Approaches to Defending the Faith
Apologetics is often viewed as a matter of mere arguments. This course, whilst surveying the major schools of apologetics, will reframe apologetic encounters as occurring between whole persons, with many persuasive tools coalescing to persuade one’s interlocutor. Students will learn how to cultivate tools and habits of soul in order to be more effective Christian…
Medieval Metaphysics: Augustine to Renaissance
The intellectual tradition of the Church undergoes a profound transformation in the wake of Augustine’s thought, raising enduring questions that shape the course of medieval philosophy. This course traces the major metaphysical and theological debates from late antiquity through the high and late Middle Ages (c. 300–1500 AD), exploring how figures such as Boethius, Avicenna,…