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Is God Knowable by Natural Reason? Philosophy, Theology, and Trinitarian Thought in the Middle Ages

Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome Piazza Santa Apollinare, 49, 00186 Roma, Italy, Rome

In this seminar, historian of medieval theology Mark Clark and scholar of medieval philosophy Timothy Noone will offer an intensive survey of theological and philosophical debates about the natural knowledge of God in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Participants will read and discuss the writings of Peter Abelard, Peter Lombard, Bonaventure, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas as well as modern philosophical engagement with these questions.

What Should We Fear? Courage and Cowardice in Public Life

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

REGISTER HERE This talk is free and open to the public. The talk and Q&A will be livestreamed HERE at 7pm central time. Moral theologian Jean Porter will give the talk "What should we fear? Courage and cowardice in public life" on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 7pm in the Swift Hall 3rd Floor Lecture Hall at the University of Chicago. An audience Q & A will be followed by a reception in the Swift Hall Common Room. This event is presented by the Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life Project, made possible by a generous grant from the...

Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer

Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome Piazza Santa Apollinare, 49, 00186 Roma, Italy, Rome

Applications are now closed for this seminar. This seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics, finance, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought starting with the human person, dignity, freedom, subsidiarity, solidarity, and the common good, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory, firm and business ethics, wages, markets, globalization, poverty, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals, secondary sources, and relevant economics texts. This seminar is cosponsored by...