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What Can We Say About God? An Interview with David Novak on God-Talk

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
David Novak, University of Toronto | Melanie Barrett, University of St. Mary of the Lake

The Judeo-Christian tradition has long grappled with how man speaks of God and how God speaks of of himself.  In his new book, God-Talk, the distinguished Jewish philosopher David Novak offers a new perspective on how the Jewish people and tradition talk about God. What does the Torah say about God? How does the God of the Torah talk about himself? And how does God talk about human beings?

Downtown Lectures

An Inquiry into the Value of Work: A Discussion of Matt Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago | Matthew Crawford, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies and Culture | Kirk Doran, University of Notre Dame

REGISTER HERE 5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:30 Opening Remarks   |   6:45 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End   Through the generosity of LCI's donors, undergraduate and graduate students are able to attend this event for free. Interested students should email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org to register. This event is cosponsored at The Point Magazine. Published in 2009, Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft became an unexpected best-seller.  Written by a University of Chicago PhD and motorcycle mechanic, the book explored the value of craftsmanship and manual work in a world increasingly dominated by technology and abstract thinking. Drawing on his own experiences as...

What is Ideology? A Conversation

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Mark Shiffman, Saint Patrick’s Seminary and University | James Matthew Wilson, University of Saint Thomas, Houston

“Ideology” is a word in near-ubiquitous use: it is deployed to describe everything from religious identity (‘the ideology of the Cross’) and political principle (‘the contest between woke and MAGA ideology’) to gastronomic preferences (‘the ideology of meat in US culture’). Being used so widely and vaguely, does this word still hold a meaning? In his recent publication What is Ideology?, political theorist Mark Shiffman has followed the history of the concept of ideology and identified it as a distinctly modern phenomenon, Shiffman argues that ideological thinking attempts to subject all reality to a narrow and reductive schema in order...

What is Ideology? A Conversation with Mark Shiffman and James Matthew Wilson

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Mark Shiffman, Saint Patrick’s Seminary and University | James Matthew Wilson, University of Saint Thomas, Houston

5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:30 Opening Remarks   |   6:45 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End   Co-presented by Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute, dedicated to renewing the culture through thoughtful reflections on education, family, and religion. Supported by Wiseblood Books. Discounted student tickets are available. Please contact Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org for more information on this or any other matter. “Ideology” is a word in near-ubiquitous use: it is deployed to describe everything from religious identity (‘radical Islamic ideology’) and political principle (‘the contest between woke and MAGA ideology’) to gastronomic preferences (‘the ideology of meat in US culture’). Does...

Dante the Theologian: Ken Woodward Interviews Denys Turner

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Kenneth Woodward, Lumen Christi Institute | Denys Turner, Yale University, Emeritus

12:00 Welcome, Blessing, Lunch is Served   |   12:30 Interview   |   1:30 End  REGISTRATION OPENS ON MARCH 1 The dress code for the University Club can be consulted here, and parking information here. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. All agree: Dante Alighieri was a great poet. But Denys Turner insists that he was also a great theologian—and that what makes his theology great is his poetry. Moreover, Turner argues, Dante was able to write his masterpiece only after he had personally journeyed through Hell and Purgatory like Dante, the pilgrim character in The Divine Comedy. Is this the case? Ken...

Dante the Theologian: A Conversation

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Jennifer Martin, University of Notre Dame | Jason Baxter, University of Notre Dame | Kenneth Woodward, Lumen Christi Institute

12:00 Welcome, Blessing, Lunch is Served   |   12:30 Interview   |   1:30 End  REGISTER HERE The dress code for the University Club can be consulted here, and parking information here. For questions, please email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org. All agree: Dante Alighieri was a great poet. The Divine Comedy stands as a masterwork of Western literature, integrating theology, philosophy, and history into a compelling vision of the cosmos. Ken Woodward, Lumen Christi’s Writer-in-Residence, will explore Dante’s greatness and enduring relevance during a luncheon conversation with esteemed scholars Jennifer Martin and Jason Baxter. This conversation will help us learn about Dante’s journey and appreciate...

