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Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago) REGISTER HERE Nicholas of Cusa, in a famous essay on The Vision of God, explained how and why experiencing God does not mean first seeing an image of the divine, but to be under the gaze of Christ. This difference leads one to distinguish very clearly the icon from the idol. Participants will read The Vision of God in preparation for this discussion. Copies of the book Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings (Paulist Press, 1997) will be provided free of charge for participants. This master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space...

REGISTER HERE Intended for Booth School of Business and other University of Chicago students. Sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute, Booth Catholic Students, the Christians in Business Group, and the Private Equity Group. Lunch will be served.

TUESDAYS 6:00pm Buffet Dinner 6:30pm Lecture Intended for current students and recent graduates of the University of Chicago. Others interested in attending please contactinfo@lumenchristi.org. REGISTER HERE “Greatness, depth, boldness, flexibility, certainty and flaming love—these virtues of youth are marks of patristic theology. Perhaps the Church will never again see the likes of such an array of larger-than-life figures such as mark the period from Irenaeus to Athanasius, Basil, Cyril, Chrysostom, Ambrose, and Augustine” – Hans Urs von Balthasar, “The Fathers, the Scholastics, and Ourselves” From the close of the apostolic age until the 8th century, the Church Fathers developed a vision of...

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 Christian thinking, they stood on a deeper foundation: a description of the type of world God had made. And so, charity was as much about metaphysics as it was morality.

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 the meaning of “conservatism”), then with nature that is not a mere quarry or pantry, but has something to tell us as well, and finally with God as creator in the Logos.

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 Urs von Bathasar’s (1905-1988) masterpiece The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics (1961-1969). The booklet is compact, but rich. As a consequence, the reading is arduous, but extremely rewarding. After a sketch of the evolution of Christian theology in its two main epochs, von Balthasar brings...

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.