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St. Thomas Aquinas on Pleasure and the Good Life – Dr. Erik Dempsey

Dr. Erik Dempsey explains how St. Thomas Aquinas sees pleasure as a natural and God-given part of the good life, one that both signals our true human ends and yet must be disciplined by temperance in a fallen world.This lecture was given on December 4th, 2025, at Southern Methodi ...  Show more

Suffering and the Communion of Saints – Prof. Timothy O'Connor

Prof. Timothy O’Connor examines why an all-loving, omnipotent God permits horrendous suffering and explores how, within a Christian framework, such evils can be “defeated” and taken up into the communion of saints as part of our eternal union with God.This lecture was given on De ...  Show more

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