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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 will feature 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). Episodes will be released on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from September through December. To conclude the season, we’ll offer one or two interviews with people who knew Fr. Mankowski well and can offer an entry point to his person and scholarship.
We are saddened to share that Fr. John W. O’Malley, S.J. went to the house of the Father on September 11, 2022. A scholar, professor and priest, Fr. O’Malley was nationally-known for his expertise on Renaissance European and early modern
This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, Harvard Catholic Forum, America Media, the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium Institute. Participation
CHICAGO, IL (June 28, 2022) — Daniel Wasserman-Soler, PhD, has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Lumen Christi Institute (LCI), an independent Catholic educational institute serving academic communities at the University of Chicago, across the nation, and throughout
Does the absurdity of life dictate death? Can one find hope—can one truly live—in an absurd universe? These are the questions Albert Camus labors mightily to answer in his seminal work, The Myth of Sisyphus. Acknowledging the basic human impulse
“We are unknown to ourselves, we knowers: and with good reason.” The modern world tells us—and we tell ourselves—that we are enlightened and free, but it isn’t true. Our claims to knowledge are just another moral prejudice; our ostensible freedom
Lumen Christi Institute receives $3.65M from John Templeton Foundation Grant to fund national network of Catholic institutes, science and religion programming CHICAGO — The Lumen Christi Institute has been awarded $3,648,000 from the John Templeton Foundation in support of its
Lumen Christi Institute receives $3.65M from John Templeton Foundation Grant to fund national network of Catholic institutes, science and religion programming CHICAGO — The Lumen Christi Institute has been awarded $3,648,000 from the John Templeton Foundation in support of its
At the top of the agenda for Lumen Christi’s new director of development is seeking funding for the radical growth plan the institute’s founding director, Thomas Levergood, had communicated months before his untimely death in August. John W. Buchmann, named
At the top of the agenda for Lumen Christi’s new director of development is seeking funding for the radical growth plan the institute’s founding director, Thomas Levergood, had communicated months before his untimely death in August. John W. Buchmann, named
The Lumen Christi Institute’s Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network and the Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative of the UW-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy are proud to present Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform: a Scholarly Colloquium.
The Lumen Christi Institute’s Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network and the Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative of the UW-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy are proud to present Catholic Perspectives on Criminal Justice Reform: a Scholarly Colloquium.
