Conscience in Everyday Life - Prof. Medi Volpe
About this episode
Prof. Medi Volpe discusses the nature of conscience as an everyday moral sense that is shaped by various influences.
Prof. Medi Volpe argues that conscience is not an abstract faculty but an everyday moral sense that must be awakened and nurtured, and that grace works through ordinary channels — stories, scripture, friends, and even our failures — to form us, little by little, into people who listen and obey. This lecture was given on July 26th, 2026, at Stonyhurst College. Support the Thomistic Institute Campus Chapter Program here: truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod About the Speaker: Medi Ann Volpe is a Catholic moral theologian and mother of four children, including a daughter with Down Syndrome. She is the Director of Research at Wesley House, Cambridge and teaches theology and ethics at Durham University (UK) . Her first book, Rethinking Christian Identity (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), brings contemporary theological themes into conversation with voices from the classical Christian tradition. More recently, her work has explored the intersection of ecclesiology and spiritual formation, with a special interest in discipleship and Christian identity of children as well as people with intellectual disabilities. She has published in journals and handbooks, including the International Journal of…
People in this episode
Guest: Prof. Medi Volpe
Topics covered
- conscience
- moral theology
- Christian identity
- spiritual formation
- discipleship
- intellectual disabilities
Keywords
- conscience
- moral sense
- grace
- Christianity
- theology
- spirituality
- discipleship
- intellectual disabilities
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Thomistic Institute, Wesley House, Durham University, Journal of Disability and Religion, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Modern Theology, Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology
Books & works: Rethinking Christian Identity
Places: Stonyhurst College
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