de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture

Lecture by Thomas Pink: “The Church, the State, and the Authority to Coerce”

Historical Catholic teaching is that the church as well as the state is a potestas – a sovereign legal authority with the right to legislate and to enforce its legislation...

Religious Liberty Issues in Healthcare

The Religious Liberty Initiative and the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture are held a panel discussion titled “Religious Liberty Issues in Healthcare” on Wednesday,...

Caring for Women and Children: Navigating Medicine, Law, and Policy After Dobbs

The Notre Dame Office of Life and Human Dignity and the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will host a free, three-part webinar series through...

Friendship

Professor Meghan Sullivan on Plato’s Republic

Professor Meghan Sullivan she speaks about Plato’s Republic (ca. 375 BC), as part of “The Book That Changed My Life” series from the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture....

Professor and Poet James Matthew Wilson on the Importance of Writing

James Matthew Wilson is a poet and associate professor in religion and literature in the department of Humanities and Augustinian Tradions at Villanova University. In this...

Digital Friends on Faith and Friendship Through Social Media

Our guests this week – Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble FSP, Rev. Harrison Ayre, and Rev. Anthony Sciarappa – were part of a panel discussion at the dCEC’s 20th Annual Fall...

Musician J. J. Wright on His New Album, Prayer, and Sacred Music

J. J. Wright is a composer with roots in jazz and sacred music. He is the director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, and his gig list includes recording and performing with Caribbean...

Dale Ahlquist on G. K. Chesterton

Dale Ahlquist is an author and president of the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. We chat about Chesterton’s 1930 visit to Notre Dame, the newly-acquired Chesterton...

Attorney General William Barr on Religious Liberty

A talk by US Attorney General William Barr on religious liberty, delivered at the University of Notre Dame Law School and co-sponsored by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and...

Arthur Brooks on Loving Your Enemies

In this episode, we sit down with Arthur Brooks, the former president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save...

Ernest Morrell on Teaching Critical Media Literacy

Ernest Morrell is the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education and the Director of the Center for Literacy Education. He holds appointments in the Department of English and of...