Does God Exist? with Prof. Matthew Dugandzic | Off-Campus Conversations, Ep. 009

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Does God exist? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Matthew Dugandzic about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Does God Exist.” Does God Exist? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/does-god-exist-prof-matthew-dugandzic For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Matthew Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in 2019 after completing a Ph.D. in moral theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. His dissertation, "A Thomistic Account of the Habituation of the Passions," explored the ways in which people can develop virtuous affective inclinations. Dr. Dugandzic's scholarship focuses on medieval thought, especially Thomas Aquinas' anthropology, psychology, and ethics. His work on Christ's passions recently appeared in the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas and his other writings on the passions and on bioethics have appeared in New Blackfriars and National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on the sources that Aquinas used in developing his understanding of virtue and on recovering ancient and medieval wisdom regarding economics in order to apply this wisdom to contemporary financial problems (like student loan debt). Dr. Dugandzic has taught courses in fundamental moral theology, bioethics, theological anthropology, and Catholic social teaching. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Dugandzic has also brought his theological expertise to the aid of the Church, having taught theology to RCIA groups, catechists, and candidates for the permanent diaconate. In addition to his doctorate, Dr. Dugandzic holds a BSc in biology from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec and an MA in religious studies from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He and his wife, Audra, live in Baltimore, MD. In his spare time, he likes to play hockey, which he enjoys almost as much as reading theology.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Father Gregory Pine, and it's great to have you again for another installment of off-campus conversations.
0:16.1	As you've become accustomed to hear, we have these every two weeks on the Thomistic Institute podcast.
0:21.5	And the hope is that we would follow up with a domestic institute speaker and then deepen some
0:26.0	of the insights which were introduced in the course of the talk or lecture on campus, whether,
0:31.1	you know, like a campus lecture or a particular domestic institute conference or intellectual
0:35.5	retreat. So today I'm very delighted to be joined by
0:38.1	Professor Matthew Dugansig. So thanks so much for joining us on off-campus conversations.
0:43.3	Sure, absolutely. For those of you who don't know me, I am, my name is Matthew Degansick. I work
0:48.6	here at St. Mary Seminary University, America's First Catholic Seminary. I teach moral theology,
0:53.9	and I serve here as the
0:55.0	academic dean. And my research focuses on Aquinas in a particular history of the passions, but I'm also
1:00.6	happy to talk about the existence of God. This pleases me. I too am happy to talk about the
1:07.3	existence of God. And the existence of God is especially pertinent because you recently gave a lecture at Harvard
1:13.6	University on the existence of God and it's on that lecture or it's pursuant to that lecture
1:18.6	that we are following up.
1:20.4	So, okay, in listening to that lecture, you described in large part the first way, which
1:25.7	St. Thomas says, well, loose translation is the most straightforward
1:29.2	way. Most manifest. There it is. Monifestissimo. And then you supplemented with some parallel
1:37.0	insights from the second way. Insofar maybe as efficient causality is something that people have
1:43.1	a little more kind of 21st century sympathy for.
1:46.1	So I thought that maybe we just take the opportunity to deepen some of the distinctions that
1:50.0	you drew in the course of that conversation because you start with the claim, listen,
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