. Complimentary copies of Early Christian Mystics (Crossroads, 2003) will be provided at the seminar. This one-time Seminar will study selected writings of the great […]

Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

ABOUT THE BOOK Impeccably researched, thought-challenging and leavened by wit, Getting Religion, the highly-anticipated new book from Kenneth L. Woodward, is ideal perfect for readers looking to understand how religion came to be a contentious element in 21st century public life. Here the award-winning author blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with copious reporting […]

Kingship: The Politics of Enchantment

Classics 110 1010 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the History Department and the Medieval Studies Workshop The lecture will focus on the extraordinary millennial career of the sacral kingship down through the ages and across the globe as the most common form of government known to humankind. It will trace its survival down into the early modern era and […]

The Conciliar Heritage: The Politics of Oblivion

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

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the History Department and the Medieval Studies Workshop In the early fifteenth century, the general council assembled at Constance and, representing the universal Church, put an end to the scandalous schism which for almost forty years had divided the Latin Church between rival lines of claimants to the papal office. It […]

Master Class on the Epistle to Diognetus

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. A masterpiece of early Christian apologetic literature (about 200), this short anonymous writing gives a vivid description of the paradoxical way in which Christians live in the pagan […]

The Near East in the First Millenium: A Bird’s Eye View

Classics 110 1010 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Cosponsored by the France Chicago Center and the Department of Near East Languages and Civilizations The Near East of today is very much in the center of attention, for obvious political and military reasons. Yet, it is worth while to look at its past cultural history. It was for millennia the hub of the world's […]

Religious Faith and Modern War

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

REGISTER HERE $25 Registration includes breakfast You can read Phil Klay’s recent piece “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military” HERE. Photo courtesy of Hannah Dunphy

NYC Master Class on Michel Foucault and Humanism

Fordham President's Dining Room 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY

A half-day seminar discussion of the chapter "Contesting Humanism: Michel Foucault" from the new book by philosopher Rémi Brague. This master class is open to graduate students and faculty. Undergraduates or others interested in participating should contact us. PDFs of the book will be made available online for all participants. ABOUT THE BOOK The Legitimacy […]

A Conversation with Phil Klay

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE cosponsored by the Committee on Creative Writing and the Seminar Coop Bookstore In this informal conversation, Phil Klay and Scott Moringiello (DePaul University) will discuss how literature helps us reflect on themes of brutality, faith, fear, and morality to deepen our understanding of faith and humanity. In 2014, Phil Klay was awarded the […]

The Suspended Harp: Sounds of Faith in Medieval Jerusalem

The Met Cloisters - The Fuentidueña Chapel 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, IL

A concert by Schola Antiqua of Chicago (Lumen Christi Institute Artists-in-Residence) BUY TICKETS HERE The vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua of Chicago brings "musicality and sound beyond question" (Early Music America) to the sacred repertoire of Jerusalem: Georgian and Armenian hymns; cantorial psalms; Sufic devotional music; and Jewish, Christian, and Muslim calls to prayer. This program features […]

With Nature Marveling: Advent Music from Long Ago

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 S Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Schola Antiqua begins Advent with a rich array of late-medieval musical styles interwoven to promote a timeless sense of anticipation that befits the season. The group sings contemplative plainchant and a delightful set of medieval English carols, while also offering a glimpse into a splendid Netherlandish service of Matins for Christmas Eve.

Reason, Wisdom, and Beauty in Medieval Christian Thought

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

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. With the recovery of the works of Aristotle in the Latin West, the development of the scholastic method of reasoning, and the creation of the universities, a style […]