The Law of Love: Aquinas and the Renewal of Moral Theology

How is love at work in our lives in a practical way? Contemplate Thomas Aquinas’ thoughts on love, why charity is not just love of God, but also a profound form of friendship, and why the key to understanding love is understanding justice.

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:

• Moderator: Therese Cory, director of the Jacques Maritain Center and the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University of Notre Dame
• Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., Theologian of the Papal Household at the Vatican and Member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas
• William C. Mattison ’03 Ph.D., Wilsey Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame
• Jean Porter, John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame