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SUMMARY:Monastic Wisdom Seminar
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED\n“Understanding is wholly useless if it is not based upon wisdom\, in that while it penetrates the higher mysteries without the counterpoise of wisdom\, its own lightness is only lifting it up to meet with the heavier fall.” \n– St. Gregory the Great\, Moralia in Job\, 1.32.45 \n“Idleness is an enemy of the soul. Therefore\, the brothers should be occupied according to schedule in either manual labor or holy reading.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Chapter 48 \n“My words are meant for you\, whoever you are\, who laying aside your own will\, take up the all-powerful and righteous arms of obedience to fight under the true King\, the Lord Jesus Christ.” \n– St. Benedict of Nursia\, Rule\, Prologue \nThe Lumen Christi Institute and New Melleray Abbey have partnered to organize a retreat aimed at exploring the monastic wisdom tradition. The Trappist community at New Melleray Abbey in Iowa represents an ancient and continual tradition of Christian monasticism with roots in the early Church. Students with an interest in theology or spirituality may be familiar with some of the major figures in this tradition—St. John Cassian\, St. Benedict of Nursia\, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is less likely they have spent time putting into practice the lessons of prayer\, spiritual reading\, and silence in an organized manner. \nThe contention of the Monastic Wisdom Seminar is that monastic disciplines must be practiced to be understood. Participants will spend a week praying\, conferencing\, reading\, and working with the monks of New Melleray Abbey. The goals of the retreat are fourfold: \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic life\, the Divine Office\, and the history and theology of monasticism. \n\n\nIntroduce participants to monastic practices\, including the discipline of silence\, the principle of ora et labora and lectio divina. \n\n\nProvide an opportunity for participants to reflect on Catholic practices of daily prayer and their relation to monastic life. \n\n\nStudy of texts of major figures of the monastic tradition. \n\n\nPRINCIPAL TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION \n\n\nJean Leclercq\, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God\, trans. Catharine Misrahi (New York: Fordham University Press\, 1982). \n\n\nSt. Athanasius\, “The Life of Antony\,” in Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus\, trans. Robert C. Gregg (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1979). \n\n\nJohn Cassian\, Conferences\, trans. Colm Luibheid\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1985). \n\n\nSt. Benedict of Nursia\, The Rule of St. Benedict\, trans. Carolinne White (London: Penguin Classics\, 2008). \n\n\nSt. Bernard of Clairvaux\, “On Loving God” in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works\, trans. G.R. Evans\, Classics of Western Spirituality (Mahwah\, NJ: Paulist Press\, 1987). \n\n\nLOCATION AND FORMAT \n\n\nThe seminar will take place at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta\, Iowa. \n\n\nTravel stipends will be available for currently enrolled students. \n\n\nLodging\, meals\, and books will be provided. \n\n\nParticipants will arrive at New Melleray on Sunday\, June 16 and depart on Friday\, June 21. \n\n\nParticipants will be required read the assigned materials in preparation for the seminar. \n\n\nAPPLICATION INFORMATION \n\n\nOpen to men aged 18 through 35. Catholics and non-Catholics are invited to apply. \n\n\nApplicants must submit an online application including a statement of interest\, a CV or resume\, and a letter of recommendation from a professor or pastor. \n\n\nApplications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Apply no later than May 17th to receive full consideration. \n\n\nA maximum of 15 applicants will be admitted to the seminar.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-monastic-wisdom-seminar/
LOCATION:New Melleray Abbey\, 6632 Melleray Cir\nPeosta\, IA 52068\, New Melleray Abbey\, IA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Economics & Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED\nNow in its fourth year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and junior faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute; the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization; the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; the Kellogg Institute for International Studies; and the he Institute for the Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame. \n*Dates reflect the days of seminar sessions. Participants should expect to arrive on June 10 and depart on June 15. \n\nFormat: There will be ten sessions over the course of four days\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. There will also be opportunities for mass and several outings to important religious sites. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Notre Dame Global Gateway outside of Jerusalem. Participants will be provided with accommodations and meals\, and a limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. \nApplication Information:
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students and faculty in Economics\, Finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 applicants will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-econ-cst/
LOCATION:Notre Dame Global Gateway\, Ha-Rosmarin St\, Jerusalem\, Israel
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Business and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SEMINAR ARE CLOSED \nWe are excited to announce our newly created seminar designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in business schools. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought and apply them to their own field of research and teaching. This seminar aims at widening epistemological preconceptions and showing practical implications of Catholic social thought for business in a way that affirms the goodness of business directed toward the common good. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant business texts that show the path for principled entrepreneurship. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas (MN); the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame; the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America; the Lumen Christi Institute; and the Markets\, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. \n\nFormat: There will be four sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a per need basis (see the application form). All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to graduate students and faculty of any specialization in business schools. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application\, including: \n\nAn updated CV/resume.\nA brief statement of research interest related to Catholic social thought no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. Application materials are due March 1. \nPlease direct any further questions HERE
