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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Recovered Image: C.S. Lewis\, J.R.R. Tolkien\, and the Inklings
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen personal reasons\, Carol & Philip Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. \nThursday\, March 31\, 7:00pm\nUniversity of Chicago\, Location TBA \nCarol & Philip Zaleski (Smith College) \nREGISTER HERE \ncosponsored by the Seminary Co-op Bookstore \nThe literary historian\, novelist and critic C. S. Lewis is the most widely read Christian writer of his century and ours; the philologist J.R.R. Tolkien our most beloved mythmaker. For three decades\, they and their closest associates (including the philosopher of language Owen Barfield and the eccentric fantasist Charles Williams) formed a literary club known as the Inklings\, which met every week in Lewis’s Magdalen College rooms and nearby Oxford pubs. They read aloud works in progress\, drank\, argued\, and encouraged one another to write the kind of books they loved to read — even if it meant bucking modernist trends. Philip and Carol Zaleski\, co-authors of The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings\, will present the literary and spiritual project of the Inklings as one of recovery rather than reaction: recovery of the living tradition of Christian humanism in the face of war\, environmental degradation\, and secular indifference.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-03-cancelled-recovered-image-c-s-lewis-j-r-r-tolkien-inklings-carol-zaleski-philip-zaleski/
LOCATION:University of Chicago–TBA\, N/A\, Hyde Park\, IL
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen personal reasons\, Carol Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. \nwith co-authors Philip & Carol Zaleski \nREGISTER HERE\n$50 General/ $15 Student/ $500 Table Sponsorship \nAt this luncheon event\, authors Philip and Carol Zaleski will discuss their book The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien\, C.S. Lewis\, Owen Barfield\, Charles Williams. \nFor three decades\, C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia)\, J.R.R. Tolkien (author of The Lord of the Rings)\, and their closest associates met weekly in Oxford pubs as a literary club known as the Inklings. This book examines their project of recovering a tradition of Christian Humanism in the face of war\, environmental degradation\, and secular indifference. \nRomantics who scorned rebellion\, fantasists who prized reality\, wartime writers who believed in hope\, Christians with cosmic reach\, the Inklings sought to revitalize literature and faith in the twentieth century’s darkest years-and did so in dazzling style. \n\nPraise for The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings \nNamed Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature \n“The husband-and-wife team of Philip and Carol Zaleski bring to bear both extensive scholarship and a neatly interwoven narrative; this is a story about storytellers\, and it shows . . . In The Fellowship\, the authors never cease to feel for the Inklings\, particularly sympathizing with their yearnings for spiritual and professional fulfillment\, with occasional wry asides on the nature of their marriages and their politics to take note of shortcomings both personal and institutional. Taken together\, it makes the overarching life of the group something greater than the sum of its parts.” ―Genevieve Valentine\, The New York Times Book Review \n“This is a long overdue study of an abidingly fascinating and creative group of writers. There has not been a serious treatment of the whole group and their interactions for more than thirty years\, and this excellent book brings together a great deal of new discussion and discovery in a lively\, readable\, sympathetic but not uncritical survey that allows these remarkable figures to emerge in all their human complexity and diverse gifts. The authors deserve warm congratulations.” ―Rowan Williams\, former Archbishop of Canterbury and author of The Lion’s World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia \n“The Zaleskis have produced a major work of biography and criticism\, and if you are a devotee of any of the Inklings\, you will want to read it.” ―Michael Dirda\, The Washington Post \n“The Zaleskis deftly interweave the four stories [of Lewis\, Tolkien\, Barfield\, and Williams]\, showing how\, when read together\, these very different men can help us more clearly see the state of literary and religious culture in mid-century England and beyond.” ―Anthony Domestico\, Christian Science Monitor \n“A fascinating overview of this ‘intellectual orchestra’ . . . a captivating story of young writers finding their literary footing while trying to rectify competing desires for happiness\, love\, fame\, and faith.” ―Ethan Gilsdorf\, The Boston Globe \n“The Fellowship makes a convincing case that [the Inklings’s] cultural legacy deserves comparison with that of the less Christian\, more intellectually austere Bloomsbury group.” ―Lev Grossman\, Time Magazine \n“A gutsy\, glorious adoration of the English fantasy and faerie traditions\, which celebrates what sometimes seems like a fantastical time when religion didn’t destroy art but created it.” ―Joshua Cohen\, Harper’s Magazine \n“A highly readable group biography . . . The Zaleskis do an impressive job.” ―Elizabeth Hand\, Los Angeles Times \n“It’s difficult to overstate the influence of the two most famous Inklings\, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis\, on varied fields including Christian apologetics and fantasy writing. The Zaleskis trace the history of this informal club of Oxford-educated\, Christian intellectuals\, which first coalesced in the early 1930s\, by focusing on four of the most prominent Inklings: Tolkien\, Lewis\, mystic Charles Williams\, and philosopher Owen Barfield. As scholarship\, the book is immensely successful\, describing its protagonists’ strengths and shortcomings with insight and facility.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“Like expert commentators at a fencing match\, Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski give a sparkling account of how J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis\, those friendly duelists\, and their eager teammates\, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams\, sharpened one another’s wits and dazzled the world with words. The Inklings were that rare thing\, an elite with an inclusive spirit\, and the Zaleskis share the same ethos\, brilliantly mastering the details of their brief but never forgetting to be readable. Thorough\, lucid\, balanced\, and well judged\, this is literary biography of the very best kind.” ―Michael Ward\, University of Oxford\, author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis \n“[A] well-researched\, consistently engaging group biography . . . richly detailed . . . A bountiful literary history.” ―Kirkus \n“[A] prodigious work . . . [The Fellowship\,] which is extensively researched\, provides a fascinating look at British literary society during the first half of the 20th century. . . For all fans of Tolkien and Lewis\, this excellent title will also appeal to readers interested in Christian scholarship and 20th-century British literature and history.” ―Erica Swenson Danowitz\, Library Journal (starred review) \n“The Fellowship . . . is a mental map\, a religious journey\, and the biography of a brotherhood. Plenty of distinguished Inklings came and went over the years . . . but the Zaleskis zoom in on (and out from) the primary axis of Tolkien\, Lewis\, Williams\, and Barfield . . . . Christians all\, these men formed what the Zaleskis call ‘a perfect compass rose of faith’: Barfield the proto-New Ager\, Tolkien the rather prim orthodox Catholic\, Lewis the noisy and dogmatically ordinary layman and popular theologian\, Williams the ritualistic Anglican with a taste for sorcery . . . . Who can compare with these writers? . . . . The Inklings . . . are still gathering steam.” ―James Parker\, The Atlantic
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-03-cancelled-fellowship-literary-lives-of-inklings-carol-zaleski-philip-zaleski/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: In Praise of Purgatory
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen personal reasons\, Carol Zaleski’s visit has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this event for a future date. \nCarol Zaleski (Smith College) \nREGISTER HERE \ncosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop and the Theology & Religious Ethics Workshop \nThe idea of Purgatory – “that second kingdom\,” as Dante puts it\, “where the human soul is cleansed and made fit to ascend to Heaven” — is present in germ throughout world religions\, fully articulated (and discriminated from ‘hell lite’) by the Catholic tradition\, rejected by the Reformers\, yet never wholly suppressed. Carol Zaleski will speak about the idea of purgatory with a view to its analogues in secular and religious literature\, its ecumenical possibilities\, and its enduring moral and spiritual significance.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-03-cancelled-in-praise-of-purgatory-carol-zaleski/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160225T190000
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SUMMARY:San Marco\, the Dominican Monastery at the Heart of Renaissance Florence
DESCRIPTION:A lecture with Ada Palmer (University of Chicago) \n\nCosponsored by the Department of History \nIt is difficult today to imagine a world in which religious communities were deeply intertwined with the civic order and when a third of a town’s population might be priests\, monks\, and nuns. In Renaissance Florence the Dominican Monastery of San Marco was intimately tied to every aspect of city life\, from commerce and patronage\, to civil broils and foreign invasions\, to education and medicine\, to the great artists\, architects and radical thinkers who earned the Florentine Renaissance its eternal fame. This lecture will explore the monastery’s role as a center of social and spiritual life.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-san-marco-dominican-monastery-at-heart-of-renaissance-florence-ada-palmer/
LOCATION:Social Sciences\, Room 122\, 1126 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160219T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160219T160000
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "Virtues of Thought in Aristotle"
DESCRIPTION:Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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 provided. \nThis seminar will discuss Aristotle’s account in Book 6 of the Nicomachean Ethics of what he there terms “virtues of thought” – ἀρετὰι τῆς διανοίας – distinguishing them from virtues τοῦ ἤθοuς – virtues of character.   Virtues of thought seem to be those cognitive states that enable us to think well – to reason correctly and to judge truly\, sometimes about what is the case\, sometimes about how best to make something\, sometimes about how best to act. Thus the states that Aristotle proceeds to specify early in Book 6: these he designates art\, understanding\, prudence\, wisdom and intellect. These virtues are apparently states of character enabling the kinds of activities in which we engage when we deliberate or reason or plan or develop theories. They are\, to put it simply\, virtues that enable us to think well. But on another interpretation\, virtues of thought are not states of character enabling good thinking\, but those aspects of our character by virtue of which we are in general able to reason well concerning how best to bring about the objects of our desire. On this reading Aristotle’s distinction highlights the fact that all virtuous activities in general require good thinking\, rather than the fact that some virtuous activities in particular are instances of good thinking.  In addition to reading Book 6 of the Ethics and related texts of Aristotle\, participants will read and discuss a short essay by Dr. Kosman on this subject\, which suggests that it will be fruitful for understanding Aristotle that we keep both of these interpretations in view. \nREADINGS \n\nAristotle\, Nicomachean Ethics Book 6\nKosman\, Aryeh\, Virtues of Thought (Harvard University Press\, 2014) Ch. 15 on “Aristotle on the Virtues of Thought”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-master-class-on-virtues-of-thought-in-aristotle-aryeh-kosman/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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SUMMARY:Aristotle on the Contemplation of the Divine
DESCRIPTION:Aryeh Kosman (Haverford College) \nCosponsored by the Philosophy Department \nAristotle’s remarks in the last book of the Nicomachean Ethics that the highest form of happiness consists in θεωρία is often translated as revealing happiness to consist in contemplation\, without noting that both terms designate a kind of seeing\, a mode of vision. This oversight if more remarkable when we recall that the vision in question is that of the divine. What does Aristotle mean by “seeing the divine?” This lecture will suggest that one way to understand Aristotle is to hear him as urging that happiness is associated with seeing the world as divine. Such seeing looks beyond the structuring of the world as good and bad and sees the world simply as it is. The association of this seeing with νοῦς makes precisely this point: νοῦς sees things simply as they are. Seeing the world’s divinity is not to have failed in judgment; it is to have relinquishedjudgment as to good and bad and as to the success of things going well or not well. It is simply to accept the presence of the world as its mere being\, a being that in its shining bestows its presence upon sentient subjects like ourselves.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-aristotle-on-contemplation-of-divine-aryeh-kosman/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160211T000000
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SUMMARY:Putting First Things First: The Story of Richard John Neuhaus' Vocation to Public Life
DESCRIPTION:Randy Boyagoda (author of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square) \nCosponsored by First Things\, the Chicago Leadership Forum\, and Relevant Radio \nFor all the political controversies that Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was involved in over his four decades in American public life\, and these were many\, he really understood his work in vocational terms. In other words\, he understood his work foremost as the work of a man of God. It’s too simple to dismiss him (or admire him!) as a Republican in a Roman collar\, as many of his later critics and fans did. Learn the full story of Fr. Neuhaus’ life\, his moving from Lutheran to Catholic and from Left to Right\, and discover that a religiously-informed vocation to public life is  as straightforward\, triumphant or disappointing as these markers might suggest (depending on your own religious and intellectual politics). \n  \n \n \n\nReviews of Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square (Image\, 2015) \n“Deeply researched\, lucidly written.” – New York Times \n“In Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square\, Randy Boyagoda captures his subject’s deep sense of vocation and the complexity of his personality\, offering a comprehensive biography and\, along the way\, a thoughtful introduction to some of the ‘culture wars’ of the past several decades.” – Wall Street Journal \n“[A] stellar biography.” – Publishers Weekly \n“Boyagoda dispassionately describes this fascinating and active life\, and he manages to blend skills as a folksy storyteller\, researcher and unbiased historian\, providing a biography that is balanced\, interesting and relevant. A useful\, provocative spotlight on one of the leading lights of the 20th century.” – Kirkus \n“[A] page-turner.” – National Review \n“Boyagoda’s biography is an invaluable account of the political and ecclesiastical controversies in which Neuhaus played a central\, influential and controversial role.” – America Magazine \n“A wonderful biography.” − Raymond Arroyo\, New York Times bestselling author and host\, EWTN’s The World Over \n“Boyagoda persuasively argues that Neuhaus was a charismatic leader and original thinker whose contributions to American culture and politics make him someone worth knowing about.” − American Conservative \n“Boyagoda’s luminously intelligent study of the man makes clear that Richard John Neuhaus — however one regards his politics — deserved his place in a long line of memorable American preacher politicians.” − National Post \n“Neuhaus was a hugely influential figure\, and Boyagoda tells his story with novelistic empathy and narrative panache.” − The Globe and Mail \n“Boyagoda found the Neuhaus I knew\, complete with all the man’s winsome qualities and not a few of his contradictions. Not surprisingly\, he also revealed facets of the man I could never guess.” − Russell E. Saltzman\, Aleteia \n“And up until now\, no one has offered a more credible\, careful\, and colorful biography of this convert to Catholicism. “ – Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan\, Archbishop of New York\, author ofTrue Freedom \n“Thorough\, vivid\, and keenly understanding of the interplay of personality\, faith\, and cultural context\, Boyagoda’s biography of Neuhaus does justice to this man of faith.” – Carl A. Anderson\, Supreme Knight\, Knights of Columbus \n“Until his death in 2009\, Father Richard John Neuhaus was a powerhouse in American public life and a monument in American Catholic history…Randy Boyagoda\, an extraordinary author best known for his work in fiction\, knew that someone had to tell Fr. Neuhaus’ story — and that it deserved to be told well.” − CatholicVote.org
