Interviews
March 7, 2024, “The Search for the Historical Thomas Aquinas? (Sacra Doctrina Project).” Click here for audio.
March 7, 2024, “Moral Questions for Lay People (The Meaning of Catholic).” Click here for audio.
January 11, 2024, “The Life and Work of Bl. Columba Marmion, OSB (Sacra Doctrina Project).” Click here for audio.
December 12, 2023, “Hervaeus Natalis and Logic (Dogs with Torches).” Click here for video.
November 29, 2023, “Translation, Eastern Catholicism, Thomism, Ressourcement Theology, Part 2 (The Open Door).” Click here for video.
November 15, 2023, “Translation, Eastern Catholicism, Thomism, Ressourcement Theology (The Open Door).” Click here for video.
November 1, 2023, “Translation Tug of War [and many other topics!] (Kolbe Academy Podcast).” Click here for audio.
June 5, 2023, “The Vocation of Thomas Aquinas (re: Jean-Pierre Torrell’s Saint Thomas Aquinas, vol. 1: The Person and His Work (Catholic Culture Podcast).” Click here for video.
November 10, 2022, “The Natural Law of our Supernatural Nature (Aquinas Institute, Princeton).” Click here for video.
October 21, 2022, “Aquinas and Moral Theology (Dogs with Torches).” Click here for video.
August 26, 2022, “Meet the Master's Teacher: Amrboise Gardeil (The Meaning of Catholic).” Click here for video.
July 22, 2022, “Garrigou-Lagrange on Revelation (The Meaning of Catholic).” Click here for video.
July 20, 2022, “What Makes a War Just? (EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa).” Click here for video.
June 21, 2022, “On Divine Revelation: The Canon of Scripture & Father Garigou-Lagrange.” Click here for video.
June 10, 2022, “Theological Manuals Revisited (Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology).” Click here for audio. (I was recovering from Covid during this podcast, so I apologize that I was a little bit foggy.)
June 6, 2022, “The Common Good and Political Philosophy (Reason and Theology).” Click here for video.
May 13, 2022, “‘Ens intentionale’ and ‘ens ut verum’: Traveling with John Deely Beyond Non-Being (International Open Seminar on Semiotics: A Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing).” Click here for video.
May 6, 2022, “Christ, His Mysteries, and Moral Theology (Reason and Theology).” Click here for video.
May 5, 2022, “Teleological Realism (a Conversation with Seth Hart & Suan Sonna).” Click here for video.
May 4, 2022, “Made by God, Made for God: Catholic Morality Explained (Godsplaining, Eastern Dominican Province Podcast).” Click here for video.
April 21, 2022, “Catholic Morality (Every Knee Shall Bow).” Click here for audio.
April 14, 2022, “Catholic Morality (Every Knee Shall Bow).” Click here for audio.
March 26, 2022, “The Sacred Monster of Thomism (The Logos Project).” Click here for audio.
March 18, 2022, “No Salvation Outside Thomism? (The Meaning of Catholic).” Click here for video.
February 25, 2022, “Dr. Larry Chapp, Dr. Matthew Levering, Dr. Richard DeClue, and Dr. Matthew Minerd: Various Topics in 20th Century Catholicism (Gaudium et Spes 22 Discussions).” Click here for video.
February 23, 2022, “Catholic Morality Explained (Pints With Aquinas: Matt Fradd Discussions).” Click here for video.
February 10, 2022, “The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain (Philosophy for the People).” Click here for video.
January 29, 2022, “The ‘Schola Thomae’ as an Integral Context of the Thought of Dr. John Deely (International Open Seminar on Semiotics: A Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing)” Click here for video.
January 27, 2022, “Dr. Larry Chapp, Dr. Matthew Levering, and Dr. Matthew Minerd: Neo-Scholasticism and Ressourcement (Gaudium et Spes 22 Discussions).” Click here for video.
