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Dec. 4, 2025 |
Jim Hankinson, Ph.D |
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Mar. 23, 2026 |
"Alasdair MacIntyre's Influence on 20th and 21st Century Philosophy" Peter Wicks, Ph.D. |
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Apr. 22, 2026 |
"The Good is Always Useful: Newman and the Liberal Arts Today" Andrew Meszaros, Ph.D |
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Sept. 30, 2021 |
"Why do they come?: Immigration and the Problem of Hospitality" Miguel De La Torre, Ph.D |
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Oct. 19, 2021 |
"A Mysticism of Place. Prairie Notes" Patricia Zimmerman, Ph.D. |
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Nov. 19, 2021 |
“Roots of Humanity: Lessons from Confucianism” Richard Kim, Ph.D |
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Feb. 15, 2022 |
"Moral Struggle in the Face of Systemic Injustice” Kevin Timpe, Ph.D. |
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April 21, 2022 |
“Ever ancient ever new. The history of the Congregation of the Norbertine Sisters” Norbertine Sisters, Sr. Adriana Gacikova and Sr. Therese Falcon |
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Sept. 19, 2019 |
"The Feminist Politics of (In) Civility" Carrie Tirado Bramen |
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Oct. 22, 2019 |
"Spinoza, Toleration and the First Amendment" Steven Nadler, Ph.D. |
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Feb. 20, 2020 |
"Civility: Its Uses and Abuses in Public Discourse" John Corvino, Ph.D |
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March 26, 2020 |
"From Civility to Justice: Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good" MT Dávila, Ph.D. Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
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Sept. 27, 2018 |
“Our Love-Affair with Technology: Some (Inconvenient) Truths” Carol Bruess, Ph.D. |
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Oct. 18, 2018 |
“On Virtuous and Virtual Communities: Civic Flourishing in the Digital Age” Shannon Vallor, Ph.D. |
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Feb. 21, 2019 |
“The Myth of the Global Village: How Technology Divides Us” Nicholas Carr |
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April 16, 2019 |
“Artificial Intelligence and Human Desire: Can a Robot Truly Love?” Sister Ilia Delio, O.S.F. |
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April 5, 2018 |
“Beyond Original Sin: Genesis on the Emergence of True Adulthood” David M. Carr, Ph.D. |
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Feb. 21, 2018 |
“Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today” Bryan Doerries |
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Oct. 26, 2017 |
“Racism, White Privilege, and Thomas Merton on Transformative Spirituality and Justice” Rev. Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. |
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Sept. 21, 2017 |
“Who Will I Become? Self-Discovery Through Transformation” L.A. Paul, Ph.D. |
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March 30, 2017 |
What (if Anything) Is Wrong With Economic Inequality? Paul Weithman, Ph.D. |
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Feb. 23, 2017 |
Stepping Out on Faith: Economic Justice Through Community Organizing Maureen O'Connell, Ph.D. |
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Oct. 27, 2016 |
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America Martin Gilens, Ph.D. |
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Sept. 29, 2016 |
Understanding Structural Injustice: What Is a Sinful Social Structure? Daniel Finn, Ph.D. |
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March 10, 2016 |
Carl Elliott, M.D. Ph.D. |
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Nov. 5, 2015 |
On Being a Doctor: Lessons From a Patient Named Fred Daniel Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Oct. 1, 2015 |
What Is Health? Ancient and Modern Perspectives Heinrich von Staden, Ph.D. |
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Sept. 2, 2015 |
Unwise Choices: Thinking About Responsibility, Blame and Compassion in Healthcare Contexts Hanna Pickard, Ph.D. |
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March 12, 2015 |
Religion in a World of Science Gary Gutting |
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Feb. 12, 2015 |
Living Within the Universe Story Mary Evelyn Tucker |
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Nov. 12, 2014 |
Exploring Darwin's "Tangled Bank" - Evolution, God and Science in America Today Kenneth Miller |
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Sept. 25, 2014 |
Between Intelligent Design and the New Atheism: Science and Religion at the Crossroads Philip Clayton |
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March 27, 2014 |
Meaning of Life, Happiness, and the Pretty Good Life Laura King |
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Feb. 20, 2014 |
Human Flourishing: Lessons from Comparative Philosophy and the Human Sciences Owen Flanagan |
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Nov. 7, 2013 |
Daniel Haybron |
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Oct. 8, 2013 |
Sacred Scripture In Song Performed by St. Norbert College Music Department |
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Sept. 26, 2013 |
Happiness in the Christian Life Ellen Charry |
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Feb. 28, 2013 |
