This event was Cosponsored by the Theology and Ethics Workshop, the Orthodox Christian Fellowship, and St. Makarios the Great Orthodox Mission. Fr. Behr also led a master class for students and faculty on January 17 on Maximus the Confessor. On his way to Rome, Ignatius of Antioch urges the Christians there not to interfere with his […]
St. Maximus the Confessor is rapidly becoming one of the most studied of all early Christian theologians; the depths and richness of his writings and theology are being ever more appreciated. This masterclass focused on one specific—and short—text, Ambiguum 41, perhaps the richest of them all and certainly the one for which is best known. It […]
What are the liberal arts? Is there more than one tradition of humanistic liberal learning, and what's the connection between them the UChicago core curriculum? Professor Jared Ortiz (an undergrad alum of UChicago) hosted a lunchtime conversation about the tradition of liberal education, its reception in Catholic thought, and the question of what an education […]
Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Newman Forum. Open to current high school students. The book of Genesis is one of the most interesting and difficult books of the Bible. And there is so much more to it than meets the eye. For example: When the snake approaches Eve for the first time, he asks her: “Did God […]
REGISTER HERE What is achievement? What is success? Does the human desire for achievement or success have a natural end, or is it restless and never-satisfied? In other words, what do we understand human fulfillment to be, and how does our university education contribute to that fulfillment? In this lunch time discussion, Elizabeth Corey, professor […]