Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Bitencourt is a founder and professor at Nous, holds a doctorate in Philosophy, and leads the project's academic direction.
His background brings together philosophy, theology and history, reading the classical and Christian sources in the original, from Greek and Latin to the great syntheses of the tradition. He has lived in Rome since 2000, where he teaches and researches, with first-hand knowledge of the city's history and art.
At Nous he is the face and the voice of the lessons: he leads the channel's long-form readings, analyses of works of literature, philosophy and theology read chapter by chapter, and he teaches the Church History course, a journey through Daniel Rops's work from the Roman Empire to the Second Vatican Council. He also reviews the articles published here, ensuring the philosophical and theological rigor of every text.
He teaches in the conviction that a classic is not summarized but accompanied: he reads alongside the student, at the work's own pace, joining erudition and clarity so that the tradition stops being distant and speaks to the present again. It is this demand, rigor without obscurity, that sets the tone of the lessons and of the study club gatherings.