Name: Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
Start: 2011-09-08T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2011-09-14T00:00:00-05:00
Location: Portsmouth Abbey

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March 2011
March 30th, 2011 @ 6:00 pm - April 18th, 2011 @ 6:00 pm

“The Book of Ruth”

Cobb Lecture Hall, Room 409 5811 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

6:30pm Dinner 7:00pm Lecture Intended for university students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, please contact info@lumenchristi.org. The Book of Ruth is exceptional in the Old Testament for the candor and serenity with which it portrays the relations of Israelite to pagan, freeman to dependent, mother-in-law to daughter-in-law. This course of lectures and discussions will include a close reading of the four chapters that make up the book, with an eye to the theological concerns of the sacred author and the importance of the work for Jewish and Christian commentators. Thursday, March 31 Ruth Chapter One: Naomi’s sojourn in...
April 2011
April 1st, 2011 @ 11:00 pm - April 2nd, 2011 @ 11:00 pm

Virtue, Action, and Reason: A Conference in Honor of Anselm Müller

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

The University of Chicago Philosophy Department will host a conference entitled, “Virtue, Action, and Reason” in honor of the Spring 2011 Lumen Christi visiting fellow, Anselm Müeller. The Lumen Christi Institute, along with a number of other institutes on campus, are delighted to act as conference co-sponsors. The publication of Elizabeth Anscombe Modern Moral Philosophy in 1958 is often taken to mark a watershed event in analytic philosophical ethics. In this justly famous paper, Anscombe laid out three controversial theses. First, she argued that philosophers should not do moral theory until they have worked out an adequate philosophy of action and...
April 13th, 2011 @ 5:00 pm

“Cardinal Lustiger and the New Springtime of the Church in Paris”

Alliance Française de Chicago 54 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60610, Downtown

A close friend of Jean-Luc Marion, Cardinal Lustiger was nicknamed “le bulldozer” for his efforts to rebuild the Church as Archbishop of Paris. He established new parishes, founded the “Ãcole Cathedrale,” created Radio Notre-Dame, founded a center for cultural dialogue in a 13th-century monastery building on the Left Bank, and published best-selling books, among them Dare to Believe. Lustiger’s work was rooted in the “French School” of spirituality of Cardinal Pierre de Barulle and Jean-Jacques Olier (founder of the Sulpicians). Lustiger was committed to deepening the French Church’s reconciliation with democracy and to strengthening relations with the Jewish people, to whom...
April 27th, 2011 @ 4:30 pm

“The Dignity of Being a Substance”

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

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Social Thought and the Program in Medieval Studies Thomas Aquinas characterized the person as “what is most perfect” and “most worthy” in all of nature. What grounds the dignity of the human being as a person? While in our day a metaphysical approach to the question is undervalued, this lecture attempts to show the value of such an approach in terms of “substance” and “nature.”
April 28th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm

A Carnal Love of Concepts or a Work of Mercy? The Intellectual Life and the Dominican Vocation

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

co-sponsored by the Committee on Social Thought and the Program in Medieval Studies In the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), study has a central place as it is an integral part of the religious life itself. What is the aim of studying theology and other sciences within a Christian vocation?
May 2011
May 10th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm

“The Importance of Elizabeth Anscombe”

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

Co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy TO LISTEN: right click on below links to download or open in new window “The Importance of Elizabeth Anscombe,” Anselm Mueller (part 1) “The Importance of Elizabeth Anscombe,” Anselm Mueller (part 2) “The Importance of Elizabeth Anscombe,” Anselm Mueller (part 3) Elizabeth Anscombe has become known as a pupil and literary executor of Wittgenstein, but also as a defender of conservative views on questions of morality. A. W. Müeller will suggest that she has contributed to current intellectual life in three ways: 1) by initiating a philosophy of action that helps us to argue responsibly about moral...
May 17th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm

Dostoevsky’s Pilgrimage: Aesthetics and Ascesis in “The Brothers Karamazov”

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

Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Dostoevsky’s final novel, set partly in a monastery, continues to shape contemporary images of Orthodox Christian monasticism and ascetic practice. Bird will examine how well Dostoevsky actually knew this milieu and this tradition, and how profoundly his knowledge affected his writing of The Brothers Karamazov. This will serve as a case study for the broader question of the influence of the Orthodox Christian ascetic tradition on modern Russian aesthetics.
May 22nd, 2011 @ 6:30 pm

The Schola Antiqua of Chicago at Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall 430 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605, Downtown, IL

“Tomorrow’s Music Today II” featuring Pacifica Quartet, eighth blackbird, and special guest, Schola Antiqua of Chicago Sunday, The Lumen Christi Institute co-sponsors Artist-in-Residence Schola Antiqua of Chicago in a University of Chicago Presents concert event. Founded in 1943, University of Chicago Presents is one of Chicago’s oldest and most distinguished concert series. Early performers in the series included Igor Stravinsky, Artur Schnabel, Isaac Stern, Arnold Schoenberg, and the Budapest Quartet, who performed, offered public master classes, and spoke about music and composition. The Schola will be premiering Jacob Bancks' Litany of the Sacred Heart with two GRAMMY award-winning ensembles: eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet....
May 24th, 2011 @ 5:00 pm

“Right Reason”

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

Co-sponsored by the Ancient Philosophy Workshop and the Practical Philosophy Workshop
June 2011
June 1st, 2011 @ 4:30 pm

“From Natural Law to Human Rights in Jewish Thought”

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

Co-sponsored by the Ethics Club and Jewish Studies and the Hebrew Bible Workshop TO LISTEN: right click on below links to download or open in new window “From Natural Law to Human Rights in Jewish Thought,” David Novak (part 1) “From Natural Law to Human Rights in Jewish Thought,” David Novak (part 2) “From Natural Law to Human Rights in Jewish Thought,” David Novak (part 3)
August 2011
Seminar

August 6th, 2011 @ 11:00 pm - August 11th, 2011 @ 11:00 pm

Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory

University of Chicago 5801 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

June 2011: Professor Mark Murphy (Georgetown University) led a seminar on “Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory” in Chicago, IL.
September 2011
Seminar

September 8th, 2011 @ 12:00 am - September 14th, 2011 @ 12:00 am

Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation

Portsmouth Abbey 285 Corys Lane, Portsmouth, RI

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. Format: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will...

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