Faith & Reason

By: Christendom College
  • Summary

  • The Faith & Reason Lecture Series was born of the spirit of Faith & Reason, the academic journal of Christendom College. The mission of the journal and this series is to create an educated Catholic laity, a laity in love with all that is good, beautiful, and true.
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Episodes
  • The Deification of Matter: The Material Universe as a Liturgical Structure
    Jun 15 2022

    Behavioral geneticist Dr. Daniel Toma discusses questions of the order and structure of the universes in light in John Arintero's notion of Theosis. he also expounds on the significance and purpose of the Incarnation.

    Dr. Daniel Toma is behavioral geneticist from Minnesota State University Mankato and is professor in the department of Biology. He is author of the book Vestige of Eden, Image of Eternity.

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    49 mins
  • "Light Thickens": Political Tyranny and Personal Freedom in Macbeth
    Jun 15 2022

    Dr. R.V. Young reflects on the influences of tyranny throughout Shakespeare's play, most uniquely seen in Macbeth. In Macbeth, the protagonist is entangled by his own tyranny and destroys his character and freedom.

    R.V. Young is Professor of English Emeritus, North Carolina State University and former editor of the quarterly review, Modern Age. He co-founded and for 25 years co-edited The John Donne Journal. His books include At War With the Word: Literary Theory and Liberal Education, and Doctrine and Devotion in Seventeenth-Century Poetry: Studies in Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, and Vaughan. In addition to academic work, he has published articles and reviews in such journals as The National Review, The Human Life Review, The Weekly Standard, First Things, and Touchstone, of which he is a contributing editor.

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    46 mins
  • Thinkin' About Lincoln
    Jun 15 2022

    Dr. Michael Zuckert presents Lincoln's theory of democratic statesmanship and the reasoning behind his political propositions. Dr. Zucket also discusses the waves of praise and criticism that has been raised throughout the years.

    Dr. Zuckert is an accomplished author and the department chair of political science at the University of Notre Dame. A scholar of political philosophy and theory, American political thought, American constitutional history, and more, Zuckert co-authored and co-produced the public radio series Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson: A Nine Part Drama for the Radio, and was the senior advisor for the television series Liberty! And the senior advisor for the PBS series Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton. He is currently the head of the new Tocqueville Center for the Study of Religion in American Public Life.

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    52 mins

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