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2019-business-and-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Truth and Authority in Augustine's City of God
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nIn 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) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). 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. \nFormat: There will be two 2.5-hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with lodging\, meals\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, and  history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somewhere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promote the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-city-of-god-hittinger-sherwin/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nNow in its sixth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine the achievements of Blessed John Henry Newman as a theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Professor Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar-style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with lodging and meals while at Oxford\, and a travel stipend of up to $700. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, English\, classics\, & history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or masters student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somehwere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-newman-seminar-ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Choice
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nThis seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion aimed at understanding and evaluating St. Thomas Aquinas’ account of liberum arbitrium and of the psychological and metaphysical principles that underlie it. The sessions will center on passages from the Summa Theologiae\, but we will also refer to other works of Aquinas\, such as the De Malo and the Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics\, and to pertinent texts from other philosophers such as Plato\, Aristotle\, Kant\, and Anscombe. We will want to address some of the more controversial questions about Thomas’ views\, such as the following: Does he differ from Aristotle on the will\, and if so\, how? Did he change his own mind about the will? To what extent\, in Aquinas’ account\, does the freedom of the will depend upon the distinction between the will and the intellect? Does St. Thomas’ apparent intellectualism commit him to some kind of determinism with regard to choice?  Does he offer an adequate account of the choice of evil? In comparison with modern thinkers\, does he sufficiently appreciate the value of freedom? \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Chicago. Students will be provided with lodging\, meals\, and a travel stipend of up to $350. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students in the humanities and relevant fields (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fiften students will be admitted to this seminar. \n\nFrequently Asked Questions: \nCan I apply for more than one seminar?\nYes. You may apply for multiple seminars. Please indicate your order of preference in your statement of purpose for each application. Each applicant may only be admitted to one seminar. \nI am a PhD student graduating this academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes! \nI am currently an undergraduate or master’s student\, but have been admitted to a PhD program for the next academic year. Can I still apply?\nYes\, please indicate this somewhere in your application. \nI have attended a Lumen Christi Institute seminar in the past. May I still apply?\nYes! \nDo I have to be Catholic to apply?\nNo. The Lumen Christi Institute exists to promotes the Catholic intellectual tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nContact us with any further questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-aquinas-seminar-brock/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S. Ellis Ave.\, University of Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:You can download the poster here. \nNow in its third year\, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought\, starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization\, the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture\, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies\, and the Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. \nFormat: There will be two sessions each day\, featuring a different instructor. Each instructor will open with a lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar-style discussion of the texts and issues at hand. In the final sessions\, we will discuss how the material can be applied to each student’s particular area of interest. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana. A limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. All participants will be provided with accommodations and meals. \nApplication Information: This seminar will be open to PhD students and faculty in economics\, finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Fifteen students will be admitted to this seminar. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2018-econ-cst/
LOCATION:University of Notre Dame\, Notre Dame\, IN 46556\, Notre Dame\, IN
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Santa Barbara\, University of California\, Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, CA\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:Now in its fifth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine Newman’s achievements as theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_thought_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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SUMMARY:Is God Knowable by Natural Reason? Philosophy\, Theology\, and Trinitarian Thought in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, historian of medieval theology Mark Clark and scholar of medieval philosophy Timothy Noone will offer an intensive survey of theological and philosophical debates about the natural knowledge of God in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Participants will read and discuss the writings of Peter Abelard\, Peter Lombard\, Bonaventure\, Albert the Great\, and Thomas Aquinas as well as modern philosophical engagement with these questions.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017_natural_knowledge_of_god/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170522T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170526T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T191211Z
