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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.

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Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma
Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma
The Soul, the Mind, and Modern Science: Why the Traditional Understanding of the Soul is Plausible Today
Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma
Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma

A lecture by Prof. James Madden (Benedictine College) 

Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma
Campus University of Oklahoma Thomistic Institute University of Oklahoma
6:00 pm "Large and Startling Figures: Flannery O'Connor's Postmodern Apologetic"
Sep 6
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
6:00 pm "Large and Startling Figures: Flannery O'Connor's Postmodern Apologetic"
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center

The Catholic Information Center 

1501 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005

6:00 pm

A lecture by Prof. F.C. Bauerschmidt (Loyola University Maryland)

Reception to follow

The first in a three-part series on Christian literature, co-sponsored by the CIC and the Thomistic Institute, entitled "Finding God in the Modern World."

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DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
DC DC Chapter Thomistic Institute Catholic Information Center
Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas
Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas
6: 00 pm Judging the Truth: Moral Intolerance or the Dictatorship of Relativism?
Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas
Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas

6:00 pm

A lecture by Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas
Campus UT Austin Thomistic Institute University of Texas
4:00 pm The Rational Mystery: The Promise of Catholicism in the 21st Century
Sep 7
Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University
Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University
4:00 pm The Rational Mystery: The Promise of Catholicism in the 21st Century
Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University
Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University

Alexander Reading Room

4:00 pm

A lecture by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP (The Thomistic Institute)

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Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University
Campus Baylor Thomistic Institute Baylor University
12:30 pm How Is God Jealous? A Christian Response to Richard Dawkins
Sep 14
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
12:30 pm How Is God Jealous? A Christian Response to Richard Dawkins
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School

Harvard University Medical School

TMEC Room 250 (260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115)

12:30 pm

A lecture by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP (Providence College)

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Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
5:30 pm Tolkien's Perilous Beauties: Philosophy and Aesthetic Danger
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT

A lecture by Prof. David O'Connor (University of Notre Dame)

Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus, Boston MIT Thomistic Institute MIT
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
7:00 pm Hollow Pursuits, Fulfilling Pursuits, and Ultimate Satisfaction
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane

A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler (The University of Chicago)

Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Tulane Thomistic Institute Tulane
Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins
Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins
The History of Science and Religion (Title TBD)
Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins
Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins

A lecture by Prof. Lawrence Principe (Johns Hopkins University) 

Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins
Campus Johns Hopkins Thomistic Institute Johns Hopkins
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
6:00 pm How to be Happy: Virtue and the Path to Human Happiness
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard

A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler (The University of Chicago)

Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard
12:30 pm Good and the Privative Understanding of Evil
Sep 22
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
12:30 pm Good and the Privative Understanding of Evil
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School

A lecture by Prof. Candace Vogler (The University of Chicago)

Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
Campus Harvard Grad Thomistic Institute Harvard Medical School
 

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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