Hello, I'm Father Gregory, and I'm a Dominican friar of the province of St. Joseph, here to welcome you back to off-campus conversations.

I would say a new installment on the Thomistic Institute podcast, except I think it's been about a year, so at which point we're just going to say an installment on the Temistic Institute podcast, except I think it's been about a year.

So at which point we're just going to say an installment on the Timistic Institute podcast in

which we follow up with Timistic Institute speakers who have given lectures on campus or in the

setting of a retreat or a conference.

So that way with a kind of contemplative disposition, we can follow up some of the insights

and, yes, see where they lead us.

So for this episode of off-campus conversations, I'm delighted to be joined by Dr. Michael Root.

Thanks so much for joining.

My pleasure.

So many folks will know you from other lectures that you've given on the Domestic Institute podcast.

I think the first contribution I heard you made was at a conference that we had at New York University on the last things. But besides that,

publications, your teaching work at Catholic University, you work on the joint declaration.

Other things besides, but rather than give the introduction for you, would you just say a word

of who you are, where you're from, and what you do? Right. I'm Michael Root. I'm an emeritus professor that means I've retired recently

from the Catholic University of America. I'm originally from Northern Virginia.

I've spent my life teaching theology, have been seminaries to a large degree. I did,

as mentioned, a good deal of ecumenical work,

working on the Lutheran Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.

And one of my interests has been eschatology on last things.

It's very central in the New Testament and sometimes doesn't get much attention in contemporary faith in preaching.

So I find it particularly interesting.

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