Against Nostalgia: Catholicism, History and Modernity

Against Nostalgia: Catholicism, History and Modernity

Deeply ingrained assumptions about the nature of historical change prevent an adequate comprehension of the transformations that have created the contemporary Western world over the past half-millennium. Departures from traditional […]

“The Christian Mystic in a Post-Modern Culture”

Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Theology Workshop and the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University Maria Clara Bingemer (Catholic University at Rio de Janeiro) Bernard […]

“The Dignity of Being a Substance”

Metaphysics and the Soul in Thomas Aquinas

Co-sponsored by the Committee on Social Thought and the Program in Medieval Studies Thomas Aquinas characterized the person as “what is most perfect” and “most worthy” in all of nature. What grounds […]