Dominican Study
Motto of the Dominican Order: “To contemplate and to give to others the fruits of contemplation.”
One of the main pursuits of the Dominican Order is academic study. We have sisters with degrees in A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, and We want to share with you what our sisters have learned in their pursuit of knowledge!
Click on a category below to read some of our Sisters’ academic papers in that field.
Philosophy
Thankfulness or Gratitude Potential Parts of Prudence Perfectio hominis – The Philosophical Anthropology of Contemplation in Aquinas Integral Parts of Prudence Connection of the Virtues Aquinas’ Moral Debt – The Honestas of Man in His Social Nature Aquinas’ Political Thought and the Revised Code of Canon Law Aquinas on Humility Evidencing Man’s Relation to God
Theology
Women in the Church – Power and Authority or Feminine Genius? Woman in the Theological Anthropology of St. Thomas What Father Really Means – The Challenge of Understanding Divine Sonship to Fight the Culture of Fatherlessness Two Mountains Themes in the Gospel of John The Virgin Mary’s Symbolic and Personal Cooperation in the Paschal Mystery The Hope That Endures Martryrdom The Healing of Two Blind Men at Jericho (Mt. 20:29-34) Test Everything – Retaining What is Good in Origen’s Exegesis Righteous in All His Ways – Divine Causality and Permission in Man’s Moral Acts Pneumatology of Symeon On Funerals Old Testament Models for the New Evangelization Mary and the Paschal Mystery Law and Virtue Hilary’s Treatment of Genesis in De Trinitate – A Response to Crisis Henry Suso’s Use of the Beautiful He has Mercy on Those Who Fear Him – The Exultant Joy of Mary and Hannah Exegesis of Exodus 16 on Sabbath Rest Ephatha – Be Opened – Baptism as the Gateway to the Spiritual Senses Discreet Language – Keeping Secrets without Telling Lies Cyprian of Carthage Response to the Lapsi Controversy Creator of Heaven and Earth Ark of God’s Strength – A Scriptural Foundation for the Blessed Virgin’s Role in Spiritual Battle An Explanation of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Third Way
English
Seeing is not Believing – Faith and Sight in MacDonald and Lewis Friendship and Affection in the Wind and the Willows Christian Literature – Mirror of God’s Truth, Goodness, and Beauty Between Life and Art – Hilaire Belloc’s The Path to Rome Art to Enchant – Shakespeare’s Player-Dramatists Staging Recognition Scenes