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The Apocalypse in Origen and the Origenian Tradition

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

This lecture will investigate the interpretation of the Book of Revelation, or Apocalypse, in Origen and the Origenian tradition. Why does Origen accept this book, whereas many Origenian exegetes do not? What role does Millenarianism play in this choice, and what kind of exegesis does Origen apply in order to accept the Apocalypse? In answering these questions and others, the lecture looks to two […]

Catholics in Political Life

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom (10th Floor) 25 E Pearson St. Chicago, IL 60611, River North, IL

Catholicisme

College des Bernardins 18 rue Poissy 75005 Paris, France, Paris, France

Panelists include Charles Taylor and Paul Thibaud. All presentations given in French.

Seminar: De Trinitate and De Civitate Dei

University of Saint Mary of the Lake 1000 East Maple Avenue Mundelein, IL 60060, Mundelein, IL

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.

Spiritual Exercises and the Contemporary Academy

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

The work of Pierre Hadot and, in his later years, Michel Foucault on the ancient pagan and Christian practices of askesis, or “spiritual exercise,” has proven to be of interest not only to scholars of the late classical and early Christian era, but to a much broader range of humanists working across a variety of […]

How the University of Chicago Opened My American Mind

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

Fr. Benedict Ashley’s life at the University of Chicago in the 1930’s included Trotskyite activism and participation in the first Great Books Seminar led by President Robert Maynard Hutchins. His lecture will consider liberal education in light of this history and the life of scholarship and inquiry it inspired.

Is There a Christian Philosophy?

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Jean-Luc Marion delivers a lecture titled "Is There a Christian Philosophy?" on November 10, 2010 at the University of Chicago.

Aquinas, Thomism, and 20th Century Liberalism

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

Paul E. Sigmund, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, delivers a lecture titled "Aquinas, Thomism, and 20th Century Liberalism” on November 17, 2010 at the University of Chicago.

Follow the Star: Medieval and Renaissance Music for Epiphany

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 S Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Friday, January 7, 8:00pm Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Saturday, January 8, 8:00pm St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place Tickets available at door: $20 general, $10 students and seniors, Free for University of Chicago students

Sixth Annual Conference on Christian Legal Thought

Hotel Monaco 501 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102, San Francisco, CA

Registration Form Saturday, January 8, 2011 Hotel Monaco 501 Geary Street San Francisco, CA 94102 http://www.monaco-sf.com/

“The Book of Genesis” Non-Credit Course

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

Intended for university students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, please contact info@lumenchristi.org Thursday, January 13 Genesis 1-2: “Creation: Grace upon Grace” If the Hebrew word for God were treated as an unknown (so that we learned its meaning from the text, instead of bringing our catechism with us to the reading), these […]

“Knowledge, Metaphysics, and the Information Explosion”

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

Benedict Ashley, OP (Aquinas Institute of Theology, Emeritus) Herman Sinaiko (University of Chicago, Emeritus) To some, in the information age, we seem to know more things, to communicate more effectively, and to better interrelate scientific disciplines. To others, however this  'information explosion’ has produced a miscommunication, a superficial acquaintance with trivial facts, and fragmentation of […]