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SUMMARY:Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now closed for this seminar.\nThis seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics\, finance\, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought starting with the human person\, dignity\, freedom\, subsidiarity\, solidarity\, and the common good\, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory\, firm and business ethics\, wages\, markets\, globalization\, poverty\, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals\, secondary sources\, and relevant economics texts. \nThis seminar is cosponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture\, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame\, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame\, the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization\, and the Markets\, Culture\, and Ethics Research Center at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce. \nFormat: There will be twenty hours of class in addition to a full Roman experience.  Each class will open with a brief lecture\, and then we will turn to a seminar style discussion of the texts and issues at hand.  Classroom activities will be supplemented with opportunities for daily Mass\, meetings with Church leadership\, and visits to famous sights in Rome. \nLocation: The seminar will take place in Rome\, split between the University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway and the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. Students will be provided with accommodations and meals\, and a limited number of travel stipends are available on a need basis. \nApplication Information:
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students and faculty in Economics\, Finance and related fields. \nApplicants will be required to submit a completed online application form\, including: \n\nAn updated CV.\nA brief statement of research interest no longer than 750 words.\nOne academic writing sample.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm on MARCH 4\, 2017. \nPlease direct any further questions to contact@credo-economists.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2017-econ-cst/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160730T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160806T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T184453Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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) and Evangelii Gaudium (2013). 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160710T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160715T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180302Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:Now in its fourth consecutive year\, this intensive seminar will examine Newman’s achievements as theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_thought_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160623T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160628T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T183526Z
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SUMMARY:Aquinas’s Five Ways and Where they Lead
DESCRIPTION:This intensive seminar will discuss St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways of proving the existence of a God and the conception that he thinks they yield: that of a God who is at once utterly simple and utterly perfect\, and therefore utterly beyond our comprehension. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 2-4—especially\, of course\, q. 2\, a. 3\, which contains the Five Ways themselves—and on selected texts from qq. 12 & 13.  Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences and some related contemporary issues.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016_aquinas_five_ways/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150802T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150808T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T184331Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on MARCH 1\, 2013. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150711T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150716T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180126Z
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150618T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150623T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T182942Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St Thomas Aquinas’s account of the nature of the soul\, with particular attention paid to the metaphysical principles on which it rests. The sessions will center on Summa Theologiae\, I\, qq. 75-77\, concerning the soul in itself\, its essential relation to the body\, and its role as the primary principle of vital activity. Participants will also discuss relevant passages from other works of St. Thomas\, as well as his historical influences (such as Plato\, Aristotle\, and Augustine) and some contemporary literature on the topic. Finally\, the seminar will take up related issues\, such as Aquinas’s understanding of the relation between metaphysics and theology\, his handling of the Augustinian tradition\, his reaction to the Averroists\, and how his account of the soul relates to later philosophical developments such as Cartesianism and personalism. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015_metaphysics_and_the_soul_brock/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140727T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140801T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T182816Z
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SUMMARY:Truth and Authority in Augustine's City of God
