The Thomistic Institute
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 Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more.
Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.
Latest Episode
Does God Care About Suffering? – Dr. Christopher Mooney (09.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- Is Suffering Good? – Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.
- The God of Love and the Reality of Evil and Suffering – Prof. Chris Baglow
- Christ Fully Reveals Man to Himself: What Christ's Humanity Says about What It Means to Be Human – Prof. Paul Gondreau
- Creation as Relation: An Existential Consideration – Dr. Robert McNamara
- Do We Make Morality, or Discover It? An Examination of the Basis of Natural Law – Dr. Erik Dempsey
- Seeking Friendship in the Virtual Age – Prof. John Cuddeback
- Let the Best One Win: Reflections of Friendship and Competition – Prof. Michael Krom
- Friendship and the Digital Age: A Thomistic Reflection on Human Connection – Prof. Joshua Hochschild
- Why Get Married? The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage – Prof. Michael Dauphinais
- Why Did God Become Man? The Absolute Primacy of Christ According to Blessed Duns Scotus – Prof. Thomas Ward
- Participation in the Divine Nature: Aquinas and the Catholic Vision of Theosis – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
- What Difference Did Christianity Make? Why the Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Irish Converted – Fr. Terence Crotty, O.P.
- The Disappearing Man: Body, Soul, and the Question of Who We Are – Dr. Paul LaPenna
- Rebutting Necessitarian Universalism: Three Thomistic Arguments – Prof. Mats Wahlberg
- Reprobation and Permission of Sin – Prof. Thomas Osborne
- Aquinas's Interpretation of Predestination in Scripture – Fr. Piotr Roszak
- Why is Thomism so Fixated on Predestination? – Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.
- What is predestination? – Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.
- Does Nature Make Laws? – Prof. Raymond Hain
- 'The greatest of all God's works': Justification in Catholic Theology – Prof. Matthew Thomas