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-putting-first-things-first-story-of-richard-john-neuhaus-vocation-to-public-life-randy-boyagoda/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160207T140000
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SUMMARY:Slavic Routes: Music from Renaissance Prague
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 6\, 7:30pm\nSt. Vincent DePaul Parish1010 West Webster Avenue \nSunday\, February 7\, 2:00pm\nRockefeller Memorial Chapel\n5850 South Woodlawn Avenue \nTICKETS AVAILABLE HERE \n$25 General/$10 Students \nIn the sixteenth century\, all roads led to Prague – or from it. The city had long been an incubator for rich musical activity and was an important stop for composers from neighboring Poland\, Slovenia\, and Germany\, but also from farther afield.  Schola Antiqua’s program brings a fascinating cross-section of sacred vocal polyphony from this musical crossroads together – and to life. In-concert commentary by Erika Supria Honisch\, Assistant Professor of Music History and Theory at Stony Brook University. \nFor more information visit the Schola Antiqua website.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-slavic-routes-music-from-renaissance-prague-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:St. Vincent DePaul Parish\, 1010 W Webster Ave.\nChicago\, Il 60614\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160205T170000
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CREATED:20241003T165711Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on The First Known in 13th Century Epistemology
DESCRIPTION:Timothy B. Noone (Catholic University of America) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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 provided. \nThis seminar will begin with crucial texts from the middle of the thirteenth century that set up the problem of the first known as that problem came to be discussed in the writings of Aquinas\, Henry of Ghent\, and Duns Scotus.  Thereafter\, the seminar will examine the three authors mentioned on the issue of the first known and explore how their positions fit into other elements of their theories of cognition. The problem of whether or not to allow that God is in some vague sense the first thing known in an through the concept of being figures into\, and is background to\, parallel themes in the epistemology of thirteenth century philosophy\, including the issue of divine illumination and the theory of abstraction.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-master-class-on-first-known-in-13th-century-epistemology-timothy-b-noone/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160204T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160204T163000
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SUMMARY:St. Bonaventure on Education\, Philosophy\, and the Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Timothy B. Noone (Catholic University of America) \nREGISTER HERE \nCosponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Medieval Studies Workshop \nThis lecture will situate Bonaventure’s thought on education\, philosophy\, and the sciences into the context of the thirteenth century’s controversies regarding the place of philosophy in the universities and human life generally.  While Bonaventure accepts the essential and irreplaceable role of philosophy and science in the progress of human knowledge and endorses the claim that they both perfect the human intellect\, he insists that science and philosophy are in a hierarchy of knowledge that transcends them\, culminating in the study of Sacred Scripture\, theology\, and mystical vision.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-02-st-bonaventure-on-education-philosophy-sciences-timothy-b-noone/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160128T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
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SUMMARY:Aquinas: Poet and Contemplative
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop and the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop\n\n“The well-known is what we have yet to learn.” T.S. Eliot \nWhat do we know of the prayer-life of St Thomas Aquinas? This lecture will be directly concerned with this question\, and the answer may well come as a surprise to many people. Aquinas is still today almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that he was also a master of the spiritual life and a very considerable poet\, perhaps even the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-01-aquinas-poet-contemplative-paul-murray-o-p/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164736Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on Pseudo Dionysius
DESCRIPTION:Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) \nREGISTER HERE \nREGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY FULL. If you are interested in attending\, contact us and we will inform you if space becomes available. \nCosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop \nParticipants will be provided with a complimentary copy ofPseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Paulist Press). \nThis 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. \nThis one-time Seminar will discuss the writings of the mysterious Eastern monk (ca. 500 C.E.) who hid his identity under the name of the Athenian Dionysius of the Areopagus mentioned in Acts 17:32. These texts\, thought to be quasi-apostolic for centuries\, were among the most influential in the history of Christian theology and mysticism. The translation used will be that of Colm Luibheid\, Pseudo-Dionysius. The Complete Works (New York: Paulist Press\, 1987. The Classics of Western Spirituality). We will discuss specific sections of these writings\, but participants are encouraged to read as much of the whole as they are able (240 pp. in this translation).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-01-master-class-on-pseudo-dionysius-bernard-mcginn/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160114T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160114T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T164931Z
UID:10000577-1452792600-1452792600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Love Your Enemies: Retribution and Forgiveness
DESCRIPTION:Regina M. Schwartz (Northwestern University) \ncosponsored by the Department of English \nThe law presumes not only the right but the duty to punish: it does not ask whether it should punish\, but how much\, who\, when\, and how. In contrast\, Christianity offers a different response to wrongdoing: Jesus engaged in a polemical attack on “the reciprocity code\,” the assumption that good should be reciprocated with good and evil with evil. “Love your enemies\, do good to those who hate you\, bless those who curse you\, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27-28). How are we to begin to comprehend this radical difference?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-01-love-your-enemies-retribution-forgiveness-regina-schwartz/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160223T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164742Z
UID:10000578-1452621600-1456250400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Winter Non-Credit Course on Romans
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Paul Mankowski\, S.J. (LCI Scholar-in Residence) \nIntended for current students and faculty. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe most consequential and controversial of his writings\, St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans was written to instruct new Christians on the meaning of faith and discipleship.  This course will present Paul’s teaching in Romans from the perspective of Roman Catholic doctrine\, while engaging the more provocative arguments of the Church Fathers\, the Schoolmen\, the Reformers\, and modern exegetes.  Knowledge of Biblical Greek or familiarity with New Testament writing is not required. \nJanuary 12\nApostleship \nJanuary 19\nJew & Greek \nJanuary 26\nSalvation \nFebruary 2\nJudgment \nFebruary 9\nRighteousness \nFebruary 16\nJustification \nFebruary 23\nTransformation
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2016-01-winter-non-credit-course-on-romans-paul-mankowski-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164745Z
UID:10000579-1450204200-1450209600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:NY Reception for A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope That Lies Within
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE for a recent article and photos from this event. \nTimothy Cardinal Dolan (Archbishop of New York)\nRobert Louis Wilken (University of Virginia) \nJoin us for a reception in celebration of the newly released book A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope that Lies Within (CUA Press\, 2015) by the late Francis Cardinal George\, O.M.I.  This occasion will include a reception and remarks by His Eminence\, Timothy Cardinal Dolan (Archbishop of New York) and Robert Louis Wilken (Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia). \nFinished by Francis Cardinal George\, O.M.I. nine days before his death\, A Godly Humanismoffers an account of the Catholic intellectual life by one of the most gifted thinkers to serve as bishop in the American Church. It draws on figures such as St. Augustine\, St. Thomas Aquinas\, St. John Paul II\, and Pope Benedict XVI to express a vision of the Church as a communion built around the relationship of God to human beings and of human beings to one another. The book provides a starting point for the interpretation of “Pope Francis’s Magisterium [as] evidence of another horizon having been opened more clearly for believers.” \nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute\, First Things\, and America Magazine. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-12-ny-reception-for-a-godly-humanism-clarifying-hope-that-lies-within-timothy-cardinal-dolan-robert-louis-wilken-francis-cardinal-george-omi/
LOCATION:The Westin New York at Times Square\, 270 W. 43rd St.\nNew York\, NY 10036\, New York\, NY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151210T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151210T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164748Z
UID:10000580-1449768600-1449775800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Present and Future of Religious Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Christian Legal Society \nRecent 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 judiciary\, and administrative agencies for how religious freedom will be understood\, applied\, and protected in the future.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-12-present-future-of-religious-freedom-michael-moreland/
LOCATION:Jones Day\, 77 W Upper Wacker Dr.\nChicago\, IL 60601\, Downtown\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164751Z
UID:10000581-1448028000-1448038800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on Faith and Reason in the Thought of John Henry Newman: The Oxford University Sermons
DESCRIPTION:Reinhard Hütter (Duke University) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \nThis three-hour seminar will focus on the one of Newman’s works\, which he himself called “the best\, not the most perfect\, book I have done.” The Oxford University Sermons are the Anglican precursor and still the best introduction to the Catholic Newman’s masterwork\, The Grammar of Assent. Sermons 10-15 constitute a precis of Newman’s mature theory of religious belief. In these sermons he develops the epistemological basis for belief in objective dogma and dogmatic theology. The masterclass will focus its attention especially on sermons 10-13. \nNo background knowledge of the topic is required to participate. Copies of the book John Henry Newman\, Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Between A.D. 1826 and 1843\, introd. by Mary Katherine Tillman (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press\, 1997) will be provided free of charge for participants. \nReadings: \n\nSermon 10 “Faith and Reason\, Contrasted as Habits of Mind”\nSermon 11 “The Nature of Faith in Relation to Reason”\nSermon 12 “Love as Safeguard of Faith against Superstition”\nSermon 13 “Implicit and Explicit Reason”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-11-master-class-on-faith-reason-in-thought-of-john-henry-newman-oxford-university-sermons-reinhard-hutter/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151119T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151119T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164754Z
UID:10000582-1447950600-1447950600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Divine Faith and Private Judgment in Newman and Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \ncosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-11-divine-faith-private-judgment-in-newman-aquinas-reinhard-hutter/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151114T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164757Z
UID:10000583-1447518600-1447531200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Dinner and Prayer at the Monastery of the Holy Cross
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nCosponsored by Calvert House. Open to current university students. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. \nJoin 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\, O.S.B.\, prior of the monastery and alumnus of the University of Chicago. \nTo find out more about liturgy at the monastery\, go HERE. \nSCHEDULE \n4:00pm   Meet at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.)\n4:30pm   Depart from Hyde Park\n5:00pm   Arrive at the Monastery\, welcome by Fr. Funk\n5:15pm   Office of Vespers\n5:45pm   Dinner & Discussion\n7:15pm   Office of Compline\n8:00pm   Arrive back in Hyde Park
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-11-dinner-prayer-at-monastery-of-holy-cross-fr-peter-funk/
LOCATION:The Monastery of the Holy Cross\, 3111 South Aberdeen St.\nChicago\, IL 60608\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151111T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151111T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T153040Z
UID:10000584-1447259400-1447259400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Pondus Dei: The Weight of God in Anselm's Poetics
DESCRIPTION:cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop \nThe 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 his various writings –treatises\, meditations\, prayers\, and letters – into a comprehensive oeuvre. As a result of this poetic use of sola ratione\, his work is characterized by a certain playfulness. However lofty questions of divine absence and presence may be\, the sola ratione guarantees that meditating about questions of faith and reason keeps within the boundaries of a ‘divina commedia’ of sorts.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-11-pondus-dei-weight-of-god-in-anselms-poetics-burcht-pranger/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151109T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151109T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164803Z
UID:10000585-1447086600-1447097400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on Anselm of Canterbury: Reason\, Logic\, and Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Burcht Pranger (University of Amsterdam) \nREGISTER HERE \nOpen to current University of Chicago students. Dinner will be served. Readings will be provided for all participants. Others interested in attending\, please contact us. \nThis 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 question: how to read Anselm properly and comprehensively? Most often Anselm’s discourse in his various works is compartmentalized into either rational\, theological or meditative text blocks. By focusing on texts that differ as to their outlook\, we will try at once to honor the differences in discourse while at the same time tracing the various turns and moves Anselm makes both in argumentation and meditation. So doing\, it will become clear that\, where the various types may differ and are entitled to their independence\, Anselm’s rhetorical moves and turns will prove to be similar to each other to the point of telling us something comprehensive about his way of writing and reading. \nREADINGS: \nAnselm of Canterbury \n\nProslogion\, chapters 1-15\, 26.\nCur deus homo\, Preface\, book I\, chapters 1\,2\, 7\,21\, 25;  Book II\, chapters 17\, 18\, 19.\nFirst Meditation\n\nM.B. Pranger \n\nThe Artificiality of Christianity: Essays on the Poetics of Monasticism (Stanford\, Stanford University Press\, 2003); Introduction to Part Two: ‘Density.’
