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May 2020
Problem of Pain Seminar
A follow-up to the fall seminar on loneliness, this five-week seminar works through C.S. Lewis’s The Problem of Pain. Topics include the classic problem of evil, namely, if God is all good and all powerful there should not be evil and suffering, so either God does not exist, or God is not good, or God is not all powerful. Other topics include human freedom and evil, the meaning and redemption of suffering (human and animal), and the question of eternal suffering,…
Find out more »CanaVox Women’s Reading Group
CanaVox is hosting a women's reading group for discussion with like-minded friends on topics ranging from marriage, dating, and friendship to hot-button issues facing the family today, like Transgender Identity. Please join us every other Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Witherspoon Institute. Sweets and pastries (gluten-filled and gluten-free) and tea/coffee are provided with printouts of the readings. For more on what we discuss, see these links to our online syllabus: On the Meaning of Marriage, Cohabitation, and Communication in Marriage. **Suggestions welcome from…
Find out more »June 2020
Moral Life and the Classical Tradition (Men)
The Moral Life and the Classical Tradition Seminar is a week-long program for rising high school juniors and seniors as well as rising college freshmen interested in the ancient philosophical tradition and its influence in the Christian moral life.
Find out more »Moral Life and the Classical Tradition (Women)
The Moral Life and the Classical Tradition Seminar is a week-long program for rising high school juniors and seniors as well as rising college freshmen interested in the ancient philosophical tradition and its influence in the Christian moral life.
Find out more »July 2020
Introduction to College Life
This summer we will be offering a new seminar for incoming college freshmen on how to navigate the opportunities and challenges of the contemporary university.
Find out more »First Principles
This seminar, for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, examines two topics central to the work of the Witherspoon Institute, namely, (1) the purpose of the university and (2) friendship and marriage. Unfortunately, these topics are often taken up from the vantage point of the culture wars, rather than from a patient, careful study of first principles. In these two weeks, we examine them from the background of philosophical anthropology, the metaphysics of the person, and a study of personal action and the human good.
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