Working for the Common Good: Do I Have to Leave My Job to Do It? Dr. Michael J. Naughton |
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Jan. 31, 2013 |
Human Flourishing and the Common Good: Aquinas on Justice Dr. Eleonore Stump |
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Oct. 9, 2012 |
Anam Cara: A Celebration of Celtic Sacred Music Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department |
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Sept. 6, 2012 |
Prophecy, Civility and the Common Good Dr. Cathleen Kaveny |
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March 22, 2012 |
Truth as Practice: Alternative Conceptions of Religious Truth and the Problem of Religious Disagreement Dr. Mara Brecht and Dr. Tanya Randle |
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Feb. 23, 2012 |
Fundraising, Youth Groups, and “Sushi” Muslims: The Formatting of Islam in America Dr. Martyn Smith |
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Nov. 10, 2011 |
Religious Diversity – A Challenge to Political Philosophy and Democratic Politics Dr. Robert Audi |
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Oct. 11, 2011 |
Musica del Cielo: Sacred Music of Spain and the New World Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department |
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Sept. 22, 2011 |
“Born This Way”: The Political and Personal Challenges of American Religious Pluralism Dr. Kathleen Flake |
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March 24, 2011 |
“Down in Adoration Falling” - Music, the Sacred and Worship Fr. Jan Michael Joncas |
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Nov. 4, 2010 |
Modes of Revelation: Music as Symbol and Experience Dr. Kathleen Higgins |
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Oct. 12, 2010 |
An Evening of Norbertine Sacred Music Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department |
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April 8, 2010 |
We Were the Change: The Stories of Women From the First Coeducational Classes of St. Norbert College Panel discussion of St. Norbert College women alumni |
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Nov. 5, 2009 |
Jane Addams’ Struggles with the Life of Art and the Art of Life Charlene Haddock Seigfried |
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Oct. 13, 2009 |
“Most Pleasing in Christ:” Premonstratensian Sisters in the Middle Ages Shelley Wolbrink |
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April 14, 2009 |
The Athenian Acropolis: In What Sense a Holy Rock? Mary Beard |
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March 26, 2009 |
Reflections on the (Im)Possibility of Virtuality as a Sacred Space Lucas Introna |
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Feb. 19, 2009 |
Shadowed Ground, Sacred Place: Reflections on Violence, Tragedy, Memorials and Public Commemorative Rituals Kenneth Foote |
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Nov. 13, 2008 |
Sacred Groves and the Diversity of Life Sahotra Sarkar |
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Oct. 7, 2008 |
Abbot Bernard H. Pennings (1861-1955): Revealing the Man Behind the Image Jean van Stratum |
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Sept. 25, 2008 |
The Sacred and the Secular at Machu Picchu, Peru Richard L. Burger |
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April 10, 2008 |
Unmasking, Analyzing and Confronting a Culture of Fear: Terror of Mind and Spirit Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Ph.D. |
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March 12, 2008 |
Exorcising Political Spectres with the Aid of Marx, Sartre and Derrida William L. McBride |
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Feb. 28, 2008 |
An Ethic of Risk in a Culture of Fear Scott Bader-Saye |
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Nov. 15, 2007 |
From Fright to Fight: How Fear Drives Us to Wage Wars on Everything Pat McCormick |
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Oct. 25, 2007 |
The Moral Vocabulary of Fear Corey Robin |
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Oct. 9, 2007 |
Ordo caritatis: The Ordering of Love in the 12th Century Bernard McGinn |
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Sept. 20, 2007 |
Fear Rules: What is Distinctive About 21st Century Fear? Frank Furedi |
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Sept. 7, 2006 |
Memory, Truth and Reconciliation Miroslav Volf |
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Oct. 10, 2006 |
Augustine, the Canonical Tradition and the Liberal Arts Carol Neel |
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Oct. 19, 2006 |
Human Solidarity in Justice, Truth and Dialogue: Reconciliation in a Divided World Anselm K. Min |
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Feb. 15, 2007 |
Reconciliation as a Means to Overcoming Polarization Robert Schreiter |
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March 13, 2007 |
Justice and the Voices of Women: Steps Toward Reconciliation Susan Ross |
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April 12, 2007 |
The Land of Unlikeness: Explorations into Reconciliation David Stevens |
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April 20, 2006 |
Truth in Memoirs Kyoko Mori |
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March 23, 2006 |
Mi Dios: Latinas Stories of God Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz |
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Feb. 16, 2006 |