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-11-master-class-on-anselm-of-canterbury-reason-logic-meditation-burcht-pranger/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151029T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151029T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164806Z
UID:10000586-1446116400-1446121800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Toward a Theology of Science
DESCRIPTION:Tom McLeish (Durham University) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis event is open to students\, faculty\, and scientists at the University of Chicago. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending\, please contactinfo@lumenchrisit.org. \nAt this luncheon events\, student will discuss a chapter from Faith & Wisdom in Science (Oxford University Press\, 2014) on “A Theology of Science?” with author Tom McLeish. A PDF of the chapter will be made available to read beforehand and attendees will be given complimentary copies of the book. \nIn the book\, McLeish’s narrative approach develops a natural critique of the cultural separation of sciences and humanities\, suggesting an approach to science\, or in its more ancient form natural philosophy – the ‘love of wisdom of natural things’ – that can draw on theological and cultural roots. Following the theme of pain in human confrontation with nature\, it develops a ‘Theology of Science’\, recognising that both scientific and theological worldviews must be ‘of’ each other\, not holding separate domains. Science finds its place within an old story of participative reconciliation with a nature\, of which we start ignorant and fearful\, but learn to perceive and work with in wisdom. Surprisingly\, science becomes a deeply religious activity. There are urgent lessons for education\, the political process of decision-making on science and technology\, our relationship with the global environment\, and the way that both religious and secular communities alike celebrate and govern science.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-toward-a-theology-of-science-tom-mcleish/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151024T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151030T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164809Z
UID:10000587-1445716800-1446229800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Schola Antiqua Concert "The Night Watch: Music for Vespers"
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 24: 8:00PM\nSt. James Chapel\, Quigley Center\n103 E. Chestnut\, Chicago\, IL\n$25 General/$10 Student\nTICKETS \nFriday\, October 30\, 7:30PM\nSt. Joseph Chapel\, University of St. Francis\n500 Wilcox St.\, Joliet\, IL\n$10 General/$7 Student\nTICKETS \nFor more information visit the Schola Antiqua website.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-schola-antiqua-concert-night-watch-music-for-vespers-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:St. James Chapel\, Quigley Center\, 835 North Rush Street\nChicago\, IL 60611\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151016T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164812Z
UID:10000588-1445000400-1445011200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on "Love Alone is Credible"
DESCRIPTION:Rémi Brague (Sorbonne; University of Munich) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis 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. \nThe 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 the content of Revelation back to the self-assertion of God’s love through Christ. Beyond any merely human work of love\, always finite and imperfect\, the Christian message allows us to access Love as the ground of Being. The class will focus on the two central chapters 3 and 6 and possibly end with a foray into chapter 10. \nREQUIRED READING: \nH. U. von Balthasar\, Love Alone Is Credible\, tr. D. C. Schindler\, San Francisco\, Ignatius Press\, 2004. Chs. 3\, 6\, & 10. \nSECONDARY READING: \nPeter Henrici\, SJ\, “Hans Urs von Balthasar: a Sketch of His Life”\, Communio: International Catholic Review 16/3 (fall\, 1989): 306–50.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-master-class-on-love-alone-is-credible-remi-brague/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151015T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151015T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T164601Z
UID:10000589-1444923000-1444923000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:From Ancient Philosophy to Christian Wisdom: A Symposium
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-from-ancient-philosophy-to-christian-wisdom-a-symposium-remi-brague-reverend-brian-daley-sj/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151014T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151014T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164819Z
UID:10000590-1444840200-1444840200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Conservation as Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Rémi Brague (Sorbonne\, University of Munich)\n\nCosponsored by the France Chicago Center\n\n\nIf 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-conservation-as-conversation-remi-brague/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T161649Z
UID:10000591-1444244400-1444244400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Morals or Metaphysics: The Place of Charity in Christian Thought
DESCRIPTION:cosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop and the Early Christian Studies Workshop \nWhen 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-morals-or-metaphysics-place-of-charity-in-christian-thought-gary-a-anderson/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164825Z
UID:10000592-1444154400-1447794000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Church Fathers Non-Credit Course
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAYS \n6:00pm Buffet Dinner\n6:30pm Lecture \nIntended for current students and recent graduates of the University of Chicago. Others interested in attending please contactinfo@lumenchristi.org. \nREGISTER HERE \n“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”\n– Hans Urs von Balthasar\, “The Fathers\, the Scholastics\, and Ourselves” \nFrom the close of the apostolic age until the 8th century\, the Church Fathers developed a vision of Christian wisdom\, debated the nature of Christ\, grace and free will\, the role of the Church\, and the meaning of a Christian life in the context of a changing social and political world. This series will introduce students to major figures and themes of the patristic period and convey their relevance to the life of faith today. \nOctober 6\nSt. Ignatius of Antioch\nScott Moringiello\, DePaul University \nOctober 13\nSt. Irenaeus of Lyons\nScott Moringiello\, DePaul University \nOctober 20\nSt. Clement of Alexandria\nScott Moringiello\, DePaul University \nOctober 27\nSt. Jerome\nPaul Mankowski\, S.J.\, Lumen Christi Institute \nNovember 3\nSt. Athanasius of Alexandria\nAaron Canty\, Saint Xavier University \nNovember 10\nSt. Gregory of Nyssa\nAndrew Radde-Gallwitz\, University of Notre Dame \nNovember 17\nWhy the Fathers Still Matter\nMsgr. Michael Heintz\, University of Notre Dame
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-10-church-fathers-non-credit-course-scott-d-moringiello-paul-mankowski-sj-aaron-canty-andrew-radde-gallwitz-rev-msgr-michael-heintz/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150802T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150808T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
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:20260404T074057
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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:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241006T235414Z
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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:20150513T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150513T114500
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164837Z
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SUMMARY:Luncheon Discussion with Jim Perry on Ethics in Private Equity
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nIntended for Booth School of Business and other University of Chicago students. \nSponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute\, Booth Catholic Students\, the Christians in Business Group\, and the Private Equity Group. Lunch will be served.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-05-luncheon-discussion-with-jim-perry-on-ethics-in-private-equity-james-n-perry-jr/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150508T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150508T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164841Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "Seeing and Being Seen: a Reading of Nicholas of Cusa's "The Vision of God""
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago) \nREGISTER HERE \nNicholas 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. \nCopies of the book Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings (Paulist Press\, 1997) will be provided free of charge for participants. \nThis 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-05-master-class-on-seeing-being-seen-a-reading-of-nicholas-of-cusas-vision-of-god-jean-luc-marion/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150507T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T161731Z
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SUMMARY:The Jewish Roots of Catholic Charity
DESCRIPTION:Gary A. Anderson (University of Notre Dame; author of Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition) \nIt has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor. Though ancient Greeks and Romans were also generous\, they funded theaters and baths rather than poorhouses and orphanages. How might we explain this difference? In this significant reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition\, Gary Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. Though concerns for social justice were not unknown to early Jews and Christians\, the poor achieved the importance they did primarily because they were thought to be “living altars\,” a place to make a sacrifice\, a loan to God that he\, as the ultimate guarantor\, could be trusted to repay in turn. Contrary to the assertions of Reformation and modern critiques\, belief in a heavenly treasury was not just about self-interest. Sifting through biblical and post biblical texts\, Anderson shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it. \nHosted by Jenner & Block. Cosponsored by The Lumen Christi Institute\, The Catholic Lawyers Guild\, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers\, The Jewish Judges Association of Illinois\, and The National Center for the Laity.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-05-jewish-roots-of-catholic-charity-gary-a-anderson/
LOCATION:Jenner & Block\, 45th Floor\, 353 N Clark St.\nChicago\, IL 60654\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150506T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150506T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T153920Z
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SUMMARY:On a Possible Epistemology of Revelation
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago) \ncosponsored by the Philosophy Department \nHow is it possible to admit a rational truth that at the same moment could not be achieved by mere rationality? This implies a revision of the definition of knowing\, and of the relation between will and understanding. Saint Augustine and Pascal – with some others – may give a clue.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-05-on-a-possible-epistemology-of-revelation-jean-luc-marion/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150430T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164850Z
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SUMMARY:The Family in the Changing Economy
DESCRIPTION:How does today’s economy impact the modern family? Several trends link mounting burdens on family life to economics: children are raised amid familial and fiscal instability\, young people are delaying or forgoing marriage\, the elderly are made increasingly vulnerable with a growing distance between generations and rising health care costs\, and the families of economic refugees are often divided across national borders or go legally unrecognized. Yet families form us as persons and are integral both to society and the economy. Situated between the 2014 and 2015 Synod Of Bishops On The Family\, this symposium will feature dialogue among Bishop Cantù\, economists\, and scholars on what insights Catholic social teaching and contemporary economics can offer into the current crisis of the family in the changing economy. \nOpening Remarks\nBlase J. Cupich\, Archbishop of Chicago \nKeynote Address\nOscar Cantú\, Bishop of Las Cruces\, NM; Chair\, USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace \nPanelists\nPierre-André Chiappori\, Columbia University\nWilliam Evans\, University of Notre Dame\nChristine Firer Hinze\, Fordham University\nValerie Ramey\, University of California\, San Diego \nThis program is part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s Seventh Annual Conference in Economics and Catholic Social Thought\, a continuing exchange between research economists\, bishops\, and scholars. \n\nPresented by the Lumen Christi Institute for Catholic Thought. Co-sponsored by The International House Global Voices Program\, & The Seng Foundation Program for Market-Based Programs and Catholic Values at the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-family-in-changing-economy-bishop-oscar-cantu-pierre-andre-chiappori-william-evans-christine-firer-hinze-valerie-ramey/
LOCATION:International House at the University of Chicago\, 1414 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150424T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150424T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T185045Z
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SUMMARY:Amor Vincit Omnia: Keynote Lecture by Giuseppe Mazzotta
DESCRIPTION:Giuseppe Mazzotta (Yale University)\nKeynote Lecture for the Graduate Student Conference on “Amor Vincit Omnia: Love as a Destructive Force in Italian Arts and Literature” \n\nSponsored by: The Franke Institute for the Humanities\, the Norman Waite Harris Fund\, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago\, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures\, the Department of Art History\, the Center for Study of Gender and Sexuality\, the Western Mediterranean Workshop\, and the Lumen Christi Institute. \nFor more information\, please contact: Taylor Dimke at tdimke [at] uchicago.edu.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-amor-vincit-omnia-keynote-lecture-by-giuseppe-mazzotta-giuseppe-mazzotta/
