International House at the University of Chicago

Name: The Human Person, Economics & Catholic Social Thought
Start: 2014-04-03T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2014-04-03T18:00:00-05:00
Location: International House at the University of Chicago

1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park, IL Get Directions

Events at this venue

March 2025
Lectures & Symposia

Featured March 27th @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Hybrid Event

Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia | Clemens Sedmak, University of Notre Dame | James Heckman, The University of Chicago | Michael Hüther, The German Economic Institute | Joseph Kaboski, University of Notre Dame

With polarization on the rise around the globe, scholars have pointed to a broader fragmentation of social cohesion. Economics, sociology, theology and philosophy offer different entry points for exploring these problems. How might we better understand this global moment? This marks the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’s social encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, which sought not only to diagnose these problems, but to also offer moral responses for all people of good will. How might principles derived from Catholic social teaching, such as solidarity, human dignity, and "the preferential option for the poor” operate within local and national economies to contribute towards a greater common good?
January 2019
January 31st, 2019 @ 8:30 pm

Pluralism In A Polarized Age: Navigating Our Deepest Differences Together

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Listen to the conversation as a podcast episode. You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the discussion, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. Free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who need assistance should contact the Office of Programs and External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or i-house-programs@uchicago.edu. Presented by the Veritas Forum at the University of Chicago: Cana, Cru, the Christian Legal Society, Hyde Park Church (UBF), Intervarsity, Living Hope Church, the Lumen Christi Institute, Navigators Chicago, and the Vineyard Church. Cosponsored by the Institute...
May 2018
May 19th, 2018 @ 3:00 pm

Staged Reading of “Shakeshafte” by Rowan Williams

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

To view photos of the performance, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. You are invited to join the Shakespeare Project of Chicago for a special staged reading of a new play by Rowan Willams, a "fantasia" on the possible relationship between William Shakespeare and Edmund Campion. Free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended but not required. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the International House Global Voices Program. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or email HERE. You can...
January 2018
January 17th, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Religion and Religious Expression in the Academy and Public Life

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Join us for a discussion on religion and religious expression in the academy and public life featuring Ross Douthat, a panel of scholars, and moderated by Willemien Otten (Professor of Theology and of the History of Christianity and Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School). Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute,The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the Divinity School,The Institute of Politics, and the International House Global Voices Program. Free and open to the public. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of...
May 2016
May 19th, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - May 20th, 2016 @ 5:00 pm

Caring for our Common Home: Economics, Environment, & Catholic Social Thought

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

THURSDAY, MAY 19 The International House at The University of Chicago Public Symposium Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, Archbishop of Miami Christopher Barrett, Cornell University Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University Michael Greenstone, The University of Chicago V. Ramanathan, The University of California, San Diego FRIDAY, MAY 20 The Hilton Chicago/Magnificent Mile Suites SESSION I: The Current State of Environmental Degradation and its Impact on the Most Vulnerable Richard Carson, The University of California, San Diego Christopher Barrett, Cornell University SESSION II: Catholic Social Teaching on the Environment Jame Schaefer, Marquette University David Cloutier, Mount St. Mary’s University Session III: Practical Responses to the Problem Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University Mark Jacobsen, The...
April 2015
April 30th, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Family in the Changing Economy

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

How does today’s economy impact the modern family? Several trends link mounting burdens on family life to economics: children are raised amid familial and fiscal instability, young people are delaying or forgoing marriage, the elderly are made increasingly vulnerable with a growing distance between generations and rising health care costs, and the families of economic refugees are often divided across national borders or go legally unrecognized. Yet families form us as persons and are integral both to society and the economy. Situated between the 2014 and 2015 Synod Of Bishops On The Family, this symposium will feature dialogue among Bishop...
April 2014
April 3rd, 2014 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Human Person, Economics & Catholic Social Thought

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

“The current financial crisis can make us overlook the  fact that it originated in a profound human crisis:  the denial of the primacy of the human person!” – Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium The human person is a contested terrain. Within the fields of Economics and Catholic Social Thought, each maintain distinct conceptions of and emphases on the human person that impact their respective diagnoses of contemporary crises and proposed solutions. Drawing together economists, bishops and scholars, this symposium will explore fundamental convergences and divergences in the conception of the human person in Economics and Catholic Social Thought. This program is part...