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cosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop and the Early Christian Studies Workshop When modern persons think about assistance for the poor the two major categories that tend to dominate are the motivations of the donor (altruism) and the effects of the donation (social justice).  Though both of these attributes were part of classical […]

Rémi Brague (Sorbonne, University of Munich) Cosponsored by the France Chicago Center If the contrary of civilization is barbarism, we have to take seriously the etymology of the latter word, i.e. the inability to engage in a conversation. Conversation presupposes some continuity. First, with the past that may have something to teach us (which is […]

Rémi Brague (Sorbonne; University of Munich) REGISTER HERE This master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Copies of the readings will be provided. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Franzen. The thin pamphlet (1963) summarizes Hans […]

Saturday, October 24: 8:00PM St. James Chapel, Quigley Center 103 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL $25 General/$10 Student TICKETS Friday, October 30, 7:30PM St. Joseph Chapel, University of St. Francis 500 Wilcox St., Joliet, IL $10 General/$7 Student TICKETS For more information visit the Schola Antiqua website.

Burcht Pranger (University of Amsterdam) REGISTER HERE Open to current University of Chicago students. Dinner will be served. Readings will be provided for all participants. Others interested in attending, please contact us. This master class seminar will cover three major works by Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Cur deus homo and theFirst Meditation. The discussion will revolve around the […]

cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop The meaning of Anselm’s famous ‘sola ratione’ or ‘by reason alone’ has been the subject of much debate. Is it a principle of reason or a principle of faith? This lecture will argue that the sola ratione instead operates as a poetical principle in Anselm’s work at large, steering […]

REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by Calvert House. Open to current university students. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. 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 (Vespers and Compline), and have dinner and discussion with Fr. Peter Funk, […]

Reinhard Hütter (Duke University) REGISTER HERE This master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Franzen. This three-hour seminar will focus on the one of Newman’s works, which he himself called […]

Cosponsored by the Christian Legal Society Recent controversy over the HHS contraceptive mandate and the participation of faith-based organizations in federal grant programs has raised questions about religious freedom in the American legal and political systems. This discussion will consider the perceived conflict between civil rights and religious freedom and the roles of Congress, the […]