LOCATION:Breasted Hall\, Oriental Institute\, 1155 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150423T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164856Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Dante's Theology of the Future: Inferno XIX and Paradiso XXXIII
DESCRIPTION:Due to the funeral of our friend\, supporter\, and Episcopal Moderator His Eminence Francis Cardinal George\, O.M.I. taking place on Thursday\, we will unfortunately have to cancel the event with Giuseppe Mazzotta on “Dante’s Theology of the Future.” \n\nIf you have already paid a registration fee\, you will be refunded in the coming days. We also plan to reschedule the event for sometime in the near future. \n\n\n…so did I strive with this new mystery:\n   I yearned to know how could our image fit\n   into that circle\, how could it conform;\nbut my own wings could not take me so high-\n   then a great flash of understanding struck\n   my mind\, and suddenly its wish was granted.\nAt this point power failed high fantasy\n   but\, like a wheel in perfect balance turning\,\n   I felt my will and my desire impelled\nby the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.\n– Dante\, The Divine Comedy: Paradise\, Canto XXXIII\, trans. Mark Musa
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-cancelled-dantes-theology-of-future-inferno-xix-paradiso-xxxiii-giuseppe-mazzotta/
LOCATION:Gallery Ballroom\, Hotel Palomar\, 505 N State St.\nChicago\, IL 60654\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150418T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150419T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164859Z
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SUMMARY:Schola Antiqua Concert: A Renaissance Call to Arms
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 18\, 3:00pm\nLe Jardin at the First Division Museum\, Cantigny Park\, Wheaton\, IL\n$5 Parking; Free concert admission. DETAILS HERE \nSunday\, April 19\, 2:00pm\nArt Institute of Chicago\nConcert included with museum admission. DETAILS HERE \nSchola Antiqua celebrates the fascination with arms and battle in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries\, particularly in the realm of sacred music\, in which the notions of the Christian soldier and Christ as warrior played significant roles.\n\n\nSchola Antiqua of Chicago is currently the Artists-in-Residence at the Lumen Christi Institute. More information can be found HERE.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-schola-antiqua-concert-a-renaissance-call-to-arms-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Le Jardin at the First Division Museum\, Cantigny Park\, 1S151 Winfield Rd.\nWheaton\, IL 60189\, Wheaton\, IL\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150417T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150417T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164903Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "Athanasius and the Struggle for Orthodoxy"
DESCRIPTION:Brian Daley\, S.J. (University of Notre Dame) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis master class seminar will cover the theological and doctrinal issues surrounding the First Council of Nicaea\, focusing on the Arian controversy over the nature of Christ in relation to the Father. Participants will read and discuss primary texts from the early Nicene controversy with one of the world’s leading scholars of the Patristic period. \nReadings: \nThe Controversy over Arius of Alexandria: Letters by Arius\, Alexander of Alexandria\, and Eusebius of Ceasaraea: \n\nRusch\, William G. (ed.)\, The Trinitarian Controversy (Fortress\, 1980) pp. 29-44.\nHardy\, Edward R. (ed.)\, Christology of the Later Fathers (Westminster\, 1954) pp. 329-340.\n\nFrom Athanasius of Alexandria: \n\nOration Against the Arians\, chs. I-X\, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers; Second Series (Hendrickson\, 1994) vol. 4\, pp. 303-326.\nOn the Decrees of Nicea\, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers; Second Series (Hendrickson\, 1994) vol. 4\, pp. 149-172.\n\nSecondary Reading: \n\nAnatolios\, Khaled\, Retrieving Nicaea (Baker\, 2011) pp. 15-31; 99-133.\n\nThis 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.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-master-class-on-athanasius-struggle-for-orthodoxy-reverend-brian-daley-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150415T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150415T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164907Z
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SUMMARY:The Emergence of the Church's Culture of Biblical Interpretation and Theology: Rhetoric\, Philology\, and Gnosticism in the 2nd Century
DESCRIPTION:Lewis Ayres (University of Durham) \nTo understand the exegetical culture that nurtured and formed classical Patristic exegesis\, we must attend to some understudied features of the generation of Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria. This generation\, in response to the exegetical cultures of ‘Gnostic’ thinkers\, developed the exegetical practice that became fundamental for all later Christian doctrinal disputes and for Christian speculative thought. Bringing this historical moment into clearer focus helps us think about the character of Christian thought today.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-emergence-of-churchs-culture-of-biblical-interpretation-theology-rhetoric-philology-gnosticism-in-2nd-century-lewis-ayres/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150410T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164954Z
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SUMMARY:Is the Human Mind Reducible to Physics?
DESCRIPTION:a luncheon discussion with\nStephen M. Barr (University of Delaware) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis event is open to University of Chicago students. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending\, please contactinfo@lumenchrisit.org. \nMaterialism or “physicalism” holds that all things\, including human beings\, are completely explicable in physical terms. While ancient and medieval thinkers expressed this view\, it gained a new power with the success of Newtonian physics\, whose laws were universal and deterministic\, giving rise to the belief that the entire physical universe is a closed system of cause and effect. Does this reduction of human beings to purely physical factors eliminate the possibility of free will? Is an understanding of the human mind as immaterial made impossible by the discoveries of the natural sciences? In this discussion\, Prof. Stephen Barr will argue that there is more to the human mind than physicalism can explain\, and that reason and science\, including recent discoveries in quantum mechanics\, imply that the human mind is immaterial. \nParticipants are encouraged to read THIS SHORT PAPER by Prof. Barr in preparation for the discussion.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-is-human-mind-reducible-to-physics-stephen-m-barr/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T160625Z
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SUMMARY:Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict
DESCRIPTION:In many ways\, the supposed conflict between science and religion is really a conflict between “scientific materialism” and religion. The lecture will review the story of the relation between Christianity and science\, discuss several discoveries of the twentieth century (primarily in physics)\, and argue that these are more consonant with the traditional Judeo-Christian view of the cosmos and of human beings than with scientific materialism.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-science-religion-myth-of-conflict-stephen-m-barr/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150406T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150518T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165001Z
UID:10000608-1428343200-1431972000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth Non-Credit Course
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, April 7-May 19\nGavin House\, 1220 East 58th Street\n6:00pm: Dinner\n6:30pm: Presentation \nPaul Mankowski\, S.J. (Lumen Christi Institute Scholar-in-Residence) \nREGISTER HERE \nOpen to current university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contactinfo@lumenchristi.org. \n“This book is solely an expression of my personal search ‘for the face of the Lord’.”  Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth is the product of a lifetime’s prayerful contemplation of scripture by an eminent theologian\, for whom the person of Jesus is the key to understanding both the sacred text and the human person:  “Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about our origin and destiny: faith\, hope\, and love.”  The course will provide background for recognizing the several tributaries of Christian theology and scholarship that Benedict brings together in this work\, and will examine in detail the chief moments in the life of Jesus on which he throws new light.  No prior familiarity with the work of Josef Ratzinger is presumed.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-04-pope-benedicts-jesus-of-nazareth-non-credit-course-paul-mankowski-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150305T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150305T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T161531Z
UID:10000609-1425576600-1425576600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:John Paul II and the Crisis of Modern Times
DESCRIPTION:Russell Hittinger (University of Tulsa) \nThis lecture will compare the great pontificates that represented two “modern times”: Leo XIII at the end of the 19th century and John Paul II at the end of the 20th. Between Leo’s birth in 1810 to JPII’s death in 2005\, the lived experience of these two men encompass all modern times\, both secular and ecclesiastical – from Napoleon to the iPhone. What was at stake for the Church over the course of this rapidly changing century? How did the social teaching of these two popes differ in addressing the modern crises of their day?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-03-john-paul-ii-crisis-of-modern-times-russell-hittinger/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150228T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150228T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165009Z
UID:10000610-1425142800-1425157200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Lectio Divina at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross
DESCRIPTION:Intended for current university students. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org.\n\nJoin 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)\, dine with the monks\, and learn about the Benedectine tradition of Sacred Reading or Lectio Divina with Fr. Peter Funk\, O.S.B.\, prior of the monastery and alum of the University of Chicago. Divine Reading is an ancient Christian practice of reading scripture that includes reading\, meditation\, prayer\, and contemplation (Lectio\, Meditatio\, Oratio\, and Contemplatio). This is an excellent opportunity to get into the prayerful spirit of Lent. \nSCHEDULE: \n4:00pm: Meet at Gavin House (1220 E. 58th St.)\n4:30pm: Depart from Hyde Park\n5:00pm: Arrive at the Monastery of the Holy Cross\, Welcome and Introduction\n5:15pm: Office of Vespers\n5:40pm: Dinner\n6:20pm: Introduction to Lectio Divina by Fr. Peter Funk\n7:15pm: Office of Compline\n8:00pm: Arrive back in Hyde Park \nTo find out more about liturgy at the monastery\, go HERE.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-lectio-divina-at-benedictine-monastery-of-holy-cross-fr-peter-funk/
LOCATION:The Monastery of the Holy Cross\, 3111 South Aberdeen St.\nChicago\, IL 60608\, Chicago\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T164719Z
UID:10000612-1424523600-1424529000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Science\, Faith\, and the New Atheism
DESCRIPTION:John Haught (Georgetown University \nThe bestselling books by the “New Atheists” Richard Dawkins\, Sam Harris\, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens provide colorful portraits of the evils of religions\, especially those that profess belief in a personal God. In their passionate denunciation of faith in God\, the New Atheists appeal not only to morality but also to reason to convince readers of the absolute wrongness of belief in God. This lecture will summarize the main claims of the New Atheists and examine whether these claims are themselves reasonable.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-science-faith-new-atheism-john-f-haught/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165013Z
UID:10000611-1424523600-1424529000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The New Atheism: A Conversation with John Haught
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nIn this luncheon conversation with students\, Prof. John Haught will discuss the New Atheist critiques of religion. Do such arguments live up to a strict adherence to reason? Do they do justice to the religions they rebuke or\, for that matter\, the atheism they champion? \nThis event is open to all University of Chicago students. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending\, please contact info@lumenchrisit.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-new-atheism-a-conversation-with-john-haught-john-f-haught/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165019Z
UID:10000613-1424460600-1424548800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Schola Antiqua Concert: "The Lion's Ear: Music for Leo X"
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 20\, 2015\, 7:30pm\nBond Chapel\, University of Chicago\nSaturday\, February 21\, 8:00pm\nSt. Clement Church\, Chicago \nA concert by Schola Antiqua of Chicago\nTickets available online or at the door (cash\, check or credit)\n$25 adults / $10 student and senior \nSchola Antiqua teams up the talented young lutenist Ryaan Ahmed to present music in the milieu of Pope Leo X (r. 1513-21)\, one of the sixteenth century’s most important patrons of the arts. Part of the program will be devoted to sacred works that Leo “the Lion” would have encountered in the Sistine ]Chapel\, an institution known for producing the most luxurious music of the time. The second half of the program will feature secular music from the pontiff’s esteemed lute player\, Francesco da Milano. Ahmed will showcase some of the rousing and virtuosic sounds from the pope’s private quarters.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-schola-antiqua-concert-lions-ear-music-for-leo-x-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Bond Chapel & Swift Hall\, 1025 E. 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150219T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150219T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165023Z
UID:10000614-1424367000-1424367000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Theology and Evolutionary Naturalism: How Much Can Biology Explain?
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 19\, 4:30pm\nBSLC 001\, 924 East 57th Street \nJohn Haught (Georgetown University) \nREGISTER HERE \nMany scientists and philosophers claim that a Darwinian understanding of life has rendered the idea of God unnecessary. Descent\, diversity\, design\, death\, suffering\, sex\, intelligence\, morality\, and religion—features of life that had previously been understood theologically—now seem open to a purely natural explanation. This lecture will consider whether the claims of evolutionary naturalists are coherent and whether a theological understanding of life can still be reconciled with biological accounts. \ncosponsored by the Program on Medicine and Religion and the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-theology-evolutionary-naturalism-how-much-can-biology-explain-john-f-haught/
LOCATION:BSLC 001\, 924 E 57th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165026Z
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SUMMARY:Master Class on "The Causality of Petitionary Prayer: C.S. Lewis\, Peter Geach\, & Thomas Aquinas"
DESCRIPTION:Stephen L. Brock (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross) \nREGISTER HERE \nIf\, as Christians believe\, God is all-wise and all-good\, what sense does it make to ask Him for things?  He is already perfectly aware of our true needs\, and He already wants to provide for them.  Many of our petitions\, it seems\, will be ignorant and misguided; and the others\, unnecessary and superfluous.  And if He already knows everything that will happen\, can our requests really make a difference anyway?  Yet petitionary prayer is part of the whole Christian tradition.  Jesus himself practiced it\, exhorted His followers to do so\, and taught them how.  In this seminar\, we will first look at how petitionary prayer is defended by two 20th-century Christian thinkers\, C. S. Lewis and Peter Geach.  Then we will examine Thomas Aquinas’s position on the question.  The discussion will take us into such thorny topics as time and eternity\, divine foreknowledge and human freedom\, and even predestination. \nThis 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. \nFr. Brock will also be leading a summer seminar for graduate students in Rome this summer on “Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas.”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-master-class-on-causality-of-petitionary-prayer-c-s-lewis-peter-geach-thomas-aquinas-stephen-l-brock/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150205T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150205T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T184738Z
UID:10000616-1423157400-1423157400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Aquinas' Third Way of Proving a God: Logic or Love?
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop \nThomas Aquinas’ famous five ways of proving the existence of a God continue to intrigue and perplex his readers. The most troublesome is perhaps the third—the one based on the possible and the necessary—to which all sorts of objections can be heard: logical\, scientific\, theological\, phenomenological\, even Thomistic. Contrary to the usual assumption\, however\, the kind of possibility and necessity that the third way regards does not seem to be the logical kind.  In a sense\, it has more to do with love than with logic. This reading puts the problems that the third way faces\, and also the God that it affirms\, in a rather different light. \nFr. Brock will also be leading a summer seminar for graduate students in Rome this summer on “Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas.”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-02-aquinas-third-way-of-proving-a-god-logic-or-love-stephen-l-brock/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150130T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150130T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165033Z
UID:10000617-1422630000-1422644400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on The Interior Castle of Teresa of Ávila
DESCRIPTION:Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago) \nREGISTER HERE \nIn this three-hour seminar\, Prof. McGinn will lead students through the major themes of Teresa of Ávila’s The Interior Castle\, a masterpiece of Christian mysticism by one of the most profound spiritual figures in the History of Christianity. \nParticipants will be provided with a complimentary copy of the book if needed and are required to read it in preparation for the seminar. The Paulist Press version of Teresa of Avila: The Interior Castle is preferred but not required if you already own another version. \nThis master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students\, including non-University of Chicago students. Copies of the book can be mailed or picked up at Gavin House.  Space is limited and offered on a first-come\, first-served basis. If you have any questions\, please contact Mark Franzen.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-master-class-on-interior-castle-of-teresa-of-avila-bernard-mcginn/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150128T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150128T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165036Z
UID:10000618-1422466200-1422466200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Interior Life: Literary\, Psychoanalytic\, and Spiritual Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:a symposium with\nJonathan Lear (University of Chicago)\nBernard McGinn (University of Chicago)\nLisa Ruddick (University of Chicago)\nRosanna Warren (University of Chicago)\nThomas Pavel\,  Moderator (University of Chicago) \ncosponsored by the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought \nREGISTER HERE \nMany of the cultural products of the world’s civilizations have arisen out of the inner life of religious figures\, poets\, and philosophers\, in which the roots of self-knowledge\, creative imagination\, or communion with God are found. Without neglecting the interior lives of ordinary people\, one can cite as examples Socrates’s mystic trances\, St. Teresa of Avila’s discovery of an “interior castle\,” Keat’s practice of “negative capability\,” or the self-knowledge Freud found in his dreams and self-analysis. What does it mean to have an interior life and to what extent is such a life made more difficult in the busyness of our technological culture?
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-interior-life-literary-psychoanalytic-spiritual-perspectives-jonathan-lear-bernard-mcginn-lisa-ruddick-rosanna-warren/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150121T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150121T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T185237Z
UID:10000619-1421861400-1421861400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Abraham and the Absoluteness of God
DESCRIPTION:Jon Levenson (Harvard University) \nCosponsored by the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Jewish Studies Workshop \nThe patriarch Abraham has a central role in the self-understanding of Jews\, Christians\, and Muslims. He is also widely considered a symbol of common ancestry\, moral conviction and future unity among the three “Abrahamic” religions. This lecture will consider the distinct interpretations Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam have given to the biblical narratives concerning Abraham\, exploring the enduring theological divergences and agreements.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-abraham-absoluteness-of-god-jon-d-levenson/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150116T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165042Z
UID:10000620-1421427600-1421427600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Thomas Merton: the Writing Life and the Contemplative Life
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Cunningham (University of Notre Dame) \ncosponsored by Calvert House and the Chicago Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society \nAmong the most well-known spiritual figures of the 20th Century\, Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an aspiring poet and writer before his conversion and eventual entrance into a Trappist Monastery in 1941. It took time for Merton to understand that his writing was not alien to his chosen contemplative vocation but integral to it. This realization helped him to write works such as Thoughts in Solitude and New Seeds of Contemplation and deepened his spiritual development in all of its complexity. Merton helps us to understand how writing might be considered a contemplative act suitable for every state of the writer’s life. \nJanuary 31\, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s birth.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-thomas-merton-writing-life-contemplative-life-lawrence-s-cunningham/
LOCATION:Social Sciences\, Room 122\, 1126 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150106T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150303T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165045Z
UID:10000621-1420502400-1425340800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:"Figures of Renaissance\, Reform\, & Renewal" Non-Credit Course
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, January 6-March 3\nGavin House\, 1220 East 58th Street\n6:00pm:  Informal Dinner\n6:30pm: Presentation \nREGISTER HERE \nIntended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org. \nSCHEDULE: \nTuesday\, January 6\nGeert Grote and Devotio Moderna\nAaron Canty\, Saint Xavier University \nTuesday\, January 13\nJulian of Norwich\nScott Moringiello\, DePaul University \nTuesday\, January 20\nA Recipe for Conversion and Reform: St. Catherine of Siena’s Letter 346 to Pope Urban VI\nKaren Scott\, DePaul University \nTuesday\, January 27\nThe Council of Constance\nScott Moringiello\, DePaul University \nTuesday\, February 3\nErudition\, Education\, and Reform:\nErasmus and Renaissance Christian Humanism\nBrad Gregory\, University of Notre Dame \nTuesday\, February 10\nSpiritualism in the Reformation\nSusan Schreiner\, University of Chicago \nTuesday\, February 17\nTeresa of Ávila\nPaul Mankowski\, S.J.\, LCI Scholar-in-Residence \nTuesday\, February 24\nDante Alighieri\nAda Palmer\, University of Chicago \nTuesday\, March 3\nThe Syncretic\, Radical and Hybrid Christianities of Renaissance Humanists\nAda Palmer\, University of Chicago
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-figures-of-renaissance-reform-renewal-non-credit-course/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150102T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165048Z
UID:10000622-1420218000-1420228800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Vocation of a Christian Law Professor
DESCRIPTION:An event for legal scholars and law students cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Law Professors’ Christian Fellowship. \nFRIDAY\, JANUARY 2\n4:00-7:00PM\nUniversity Club of Washington\, DC\n1135 16th Street NW\nWashington\, DC 20036 \nwith\nBarbara E. Armacost (University of Virginia Law School)\nRobert Vischer (University of St. Thomas School of Law) \nREGISTER HERE \nThis event is intended for legal scholars and law students. Others interested in attending\, please contact info@lumenchristi.org or 773-955-5887. \nEVENT SCHEDULE: \n4:00\n“The Vocation of a Christian Lawyer”\nwith Barbara E. Armacost & Robert Vischer \n5:15\nVespers\, Fr. Paul K. Rourke\, S.J. \n5:45\nReception
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2015-01-vocation-of-a-christian-law-professor-barbara-e-armacost-robert-vischer/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141114T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165051Z
UID:10000623-1415970000-1415975400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Majoring in Fear: The Decline of the Humanities among College Students Facing an Uncertain Future
DESCRIPTION:a luncheon discussion with\nMark Shiffman (Villanova University) \nREGISTER HERE \nMore than a decade ago\, David Brooks coined “organization kids” to describe a generation of America’s elite university students driven from early childhood toward a nearly certain goal: success. Today\, these students are not as confident that success is inevitable. They are often beleaguered by the fear that all of their effort and achievement won’t be enough. This anxiety has led to a steady decline in humanities majors across the country. In this discussion\, Prof. Shiffman will make a case for the humanities as an antidote to this anxiety and will discuss the importance of asking life’s fundamental questions in a University education. \nStudents are encouraged to read Prof. Shiffman’s short piece from First Things as a preface to the discussion. Lunch will be provided. \nSCHEDULE:\n1:00pm   Lunch\n1:20pm   Remarks by Prof. Shiffman\n1:40pm   Discussion\n2:30pm   Adjourn \nThis event is open to all university students.\nOthers interested in attending\, please contact info@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-majoring-in-fear-decline-of-humanities-among-college-students-facing-an-uncertain-future-mark-shiffman/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141113T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165054Z
UID:10000624-1415899800-1415899800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Myth of Romantic Love: Denis de Rougemont's Love in the Western World
DESCRIPTION:Mark Shiffman (Villanova University) \ncosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop \n“…is there a notion of love abroad in the world which\, although we do not yet realize it\, renders the marriage bond intolerable in its very essence?” Denis de Rougemont\, Love in the Western World \nThe celebration of passionate romantic love in the modern West has its cultural roots in the courtly poetry of medieval Provence. In Love in the Western World\, Denis de Rougemont argues that this poetic tradition tacitly communicates the religious vision of the Cathars\, a Gnostic dualist sect that disdained marriage and the body. His thesis unfolds into a provocative exploration of the sometimes hidden relationships of religion and culture\, eros\, God\, nihilism and the question of a good life. \nThis lecture celebrates the 75th anniversary of the original publication of L’Amour et l’Occident.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-myth-of-romantic-love-denis-de-rougemonts-love-in-western-world-mark-shiffman/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141107T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165057Z
UID:10000625-1415376000-1415386800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on "On the God of the Christians" with Rémi Brague
DESCRIPTION:A master class discussion on\nOn the God of the Christians (and one or two others) by Rémi Brague\n\nwith Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) \nREGISTER HERE \nIn this one-off seminar\, participants will discuss the bookOn the God of the Christians with the author\, philosopher Rémi Brague. They will discuss Prof. Brague’s philosophical treatment of the unique character of the Christian conception of God among religions and philosophies. Topics will include the nature of Christian monotheism; revelation; the relation of Christianity\, Islam\, and Judaism; the Trinity; the Good; and human freedom. \nParticipants will be provided with a complimentary copy of the book and are required to read in in preparation for the seminar. \n“Rémi Brague is one of the few scholars alive who is equally an expert on medieval Arabic\, Jewish\, and Latin philosophy (as well as on ancient Greek philosophy). He is an extraordinary linguist in both ancient and modern languages\, which enables a truly subtle analysis of texts and ideas.”\n—Kent Emery\, Jr. (Professor of Liberal Studies\, University of Notre Dame) \nThis master class is open to all graduate and undergraduate students\, including non-University of Chicago students. Copies of the book can be mailed or picked up at Gavin House.  Space is limited and offered on a first-come\, first-served basis. If you have any questions\, please contact Mark Franzen.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-master-class-on-on-god-of-christians-with-remi-brague-remi-brague/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141106T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141106T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T164626Z
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SUMMARY:Does Christianity Need Metaphysics?
DESCRIPTION:a symposium with\nRémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich)\nJean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago) \ncosponsored by the France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-does-christianity-need-metaphysics-remi-brague-jean-luc-marion/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141105T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141105T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165103Z
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SUMMARY:The Necessity of Goodness
DESCRIPTION:Rémi Brague (Sorbonne/University of Munich) \ncosponsored by the France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago \nWe commonly conceive of the Good as being what we should do\, sharing Aristotle’s rejection of Plato’s Idea of the Good and his reduction of the good to what can be done by a free subject. Since this subject is a human being\, it must first come to be by being born\, a process in which we don’t “do” anything and are radically non-free. To what extent can we call this process “good”? If not\, we cannot  ensure the perpetuation of humankind. Should humankind go on existing\, and doing that for solid reasons\, we will have to rehabilitate something like the Idea of the Good. \n“Rémi Brague is one of the few scholars alive who is equally an expert on medieval Arabic\, Jewish\, and Latin philosophy (as well as on ancient Greek philosophy). He is an extraordinary linguist in both ancient and modern languages\, which enables a truly subtle analysis of texts and ideas.”\n—Kent Emery\, Jr. (Professor of Liberal Studies\, University of Notre Dame)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-necessity-of-goodness-remi-brague/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141101T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141101T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165106Z
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SUMMARY:Solemn Vespers\, Dinner\, and Discussion at the Monastery of the Holy Cross
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the Feast of All Saints for Solemn Vespers\, dinner\, and conversation with Prior Peter Funk at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. For Solemn Vespers\, the monks will sing traditional Gregorian chant and be accompanied by its choir-in residence Schola Laudis. This is a rare opportunity to experience prayer with beautiful sacred music in its proper liturgical setting. To read more about Solemn Vespers at the monastery\, visit HERE. \nSCHEDULE: \n4:30pm: Depart from Hyde Park\n5:00pm: Welcome and Introduction\n5:15pm: Office of Solemn Vespers\n6:00pm: Dinner and discussion with Fr. Peter Funk\n7:15pm: Office of Compline\n8:00pm: Arrive back in Hyde Park \nTo find out more about liturgy at the monastery\, go HERE. \nIntended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contactinfo@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-11-solemn-vespers-dinner-discussion-at-monastery-of-holy-cross-fr-peter-funk/
LOCATION:The Monastery of the Holy Cross\, 3111 South Aberdeen St.\nChicago\, IL 60608\, Chicago\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141029T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141029T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T164551Z
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SUMMARY:The Modern Scientist as a Palimpsest of Three Fausts
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Meredith (University of Chicago) \ncosponsored by the Theology & Religious Ethics Workshop \nA palimpsest is a manuscript or painting produced over a previous work. This lecture will treat “the modern scientist” as a palimpsest of three versions of the Faust story: The Faust Chapbook by an unknown author (1586)\, Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1808/1832)\, and the late masterpiece by Thomas Mann\, Doctor Faustus (1947). While none of these Fausts is purely a scientist (someone who primarily knows or seeks knowledge)\, the same can be said for those we consider to be scientists today\, who deal in various mixtures of science and technology. It will focus on three issues raised by these works: 1) the changing relationship between science and technology 2) the changing relationship between the pursuit of knowledge and technique on one hand\, and religion on the other and 3) scientists’ changing view of causality – and in particular\, of the final cause (telos).
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-modern-scientist-as-a-palimpsest-of-three-fausts-stephen-meredith/
LOCATION:Kent Hall\, Room 120\, 1020 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141025T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141026T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165112Z
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SUMMARY:Schola Antiqua Concert: "Uncloistered: Sounds from the Convent"
DESCRIPTION:“Uncloistered: Sounds from the Convent”\nSaturday\, October 25: 8:00pm\nSacred Heart Parish\, Winnetka\, IL\nSunday\, October 26: 3:30pm\nSt. Clement Church\, Chicago\, IL \nA concert by Schola Antiqua of Chicago Tickets available online or at the door (cash\, check or credit)$25 adults / $10 student and senior \nAn expanded roster of outstanding female voices presents a wide-ranging program of music heard in convents before the turn of the seventeenth century. The ensemble will lure listeners into the sound world of nuns across medieval and early modern Europe\, with soaring chants by Hildegard von Bingen\, scintillating early polyphony from the Codex Las Huelgas\, and poignant motets by Sulpitia Cesis.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-schola-antiqua-concert-uncloistered-sounds-from-convent-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Sacred Heart Parish\, 1077 Tower Rd.\nWinnetka\, IL 60093\, Winnetka\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141023T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165209Z
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SUMMARY:Monastic Silence and a Visual Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:A book talk and screening of documentary film-in-progress with Abbie Reese\ncosponsored by the Department of Cinema and Media Studies and Calvert House \n\nAbbie Reese will share the process entailed in a long-term oral history and visual arts project that is the basis for her recent book\, Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns (Oxford University Press\, 2014) and her documentary film in-progress\, Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). \nSet within the insular realm of the Corpus Christi Monastery\, Chosen (Custody of the Eyes) is a collaborative ethnographic and documentary film in-progress that emerges from research starting in 2005 and an ongoing relationship with members of the Poor Clare Colettine nuns.Chosen will form a filmic portrait of a young woman in the liminal phase\, evolving from “Heather” (a blogger\, painter\, and graphic design student) to a new identity within a cloistered order. Now renamed\, “Sister Amata” is in the process of becoming; she is assimilating into the community and the enclosure\, a 25\,000-square foot monastery on fourteen-acre gated premises. \nOne of the strictest religious orders in existence\, Poor Clare Colettine nuns follow an 800-year-old religious rule. Family members of the nuns are allowed up to four visits each year; they are always separated by the metal grille. This strict separation from the outside world serves a purpose: As cloistered contemplatives\, the nuns intervene on behalf of humanity\, observing the Liturgy of the Hours seven times a day and awaking at midnight to pray while the world sleeps. The nuns strive to become saints and “mothers of souls.” The enclosure –– rather than restricting them –– offers freedom; the metal grille keeps the world out. \nAbbie will play audio clips from the oral history interviews\, shows still photographs she made within the enclosure\, and shares clips from the film-in-progress. For more information on the film-in-progress\, visit this website. \nYou can read a write up on her book in the New Yorker HERE.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-monastic-silence-a-visual-dialogue-abbie-reese/
LOCATION:Film Studies Center\, Cobb 307\, 5811 S Ellis Ave.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141016T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T141754Z
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SUMMARY:A Guide to the Thought of Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:Anna Bonta Moreland (Villanova University) \nIn this luncheon presentation\, Argentinian-born theologian Anna Bonta Moreland employs Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel) as a roadmap to the Pope’s vision for the Church and the Christian life as a call to evangelization.  She  shows how the Apostolic Exhortation is representative of how Pope Francis thinks through most issues.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-a-guide-to-thought-of-pope-francis-anna-bonta-moreland/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141124T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165217Z
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SUMMARY:"Isaiah: Prophet & Poet" Non-Credit Course
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, Oct. 7-Nov. 25\nGavin House\, 1220 East 58th Street\n6:00PM Informal Dinner\n6:30PM Presentation \nFr. Paul Mankowski\, S.J. \nREGISTER HERE \nHe left a powerfully personal and enduring stamp on his and subsequent civilizations\, while almost nothing is known of the man himself.  Isaiah was not Israel’s first prophet\, yet can be said to have created once-for-all the terms of prophetic expression.  The vigor\, clarity and assurance with which he conveyed his oracles imposed a characteristic shape on prophecy that to this day remains unbroken.  As a poet\, further\, he brought into being a family of images so vital as to penetrate not only his own language but every language into which they have been translated.  In this course\, Fr. Mankowski will examine the prophet\, and his post-Exilic acolytes\, in the light of Israelite religion and the traditions of Hebrew poetry. \nTuesday\, October 7\nZion Agonistes — Chapter 1 \nTuesday\, October 14\nThe Song of the Lord’s Vineyard — Chapters 2-5 \nTuesday\, October 21\nThe Call of the Prophet — Chapters 6-12 \nTuesday\, October 28\nOracles and Apocalypse — Chapters 13-27 \nTuesday\, November 4\nDefeat and Restoration — Chapters 28-39 \nTuesday\, November 18\nThe Song of the Suffering Servant — Chapters 40-55 \nTuesday\, November 25\nThe Song of the Glorious Zion — Chapters 55-66 \nIntended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contactinfo@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-10-isaiah-prophet-poet-non-credit-course-paul-mankowski-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140916T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165221Z
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SUMMARY:Spousal Vision: Seeing the Church with Lumen Gentium
DESCRIPTION:John Cavadini (University of Notre Dame) \nThe Lumen Christi Institute is pleased to cosponsor this lecture\, which is part of an annual lecture series on “The Documents of the Second Vatican Council” sponsored by St. Procopius Abbey & Benedictine University. Previous lecturers in this series include Fr. Robert Barron and Francis Cardinal George. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Please contact Fr. Becket Franks\, O.S.B. with any questions at bfranks@procopius.org or (630) 829-9253.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-09-spousal-vision-seeing-church-with-lumen-gentium-john-cavadini/
LOCATION:St. Procopius Abbey Church\, 5601 College Rd.\nLisle\, IL 60532\, Lisle\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140727T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140801T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
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:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T180018Z
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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/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:20140626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T142746Z
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SUMMARY:A Crisis of Community: Catholic School Closures and Urban Neighborhoods
DESCRIPTION:A book event with the authors of Lost Classroom\, Lost Community: Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America Margaret Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett moderated by Fr. Tim Scully (Hackett Family Director\, Institute for Educational Initiatives\, University of Notre Dame) \nIn the past two decades in the United States\, more than 1\,600 Catholic elementary and secondary schools have closed\, and more than 4\,500 charter schools—public schools that are often privately operated and freed from certain regulations—have opened\, many in urban areas. With a particular emphasis on Catholic school closures\, Lost Classroom\, Lost Communityexamines the implications of these dramatic shifts in the urban educational landscape. \nMore than just educational institutions\, Catholic schools promote the development of social capital—the social networks and mutual trust that form the foundation of safe and cohesive communities. Drawing on data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and crime reports collected at the police beat or census tract level in Chicago\, Philadelphia\, and Los Angeles\, Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett demonstrate that the loss of Catholic schools triggers disorder\, crime\, and an overall decline in community cohesiveness\, and suggest that new charter schools fail to fill the gaps left behind. \nThis book shows that the closing of Catholic schools harms the very communities they were created to bring together and serve\, and it will have vital implications for both education and policing policy debates. \ncosponsored by the Alliance for Catholic Education\, Notre Dame Law School\, and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Schools Office
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-06-a-crisis-of-community-catholic-school-closures-urban-neighborhoods-margaret-f-brinig-nicole-stelle-garnett/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140622T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140626T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
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:20140614T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165237Z
UID:10000639-1402770600-1402837200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Music of the Hours
DESCRIPTION:June 14\, 2014\, 7:30pm\nSt. Anthony of Padua Church\nWest Harrison\, NY \nJune 15\, 2014\, 2:00pm\nThe Morgan Library & Museum\nGilder Lehrman Hall\nNew York City\, NY. \nOrder tickets. \nSchola Antiqua debuts on the East Coast\, presenting concerts inspired by prayer books of the late Middle Ages\, including the Book of Hours. Roger Wieck\, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at The Morgan Library & Museum\, shares stunning devotional art of the early sixteenth century\, while the ensemble divulges a sound world prompted by these precious volumes. The Sunday performance at The Morgan Library is given in connection with the exhibit “Miracles in Miniature: The Art of the Master of Claude de France.” \nSponsored in part by The Morgan Library & Museum\, the Lumen Christi Institute\, and the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-06-music-of-hours-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:St. Anthony of Padua Church\, 85 Harrison St.\nWest Harrison\, NY 10604\, West Harrison\, NY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140522T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140522T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T182946Z
UID:10000640-1400776200-1400776200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Baudelaire and Maistre: the Weight of Original Sin
DESCRIPTION:By 1851\, the poet Charles Baudelaire had become obsessed — in contrast to his previous anarchist position — with the views of the reactionary and fiercely Catholic Joseph de Maistre. Maistre argued that Original Sin “explains everything\,” a perspective that Baudelaire was to adopt\, and which markedly changed his poetry. This lecture will consider Baudelaire’s preoccupation with sin in light of Kierkegaard’s treatment of anxiety and sin in The Concept of Anxiety.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-baudelaire-maistre-weight-of-original-sin-francoise-meltzer/
LOCATION:Social Sciences\, Room 122\, 1126 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140514T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140514T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165243Z
UID:10000641-1400085000-1400085000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Symposium on The Sacredness of the Person
