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Christendom College Lectures — 167 episodes

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1

The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years Later with Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy

2

Aquinas and Descartes on Creation | Dr. Steven Baldner

3

The Fullness of Time: A Reflection in Preparation for Christmas | Dr. Timothy O'Donnell

4

The Incarnation (Might Not Have) Happened | Fr. Gregory Pine

5

St Joseph and His Bride: A Christmas Reflection | Dr. John Cuddeback

6

Anglican Patrimony in Catholic Communion: Problem, Gift, Challenge, Mission | Dr. Clint Brand

7

Let’s Talk about Mandates: Electoral Mandates and American Constitutionalism | Dr. Zachary German

8

10 Things I Learned from Writing a Book on Motherhood | Nadya Williams

9

The Part the Muses Give Us: Poetry as First Art | James Matthew Wilson

10

Logos and Analogia: What Made Euclid Euclidean | Dr. Miriam Byers

11

No Mercy: The Catholic Culture of Death | Sr. Deirdre Byrne with Dr. R.J. Matava

12

Shakespeare’s Catholicism | Dr. Robert Rice

13

Artificial Intelligence and Decoding ChatGPT (Part Two) | Dr. Eric Jenislawski

14

Artificial Intelligence and Decoding ChatGPT (Part One) | Dr. Eric Jenislawski

15

What Is Art, And Why Does It Matter? | Dr. Daniel McInerny w/ Dr. George Harne

16

Jesus in Christianity and Islam: Comparative Christology & Redemptive Suffering | Dr. David Pinault

17

Beauty as the Well Spring of Action in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas | Dr. David C. Schindler

18

More Joy in Heaven: A Father's Journey through Murder, Grief, and Forgiveness | John Echaniz

19

Patience in Its Relation to Human Knowing in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "The Winter's Tale" | Prof. Daniel Spiotta

20

The Word Became Flesh: Going to Bethlehem with St. Francis | Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR

21

A Father’s Love: Matthew’s Christmas Gift in Anne of Green Gables | Dr. Kathleen Sullivan

22

From Politics, to Central Europe, to Art and to Religion—Scruton's Exceptional Voyage | Prof. Ferenc Hörcher

23

The Relation Between the Catholic Faith and Natural Science | Dr. Gregory Townsend

24

Three Ingredients for a Beautiful Liturgy | Chris Carstens

25

Why the Liberal Arts? A Parent's Perspective | Dr. Kevin Roberts

26

What Happens at Mass? The Priesthood of Christ and Liturgical Participation | Dr. Robert J. Matava

27

The Post-Constitutional Temptation | Dr. James Stoner

28

Evidence of Eastern Influence in Early Irish Christianity | Connie Marshner

29

Lewis and Tolkien on the Necessity of Chivalry | Prof. Michael Strickland

30

Plato and Augustine on the Purpose of Mathematics | Dr. Douglas Dailey

31

The Church and Suffering | Dr. Andrew Montanaro

32

Inculturation and the Evangelization of China | Dr. Christopher Lane

33

Cultivating Contemplation Today: A Few Philosophical Suggestions | Dr. John Cuddeback

34

How Beauty Will Save the World | Dr. Michael Rubin

35

Treasure of My Heart: Irish Music Lecture-Recital | Dr. Sara Pecknold

36

Our Lady’s Ring: Reflections on the Structure of the Rosary | Prof. Daniel Spiotta

37

Eastern Catholic Churches: St. John Paul II and the Legacy of Vatican II | Fr. Dcn. Christopher Todd

38

For the Love of Mary: Music for Our Lady in 17th-Century Venice | Dr. Sara Pecknold

39

Tolkien’s Faith and the Foundations of Middle-earth | Dr. Holly Ordway

40

St. Thomas Aquinas: Angelic Teacher | Dr. Anthony Andres, Ph.D.

41

Why December 25th? Inculturating Christmas in the Early Church | Dr. Hugh O'Donnell

42

Honor thy Father and thy Mother: Aquinas and Confucius on the Virtue of Filial Piety | Dr. Mark Wunsch

43

Why Good Children’s Literature Matters Today | Dr. Kathleen Sullivan

44

How to Evangelize Like a Hobbit | Dr. Conor Sweeney

45

Called to Evangelize: Theology Masters as Christian Educators | Dr. Alessia Berardi

46

Law and Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Prof. Daniel Spiotta

47

Beyond Virtue Signaling: Reclaiming the Virtues with St. Thomas Aquinas | Dr. Andrew Whitmore

48

Popular Entertainment and the Good Life | Dr. Daniel McInerny

49

What Is Sacred Music? | Dr. Kurt Poterack

50

The Gift of Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas | Dr. Trey Stanford

