In AD 380, not long before the sack of Rome in 410, the Emperor Theodocius had declared Christianity the official religion of the Empire. Perhaps, many argued, that was the problem. Many worshiped Jesus abandoning the old gods of Rome—Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Aphrodite, and the rest. No doubt those gods sent the barbarians to destroy the city as punishment for the lack of piety.
In Roman North Africa, there was a town called Hippo. And the bishop of Hippo, Augustine, got wind of those arguments, picked up his pen, and began writing what has become one of the world’s greatest apologetic and greatest political treatises: The City of God.
Wyoming Catholic College students study The City of God as sophomores and then again as seniors. At least once and sometimes twice, their professor is political philosopher, Dr. Virginia Arbery. Dr. Arbery is our guest this week on The After Dinner Scholar.
Hobbes, Locke, Political Philosophy and the American Founding with Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
Medieval Manuscripts and the Movement of the Heavens with Dr. Henry Zapeda
Comedy, Tragedy, Satire, and "The Frogs" with Dr. Tiffany Schubert and Dr. Kent Lasnoski
Christ, the Incarnation, and the Scriptures with Prof. Travis Dziad
Reading Democritus Today with Dr. Michael Bolin
Making a Good Beginning with Dr. Glenn Arbery
The Challenge of the Sermon on the Mount with Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Courtly Love, Knightly Friendship, and the Once and Future King with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
Friendship: A Philosophical Perspective by Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
Friendship in an Age of Romance by Dr. Tiffany Schubert
"Unexpected Friendship: The Murderer and the Harlot" by Dr. Virginia Arbery
Loving Friends by Loving God: St. Thomas Aquinas on Friendship by Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Friendship and Politics by Dr. Virginia Arbery
"Friendship between Women: Jane and Elizabeth Bennet" by Dr. Tiffany Schubert
Friendship Between Men in The Iliad and in Moby Dick by Dr. Glenn Arbery
"Friendship in the Bible: The Story of David and Jonathan" by Dr. James Tonkowich
Vacation, Leisure, and Philosophy with Dr. Michael Bolin
"Is It Okay to Hate Math?" with Dr. Scott Olsson
Eastern Church, Western Church with Fr. David Anderson
"Yet": Wyoming Catholic College from Vision to Reality with Bishop David Ricken
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