January 7, 2022, “Jacques Maritain: Christian Philosopher (Reason and Theology).” Click here for video.
January 6, 2022, “Classical Theism & God's Love a Panel Discussion along with Suan Sonna, Gaven Kerr, Christopher Tomaszewski (Intellectual Conservative).” Click here for video.
December 20, 2021, “A Scotist & Thomist discuss the Incarnation.” Click here for video.
November 30, 2021, “Catholic World Report: On translating Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange, Divine Liturgy, and cocktails.” Click here.
November 12, 2021, “Made by God, Made for God (Classical Theism).” Click here for audio.
October, 2021, “Made by God, Made for God (Patristic Pillars).” Click here for video.
October 11, 2021, “Made by God, Made for God (Reason and Theology).” Click here for video.
October 1, 2021, “What Led up to Vatican II? A Discussion.” Click here for video.
September 3, 2021, “Why is Garrigou-Lagrange the Greatest Thomist Theologian of the 20th century?” Click here for video.
July 2, 2021, “Garrigou-Lagrange: Thomistic Common Sense” Click here for video.
June 26, 2021, “Lectures on the Summa / Virtues” (Lecture 5: The Treatise on Justice) Click here for video.
June 4, 2021, “Lectures on the Summa / Virtues” (Lecture 4: Christian Prudence) Click here for video.
May 23, 2021, “Fr. Garrigou & the Principle of Finality.” Click here for audio.
May 21, 2021, “Lectures on the Summa / Virtues” (Lecture 3: The Theological Virtue of Charity) Click here for video.
May 7, 2021, “Lectures on the Summa / Virtues” (Lecture 2: The Theological Virtue of Hope) Click here for video.
April 23, 2021, “Lectures on the Summa / Virtues” (Lecture 1: The Theological Virtue of Faith) Click here for video.
March 31, 2021, “Discussion with Dr. Richard DeClue on the Nouvelle Théologie.” Click here for video.
February 19, 2021, “Lectures on the Secunda pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Lecture 4: On Law and Grace). Click here for video.
February 5, 2021, “Lectures on the Secunda pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Lecture 3: The Virtues). Click here for video.
January 27, 2021, “Book Discussion: Garrigou-Lagrange’s Sense of Mystery.” Click here for video.
January 22, 2021, “Book Discussion: Garrigou-Lagrange’s The Order of Things.” Click here for video.
January 20, 2021, “Lectures on the ‘Nouvelle théologie’ crisis” (Lecture 4: The Nature of Theology). Click here for video.
January 15, 2021, “Lectures on the Secunda pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Lecture 2: Human Acts and Christian Conscience). Click here for video.
January 13, 2021, “Lectures on the ‘Nouvelle théologie’ crisis” (Lecture 3: The Toulouse Response: Frs. Labourdette, Nicolas, and Bruckberger). Click here for video.
January 6, 2021, “Lectures on the ‘Nouvelle théologie’ crisis” (Lecture 2: The Roman Response from Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange). Click here for video.
December 30, 2020, “Lectures on the ‘Nouvelle théologie’ crisis” (Lecture 1: High-Level Overview). Click here for video. Also, per request, a crazy chart: click here. (Note that this is simplified and was put together merely to help students see everything that we had talked about in a lecture that was a bit overwhelming.)
December 19, 2020, “Lectures on the Secunda pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Lecture 1: On Beatitude). Click here for video.
December 4, 2020, “Lectures on the Prima Pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Part 4 of 4: On Angels and Humans). Click here for video.
November 20, 2020, “Lectures on the Prima Pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Part 3 of 4: On God as Three). Click here for video.
November 6, 2020, “Lectures on the Prima Pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Part 2 of 4: On God as One). Click here for video.
October 24, 2020, “Afterlife Roundtable” (Discussion roundtable event with Fr. Dr. Christiaan Kappes, Dr. Jared Goff, and Mr. Nathaniel McCallum) Click here for video.
