University of Nebraska-Lincoln

A lecture by Prof. Timothy J. Pawl (University of St. Thomas)

Wednesday, April 17th

6:00 PM

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Timothy Pawl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN. His research focuses on metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics he works on truthmaker theory, modality, and free will. In philosophical theology, he has published on transubstantiation, Christology, and divine immutability.

He has published two monographs in the Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology series, entitled In Defense of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay and In Defense of Extended Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay. In those books he argues that the philosophical objections to the traditional Christian doctrine of the incarnation fail. His current research focuses on the intersection of moral philosophy, Christian virtue, and psychology. Christian thinkers from the desert fathers to the 16th century moralists and beyond have provided guidance for how to grow in virtues like temperance and fortitude. Is any of that advice supported (or falsified) by contemporary psychological findings? He’d like to know.