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Does God Care About Suffering? The Death of Socrates vs. the Death of Jesus

University of Houston

A lecture by Dr. Christopher Mooney (Augustine Institute)

Thursday, November 6

6:00 PM

CBB 524

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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About the Speaker:

Dr. Christopher Mooney is an assistant professor of theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School in St. Louis, Missouri, where he teaches on Catholic theology, scriptural interpretation, and the Church Fathers. His teaching and research specialize in Augustine, the Fathers, and historical theology, and he is the author of Augustine's Theology of Justification by Faith (2026). A native of Connecticut, he studied at Georgetown and Yale Divinity School before receiving his PhD from the University of Notre Dame. He also serves as a theological representative for the USCCB's Catholic-Reformed dialogue. He lives next door to the Augustine Institute's campus with his wife and four children.

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