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The familiar expression “American Catholicism” often evokes mainly the presence and heritage of Euro-American Catholics and how this group defines religion, culture and politics in our nation. Though narrow and de facto blind to the contributions of many other groups
Flannery O’Connor is one of the most celebrated American fiction writers. Yet she has often been misunderstood by the very critics who praise her. O’Connor was sometimes called a hillbilly nihilist, but she responded that she was simply “a hillbilly
A discussion with Professors Jennifer Frey (University of South Carolina) and Jonathan Masur (University of Chicago) February 12th, 2020, Ida Noyes Hall, at he University of Chicago From pop psychology to legal annals, the pursuit of happiness individually and
On January 16, 2020, the Lumen Christi Institute held “Becoming Human in Light of the Gospel of John”, with Fr. John Behr at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. On his way to Rome, Ignatius of Antioch
We are at the very outset of the Age of Biotechnology. This presses anew questions regarding the limits of the human person. What is the human species from the point of view of evolutionary biology? How malleable is this
We are at the very outset of the Age of Biotechnology. This presses anew questions regarding the limits of the human person. What is the human species from the point of view of evolutionary biology? How malleable is this definition?
A luncheon colloquium with Carols Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History & Religious Studies at Yale University. October 24th, 2019 The University Club of Chicago — Saint Teresa of Avila’s Life is among the most remarkable accounts ever
A symposium on “The Life of Teresa of Ávila: A Biography”, by Carlos Eire, featuring Professors Carlos Eire (Yale University), Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago), Susan Schreiner (University of Chicago), and Keith Egan (Saint Mary’s College). October 24, 2019 The
Colloquium with Fr John O’Malley, S.J. (Georgetown), and Dr. Russell Hittinger (Lumen Christi). Moderated by Dr. Jennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame). December 4, 2019 at the University of Chicago, Social Science Lecture Hall — Sexual and financial scandals
Cosponsored by the Program on Religion and Medicine at the University of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary, and the Society of Catholic Scientists. This program was made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The discovery of CRISPR/Cas9 has
A conversation with Fr. Ian Ker (Oxford), and Melissa Villalobos, moderated by journalist Kenneth Woodward. — On October 30th, 2019, the Lumen Christi Institute held “John Henry Newman’s Path to Sainthood” at the Holy Name Cathedral Auditorium. The event provided