On January 27th, 2020 Christendom College hosted Dr. Daria Spezzano to give a talk for the 2020 Thomas Aquinas Lecture. Dr. Spezzano demonstrated the elements of eros in St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of the Eucharist. Thomas Aquinas also applied elements of eros more broadly to his theology of charity in a distinctly Dominican way.
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On January 27th, 2020 Christendom College hosted Dr. Daria Spezzano to give a talk for the 2020 Thomas Aquinas Lecture. Dr. Spezzano demonstrated the elements of eros in St. Thomas Aquinas's understanding of the Eucharist. Thomas Aquinas also applied elements of eros more broadly to his theology of charity in a distinctly Dominican way.
Dr. Daria Spezzano is an associate professor of Theology at Providence College in Providence Rhode Island. She received her Ph.D in Theology from the University of Notre Dame and her Masters of Liturgical Studies from the Liturgical Institute. She is the author of The Glory of God's Grace: Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas. Her writings have been published in Nova et Vetera, Cistercian Studies, and Antiphon.
What is St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series ?
Christendom College hosts a distinguished speaker each year on or around the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28) to speak on a philosophical or theological topic.