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The Christian Humanist Tradition Today

Feb 26, 2025
59:30

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Smith, dean of the humanities, Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about St. Thomas More, William Shakespeare, and Christian humanism. What is the Christian humanist tradition? How does St. Thomas More exemplify that tradition? How was William Shakespeare inspired by More’s life, scholarship, and sensibility? How can we revive the humanities and continue the Christian humanist tradition today?

Stephen Smith — Hillsdale College

Thomas More Studies

The Essential Works of Thomas More

What is Christian humanism? A conversation with Bradley J. Birzer

The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis | Alan Jacobs

De officiis, with an English translation by Walter Miller | Marcus Tullius Cicero

On Friendship (De Amicitia) | Marcus Tullius Cicero

More’s Letter to Antonio Bonvisi, 1535

The Book of Sir Thomas More

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