Classes and Series: Cult (Religion)

Here are some examples of past classes in this category:

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  • Antimodern Progress: Contradiction or Christian Alternative? (concluded February 2026)
    • A four-part course that examined Jacques Maritain’s notion of ‘anti-modern’ progress through a series of primary and secondary texts.
  • More Real than the World: Ancient Insights into the Nature of God (concluded June 2024)
    • A four-part course that included sessions on four themes from Plato that drew early Christians to his work: Plato’s idealism (doctrine of the forms), his views on justice, the role of human love, the existence of God, and the afterlife.
  • The Universal Destination of Goods (concluded November 2023)
    • A review of the concept of “the universal destination of goods” as it applies to understanding the Catholic view of private property and its proper use.
  • Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home and What’s Required of Us (concluded March 2023)
    • A presentation and overview of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ encyclical about the state of our environment and our responsibility toward it, with a focus on the social ramifications of the Pope’s teaching.
  • Introduction to Christian Anarchism (concluded June 2022)
    • Introduction to the Christian anarchist tradition, featuring discussions of texts by Leo Tolstoy, Jacques Ellul, Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, and Nicolas Berdyaev as well as selections from the Bible.