Magis Series on Faith and Reason

Magis Series on Faith and Reason

Free and open to the public. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Saint Ignatius College Prep. What does it mean to believe? Does one believe because of evidence? In […]

Friendship and Community: The Monastic Experience, 350-1250

Friendship and Community: The Monastic Experience, 350-1250

A master class with Brian Patrick McGuire (Roskilde University). Open to current graduate students, faculty, and advanced University of Chicago undergraduate students. Others interested in participating should contact us. Registrants will […]

Synodality in Perspective: Traditions Past and Present

Synodality in Perspective: Traditions Past and Present

This online symposium series is being organized by the American Cusanus Society, Nova Forum and the Lumen Christi Institute. Additional Cosponsors include Commonweal, America Media, St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought and the Collegium […]

Poetry Being the Body: Theology in Dante

Poetry Being the Body: Theology in Dante

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive pdfs of the […]

Can We Be Good on Our Own? A Symposium on Ancient and Modern Approaches to Virtue

Can We Be Good on Our Own? A Symposium on Ancient and Modern Approaches to Virtue

Can we be good on our own, or do we need divine assistance? Four scholars explored this question in a symposium that was the highlight of LCI’s spring University Program Series. With Emily Austin (University of Chicago) moderating, Angela Knobel (University of Dallas), Candace Vogler (University of Chicago), and Daniel Lapsley (University of Notre Dame) reflected on the relationship between Aristotle’s and Aquinas’ moral frameworks from theological, philosophical, practical, and behavioral-scientific perspectives.