How Does a Nation Confess its Sins? Memory, War and the Blood-Soaked Soil Charles Pinches |
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Nov. 10, 2005 |
The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By Dan McAdams |
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Oct. 26, 2005 |
Narrating Pain: Mourning, Catharsis and Rebirth Richard Kearney |
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Oct. 3, 2005 |
Emotions, Memory, Narrativity and “Bad Faith” Robert Solomon |
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April 18, 2005 |
Waking Life Darin Davis |
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Feb. 3, 2005 |
The Wisdom of American Political Life: Can it be Sustained? David Solomon |
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Nov. 15, 2004 |
Jazz and Human Transformation Tom Reynolds, Bruce Tychinski, Karlyn Crowley |
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Oct. 29, 2004 |
Sensorium – Art Exhibit and Reception Fr. James Neilson, Donald Taylor, Wiliam Bohné, Brian Pirman |
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Oct. 19, 2004 |
Reading Homer, or: Everything I Need to Know About American Religion I Learned from The Simpsons Eric Mazur |
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Oct. 4, 2004 |
Movies from the Dark Side: Cinematic Journeys to Depth John Neary |
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Sept. 20, 2004 |
Finding God at the Airport Mall: New Intersections of Religion and Popular Culture Kate McCarthy |
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Feb. 12, 2004 |
Truth and Politics in America Stanley Hauerwas |
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Oct. 16, 2003 |
One Nation Under Therapy Christina Hoff Sommers |
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Sept. 17, 2003 |
Serving Two Sovereigns: When Law Commands One Thing and God Commands Another Stephen Carter |
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April 10, 2003 |
Religious Pluralism and the New Globalization: Ethical Challenges Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M. |
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April 4, 2003 |
Killeen Chair Symposium - The Holocaust in American Culture: Past Appropriations and Future Remberance John Roth, F. Burton Nelson, Victoria Barnett, Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M. |
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March 6, 2003 |
Gender and War: Reflections on Recent Events Iris Marion Young |
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Feb. 6, 2003 |
Working for Justice in a Divided World David Hollenbach, S.J. |
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Nov. 14, 2002 |
Religious Diversity and Social Responsibility Linda T. Zagzebski |
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Oct. 10, 2002 |
Peril and Promise of a Shrinking Planet John B. Cobb, Jr. |
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Sept. 12, 2002 |
Jihad vs McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy Benjamin R. Barber |
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April 25, 2002 |
The Need for Art in a World of Mass Media Robert Hughes |
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March 20, 2002 |
On Pictures and Reading Through a Glass Darkly Patty Wickman |
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Feb. 20, 2002 |
Why Theatre Works Alfred Uhry |
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Nov. 15, 2001 |
Being Human and the Arts: A Sacramental Reflection Edward Farley |
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Oct. 10, 2001 |
Composing the Spirit: Composer as Steward of Infinity Libby Larsen |
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Sept. 27, 2001 |
Art, Aesthetics, Experience, and Human Nature Noel Carroll |
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April 26, 2001 |
An Evening With John Updike - Readings from Current Work, with Commentary John Updike |
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March 15, 2001 |
Moral Imagination and Earthkeeping: A Visual and Oral Report from the Field Larry L. Rasmussen |
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Dec. 5, 2000 |
Politics and the Arts Susan Sontag |
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Oct. 10, 2000 |
Peace in Our World is Everybody's Business Betty Williams |
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Sept. 28, 2000 |
Imagining, Cherishing and Giving in the Abundance of the Earth Stephen David Ross |
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April 13, 2000 |
Apocalypse and Antichrist Toward the End of the First Millennium A.D. Zacharias P. Thundy |
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March 23, 2000 |
The Apocalypse in Art: Bodies and Vision at the End of Time Catherine E. Karkov |
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Feb. 17, 2000 |
Apocalypse Now: Fear and Hope at the Turn of the Millennium Philip Lamy |
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Nov. 18, 1999 |
What If the World Will Never End Peter C. Phan |
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Sept. 16, 1999 |
Apocalypticism and Christian Origins John J. Collins and Adela Yarbro Collins |
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April 13, 1999 |
Norbertine Heritage: Inspiring or Expiring? Xavier G. Colavechio, O. Praem. |
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March 18, 1999 |
Hold Fast to What is Good: Catholic Tradition and the Experience of Women Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P. |
