The Saint Katherine College Forum

Fasting and Cancer: Molecular Pathways Induced by Ascesis?

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:09:09 +0000

J. Andrew Deane, Ph.D.

The Book of Tobit: An Ancient Story and Still Relevant

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:49:13 +0000

Dr. Derry Connolly, President of John Paul the Great University in San Diego

Herodotus, Eusebius, and the Foundation of Christian History

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:18:07 +0000

Rick Kennedy, Professor of History at Point Loma Nazarene University

The Federal Reserve: Current Monetary Policy in the Presence of Zero Lower Bound (ZLB)

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:58:02 +0000

Professor Radu Munteaunu

Making Sense of Bioethics: Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:23:34 +0000

Mr. Alan Shlemon

Does Science Today Make Philosophy Irrelevant?

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:29:06 +0000

Beginning with an extended introduction by His Grace Bishop Maxim of the Serbian Orthodox Church, who also serves as the translator for this lecture, this lecture by Dr. Christos Yannaras explains how Eastern Orthodox theology is an important part of understanding the perennial question of the relation between science and philosophy.

The Penitent Bandit in the Interpretation of John Chrysostom

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:28:51 +0000

The Passion narrative in the gospel of Luke famously recounts how one of the bandits crucified with Christ asks the Lord to remember him in his kingdom (Luke 23:39-43). In this lecture, Dr. Mark Bilby of the University of San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University explains the significant effect that John Chrysostom's homilies had on the interpretation of this passage. Bilby surveys interpretations of the passage prior to Chrysostom, details what Chrysostom did (and did not) emphasize in his interpretation, and shows how those emphases became part of the interpretive tradition on the passage. The lecture concludes with a discussion of how Chrysostom's homilies on the bandit might have formed the lectionary tradition concerning Luke 23:39-43 in the East.

Arvo Part’s “Credo”: Composition in a Time of Crisis

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:27:11 +0000

In this lecture on Arvo Part, the preeminent Eastern Orthodox composer, Dr. Cecilia Sun, assistant professor music at the University of California, Irvine, explores the ways in which Part's "Credo" composition is formed from a number of diverse musical traditions, including most prominently the work of J. S. Bach. Carefully analyzing the musical structure of "Credo," which contains text from the Nicene creed, Dr. Sun explains how the composition marks a complex transition in Part's oeuvre.

The Slave and the Emperor: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius on Power and the Good Life

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:44:18 +0000

How could a slave and a Roman emperor possibly agree about the nature of the good life? In this lecture, Dr. Robert Thomas Llizo of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University explains how the shared Stoic philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius shaped their thinking about what it means to live a good life, and how the Stoic teaching about power and human corruption might cause us to rethink our assumptions about the corrupting effects of power.

Thinking about God and Work with a Philosopher, a Theologian, and Some Monks

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:20:17 +0000

The question of how to integrate the activities of one's daily life into one's contemplative life has been a pressing question since the time of Aristotle. In this lecture, Dr. Gary Hartenburg, a professor of philosophy at Saint Katherine College, examines why Aristotle thought it was so difficult to integrate the active and contemplative lives and how a number of Christian thinkers in different traditions have responded to the challenge.

Imagine: C. S. Lewis on the Role of Imagination in the Defense of Christianity

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:04:53 +0000

In the opening lecture of the Fall 2012 Saint Katherine College Forum, Dr. Michael Ward argues that C. S. Lewis was successful as an apologist because he recognized the necessary place of the imagination in the defense of Christianity. Drawing from an array of Lewis's writings, Ward draws out elements of Lewis's theorizing about the imagination and explains how they affected the works he wrote in defense of the faith.

Plato on God as Person

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:16:12 +0000

The ideas about God and human persons that Plato writes down in his dialogue, Timaeus, express a unique account of divine and human personhood. Dr. Patricia Slatin, currently a postdoctoral fellow in classics at Stanford University, explains the central points of Plato's account, showing the many ways they coincide with Eastern Orthodox theology.

The End of Suffering

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:34:44 +0000

Dr. Scott Cairns, renowned poet and visiting professor at St. Katherine College, assays the meaning of suffering, beginning from the ubiquity of grief and the shallow nature of many explanations. Drawing from the insight of St. Isaac of Syria that love of God proceeds from our conversing with him, Cairns explains that the conditions for such a conversation point to a way of coming to grips with suffering.

The Musical Sources of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:44:37 +0000

The All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninoff has been called one of the most beautiful musical works ever composed. Using musical examples drawn from the history of Russian music, Dr. Vladimir Morosan, an expert on the history of Russian sacred music, reveals some of the musical sources of the All-Night Vigil and explains how Rachmaninoff wove them together to create a composition that was uniquely his own.

