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From 2012 to 2020, Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ delivered hundreds of lectures and master classes at the Lumen Christi Institute. Seeking to share the depth of his scholarship, this podcast offers many of his lectures (edited for coherence and quality) to the public in digital format for the first time.
The first season features a course that Fr. Mankowski gave on Joseph Ratzinger’s Jesus of Nazareth, and dozens of lectures centered around the books of the Bible (including Genesis, many of the prophets, the Gospel of Matthew, and St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans). Two interviews with people who knew Fr. Mankowski well and can offer an entry point to his person and scholarship conclude the season.
Mankowski Lectures
October 10, 2025
Join us for this quarter's student-led reading groups at the Lumen Christi Institute. These groups are usually held over a shared meal, and all participants are provided a copy of the text.
Mankowski Lectures
October 8, 2025
Mankowski Lectures
October 6, 2025
Mankowski Lectures
October 3, 2025
Mankowski Lectures
October 1, 2025
Happy feast of St. Jerome! This week, students, faculty, and staff at the University of Chicago begin a new academic year. As a prayer for them, I invite you to read a passage from a homily of St. Jerome.
The Lumen Christi Institute (LCI) seeks part-time student workers. The Institute’s mission is to make the Catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the secular university and the broader culture.
Mankowski Lectures
September 29, 2025
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September 25, 2025
We all experience how the rapid advance of technology, especially AI, has affected the way we live, think, and experience the world. But has it also changed who we are? In his new book, Against the Machine: on the Unmaking
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In the City of God, Augustine eloquently speaks about "two cities" that are divided by their two loves. In God's city, there are angels and humans united in their love of God. In the earthly city, there are demons and