DESCRIPTION:Michael Geyer (University of Chicago)\, Moderator\nHans Joas (University of Chicago)\nJohn D. Kelly (University of Chicago)\nBen Laurence (University of Chicago)\nWilliam Schweiker (University of Chicago) \ncosponsored by the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago \nREGISTER HERE \nThis symposium will discuss The Sacredness of the Person\, a recent book by Professor Hans Joas. \nWhat are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand—and realize—these rights going into the future? In The Sacredness of the Person\, internationally renowned sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas tells a story that differs from conventional narratives by tracing the concept of human rights back to the Judeo-Christian tradition or\, alternately\, to the secular French Enlightenment. While drawing on sociologists such as Émile Durkheim\, Max Weber\, and Ernst Troeltsch\, Joas sets out a new path\, proposing an affirmative genealogy in which human rights are the result of a process of “sacralization” of every human being.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-symposium-on-sacredness-of-person-michael-geyer-hans-joas-john-d-kelly-ben-laurence-william-schweiker/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140509T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140510T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165246Z
UID:10000642-1399660200-1399748400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:A Mother's Mother: Music for St. Anne
DESCRIPTION:“A Mother’s Mother: Music for St. Anne”\nFriday\, May 9: 7:30pm\nBond Chapel\, University of Chicago (northeast of Ellis Ave. and 59th St.)\nSaturday\, May 10: 8:00pm\nSt. Clement Church\, 642 West Deming Place \nA concert Featuring Schola Antiqua of Chicago \nTickets available online or at the door (cash or credit)\n$25 adults / $10 student or senior \nThe late Middle Ages was a high water mark of devotion to the Virgin Mary. The proliferation of liturgies\, literature\, iconography\, and music for Mary spilled over to works in honor of her apocryphal mother\, St. Anne. Schola Antiqua explores chant and polyphonic music for the legendary grandmother of Christ in this program of chant and rich polyphony\, including works by Pierre de la Rue and Jean Mouton. Schola Antiqua’s concert series coincides with the release of Artistic Director Michael Alan Anderson’s book St. Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics\, published by Cambridge University Press in 2014.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-a-mothers-mother-music-for-st-anne-schola-antiqua-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Bond Chapel & Swift Hall\, 1025 E. 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165249Z
UID:10000643-1399566600-1399566600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:David Dancing Before the Ark: The Liturgical Theology Implicit in 2 Samuel 6
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Robert Barron\n(Rector of Mundelein Seminary/University of Saint Mary of the Lake;\nfounder of Word on Fire) \nDavid danced before the Ark as an image of humanity dancing with the Lord\, recovering the effortless harmony of Eden. In this lecture\, Robert Barron will explore the role of King David as a new Adam and cite the solemn protection God extends to the Ark of the Covenant as an example of the importance of proper worship. Throughout the Scriptures\, God attempts to “Eden-ize” man — that is\, to return him to harmony with Himself\, his fellow men and women\, and nature — by teaching him “right praise\,” culminating in the Lamb’s Supper as foretold in the Book of Revelation.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-david-dancing-before-ark-liturgical-theology-implicit-in-2-samuel-6-most-reverend-robert-barron/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140508T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074057
CREATED:20241003T165821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T163555Z
UID:10000644-1399550400-1399555800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Pope Francis and the New Evangelization
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Robert Barron\n(Rector\, Mundelein Seminary/University of Saint Mary of the Lake; founder\, Word on Fire) \nCosponsored by Word on Fire \nIn this lecture\, Fr. Robert Barron discussed how to put faith into action in today’s increasingly secular world. With Pope Francis as a model of how to present “the joy of the Gospel\,” Barron argued that Catholics have a duty to awaken the faith of the baptized and bring back those who have drifted. While the message has remained unchanged since the first century\, Catholics are called to share the beauty\, goodness\, and truth of the faith with new ardor\, new expressions\, and new methods that will reach the disenchanted and bring people closer to Christ and to his Church.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-pope-francis-new-evangelization-most-reverend-robert-barron/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lumenchristi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/o-pope-francis-570.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140502T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165255Z
UID:10000645-1399039200-1399050000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Master Class on "Thinking on One's Knees: Von Balthasar and Nasr on Theology and Sanctity"
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Raymond Gawronski\, S.J. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology\, Berkeley) \nREGISTER HERE \nOpen to all graduate and undergraduate students (including non-University of Chicago students). Copies of the readings will be provided. Registration is required as space is limited. Please contact Mark Franzen with any questions. \nHans Urs von Balthasar’s distinction between “sitting” and “kneeling” theologies has become paradigmatic. He also thought the split between thinking  (dogmatic) and praying (mystical/spiritual) theologies has been the worst tragedy to befall Christianity in its long history. In his Gifford Lectures of 1980-81\, Persian born scholar and “perennialist” Seyyed Hossein Nasr surveyed the sweep of Western intellectual history\, tracing the separation of sacred/initiatory knowledge from abstract conceptualization. While both identify a historic break\, von Balthasar’s account differs profoundly in being radically Christocentric\, centering on the Logos that is Jesus Christ. \nIn this three-hour seminar session\, participants will discuss von Balthasar’s programmatic essay “Theology and Sanctity” (Explorations in Theology I\, pp. 181-209) and then attempt a dialogue with Nasr’s “Knowledge and Its Desacralization” (Knowledge and the Sacred\, ch. 1)\, with an eye toward healing what many see has been a catastrophic rupture.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-master-class-on-thinking-on-ones-knees-von-balthasar-nasr-on-theology-sanctity-raymond-gawronski/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140501T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165333Z
UID:10000646-1398967200-1398967200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Saint John Paul II and the Polish Catholic Experience
DESCRIPTION:Fr. Raymond Gawronski\, S.J. (Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology\, Berkeley) \ncosponsored by The Copernicus Foundation\, Calvert House\, and the Polish American Student Association \nOften referred to as “The Polish Pope\,” John Paul II is better described as a global pope. The Polish experience offers a unique perspective that bore fruit in the person of Pope John Paul II\, who held the world’s attention for decades and offered a way to be Catholic in the Church’s new situation of worldly powerlessness. Through the lens of the Polish experience in Europe and America  – the “Polish hermeneutic” – this talk will explore the contribution of the person and work of St. John Paul II to the Church and world. \n\n This lecture commemorates the April 27 canonization of Pope John Paul II.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-05-saint-john-paul-ii-polish-catholic-experience-raymond-gawronski/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165340Z
UID:10000647-1398434400-1398434400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:After Huizinga: The Low Countries as Cradle of Spiritual Innovation in the Late Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:Frits van Oostrom (Ultrecht University) \nThis public lecture is presented by the University of Chicago Divinity School. Cosponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion\, the Medieval Studies Workshop\, and the Lumen Christi Institute. \nFree and open to the public. Reception to follow.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-04-after-huizinga-low-countries-as-cradle-of-spiritual-innovation-in-late-middle-ages-frits-van-oostrom/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165343Z
UID:10000648-1398270600-1398270600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Holiness of John XXIII
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Cunningham (University of Notre Dame) \nREGISTER HERE \ncosponsored by Calvert House \nJust days before his canonization in the Catholic Church\, this lecture will meditate on the spiritual life of Pope John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli) with special attention to the posthumous publication of his The Journal of a Soul. It will argue that his long pastoral ministry\, including those few years in the papal office\, derived its energy from a sustained life of prayer seeking the “face of Christ.” The seamless weaving of action and contemplation explains why in his own lifetime he was familiarly known as “Good Pope John.”
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-04-holiness-of-john-xxiii-lawrence-s-cunningham/
LOCATION:Kent Hall\, Room 120\, 1020 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165347Z
UID:10000649-1396893600-1399917600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Francis the Jesuit: The Sources of Thought of Pope Francis Non-Credit Course
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe course will examine selected discourses of Pope Francis against a background of classical and recent Jesuit spiritual writings\, beginning with the founder of the Jesuit order\, St. Ignatius Loyola\, and his contemporaries.  No prior familiarity with the subject matter will be presumed. \n6:00PM Informal Dinner\n6:30PM Presentation \nIntended for university students and recent graduates. Others interested in attending please contact info@lumenchristi.org.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-04-francis-jesuit-sources-of-thought-of-pope-francis-non-credit-course-paul-mankowski-sj/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140403T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140403T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165352Z
UID:10000650-1396540800-1396548000@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:The Human Person\, Economics & Catholic Social Thought
DESCRIPTION:“The current financial crisis can make us overlook the 
fact that it originated in a profound human crisis: 
the denial of the primacy of the human person!”\n– Pope Francis\, Evangelii Gaudium\n\nThe human person is a contested terrain. Within the fields of Economics and Catholic Social Thought\, each maintain distinct conceptions of and emphases on the human person that impact their respective diagnoses of contemporary crises and proposed solutions. Drawing together economists\, bishops and scholars\, this symposium will explore fundamental convergences and divergences in the conception of the human person in Economics and Catholic Social Thought. \nThis program is part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s Sixth Annual Conference in Economics and Catholic Social Thought\, a continuing exchange between research economists\, bishops\, and scholars. \nCo-sponsored by the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought\, The International House Global Voices Program\, The Seng Foundation Program for Market-Based Programs and Catholic Values\, & The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-04-human-person-economics-catholic-social-thought-francis-cardinal-george-omi-mary-hirschfeld-jesus-fernandez-villaverde-rachel-e-kranton-russell-hittinger/
LOCATION:International House at the University of Chicago\, 1414 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140328T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140328T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165355Z
UID:10000651-1396022400-1396029600@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:"Pacem in Terris after Fifty Years: Lessons for the Middle East?" at Harvard Law School
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:\nRussell Hittinger (University of Tulsa)\nRespondents:\nAndrew Bacevich (Boston University)\nHabib Malik (Lebanese American University)\nModerator:\nMary Ann Glendon (Harvard Law School) \nREGISTER HERE \nOn April 11\, 1963\, amid the tensions of the Cold War\, and shortly after the erection of the Berlin Wall\, Pope John XXIII addressed his encyclical Pacem in terris to all people of good will. He invites them to consider the conditions for establishing universal peace on earth in truth\, justice\, charity\, and liberty. This symposium will examine the affirmations of Pacem in terris as they bear today on human rights\, religious freedom\, and the international political and economic order with special consideration of the situation of Christians in the Middle East. \nThis event is the inaugural event of the New England Forum for Catholic Social Thought\, part of the Lumen Christi Institute’s Program in Catholic Social Thought.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-03-pacem-in-terris-after-fifty-years-lessons-for-middle-east-at-harvard-law-school-russell-hittinger-andrew-j-bacevich-habib-c-malik-mary-ann-glendon/
LOCATION:Austin Hall\, Room 100 North\, 1515 Massachusetts Ave.\nCambridge\, MA 02138\, Harvard University
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140320T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165444Z
UID:10000652-1395334800-1395334800@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Jewish & Catholic Approaches to Property & Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Eduardo Peñalver (University of Chicago Law School)\nJoseph William Singer (Harvard Law School) \nREGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT \n1.5 hours Ethics/Professionalism CLE credit CA\, IL and NY. \nSCHEDULE: \n5:00 PM: Registration and Refreshments\n5:15 PM: Welcoming Remarks by Craig Martin (Partner\, Jenner & Block)\n5:20 PM: Introduction by the Hon. Thomas More Donnelly (Associate Judge\, Circuit Court of Cook County)\n5:25 PM: Presentation by Eduardo Peñalver
 (University of Chicago Law School)\n5:45 PM: Presentation by Joseph William Singer
 (Harvard Law School)\n6:05: Panel Discussion\n6:25 PM: Q&A\n6:55 PM: Wine and Cheese Reception \nBoth Jewish and Catholic traditions teach that each human being is obliged to attend to the needs of the vulnerable and use property for the common good. The obligation to the vulnerable attaches to each person; it even is imposed on the poor oddly enough who are obligated to give something to others (even if what they do is exchange with each other) because the experience of giving to help others is part of what is crucial to human life and something the poor should not be deprived of. The traditional language also understands this to be a commandment from God\, which really means part of the structure of the world. \nAdditionally\, both rights and obligations flow from possessing property according to both Catholic and Jewish social justice teaching. The obligation to provide for the poor also forms a core social obligation attaching to the possession of property. From this obligation may arise certain entitlements–these entitlements are a subject of much controversy in our country today. However\, there can be no dispute that both religious traditions espouse the subordination of private property to the common good. This discussion will examine the legal\, religious\, and philosophical grounding for this common belief and consider the legal and political implications that follow. \nHosted by Jenner & Block.\nCosponsored by The Advocates Society\, The Catholic Lawyers Guild\, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers\, The Jewish Judges Association of Illinois\, and the National Center for the Laity
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-03-jewish-catholic-approaches-to-property-social-justice-eduardo-penalver-joseph-william-singer/
LOCATION:Jenner & Block\, 45th Floor\, 353 N Clark St.\nChicago\, IL 60654\, Downtown\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140313T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140313T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165448Z
UID:10000653-1394712000-1394717400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Who Was Saint Patrick?