51

Why Read Jane Austen? A lesson in Humility | Dr. Kathleen Sullivan

52

Why the Holy Family Matters for Your Marriage and Family | Dr. Owen Vyner

53

Natural Rights, Natural Law, and the American Founding | Phillip Muñoz

54

Choosing True Friendship | Dr. John Cuddeback

55

Ratzinger’s Defense of Christianity Against Nietzsche | Dr. Conor Sweeney

56

How to Be Happy According to Aristotle | Dr. Mark Wunsch

57

Niccolò Machiavelli | Dr. Joseph Brutto

58

James Madison's Antislavery Constitution | Dr. Lynn Uzzell

59

Inspiring the Post-Roe Generation | Abby Johnson

60

Festivity as Evangelization | Dr. Daniel McInerny

61

Can Religion be Legislated? | James Stoner

62

How Literature Redeems the Mundane: The Depth, Purpose, and Thrill of Monotony | Prof. Kathleen Sullivan

63

Dickens, A Christmas Carol | Sharon Hickson

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The Longing for Beauty in Our Age of Anxiety | Dr. Daniel McInerny

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Devotion to the Most Precious Blood in 17th Century Venice | Sara Pecknold

66

Orestes Brownson's Unwritten Constitution | Richard Reinsch

67

The Deification of Matter: The Material Universe as a Liturgical Structure | Dr. Dan Toma

68

The Burning Coal: Aquinas on the Eucharist, Eros, and Deification | Dr. Daria Spezzano, Ph.D.

69

Recovering Masculinity In A Pornified World | Fr. Sean Kilcawley

70

"One World Was Not Enough for Her": Cardinal Richelieu's Heiress and Her Missionary Empire | Dr. Bronwen McShea

71

In the Church, With the Church, For the Church | Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart

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A Thomistic Understanding of the Moral Parameters of Sacramental Reception | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

73

When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement | Dr. Ryan Anderson

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"Light Thickens": Political Tyranny and Personal Freedom in Macbeth | Dr. R. V. Young

75

100 Years Later: Quo Vadis Europa? | Archduke Imre of Austria

76

Thinkin' About Lincoln | Dr. Michael Zuckert

77

How to Translate with a Taste for the Original | Dr. Christophe Rico

78

Humanae Vitae, 50 Years Later: Progress or Regress? | Dr. Janet Smith

79

The Metaphysics of Prayer | Rev. Stephen Brock, Ph.D.

80

The Four Levels of Happiness | Fr. Robert Spitzer

81

Taking on the Temples: The Development of Christian Sacred Space in St. John Lateran | Elizabeth Lev

82

Aquinas on Studiousness | Dr. Matthew Levering

83

"Marriage Equality": Religious Freedom or a "License to Discriminate"? | Dr. Ryan T. Anderson

84

The Significance of Pope John XXIII in Church History | Dr. Christopher Shannon

85

The Seven Myths of the Catholic Church | Dr. Christopher Kaczor

86

The Unchangeable Truth about Marriage and Family | Bishop Athanasius Schneider

87

Funny Kinds of Freedom | Dr. William Marshner

88

New Thinking on Church and State | Dr William Marshner

89

Christianity in Public Life | Dr. Rusty Reno

90

Cardinal Virtues & Some: The Christianization of Hellenism | Dr. Robert Louis Wilken

91

The Democracy of the Dead | Dale Ahlquist

92

Aquinas and Laudato Si' | Dr. Thomas Hibbs

93

A Tribute to L. Brent Bozell Jr. | E. Michael Lawrence and Daniel McCarthy

94

Chasity: The Foundation for Building Strong Families and a Culture of Life | Pam Stenzel

95

Evangelical Catholicism and Catholic Higher Education | George Weigel

96

Address to College Republicans | Ken Cuccinelli

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Unlocking the Catholicism of "The Lord of the Rings" | Joseph Pearce

98

A Walk through the Byzantine Divine Liturgy | Fr. David E. Anderson

99

The Words of Institution of the Eucharist | Fr. David E. Anderson

100

An Introduction to the Eastern Churches | Fr. David E. Anderson

101

The Augustinian Roots of Thomistic Deification | Rev. David Meconi, S.J.

102

Charity's Burning Lamp: St. Francis de Sales and the Renewal of the Catholic Mind | Dr Christopher O. Blum

103

The Christian Vision of Sports | Dr. Bill Thierfelder

104

Roman Catholicism and Political Form: Carl Schmitt vs. Romano Guardini | Prof. Brian Fox

105

The Gift that Christian Marriage is to Western Civilization | Dr. Pat Fagan

106

The Angelic Doctor and the Lord of the Angels | Rev. John D. Corbett, O. P.

107

Homeschooling Since 1950: A Historical Perspective | Mrs. Dixie Lane

108

Papal Economics: The Catholic Church on Democratic Capitalism | Fr. Maciej Zięba, O.P.

