The Saint Augustine Lecture Presented annually at Villanova University by the Institute for the Study of Augustine and Augustinian Traditions.
Lectures
In our efforts to give Augustine’s thought a vibrant and integral place within Villanova’s academic and community life, we offer the following lectures:
The Saint Augustine Lecture is currently published in Augustinian Studies and is available on line. Links are provided here for your convenience. Prior to 1987, the lecture was published by Villanova University Press.
2024
Reconsiderations VI - July 24-26
Charles Matthewes, University of Virginia
Politics After Augustine: Prospects for Unitas in a Foundationless Age
2023
Eric Gregory
Professor of Religion, Princeton University
Remythologizing Augustine: History and Politics at the Edge of Time
Recording
2022
Oliver O'Donovan
Fellow of the British Academy and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh
Augustine's Treatment of the Great Psalm
Response by Michael Cameron, Professor of Historical Theology, University of Portland
September 2024
Dr. Ian Hutchinson
Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Explaining Nature Naturally - - - and Faithfully
November 2023
Mary Ann Meyers, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow - John Templeton Foundation
Border Crossings: Science and Religion in Conversation for Half a Century