Christopher O. Blum is Professor of History & Philosophy and Academic Dean of the Augustine Institute. Dr. Blum teaches courses in philosophy and on the history of evangelization and Catholic culture. He has made a special study of the intellectual virtues as understood by the Catholic tradition, with particular reference to the moral dispositions, practices, and institutional forms that conduce to the attainment of wisdom. Dr. Blum and his wife Kathleen and their two children live in Littleton, Colorado.