Annual Spring Symposium / Symposium annuel de printemps
THE CANADIAN JACQUES MARITAIN ASSOCIATION - L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE JACQUES‐MARITAIN
June 8, 2026 / 8 juin 2026
Dalhousie University, 6135 University Ave, Halifax, NS, McCain 2184
Maritain, Philosophy, and the Possibility of Christian Philosophy / Maritain, la philosophie et la possibilité d’une philosophie chrétienne
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9:00 – 9:40 Len Ferry ‘Friendship’s Exalted Interest’: Friendship and the Common Good
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9:40 – 10:20 David Klassen Maritain’s Christian Liberalism as an Alternative to Christian Nationalism and Catholic Integralism
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10:20 – 11:00 Nikolaj Zunic The “Objective Light” of Christian Philosophy
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11:00 – 11:10 BREAK
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11:10 – 11:50 David Lea Maritain and Schmitt on Totalitarian Regimes and the Possibility of Human Rights
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11:50 – 12:30 Richard Cain Knowing Without Knowers? A Sharpened Maritainian Account of Knowledge and Judgment with Respect to AI Simulacra
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12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
BOOK SYMPOSIUM:
Jason L. A. West, The Christian Philosophy of Jacques Maritain
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14:00 – 15:20 Will Sweet Natural Law and Natural Right
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Michael Torre Practical Philosophy Adequately Considered: Maritain as Philosopher and Theologian
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15:20 – 15:50 Reply and Discussion
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15:50 – 16:10 BREAK
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16:10 – 17:30 Heather Erb The Little Secrets of the Kingdom: Maritain and West on Spiritual Experience
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Louis Groarke Maritain and the Value of Art
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17:30 – 18:00 Reply and Discussion