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Feb. 25, 1999 |
Because of the Woman's Testimony...: Women and the Authorship of the Fourth Gospel Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M. |
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Nov. 12, 1998 |
Theology in the Third Millennium: How We Got Here; Where We Are Going J.J. Mueller, S.J. |
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Oct. 13, 1998 |
The Liberal Arts: In Defense of a Tradition That Should Need No Defense Kenneth L. Woodward |
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Sept. 17, 1998 |
Continuity and Change in the Christian Tradition Jaroslav Pelikan |
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March 19, 1998 |
God's Creative Action in Our Evolving Universe William R. Stoeger, S.J. |
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Jan. 29, 1998 |
Science Stumbles on Design Michael J. Behe |
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Oct. 6, 1997 |
Cosmology from Alpha to Omega Robert John Russell |
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Sept. 18, 1997 |
God and the Big Bang Ian G. Barbour |
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April 16, 1997 |
Health Care Economics and Health Care Ethics: Can They Be Reconciled? Victor R. Fuchs |
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March 20, 1997 |
Euthanasia: A Theological Symposium Lisa Sowle Cahill, John M. Stanley, Maura A. Ryan |
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Jan. 30, 1997 |
The New Genetics: Should We Do What We Can Do? Mary Brody Mahowald |
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Nov. 7, 1996 |
Morality as Metaphor Mark Johnson |
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Sept. 26, 1996 |
Euthanasia: A Philosophical Symposium James Rachels, Victoria S. Wike, Daniel Wikler |
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April 30, 1996 |
"Preferential Options for the Poor" and Spirituality Gustavo Guiterrez |
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April 11, 1996 |
Science as Social? - Yes and No Susan Haack |
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March 28, 1996 |
The Passion and Death of Jesus: Issues Biblical, Historical, and Theological Raymond E. Brown |
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March 19, 1996 |
Hannah Arendt: The Banality of Evil Reconsidered Richard J. Bernstein |
| Feb. 15, 1996 |
Do We Need Ethical Principles? Richard Rorty |
| Jan. 25, 1996 |
Genesis 2:2-3: Honoring Time and Rest in a Contemporary Christian Work Ethic Christine Firer Hinze |
| Nov. 9, 1995 |
An Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism Alvin Plantinga |
| Sept. 14, 1995 |
Does Faith Need a Rational Foundation? Avery Dulles, S.J. |
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April 20, 1995 |
Christianity and the Plurality of Faiths John Harwood Hick, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar |
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March 2, 1995 |
Reflections on Faith and Reason at Chartres - An Illustrated Lecture Malcolm Miller |
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Feb. 27, 1995 |
A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Al Staggs |
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Feb. 9, 1995 |
The Unexpected Return of the Mystics in Contemporary Theology David Tracy |
| Jan. 26, 1995 |
What's New With Job? Dianne Bergant |
| Nov. 10, 1994 |
St. Norbert and the Impulse for Reform Castle, Town, and Wilderness: The World of St. Norbert Constance B. Bouchard Converting the Clergy and Preaching to the People: The Mission of Norbert of Xanten John Van Engen |
| Oct. 10, 1994 |
Evolution As A Christian Theme Ernan McMullin |
| Sept. 28, 1994 |
Disuniting of America Arthur Schlesinger |
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Sept. 22, 1994 |
Questioning and Disputing Authority With St. Anselm of Canterbury Marilyn McCord Adams |
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May 4, 1994 |
Ecofeminism and Earth Healing Rosemary Radford Ruether |
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March 24, 1994 |
Achieving Economic Development Consistent With Environmental Preservation The Honorable Dan Quayle |
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Feb. 15, 1994 |
The Economics of a Sustainable Future Jim MacNeill |
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Jan. 27, 1994 |
Ecofeminism Spiritualities: A Philosophical Look at Why They Matter Karen Warren |
| Nov. 3, 1993 |
Capitalism and Christians Arthur J. Jones |
| Sept. 30, 1993 |
Confronting the Economics-Ecology Dilemma James A. Nash |
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April 14, 1993 |
Story as Truth Madeleine L'Engle |
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March 25, 1993 |
Faith and Narrative: What Stories Can and Cannot Do Reverend John J. Shea |
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Feb. 3, 1993 |
God in the Movies: Religion and Popular Culture Father Andrew M. Greeley |
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Jan. 28, 1993 |
Nietzsche and Human Nature Richard Schacht |
| Oct. 29, 1992 |
The Story as a Map of Meaning for the Modern World Rabbi Chaim Potok |
| Oct. 1, 1992 |
Story and Place in the Religious Imagination Belden C. Lane |
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March 19, 1992 |
The Jewish-Catholic Dialogue After Vatican II: Perspectives and Prospects Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum and The Most Reverend Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. |