DESCRIPTION:APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOW FEBRUARY 15 \nAPPLY HERE \nThis seminar is an intensive five-day course in how to read\, analyze\, and discern the many themes in Augustine’s most ambitious and sprawling work. The City of God tells the history of two societies\, and their respective origins\, progress\, and appointed ends. The story is engaged first from the evidence of profane history (I-XI) and then from the evidence of revelation (XII-XXII). In this seminar\, participants will discuss how Augustine reckons with the crisis of the ancient and the human city\, and whether it is possible to reconcile truth and authority across the competing domains of polity\, religion\, and philosophical wisdom. These themes will be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective\, addressing questions pertinent to students in political science\, philosophy\, law\, theology\, religious studies\, and history. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day.  Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation:
 The seminar will take place at the University of California Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as Philosophy\, Theology\, Political Science\, History\, and Medieval Studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne example of written\, academic work (25-30 pages maximum). Incomplete applications will not be considered.\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life.  The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_truth_authority_augustine/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140706T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140711T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180018Z
UID:10000636-1404687600-1405119600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140622T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180600Z
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Free Choice
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nAPPLY HERE \nThis seminar will be a five-day\, intensive discussion of St Thomas Aquinas’ philosophical account of liberum arbitrium and the psychological and metaphysical principles underlying it. The sessions will focus on passages from the Summa theologiae (including ST\, I\, 19\, 59-60\, 82-83; ST\, I-II\, 6\, 9\, 10\, 13) and will refer to other works of Aquinas (such as the De Malo and the Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics) and to pertinent texts from other philosophers such as Plato\, Aristotle\, Kant\, and Anscombe. Controversies in the interpretation of St Thomas’s thought will be considered\, especially regarding his understanding of the relation between intellect and will\, and particular attention will be given to how he deals with the questions of causal determinism and of the choice between good and evil. \nThe seminar will address the following questions: How does Aquinas differ from Aristotle on the will?  Did Aquinas change his mind about the will?  To what extent does the freedom of the will depend upon the distinction between the will and the intellect?  Does St Thomas’ apparent intellectualism run the risk of a kind of determinism with regards to choice?  Does Aquinas offer an adequate account of the choice of evil?  In approaching these questions\, the seminar’s objectives will be\, first\, to understand the thought of St Thomas\, and\, second\, to relate his teaching to contemporary philosophical debates. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Each session will include an opening lecture and seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to prepare the readings carefully and participate in the discussions of the material. \nSeminar Leader: Fr. Stephen L. Brock is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome.  He is a member of the Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas and is the author of Action & Conduct: Thomas Aquinas and the Theory of Action.  He has written numerous articles on various aspects of the thought of Thomas Aquinas\, and he has edited several collections including Thomas Aquinas and the Subject of Metaphysics. \nLocation:  The seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne example of written\, academic work (25-30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by FEBRUARY 1\, 2014. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life.  The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014_aquinas_free_choice_brock/
LOCATION:Pontifical University of the Holy Cross\, Rome\, Piazza Santa Apollinare\, 49\, 00186 Roma\, Italy\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130805T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130809T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T183833Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on MARCH 1\, 2013. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130722T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130726T230000
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SUMMARY:Christianity\, The Unity of Knowledge\, and the Secularized Academy
DESCRIPTION:The pursuit and transmission of knowledge in the contemporary academy is highly specialized\, secular\, and regarded as separable from the social circumstances and beliefs of scientists\, scholars\, and students. This seminar analyzed the historical and intellectual reasons for the secularization and specialized fragmentation of knowledge characteristic of the contemporary academy. Through reading and discussion of scholarship pertaining to the historical processes through which knowledge was secularized\, participants explored ways in which knowledge has been alternatively understood within a unifying philosophical and theological framework\, and how such a framework might remain intellectually viable today. \nIn addition to primary sources\, this seminar included discussion of the works of Pierre Hadot\, Jean LeClerq\, Alasdair MacIntyre\, John Paul II\, George Mardsen\, Mark Knoll\, and Christian Smith. \nSeminar Leader: Brad Gregory is professor of history and the Dorothy G. Griffin collegiate chair at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University (1996) and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows (1994-96). Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame in 2003\, Gregory taught at Stanford University\, where he received early tenure in 2001. Gregory has two degrees in philosophy as well\, both earned at the Catholic University of Louvain\, Belgium. Gregory’s research focuses on Christianity in the Reformation era\, the long-term effects of the Reformation\, secularization in early modern and modern Western history\, and methodology in the study of religion. He most recently published The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at the University of Chicago\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_christianity_knowledge_secular_academy_gregory/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130617T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130621T230000
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SUMMARY:The Thought of John Henry Newman
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nNow in its third consecutive year\, this seminar is an intensive five-day course for graduate students on the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. It will examine Newman’s achievement as theologian\, philosopher\, educator\, preacher\, and writer. Remarkably\, in each of these areas Newman produced works that have come to be recognized as classics: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine\, The Grammar of Assent\, The Idea of a University\, The Parochial and Plain Sermons\, and the Apologia Pro Vita Sua. This seminar will approach Newman’s thought through a critical engagement with these texts. \nFormat: There will be two 2-hour sessions each day. The seminar will include presentations by Prof. Ker and by participants on the readings assigned\, followed by seminar style discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will be held at Merton College at the University of Oxford. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
 This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, english\, classics\, & history). Applicants will be required to submit: \n\n\n A completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Street\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nApplication materials must be received by 11:59pm CST on FEBRUARY 15\, 2015. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013_oxford_thought_of_newman_ker/
LOCATION:Merton College\, Oxford\, Merton St\, Oxford OX1 4JD\, UK\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120806T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120812T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
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SUMMARY:St. Thomas Aquinas on Law
DESCRIPTION:No description available
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2012_aquinas_on_law/
LOCATION:University of California\, Berkeley\, S Hall Rd.\nBerkeley\, CA 94720\, Berkeley\, CA
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20110808T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20110814T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T183550Z
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SUMMARY:Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFormat: There will be two 2 ½ hour sessions each day. Professor Hittinger will open each session with a lecture\, and then we will turn to general\, seminar-style discussion of the text and the issues at hand. Students will be expected to make seminar presentations of the material under discussion. \nLocation: The seminar will take place at the University of California\, Berkeley. Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. . Students will be provided with a travel stipend\, accommodations\, and meals. \nApplication Information: 
This seminar will be open to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences (such as philosophy\, theology\, political science\, history & medieval studies). \nApplicants will be required to submit: \n\nA completed online application form found HERE.\nAn updated CV.\nAt least one and as many as two letter(s) of recommendation from a member of the program in which the student is currently enrolled.\nA statement of research interest no longer than 750 words\, which includes an explanation of how this seminar might bear on the student’s current or future research plans.\nOne academic writing sample (30 pages maximum).\n\nAll application materials can be submitted via the online application except for letters of recommendation\, which can be emailed to mfranzen@lumenchristi.org or mailed to: Lumen Christi Institute\, Graduate Seminars\, 1220 East 58th Streeet\, Chicago\, IL 60637. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 15 students will be admitted to this seminar. \nThe Lumen Christi is an institute for the promotion of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and is committed to the integration of the intellectual and spiritual life. The Institute welcomes seminar participants of all or no religious affiliation\, and wants to assure all applicants that the opportunities to participate in devotional activities are optional. \nAny further questions can be directed to Mark Franzen at mfranzen@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2011_cst_critical_investigation_hittinger/
LOCATION:Portsmouth Abbey\, 285 Corys Lane\, Portsmouth\, RI
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20110806T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20110811T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
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SUMMARY:Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory
DESCRIPTION:June 2011: Professor Mark Murphy (Georgetown University) led a seminar on “Aquinas and Contemporary Ethical Theory” in Chicago\, IL.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2011_aquinas_contemporary_ethical_theory_murphy/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20100807T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20100812T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
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SUMMARY:Seminar: De Trinitate and De Civitate Dei
DESCRIPTION:Professor Paul Griffiths (Duke University) led a seminar on Augustine’s seminal later works\, De Trinitate and De Civitate Dei at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein\, Illinois.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2010_de_trinitate_griffiths/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090905T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T230000
DTSTAMP:20260406T125321
CREATED:20241006T235418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T154112Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Summa theologiae
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Corey Barnes (Oberlin College) led a seminar on Aquinas’s Christology in his Summa theologiae at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein\, Illinois.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2009_summa_theologiae_barnes/
LOCATION:University of Saint Mary of the Lake\, 1000 East Maple Avenue \nMundelein\, IL 60060\, Mundelein\, IL
CATEGORIES:Summer Seminars
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