The Thomistic Institute

This talk was given on February 2, 2022 at Texas A&M University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. Professor Dauphinais holds a B.S.E. from Duke University, an M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction to the Bible. He has co-edited multiple volumes as well as numerous articles and chapters in books dedicated to theology and exegesis in Aquinas and other topics relating to Catholic theology. Professor Dauphinais previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. His favorite courses are C.S. Lewis, Triune God, and the Colloquium on Ancients and Moderns. He also enjoys riding horses and running.

Joshua Hochschild, a distinguished philosophy professor at Mount St. Mary’s University, dives into Aristotle's Four Causes and their surprising relevance in modern science. He argues that Aristotle's insights into causality are not obsolete but actually enhance our understanding of scientific principles. Hochschild also explores the complexities of change, form, and matter through hylomorphism, shedding light on the challenges science faces in grasping reality. His discussion reveals how Aristotle's ideas continue to influence contemporary philosophical thought.

This talk was given on January 28th, 2022 at the University of California at Santa Barbara in partnership with St. Mark’s University Parish and Newman Center. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He is also the host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary about the Catholic Faith, which aired on PBS. Bishop Barron is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on FOX News, CNN, and EWTN. Bishop Barron’s website, WordOnFire.org, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world’s most followed Catholics on social media. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 50 million times and he has over 3 million followers on Facebook. Bishop Barron has been invited to speak about religion at the headquarters of Facebook, Google, and Amazon. He has keynoted many conferences and events all over the world, including the World Youth Day in Kraków and the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, which marked Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States. He has shared dialogue with Dr. Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, and William Lane Craig, among other influencers and thought leaders. Bishop Barron’s recent film series, "CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players", has been syndicated for national television and nominated for an Emmy award. His most recent project is the Word on Fire Institute, a new hub for spiritual and intellectual formation, training members of the Word on Fire movement to proclaim Christ in the culture.

Dr. Revelle's handout is available here: https://tinyurl.com/8ze3uusf This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice.

This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3n7ztdwz. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015.

Click here for Dr. Revelle's handout: https://tinyurl.com/yc8b6ew6 This talk was given on January 29, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer", an intellectual retreat for the UVA Thomistic Institute chapter. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Joshua Revelle is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College, with a PhD in Spirituality from The Catholic University of America. His areas of specialization are dogmatic and spiritual theology, especially in St. Thomas Aquinas. He also enjoys teaching Biblical theology. His research and teaching are geared toward the integration of theory and practice.

This lecture was given on January 28, 2022 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "Thomas Aquinas on Prayer, An Intellectual Retreat." The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8k24zu. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Adam Eitel is on the Yale Divinity School faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Eitel focuses his research and teaching on the history of Christian moral thought, contemporary social ethics and criticism, and modern religious thought. Dr. Eitel has roughly a dozen books, chapters, edited volumes, and articles published or in progress. These include an ethical analysis of drone strikes and a theological account of domination. His current book project explores the role of love in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. A 2004 Baylor University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Fribourg, Dr. Eitel received his M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, completing the latter in 2015.

This lecture was given on January 27, 2022 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/37ttfuud. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in medieval logic, metaphysics, and ethics, with broad interest in liberal education and the continuing relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition. He is the author of The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan’s De Nominum Analogia (2010), translator of Claude Panaccio’s Mental Language: From Plato to William of Ockham (2017), and co-author of A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction (2017). His writing has appeared in First Things, Commonweal, Modern Age and the Wall Street Journal. For 2020-21 he’s been elected to serve as President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association.

This talk was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little teaches philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His primary focus is Aristotle and his natural philosophy.

This lecture was given on December 4, 2021 at the Dominican House of Studies as part of "A Well-Ordered Soul: Aquinas on the Emotions, An Intellectual Retreat." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. was ordained to the priesthood in 2013. He teaches philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His primary focus is in Aristotle and his natural philosophy.