Events
The Seven Deadly Sins: Why They are So Bad and How to Avoid Them
A lecture by Prof. Timothy Pawl (University of St. Thomas)
When:
November 5, 2025 | 6:30 PM EST
Chapter:
University of Scranton
Location:
Loyola Science Center 133 (PNC Auditorium)
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Timothy J. Pawl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and holds a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in philosophy. He specializes in the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, Thomistic philosophy, analytic theology, and moral psychology. His books include In Defense of Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2016), In Defense of Extended Conciliar Christology (Oxford, 2019), The Incarnation (Cambridge, 2020), and Jesus and the Genome: The Intersection of Christology and biology (Cambridge, 2024), co-authored with a philosopher of science and an evolutionary biologist.
He has published more than forty academic articles in his areas of expertise and given more than 100 academic or popular-level talks or interviews about his work, including a series of interviews for the PBS show Closer to Truth.
He is the husband of another philosopher, Faith Glavey Pawl, and the proud father of one son and four daughters.
This event is made possible through the support of Grant 63391 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this event are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.