Rugged and Steep: The Poetry of John Donne

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:27:21 +0000

Dr. Arthur Seamans, professor emeritus of literature at Point Loma Nazarene University, tells the story of the life of John Donne and describes how he wrestled with God in his poetry. From the wide-ranging poems of Donne, Seamans distills three levels of love for both God and humans and describes the interplay between both kinds of love.

Truth, Lies, and Science in Everyday Life

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:12:02 +0000

Dr. John Coroneus, professor of science at Saint Katherine College, explains three basic ways in which people attempt to deceive us by misusing science: by telling the truth out of context, by pairing pictures with words, and by asking leading questions. In illustrating these three methods of deception, Dr. Coroneus shows how even a little scientific knowledge can protect us from deception, though he also cautions us against simply adopting a skeptical way of life.

The Scriptures as Sacrament

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:12:10 +0000

Dr. Eugenia Constantinou, professor of theology at the University of San Diego, discusses how St. John Chrysostom's vocation as a pastor informed his biblical preaching. By explaining the historical and ecclesiastical contexts of Chrysostom's day and by summarizing a number of his scattered remarks about the Bible, Dr. Constantinou illuminates a number of otherwise puzzling features of Chrysostom's homilies and shows how they evidence his commitment to the value of understanding the Bible.

Vocation, Poetry, and Prayer: Ways of Knowing

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:17 +0000

Scott Cairns, renowned poet and visiting professor at St. Katherine College, explores the similarities and differences between art, vocation, and prayer. Drawing from his own experience as a poet, Cairns describes poetry not primarily as a means of expressing oneself or even helping others, but as a way of seeing and an art of producing objects fit for us to behold. Cairns also calls us to think about vocation not primarily as a way we minister to others, but as a way in which God blesses our lives by giving us meaningful work.

A Victory of the Truth: Christianity and the Collapse of Communism in Russia

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:32:40 +0000

Fr. John Strickland, professor of history at Loyola Marymount University and adjunct professor at St. Katherine College, outlines the history of communism in Soviet Russia and explains the ways in which Orthodox Christianity contributed to its collapse.

Behold, the Tabernacle of God Is with Men

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:29:04 +0000

Fr. Justin Sinaites, the only American monk at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai and the monastery’s librarian, discusses the place of Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the life of the Orthodox church, both past and present, and the challenge it faces in preserving its spiritual heritage in a world in which the monastery is no longer as isolated as it once was.

The Poetry of John Milton

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:27:20 +0000

Dr. Carol Blessing, professor of literature at Point Loma Nazarene University, provides background and insight into the work and ideas of the Puritan poet John Milton. By emphasizing Milton's educational, political, and religious background, Blessing shows the extent to which Milton's Paradise Lost subverts the traditional epic genre and moves it in new directions.

How and Why to Read Epic Literature

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:41:02 +0000

Kay Harkins, associate professor of English Literature and Language at St. Katherine College, assays an Orthodox theory of literary criticism, which she bases on the principles of humility and compassion. Drawing on C. S. Lewis's A Preface to Paradise Lost, Harkins shows how an Orthodox approach to the old epic poems explains both why and how we ought to read them.

Metropolitan John Zizioulas: Unity and Diversity in the Early Church

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:49:43 +0000

Dr. Eve Tibbs, dean of St. Katherine College and professor of theology, weaves together accounts of the early Christian church, the doctrine of the Trinity, and the thought of Met. John Zizioulas—especially his teaching that unity and diversity exist together as communion—to provide an explanation of how the Orthodox church has maintained its ecclesial unity in the face of forces that would divide its members from each other.

The Poet and the Philosophers: Homer and the Presocratics

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:39:35 +0000

Gary Hartenburg, professor of philosophy at St. Katherine College, explains how the Presocratic philosophers represent an advance from the Homeric way of thinking, and what problems they faced in reconciling personal and scientific explanations—a problem that remains with us to this day.

Alexander Fleming and Antibiosis: On Correcting Life

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:38:42 +0000

Drawing on the story of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics, Dr. Papatheofanis, president of St. Katherine College, explains how God can intervene in the history of scientific discoveries in ways that present challenges to scientific theories, including the Darwinian theory of natural selection.

Civilizing the Heart: C. S. Lewis on Education

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:37:02 +0000

Drawing from various works by C. S. Lewis, Fr. Andrew Cuneo, professor of literature at St. Katherine College, shows how Lewis’s model of education remains viable and even more necessary today than it was in Lewis’s own time.