DESCRIPTION:a luncheon address by\nPhilip Freeman (Luther College)\nwith an introduction by\nThe Hon. Edward M. Burke (Alderman\, 14th Ward; Chairman\, Finance Committee\, Chicago City Council) \nSponsored by the Boshell Family Foundation \nEveryone knows about St. Patrick\, the man who drove the snakes out of Ireland\, defeated fierce druids in contests of magic\, and used the shamrock to explain the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish. It’s a great story\, but none of it is true. Not only were there never any snakes in Ireland\, but Patrick wasn’t even Irish. The real story of this saint—pirates\, murder\, slavery\, escape\, and the struggles of faith against all odds—is even better.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2014-03-who-was-saint-patrick-philip-freeman/
LOCATION:University Club of Chicago\, 76 E Monroe St\nChicago\, IL 60603\, Downtown\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T161656Z
UID:10000654-1384459200-1384459200@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:John of the Cross: A Mystic's Poetry
DESCRIPTION:John of the Cross (1542-1591)\, saint and doctor of the church\, is known for his mystical doctrine and his theme of the “dark night.” This lecture explores John’s stunningly beautiful poetry and makes a claim for the primacy of this poetry which was shaped by the erotic poetry of the Song of Songs and which John requested be sung for him as he lay dying. \nThis lecture is made possible in part by a grant from the Carmelite Friars at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-11-john-of-cross-a-mystics-poetry-keith-egan/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130831T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130831T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T163036Z
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SUMMARY:The Divine is Everywhere
DESCRIPTION:Read the Chicago Maroon article about Dana Gioia’s visit to the University of Chicago HERE. \nDana Gioia—award-winning poet (American Book Award\, 2002; Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal Recipient\, 2010) and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts—takes the faith seriously. During his career as a businessman and later when living in Washington D.C.\, he drew strength from rereading Augustine’s City of God\, helping him resist the lust for wealth\, power\, and status that tempts many who find themselves in corporate America and the nation’s capital. \nGioia eschews an understanding of the faith that is glib and glossy\, that doesn’t explore the dark and squalid aspects of human nature\, as well as the terrifyingly beautiful. In a recent interview for the literary journal Image\, Gioia says: “I am not drawn to the stage business of Catholicism—its pomp and circumstance.” Furthermore\, he says of his own writing: “I write from the daily particulars of real life. You shouldn’t have to visit the Vatican to sense the divine. It is everywhere if you know how to look.” \nIndeed\, Gioia has an uncanny ability to see the hand of the divine everywhere: in shopping malls\, in ghost stories\, even in the horoscope column of a newspaper. \nIn sorrow and suffering\, too\, Gioia finds the hand of God waking the soul to the spiritual. \nBlessed is the pain that humbles us.\nBlessed is the distance that bars our joy. \nBlessed is this shortest day that makes us long for light.\nBlessed is the love that in losing we discover. \nOf his poem “Prayer at Winter Solstice” published in his latest book Pity the Beautiful\, he says: “It is a set of beatitudes that praise the suffering and renunciation necessary to make us spiritually alert… .It is also a poem about facing the hard realities of our existence. Our feel-good society tries to deny suffering.” \nBeauty\, suffering—everything offers the opportunity for grace. \n“The notion of suddenly being ‘saved’ feels alien to a Catholic who sees life as a pilgrimage in which each step forward can easily be followed by a fall backward from grace. For that reason the great Catholic writers characteristically write about the experience of sinners rather than the saints\, often people of great spiritual capacity who have lost their way\,” he says\, arguing for a faith that embraces the realities of damnation and salvation. “The great theme of Catholic imaginative literature is the violent and painful struggle for redemption in a fallen world.” \n****************************** \n\nOn October 17\, 2013\, Dana Gioia gave a luncheon talk on “Why Beauty Matters: Not Just to Artists But to Everyone\, Even Politicians” at the University Club of Chicago.\nLater that evening\, he gave a poetry reading at Gavin House\, home of the Lumen Christi Institute in Hyde Park.\nOn October 18\, 2014\, Gioia taught a seminar on “What is Catholic Poetry?” to students at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-08-divine-is-everywhere-dana-gioia/
LOCATION:University of Chicago\, 5801 S Ellis Ave\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130805T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130809T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T190737Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241006T235417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T191212Z
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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:20130605T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130605T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165519Z
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SUMMARY:The Spiritual Nature of Man
DESCRIPTION:“The Spiritual Nature of Man”\nAnselm Muller\, University of Trier \nCosponsored by the Department of Philosophy \nAre human beings essentially spiritual creatures or can human life be explained entirely by material principles? The great twentieth century philosopher\, Elizabeth Anscombe\, suggests that we are essentially spiritual beings because we are naturally and consciously oriented beyond our material life toward transcendent norms of truth and goodness.  This is the ground of our dignity and value over other\, non-spiritual animals.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-06-spiritual-nature-of-man-anselm-muller/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130530T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130530T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165523Z
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SUMMARY:Exile and the canzone in Dante's Earthly Paradise
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the Medieval Studies Workshop \nOften considered the greatest work of Italian literature\, Dante’s Divine Comedy depicts the exiled soul’s journey to God. At the end of thePurgatorio\, Dante reaches the Garden of Eden. But\, despite the setting of earthly paradise and the reappearance of the poet’s youthful love Beatrice\, the protagonist finds remorse in Eden rather than triumph. The Earthly Paradise cantos can be understood as a reclaiming of Dante’s former identity of spiritually exiled lyric poet\, wherein both poet and poem exist in a relationship of exile to the world that receives them.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-05-exile-canzone-in-dantes-earthly-paradise-laurence-hooper/
LOCATION:Classics 110\, 1010 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130529T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130529T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165526Z
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SUMMARY:Bernard of Clairvaux\, the Last of the Fathers and the End of the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by The Medieval Studies Workshop\nand The Theology Workshop \nThe 12th century monastic reformer Bernard of Clairvaux recruited hundreds of young men to the cloister or claustrum (enclosure) of Cistercian monastic life. The rhythm of life in the monastic enclosure not only rules the structured existence of the monks but also alters their experience of time from linear to circular while maintaining the goal of the world to come. Bernard’s eloquent insistence on this way of life represents the end of an era and\, to an extent\, the end of the Middle Ages.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-05-bernard-of-clairvaux-last-of-fathers-end-of-middle-ages-burcht-pranger/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130523T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130523T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165530Z
UID:10000663-1369321200-1369328400@lumenchristi.org
SUMMARY:Toward A Moral Economy: Globalization and the Developing World
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Lumen Christi Institute Program in Economics and Catholic Social Thought\, a continuing exchange between research economists\, bishops\, and scholars\, this symposium will address poverty and economic development; social\, cultural\, and economic integration; and emigration and its impact on developing countries. \n\nKeynote address:\nPeter Cardinal Turkson\, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace \nPresentations by:\nRobert Lucas\, University of Chicago Economics Department \nLuigi Zingales\, University of Chicago Booth School of Business \nJoseph Kaboski\, University of Notre Dame Economics Department \nSponsored by The Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago\, the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago\, and the Seng Foundation Endowment for Market-Based Programs & Catholic Values\, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts\, College of Arts and Letters\, University of Notre Dame.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-05-toward-a-moral-economy-globalization-developing-world-peter-cardinal-turkson-robert-lucas-luigi-zingales-joseph-kaboski/
LOCATION:Ida Noyes Hall\, Max Palevsky Cinema\, 1212 E 59th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130516T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130516T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165533Z
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SUMMARY:The Spirit's Bond: Gregory of Nyssa on the Inseparable Trinity
DESCRIPTION:The creed recited by Catholic\, Orthodox\, Anglican\, and many Protestant Christians every Sunday originated from the first two ecumenical councils of the Church\, Nicea (325) and Constantinople (381)\, which affirmed the divinity of Christ and the unity of the Trinity. Among the Cappadocian Fathers who developed and defended the affirmations of the creed\, Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395) is known for his contribution to the doctrine of the Trinity. Although he was cited by the Emperor Theodosius as an exemplar of Trinitarian orthodoxy\, the exact nature of his doctrine remains a matter of dispute. He has been accused of every heresy from modalism to tritheism. This lecture will attempt to sort out Gregory’s teaching by focusing on his discussion of the Spirit’s inseparable connection with the Father and the Son.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-05-spirits-bond-gregory-of-nyssa-on-inseparable-trinity-andrew-radde-gallwitz/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, First Floor Common Room\, 1025 E 58th St\,Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130501T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T074058
CREATED:20241003T165838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T165644Z
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SUMMARY:The Interior Castle of St. Teresa of Avila: A Map for our Spiritual Journey
DESCRIPTION:Long before developmental psychologists charted the seasons and passages of our human journey\, St. Teresa of Avila mapped the transformation of her personality under the impact of God’s love in 16th century Spain. At age 62\, this Carmelite nun wrote The Interior Castle\, a classic summary of her prayer experience. She images the soul’s journey through a crystal castle to its center\, culminating in intimate union with God. \nThis lecture is cosponsored by the History of Christianity Club and made possible by a grant from the Carmelite Friars at St. Thomas the Apostle.
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2013-05-interior-castle-of-st-teresa-of-avila-a-map-for-our-spiritual-journey-john-welch-o-carm/
LOCATION:Swift Hall\, 3rd Floor Lecture\, 1025 E 58th St.\nChicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
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