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The Pleasures of Reading: A Theological Perspective
[ 2012 ] [ Hits:276 ]
Description: Dr. Alan Jacobs, who has written two books - A Theology of Reading and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, believes that when it comes to reading, theology and pleasure have a good deal in common. The task of this talk is to explain ho
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Looking Out: Using Education and Art to Live an Abundant Life
[ 2010 ] [ Hits:774 ]
Description: Aaron Krohn was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in the theatre, raised and inspired by his actor parents. He was a theatre major at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from
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What Hopkins Has to Teach Us
[ 2009 ] [ Hits:1025 ]
Description: The lecture focuses on the Jesuit poet the Rev. Gerard Manley Hopkins’ life, works and teachings on the possibilities of the Catholic imagination. Mariani, who recently wrote a biography about Fr. Hopkins, will demonstrate why this priest and poet
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2009 Lee Lecture: Author and Musician Ann McCutchan
[ 2009 ] [ Hits:1208 ]
Description: In her 2009 Lee Lecture, author and musician Ann McCutchan discusses the intersection of science and the humanities in her current book project Water Music: Rhythms of a River. Water Music examines environmental changes in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya R
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Lee Lecture, "A Faith for All Seasons"
[ 2004 ] [ Hits:1642 ]
Description: Speaker(s): Gregory WolfeDate: April 15th, 2004Location: Cullen HallLength: 63 minsDescription: In his 2004 Lee Lecture Gregory Wolfe will argue that the tradition of "Christian humanism" offers the best response to our politicized culture and C
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The Da Vinci Code
[ 2004 ] [ Hits:1294 ]
Description: Speaker(s): Fr. Michael BarrettDate: April 14th, 2004Location: Scanlan, JerabeckLength: 87 minsDescription: Among sensational suggestions made by The Da Vinci Code, now at its one-year mark atop the New York Times Bestseller List, is that the Ca
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Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
[ 2004 ] [ Hits:1383 ]
Description: Speaker(s): Joseph PearceDate: October 19, 2004Location: Cullen HallLength: 87 minsDescription: Most people are familiar with the brilliant Oscar Wilde who was born 150 years ago on Oct. 16, 1854. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, remains o
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Dante and the Resurrection of the Body
[ 2006 ] [ Hits:1384 ]
Description: Speaker(s): Dr. Anthony EsolenDate: February 1, 2006Location: Cullen HallLength: 63 minsDescription: This year’s Lee Lecture Series in English speaker is a distinguished scholar, critic, translator and poet, Professor Anthony Esolen, of Provid
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Chesterton on Shakespeare
[ 2006 ] [ Hits:1648 ]
Description: Speaker(s): Dale AhlquistDate: February 14, 2006Location: Cullen HallLength: 68 minsDescription: What was Shakespeare's greatest play? Was Shakespeare a Catholic? Was he a pessimist? Was he really somebody else? Dale Ahlquist, president of the A
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