Winter Newman Forum Conference for High School Students: Back to the Future!
Is there time in heaven? Did the Medieval world make modern science possible? Was St. Augustine anxious? What would Aristotle say about post-modern art? High school students are invited to join the Lumen Christi Institute for a half day conference on the nature of time and the relationship of the past and present.
Magis Lecture | Why Do We Need Saints and Miracles?
Please join the Lumen Christi Institute, the Bollandist Society, and St. Ignatius College Preparatory School as we welcome the acclaimed Yale scholar, Carlos Eire. Eire’s 2023 book, They Flew: A History of the Impossible, explores how historians have grappled with evidence of miracles during the early modern period, a time marked by scientific advancement and rejection of the supernatural. In this lecture, Eire will take a closer look at the human person – what is it about these supernatural accounts that speaks to the human heart so powerfully?
REVIEW: F. Russell Hittinger, On the Dignity of Society
K.T. Brizek, PhD student in intellectual and Church history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, reviews “On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law,” a novel presented at the University of Chicago by author Russell Hittinger.
Non-Credit Course | Science and Religion: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
REGISTER HERE This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. It is often assumed, on the basis of contemporary controversies, that science and religion have always been in an oppositional relationship, and that conflict between them is inevitable. In this course we…