109

Artistic Patronage and the Common Good: The Case of Johann Sebastian Bach | Dr. Kurt Poterack

110

Consuming the Word | Dr. Scott Hahn

111

The Bible, the Eucharist, and the New Evangelization | Dr. Scott Hahn

112

Communication in the Age of Pope Francis | Fr. John Wauck

113

The Freedom of the Church and the Taming of the State | Dr. Ken Grasso

114

Thomism and Austrian Economics | Dr. Harry Veryser

115

Diabolical or Psychological: The Differentiation of Psychological Diseases from Diabolical Disorders | Dr. Segunda Acosta

116

The Year of Faith and the Apostolate of the Laity | Francis Cardinal Arinze

117

How Does the Resurrection of Christ Illumine Human Reason?: From Benedict XVI to St. Thomas Aquinas | Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

118

Wonder and Fear on the Pursuit of Wisdom | Prof. J. Michael Brown

119

Living the Catholic Faith in Politics and Government | Attorney Gen. Kenneth Cuccinelli II

120

Homily by Papal Nuncio to the U.S. | Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano

121

The Survival of a Non-Juror: the Abbé Sicard and the Founding of the National Institute of Deaf-Mutes during the Reign of Terror | Dr. Emmet Kennedy

122

Henry Adams on the Sanity or Suicide of America | Dr. Susan Hanssen

123

Are Societies Made Unto the Image and Likeness of God?: A Thomistic Response to a Disputed Issue | Dr. Russell Hittinger

124

Fraternal Charity | Fr. Brett Brannen

125

Clarity and Charity: The Catholic Response to the Challenge of Homosexuality | Fr. Paul Scalia

126

The Gift of the Self: Modern Culture's Impact on Love | Dr. Anthony Esolen

127

The Making of the Missal | Msgr. Andrew R. Wadsworth

128

Why Hollywood Matters | Barbara Nicolosi Harrington

129

Thomas More on the Liberal Arts | Dr. Gerard Wegemer

130

The Achievement of Blessed John Paul II | George Weigel

131

Understanding the Culture of Life | Andrew Bodoh

132

Hamlet: Shakespeare's Mousetrap | Dr. Daniel Mack

133

Being a Disciple of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Pursuit of Wisdom | Rev. Lawrence Dewan, O.P.

134

Why be Catholic? | Dr. Ray Guarendi

135

Life in the Single Years | Prof. Mary Stanford

136

Defending the Faith, Defending the Word of God | Frank Hanna

137

To Hell and Back: Catholicism, Liberal Art, and Business Ethics | Paul Voss

138

You Have More Power than You Realize | Bob Marshall

139

Being Active in the Political Sphere | Kate Obenshain

140

What I Learned from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta | Susan Conroy

141

Marriage: a Spiritual Journey | Fr. Daniel Gee

142

The Uniqueness of Music in Western Civilization | Dr. Kurt Poterack

143

The Four Temperaments | Dr. Doug Flippen

144

Seven Things I Learned from Pope John Paul II on being a Catholic Business Person | Andreas Widmer

145

Marriage: A Roll of the Dice? | Dr. Patrick Divietri

146

Friendship, Femininity, & Fickleness | Prof. Mary Stanford

147

Managing Personal Finances | Dr. William Luckey

148

From Correlation to Assimilation: a New Model for the Church-Culture Dialogue | Fr. Robert Barron

149

Post-Abortion Healing | Fr. Ben J. Cameron

150

Manly Silence: Hunting, Fishing, Smoking Cigars, Waiting for Your Girl, and Lent | Fr. Chris Pollard

151

What is My Vocation and How do I Discern it? | Fr. Joseph Mary Brown

152

Evangelization: That Which We Have Seen and Heard | Andy Day

153

A Desire for God and a Love of Learning | Rev. Romanus Cessario

154

Secrecy vs. Communio in the Catholic Church | Russell Shaw

155

Pro-Life Action | Olivia Gans Turner

156

Challenges Facing America | Frank Wolf

157

The Gospel According to St. Paul | Dr. Scott Hahn

158

Jihad: What it Means and Why It Matters | Robert Spencer

159

What Can You Do With a Degree from Christendom College? | Michele Velasco

160

John Paul II's Hermeneutics of the Gift as the Key to Understanding Life and Death | Dr. Damian Fedoryka

161

Anniversary Reflection from the Founding President | Dr. Warren Carroll

162

Could God have Created a World with an Eternal Duration? | Prof. Mark Wunsch

163

What You Won't Hear or See on CNN | Fr. Daniel Mode

164

To Dance on the Grave of Roe v. Wade | Randall Terry

165

The Recrudescence of Modernism and Christendom | Dr. William Marshner

166

Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church | George Weigel

167

The Role of Catholics in the Political Life of the Nation | Paul Weyrich