Symposium on The Sacredness of the Person
Michael Geyer (University of Chicago), Moderator Hans Joas (University of Chicago) John D. Kelly (University of Chicago) Ben Laurence (University of Chicago) William Schweiker (University of Chicago) cosponsored by the Human Rights […]
Aquinas’ Third Way of Proving a God: Logic or Love?
Cosponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop Thomas Aquinas’ famous five ways of proving the existence of a God continue to intrigue and perplex his readers. The most troublesome is perhaps the third—the […]
Is the Human Mind Reducible to Physics?
a luncheon discussion with Stephen M. Barr (University of Delaware) REGISTER HERE This event is open to University of Chicago students. Lunch will be served. Others interested in attending, please […]
Sacred Violence: The Legacy of René Girard
A panel discussion with William Cavanaugh (DePaul University), Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago), and James B. Murphy (Dartmouth College) at the University of Chicago on April 7, 2016. René Girard […]
Symposium on Heidegger’s Confessions
Cosponsored by the Philosophy of Religions Workshop and the Theology & Religious Ethics Workshop Although Martin Heidegger is nearly as notorious as Friedrich Nietzsche for embracing the death of God, […]
Reductionism in Science: Order from Chaos or Order from Ideas?
REGISTER HERE Open to current university students and faculty. Lunch will be served. Join us for a discussion with physicist Stephen Barr on his article from First Things on the […]
What Does it Mean to Say the Son of God is ‘Consubstantial’ with the Father? New Insights about Augustine’s Debt to Aristotle
REGISTER HERE Cosponsored by the Department of Philosophy It is commonly accepted that Aristotelian ideas did not inform Latin-language metaphysics until the translation of Aristotle in the 12th century. However, this […]
Master Class: Augustine on Human Freedom and Divine Grace: What is Really Going on in the ‘Conversion Scene’ in Augustine’s Confessions?
REGISTER HERE This master class is open to graduate and undergraduate students, including non-University of Chicago students. Space is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of the […]
Catholic and Protestant Reformations and the Genealogy of Modernity
REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty At this master class seminar, participants will read and discuss Professor Carlos Eire’s essay “Incombustible Weber: How the Protestant Reformation Really […]
The Only Way To Truth Is By Love
A lecture on the occasion of the publication of Believing In Order To See (Fordham University Press, 2017). Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Cosponsored by the […]