Religion and Philosophy
Five Years of Pope Francis’ Papacy: Panel Discussion on Geopolitical, Ecumenical, and Cultural Perspectives
At the end of Pope Francis’ first five years in the papacy, this panel evaluates how he is calling the Church to encounter a deeper human experience by valuing diversity through...
watch videoThe Challenge of Peace Pursued Through Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Scott Alexander, Ph.D. and Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini engage the 2017–18 Center for Social Concerns annual theme, Living the Challenge of Peace, by discussing how peace and justice...
watch videoRevisiting Five Years of Pope Francis with John Cavadini
Join Professor John Cavadini, Professor of Theology and Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, as he discusses Pope Francis’ five-year anniversary.
watch videoSenior Fellow and Best-Selling Author Mary Eberstadt on “The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae”
Mary Eberstadt is a senior fellow of the Fath & Reason Institute and the author of several best-selling books, including Adam and Eve After the Pill (2013) and How the West Really...
Listen to PodcastMary O’Callaghan on Being an Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
Mary O’Callaghan earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Creighton University, and received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame....
Listen to PodcastTheologian and Author Gilbert Meilaender on Adoption
Gilbert Meilaender is the author of Not By Nature But By Grace: Forming Families Through Adoption, the inaugural volume in the de Nicola’s Catholic Ideas for a Secular World...
Listen to PodcastProfessor Micah Watson on C.S. Lewis’ “The Weight of Glory”
The speaker is Micah Watson, an associate professor of political science at Calvin College. Watson speaks on C.S. Lewis’ work, “The Weight of Glory.”
watch videoThe Free Will Defense
Can belief in God be rational because of something other than arguments and evidence? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
watch videoHuman Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge
If God knows everything we will do before we do it, can our actions be free? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
watch videoFelix Culpa
In what way might a moral *fall* of humanity be considered fortunate? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion, epistemology,...
watch videoWhere the Conflict Really Lies
Do science and religion really conflict, or does the real conflict lie elsewhere? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of religion,...
watch videoThe Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
If evolution and naturalism were both true, would we really know much of anything at all? Notre Dame philosopher Alvin Plantinga spent 50 years researching the philosophy of...
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