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.
Giving Thanks with President Kyle Washut
Captain Ahab and ”Moby Dick” with Dr. Virginia Arbery
”The Merchant of Venice” with Dr. Adam Cooper
”Leisure the Basis of Culture” with Dr. Michael Bolin
Science and Scientific Knowing with Dr. Scott Olsson
Teaching the Old Testament with Dr. Jim Tonkowich
Learning to Write Well with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
Homer’s ”Iliad” with Dr. Glenn Arbery
Fall Outdoor Week and Rafting the Canyon of Lodore with Mr. Paul Milligan
Aristotle’s ”Nicomachean Ethics” with Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
Wyoming Catholic College’s New President with Pres. Kyle Washut
”Be Transformed”: Matriculation Address by President Kyle Washut
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology: Nathaniel Hawthorne ”The Birthmark” with Dr. Virginia Arbery
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Wendell Berry by Dr. Daniel Shields
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Heidegger’s ”The Question of Technology” by Dr. Glenn Arbery
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Dr. Tiffany Schubert
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Gulliver’s Travel to Laputa by Dr. Tiffany Schubert
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Bacon’s ”The New Atlantis” by Dr. Paul Giesting
”Nature and Nature’s God” with Dr. Daniel Shields
The Ancient and Modern Challenges of Technology--Early Moderns by Dr. Paul Giesting
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