Covid-19 Update:
We ARE planning to run the Protestant Wisdom Foundations Program from July 27-August 7!
Are you tired of talking to people through a screen? Hungry for rich conversation? Looking for space to reflect critically on what it means to be a Christian disciple during these confusing times? See the course page for more details and registration deadlines.
Due to COVID-19 and related measures to limit the spread, all of our May and June events including Sojourn, the Philosophy Capstone Course, Davenant Discussions, the National Convivium and the Latin Intensive have been cancelled.
Protestant Wisdom Capstone Course
Philosophy of Law and the Natural Law Tradition
a five-day deep dive into neglected elements of the church’s engagement with philosophy to be better equipped to take every thought captive
June 8-13, 2020
01.
Bible and Core Dogmatics
02.
Principles of Christian Philosophy
03.
A Christian natural philosophy
04.
Ethics and the challenge of modernity
05.
politics and faithful citizenship
This program is designed for students who have previously participated in the Protestant Wisdom Study Program or college graduates looking for a deep dive into neglected elements of the church’s intellectual witness and seeking to be better equipped to take every thought captive.
We will be diving into Divine Law and Human Nature, Hooker, ed. Littlejohn; Minos, Plato; The Laws of Plato, trans. Thomas L. Pangle (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988); and Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Law, trans. Alfred J. Freddoso (South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’s Press, 2009)
The course will be conducted as a conversational inquiry into the nominated texts. Primary attention will be paid to the ways in which Hooker (as the representative of the Protestant tradition) fits with the classical and catholic tradition. St. Thomas and Plato will provide the bulk of our reading for reasons well-expressed by Josef Pieper: Thomas [and to a lesser extent Plato] effaces himself to the end that the intelligibility of the tradition may show clear. Whether the reason thus stated justifies the course’s conduct is a determination each student must make for her or himself.
Early Bird Cost: $375 (until April 30)
After April 30: $500
Dates: June 8-13, 2020
Taught by Colin Redemer
Colin Chan Redemer is the Vice President of the Davenant Institute as well as one of our Teaching Fellows. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. He loves teaching on the intersection between History, Philosophy, Literature, and Christianity. His writing has appeared in the Englewood Review of Books, Evansville Review, Sojourners Magazine, The Federalist, and the Tampa Review. He lives in community with his wife, kids, and fellow church members, in Oakland, California.