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Feb. 13, 1992 |
The Grounds of Moral Rights Carl P. Wellman, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar |
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Jan. 30, 1992 |
Schools of Thought in Late Medieval Universities William J. Courtenay |
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Nov. 13, 1991 |
Islamic Perspectives of the Person Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad |
| Oct. 28, 1991 |
Images of Fire: Poetry and the Zen of Primary Experience David Whyte |
| Oct. 17, 1991 |
The Hindu Concept of the Self A.L. Herman |
| Sept. 26, 1991 |
Japanese Buddhist Philosophy of the Person Kenneth K. Inada |
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April 9, 1991 |
Interfaith Dialogue and the World Community Frederick J. Streng |
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March 19, 1991 |
Measuring the Moment: Is There a Future for Catholic Social Teaching? M. Shawn Copeland, O.P. |
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Feb. 28, 1991 |
Economic Justice for Some Sydney Tompson Brown, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar |
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Feb. 21, 1991 |
Vatican II Revisited: Protestant Reflections 25 Years Later Robert McAfee Brown, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar |
| Feb. 7, 1991 |
Catholic Agenda for the 90s: The World's Challenge to Gospel Values Monika K. Hellwig |
| Jan. 31, 1991 |
Killeen Chair Faculty Symposium: Advocacy in the Classroom |
| Nov. 26, 1990 |
The Achievement of Newman Reverend Ian Ker |
| Oct. 21, 1990 |
The Rationale for Academic Freedom in Catholic Higher Education Reverend Charles E. Curran |
| Sept. 27, 1990 |
Killeen Chair Symposium: Catholic Colleges in the 1990s William M. Shea, Patricia Byrne, C.S.J., Ralph McInerny |
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March 22, 1990 |
Ethical Relativism and International Justice Richard T. De George, Killeen Chair Resident Scholar |
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Feb. 20, 1990 |
In the Footsteps of St. Augustine - A Memorial Lecture for Father Vincent Conway, O. Praem. Mary T. Clark, R.S.C.J. |
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Jan. 23, 1990 |
Killeen Chair Faculty Symposium: What Difference Gender Difference? |
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Nov. 7, 1989 |
Waging Peace: An Agenda for the 1990's William Sloane Coffin, Jr. |
| Nov. 6, 1989 |
Strategic Implications of Some Contemporary Nonviolent Struggles Christopher Kruegler |
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April 3, 1989 |
A.I.D.S. and Abortion: Toward a Radically Catholic Sexual Ethics Denise Larnder Carmody |
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Feb. 23, 1989 |
Symbolic Defense: SDI in American Culture Edward T. Linenthal |
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Jan. 24, 1989 |
The Challenge of Relativism St. Norbert College Faculty |
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Nov. 16-17, 1988 |
Being Christian in a Revolutionary Time John W. deGruchy and Geffrey B. Kelly |
| Oct. 6, 1988 |
How to Make People Moral James P. Sterba Particular Communities and Public Problems Robin W. Lovin |
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Feb. 18, 1988 |
In the Combat Zone over U.S. Values: The Vision of One America vs. The Vision of Many Americas Martin E. Marty |
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Dec. 4, 1987 |
Leo Ornstein Festival - American Values and the Music of Leo Ornstein Vivian Perlic, Suvero Ornstein, William Westney, Pro Arte Quartet |
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Oct. 8, 1987 |
Killeen Chair Symposium John J. McDermott, Vine Deloria, Jr., Barbara Hilkert Andolsen, Rev. James Hennesey, S.J., Rosemary Skinner Keller, Preston N. Williams |
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April 8, 1987 |
Purpose and Value After Darwin Edmund Pellegrino |
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Feb. 11-12, 1987 |
Artificial Intelligence Larry Birnbaum and John Haugeland |
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Nov. 18-20, 1986 |
Freedom and Determination David Barash and Neil Delaney |
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Oct. 24, 1986 |
The Recovery of Our Creatureliness James M. Gustafson What's So Special About Being Human? Willard Gaylin |
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April 17, 1986 |
The U.S. Bishop's Pastoral Letter on the United States Economy: The International Agenda Rev. J. Bryan Hehir |
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Feb. 18, 1986 |
The Possiblity of Change: Further Reflections of the Bishop's Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy Rosemary Haughton |
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Nov. 19, 1985 |
Feminization of Poverty Maria Riley, O.P. |
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Oct. 24, 1985 |
Killeen Chair Symposium The Most Reverend Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., Kenneth P. Jameson, Daniel Rush Finn, Paul J. Schierl |
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April 15, 1985 |
The Family: A School of Character? Stanley Hauerwas |
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March 14, 1984 |
Killeen Chair Symposium Fr. Bernard Harring, C.S.S.R., Fr. Richard McBrien, Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere, S.S.S. |
