Archive Posts
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Academic Journals: Faculty Editors Find the Personal Growth Worth the Challenge
Each of the scholarly journals edited or published in the College of Arts and Sciences provides new information and exciting opportunities to the faculty who work on them.
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Faith Meets Reason: Scholars Discuss a Much-Disputed Field of Philosophy
Faith and MissionFor the past three summers, graduate students and beginning professors of philosophy and theology have traveled from around the world to attend the St. Thomas Summer Seminar in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theory. -
Philosophy Department Announces Fifth Annual Student Essay Contest
University NewsWinners will receive a “Tom and Ginny Sullivan Scholarship” to be applied to spring tuition. The top prize is a $1,000 scholarship. -
The Weigh-In: On Being Open-Minded
University NewsAnother election cycle is coming to end. After being in inundated with lawn signs, bumper stickers and advertising, is there any evidence that we truly can be open-minded about the choices we make? -
Next 'Hot Topics: Cool Talk' Forum Sept. 26 to Give European Perspective on Religious Freedom
University NewsBishop Charles Morerod of Switzerland will give the first “Hot Topics: Cool Talk” lecture of the 2012-2013 academic year. -
Interdisciplinary Studies: Creation and the New Cosmology
Faith and MissionRobert Spitzer, S.J., philosopher of science, former president of Gonzaga University and founder of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith, visited the Center for Catholic Studies as the result of a remarkable spirit of cooperation among five departments at the University of St. Thomas, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, the Science and… -
Philosopher and Author Father Robert Spitzer to Speak on 'Creation and the New Cosmology' Wednesday
He will present and take questions on developments in physics and mathematics on Creation, the "Big Bang Theory," and the complementarity between new physics, philosophy and theology. -
What do Tibetan Buddhists and Christians have in common?
In 2006, Reader's Digest released a study on politeness. It had carried out tests in 35 cities around the world to determine which were the most and least courteous. I'll discuss their shocking findings later, but will begin by emphasizing how difficult it is to display politeness in a foreign environment. Traveling to a new… -
Q&A with Harold Slawik '82
Harold Slawik, founder and partner at New Counsel P.L.C. in Minneapolis, is a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors and has been very active in helping to move forward a new civil discourse initiative in CAS. In January he sat down to talk with Dean Marisa Kelly. Harold, you were… -
Hard Mind - Soft Heart
University NewsFor more than four decades philosophy professor Thomas Sullivan has taught St. Thomas students how to broaden their own worldview