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The Transformative Power of Beauty and Friendship w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Thomas Hibbs
The Transformative Power of Beauty and Friendship w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Thomas Hibbs
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jul 18, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Thomas Hibbs about the transformative power of beauty and friendship, how art, beauty, and morality fit together, and the role of beauty in theological contemplation.Links referenced:https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio-the-supper-at-emmaus https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/10953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5y99rpk8toYou can watch this interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIWVvveB_g.About the speaker: Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as the inaugural Dean of the Honors College. At Baylor he was also the inaugural director of Baylor in Washington, D.C. where he currently runs a summer program on Religion and Social Life. He has served as department chair at Boston College and as president of the University of Dallas.Hibbs has published more than thirty scholarly articles, the most recent of which is “Aquinas and Black Natural Law.” He has published eight books, the most recent of which is Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art, and Laudato Si’ (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023). He has also published two books on film and philosophy and one book on art. He has published more than 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues including First Things, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, and National Review. He writes regularly for The Dallas Morning News.Hibbs’ lectures have been protested by nihilists at Boston University and by communists in Palermo, Sicily.
Released:
Jul 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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