Thomistic Institute: Expanding the Dialogue on Science and Faith

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. Since 2016, the Thomistic Institute has founded student chapters on approximately 63 university and liberal arts college campuses. These chapters organize academic talks and conferences, typically held on campus, dedicated to the intellectual consideration of religious viewpoints. This furtherance of this project will provide a series of talks and conferences on university campuses such as Harvard, Yale, Duke, and UC Berkeley, on the topics of (1) the compatibility of science and religion as well as (2) natural theology (the rationality of theism). The Institute works with a variety of respected scientists, philosophers and theologians, who are competent to speak on these two topics as they relate to one another. This project would sponsor at least 50 events of this kind. It would also sponsor an annual summer conference on science and religion for graduate students overseen by an interdisciplinary team of philosophers and scientists. This fourth annual conference will take place in June of 2022.