Schola Antiqua – Music in Secret
Institute Launches Spring 2020 Webinar Series on Medieval Christian Thought
For the past 20 years, the Lumen Christi Institute has worked to make the Catholic intellectual tradition a living dialogue partner to students and faculty at the University of Chicago and across the nation through masterclasses, lectures, summer seminars, and non-credit courses. A major goal of the Lumen Christi Institute is to develop courses in Catholic thought and spirituality that complement the regular offerings of the University of Chicago. Our non-credit courses allow students to pursue an outstanding secular education while being formed in the traditions of Catholic intellectual and spiritual life. Experience first-hand the world-class programming that is made…
Lumen Christi Receives John Templeton Foundation Grant for Science and Religion Project
“Science and Religion: A Dialogue of Cultures” will educate students, faculty, and the public through lectures, panel discussions, master classes, and summer seminars
Master Class on Yves Simon’s “Philosophy of Democratic Government”
Master Class on “The Life of Teresa of Avila”
Barbarism and Our Anxious Age
Rémi Brague reflects on the quality of the current day's communication and that quality's impact on conservation.
Do Economics and Theology Have Anything to Say to Each Other?
Mary Hirschfeld, Assistant Professor of Economics & Theology at Villanova University, gives a talk probing the state of the relationship between theology and economics. This talk was a keynote address at the Sixth Annual Conference on Economics and Catholic Social Thought held at the University of Chicago.
Begin with the Beautiful
In his lecture titled “Pope Francis and the New Evangelization” given on May 8th at the University Club of Chicago, Fr. Barron encouraged his audience to learn about the faith so that they too can share it.
Symposium on “The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy”
Pope Francis: Servant of the Poor
“It’s been a good year for Argentines. The Queen of the Netherlands is Argentinian; Messi is said to be the best soccer player in the world; and now el Papa es Francisco,” said Anna Bonta Moreland—born in Argentina and now Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University—to an audience of over 250 in Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago.