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
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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" […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Students will read and discuss Chapter 2 from Professor Peter Harrison's book The Territories of Science and Religion (University of Chicago, 2015) entitled "The Cosmos and the Religious Quest." Prof. Harrison will also give a public lecture on "Religious Origins of Modern Science?" on Thursday, April 6. ABOUT THE BOOK The conflict between science and […]
