Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture

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Explorations in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

Lecture SeriesSt. Thomas Aquinas

This lecture series is intended to be at an accessible and introductory level and designed for students, staff, faculty and guests who are not experts in the field. Classes are always most welcome. Lectures will finish around 1:00 p.m. for those who need to leave but the speakers will be happy to field questions for a further 30 minutes from those who can stay.

 

1. "Is there such a thing as a Catholic Imagination? Asking Augustine, Francis, and Hopkins."

Robert Kiely, PhD, Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Emeritus at Harvard University

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 12:15-1:45 p.m.

Solomon Lecture Hall

*Free and open to the public - no RSVP required

2. “Faith in the Public Arena"

Mary Doak, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, USD

Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 12:00-1:30 p.m.

UC Forum A

*Free and open to the public - no RSVP required.

 

 

 

"USD and the CCTC believe that faith and reason are compatible in education and true knowledge can only be discerned from a breadth of sources: curiosity, free inquiry, discovery and debate - these are the four corners of wisdom." -

Bring Your Lunch

Lunch atop a skyscraper

Please feel free to bring and eat your lunch during these informal talks!