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The Thomistic Institute

Catholic Truth in a Contemporary World

 

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.  

The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

Our Work . . . 

Upcoming Events

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Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina
Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina
7:00 PM Moral Relativism (Title TBD)
Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina
Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina

A lecture by Prof. Jennifer Frey (University of South Carolina)

Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina
Campus University of South Carolina Thomistic Institute University of South Carolina
12:00 pm The Nature and Basis of Religious Liberty
Oct 26
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
12:00 pm The Nature and Basis of Religious Liberty
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard

(This event was previously scheduled for Oct. 12th but has been moved to Oct. 26th) 

Harvard Law School

Wasserstein Hall (WCC), Room 2009

12:00 pm

A lecture by Prof. Robert George (Princeton University)

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Catholic Graduate Student Chaplaincy

Free and open to the public

Pre-register here

Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus, Boston Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
12:00 PM America's Three Worldviews: Religious Conflict and Convergence in a Post-Christian Republic
Oct 26
Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School
Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School
12:00 PM America's Three Worldviews: Religious Conflict and Convergence in a Post-Christian Republic
Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School
Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School

A lecture by Ross Douthat (New York Times).

Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School
Campus Yale Law School Thomistic Institute Yale Law School
6:00 pm The Moral Use of Money: Reflections on Profit, Business, and Prosperity
Oct 26
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
6:00 pm The Moral Use of Money: Reflections on Profit, Business, and Prosperity
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT

Room 3-270

6:00 pm

A lecture by Prof. Joseph Capizzi (The Catholic University of America)

Co-sponsored by the Tech Catholic Community

Free and open to the public

Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale
Is Free Will an Illusion? (Title TBD)
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale

A lecture  by Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College)

Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale
Campus Yale Thomistic Institute Yale
Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University
Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University
Human Freedom and Divine Grace (Title TBD)
Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University
Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University

A lecture by Sarah Byers (Boston College)

Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University
Campus Brown Grad School Thomistic Institute Brown University
Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke
Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke
Salvation in the Eastern Christian Tradition
Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke
Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke

A lecture by Fr. Khaled Anatolios (University of Notre Dame)

Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke
Campus Duke Thomistic Institute Duke
Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College
Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College
The Formation of the Catholic Tradition from the New Testament to the First Ecumenical Council
Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College
Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College

A talk by Fr. Terence Crotty, OP (Irish Dominican House of Studies, St. Saviour's Priory, Dublin)

Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College
Campus Trinity College Thomistic Institute Trinity College
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
6:00 pm Does Physics Leave Any Room for Free Will? Modern Science and Human Choice
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT

MIT 3-270   

6:00 pm 

A lecture by Fr. Thomas Davenport, OP (PhD, Stanford University) 

Co-sponsored by the Tech Catholic Community 

Pre-register here

Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
7:30 pm The Soul After Neuroscience
Nov 6
Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers
Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers
7:30 pm The Soul After Neuroscience
Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers
Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers

Large Seminar Room, Rutgers Philosophy Department (106 Somerset St., 5th Floor, New Brunswick)

7:30 pm

A lecture by Dr. Daniel De Haan (Cambridge University)

Free and open to the public

Pre-register here

Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers
Campus Rutgers Thomistic Institute Rutgers
 

Latest News

New book from fr. thomas joseph white, op

Coming soon from Catholic University Press, Fr. Thomas Joseph White's new book is an excellent introduction for young professionals with no specialized background in theology who are interested in learning more about Catholicism, or as an introduction to Catholic theology. It will also serve as a helpful text for theology courses in a university context. 

As Fr. White states in the book's introduction: "This is a book that offers itself as a companion. I do not presume to argue the reader into the truths of the Catholic faith, though I will make arguments. My goal is to make explicit in a few broad strokes the shape of Catholicism. I hope to outline its inherent intelligibility or form as a mystery that is at once visible and invisible, ancient and contemporary, mystical and reasonable."

 

Pre-order on Amazon. 

New book from Fr. Dominic Legge, OP

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Noted Thomist Fr. Gilles Emery (Ordinary Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Fribourg) writes in the preface: 

"Dominic Legge’s book needs no recommendation beyond itself: all its readers will be able to confirm the high value of this research, the conclusions of which are solidly based on a rigorous reading of the texts of Thomas Aquinas. This work demonstrates the essentially Trinitarian structure of the Christology of St. Thomas.  It . . . constitutes henceforth the reference work on the subject. . .  Legge's book brings freshness and new life to our understanding of the Christology of Thomas Aquinas, because it successfully restores to its primacy the trinitarian approach that guides the theology of the Dominican master."  

Fr. Legge is the Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute and is Assistant Professor in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies.  

The book is available on Amazon in hard copy (and for for Kindle) and can be ordered directly from Oxford University Press.

 

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