Eschatology
How has Thomas Aquinas shaped our thoughts on death, judgment, and the final destiny of our souls and of humankind? Contemplate Aquinas’ writings on the integration of different human dimensions in the vision of God in heaven, the necessity of embodied repentance, and how and whether we should include animals in the glorified universe.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:00 pm
How has Thomas Aquinas shaped our thoughts on death, judgment, and the final destiny of our souls and of humankind? Contemplate Aquinas’ writings on the integration of different human dimensions in the vision of God in heaven, the necessity of embodied repentance, and how and whether we should include animals in the glorified universe.
The comprehensive and systematic character of Thomas Aquinas’ thought has for centuries informed inquiry into questions of human dignity, freedom, economic development, work, poverty, the environment, and other issues of global significance. Celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Aquinas, exploring the ongoing importance of his thought to contemporary cultural, philosophical, and theological discussions. In gathering many of the most accomplished contemporary scholars of Aquinas’ thought from throughout the world working on themes in Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Anthropology, Political Theory, Christology, Trinitarian Theology, Sacramental Theology and Ecclesiology, among others, this series promotes fruitful interchange of diverse perspectives on the importance of Aquinas in the world today.
Featured Speakers:
- Rev. James Dominic Rooney, O.P., assistant professor of philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University
- Catalina Vial de Amesti, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy
- Jennifer Hart Weed, associate professor at the University of New Brunswick
Meet the Speaker: Jennifer Hart Weed
Prof. Jennifer Hart Weed completed her doctorate in philosophy at Saint Louis University in 2003. She came to the University of New Brunswick in 2008 after holding tenure-track positions in Vermont and Toronto. During her time at UNB, she has taught history of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and contemporary analytic metaphysics, as well as courses in medieval philosophy, which is her specialization. She serves as the faculty advisor for the Hemlock Club, which is the undergraduate philosophy club at UNB.
Prof. Hart Weed has served on the executive of the American Catholic Philosophical Association and is a member of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association, Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, and the Society of Christian Philosophers. She was the Aquinas lecturer at Emory University in 2008 and is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, La Fondation Hardt in Geneva, Switzerland, and KU Leuven.
Meet the Speaker: Rev. James Dominic Rooney, O.P.
Rev. James Dominic Rooney, O.P. is an assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. His work is primarily in metaphysics, medieval philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He is also a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Albert the Great (Chicago, IL) and a Catholic priest. His book Not a Hope in Hell was published by Routledge in 2025.
Meet the Speaker: Catalina Vial de Amesti
Catalina Vial de Amesti is a member of the dogmatic theology faculty at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy. She was born in Santiago, Chile.