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What 13th-century Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
imageThomas Aquinas, Pope Innocent III and Italian mathematician Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri. ZU_09/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty images

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