Catholic Lawyers Guild Speaker Series | Luncheon with Sr. Helen Prejean

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Sr. Helen Prajean, CSJ, Congregation of St. Joseph

Registration required. This event is presented by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago and co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the Hank Center of Loyola University Chicago. To find out more, visit https://www.clgchicago.org/events. Sister Helen Prejean, who is known around the world for her tireless work against the death penalty, will be joining Catholic Lawyers Guild this Spring for a community event. Sr. Helen has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to all executions. We look forward to welcoming her and invite you to join us for what is...

Lessons from the Past to Heal the Future: A Perspective on healing Ukraine post-war

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Borys Gudziak, Archeparchy of Philadelphia; Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the USA

This event is open to the public. Registration is required. Please contact info@lumenchristi.org with any questions. As a Church historian, Metropolitan Borys Gudziak has dedicated his vocation to transcribing and articulating the experience of the underground Church in Ukraine during the 20th century. These lessons of perseverance and adherence to the gospel—embodying the cross, death and resurrection—form the foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, where Metropolitan Borys was at the beginnings of its re-birth and now serves as its president. At this luncheon, hear Metropolitan Gudziak draw deep from these hard-earned lessons from the past to discuss strategies for healing the wounds...

The Vocation of the Patristic Theologian: Inheriting the Voice of Early Christians

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL
Ellen Scully, Seton Hall University | Bogdan Bucur, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary | John Cavadini, University of Notre Dame | Lewis Ayres, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas - Angelicum, Rome

This forum and reception, following the annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society, is co-sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. This forum invites graduate students and scholars of patristics to reflect on the nature of the craft and its relationship to contemporary theological studies, the academy, and church today. A panel of scholars, featuring John Cavadini, Lewis Ayres, Ellen Scully, and Bogdan Bucur, will speak on the nature of the vocation of the Patristic theologian and the challenges and opportunities one faces in research, scholarship, and teaching. We will further attend to the...

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A Life in Service of the Truth: The Legacy of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Fr. Paul Mankowski (1953 – 2020) was a brilliant essayist, a singular wit, and a devoted son of the Church. Born in South Bend, Indiana, he put himself through the University of Chicago while working summers in a steel mill. Called to a vocation with the Society of Jesus, Fr. Paul entered the novitiate in 1976 before studying Classics at Oxford and Semitic languages at Harvard. Though lacking all instincts for self-promotion, Fr. Paul quickly gained a reputation for his erudition and his razor-sharp intellect.  He suffered greatly for his loyalty to the Church before finding a home at the...

Faith and Science at Notre Dame: Fr. John Zahm, Evolution, and the Catholic Church

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

The Reverend John Augustine Zahm, CSC, (1851--1921) was a Holy Cross priest, an author, a South American explorer, and a science professor and vice president at the University of Notre Dame, the latter at the age of twenty-five. Through his scientific writings, Zahm argued that Roman Catholicism was fully compatible with an evolutionary view of biological systems, an argument that would get him (but not his book) censured in 1897 by the Vatican. In his talk Faith and Science at Notre Dame: John Zahm, Evolution, and the Catholic Church, John Slattery will chart the rise and fall of Zahm, examining his...

Flannery O’Connor and the Vision of Grace

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

Flannery O’Connor is one of the most celebrated American fiction writers.  Yet she has often been misunderstood by the very critics who praise her.  O’Connor was sometimes called a hillbilly nihilist, but she responded that she was simply “a hillbilly Thomist.” In this talk, Dr. Frey explores the action of divine grace in the short stories of O’Connor, and how her vision of grace is inspired by the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Prof. Frey also gave a talk on What Good is Happiness? at the University of Chicago on February 12, 2020, and led a lunch discussion for students and faculty...