October 23, 2020, “Lectures on the Prima Pars of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae” (Part 1 of 4: Overview of the Summa and the place of the Prima pars in the whole). Click here for video.
July 1, 2020, “The Life and Theology of Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange” Click here for video. Click here for audio.
June 16, 2020, “Essence and Energies” (A discussion of issues surrounding the contact points between Thomism and Palamism.) Click here for video. Click here for audio.
May 14, 2019, “Garrigou-Lagrange, The Sacred Monster of Thomism.” Click here for audio.
Talks and Papers
December 5, 2023, “Outline of Moral Catechesis Based on Christ our Pascha.” Presentation for the Religious Education Office of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma.
“John Deely: Remarks on the Last Days of a Master (and a Statement on Behalf of the American Maritain Association).” International Open Seminar on Semiotics: A Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing. University of Coimbra, Portugal, January 7, 2021.
“The Ontology of the Divine Indwelling: A Hard-Headed Thomist Meets with Palamas,” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, Franciscan University of Steubenville and Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA: “Whose Thomism? Which Tradition?,” March 5-7, 2020.
“Sacramental Being, Practical Signification, and Sacramental Causality: A Synthetic Overview,” Conference Presentation, Byzantine Catholic Seminary 2019 Symposium: East, West and Beyond, May 21-23, 2019.
“Wisdom be Attentive: The Noetic Structure of Sapiential Knowledge.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, De Sales University: “Thomism and Theology,” March 28-30, 2019.
“Saint Thomas and the Thomists on Logic as a Science.” Conference Presentation, 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 10-13, 2018.
“Analogy and Methodology: Maritain and an Example of the Proper Method of Metaphysics.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary: “Thomism and Science,” March 1-3, 2018.
“Getting the Middle Term Right: Cenoscopy, Ideoscopy, and the Formal Objects of Sciences.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary: “Thomism and Science,” March 1-3, 2018.
“Maritain and the Metaphysics of Sexual Differentiation.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, Fordham University: “Along Unbeaten Pathways: Jacques Maritain's Pursuit of Wisdom in Untrammeled Approaches,” February 25-27, 2016.
“Two Minor Unities: Political Reflections on Common Nature and Unity of Order.” Conference Presentation, The Catholic University of America, School of Philosophy: “The Public and the Private,” March 20-21, 2015.
“The Practical Epistemology of the Ius Gentium.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference, University of San Francisco: “Maritain Engagé,” February 26-28, 2015.
“Commentary: The Personalism of John Henry Newman by John Crosby.” Conference Commentary, American Catholic Philosophical Association: “Dispositions, Habits, and Virtues,” October 9-12, 2014.
“Abrahamic Wisdom: Raïssa Maritain's Influence on Jacques' Conception of the Natural Law.” Conference Presentation, American Maritain Association Conference: “The Young Jacques: Bergson, Raïssa and Friends,” February 27, 2014 – March 1, 2014.
“A Thomistic Phenomenology of the Formal Object of a Subalternate Science: The Case of John of St. Thomas and Jacques Maritain.” Conference Presentation, The Catholic University of America, School of Philosophy: “Causation and Explanation,” February 22, 2014.
“Remarks on Human Individuation and the Universal Nature of ‘Humanity.’” Conference Presentation, Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, University of St. Thomas: “Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity,” October 19, 2013.
“The Glory and Indigence of Human Knowing: A Consideration of the Multiform Conceptualization of the Term ‘Category.’” Conference presentation, The Catholic University of America, School of Philosophy: “The Categories,” March 23, 2013.
“Hovering Angels: Poetic Intuition and Knowledge of Singular Existents.” Conference presentation, American Maritain Association Conference: “Art and Faith,” October 11-13, 2012.
“Mythopoesis, the Objectivity of the Particular Sciences, and the Call to Return to Experience.” Conference presentation, Duquesne University Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2, 2011.