Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology

Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Visit us at www.dspt.edu. We are a community engaged in study that is rooted in tradition

We were glad to see Fr. Chris Renz, O.P., Professor of Liturgical Studies and Director of the Blackfriars Gallery & Libr...
06/03/2026

We were glad to see Fr. Chris Renz, O.P., Professor of Liturgical Studies and Director of the Blackfriars Gallery & Library, speak at SF Art Forum on the Tree of Life in art and architecture. It was an evening full of insight into the theological language of sacred art from Genesis to the Cross.

Last Saturday, we celebrated the Class of 2026 🎓“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, ...
05/29/2026

Last Saturday, we celebrated the Class of 2026 🎓

“The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.” - St. Thomas Aquinas

Congratulations, graduates! May you carry what you’ve learned here into the world with wisdom and purpose.

Photos by Victor Wong Photography

DSPT needs your help!We’ve been gifted an incredible collection of 50,000+ books to grow our theology library—but we nee...
05/19/2026

DSPT needs your help!

We’ve been gifted an incredible collection of 50,000+ books to grow our theology library—but we need your help to make it possible.

We must raise $50,000 by the end of the month to create a temporary space to house them.

Every gift moves us closer to preserving these works and putting them into the hands of students and scholars

Donate today: https://give.opwest.org/dsptbooks

This week Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P., was invited to speak at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He gave a talk titl...
05/04/2026

This week Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P., was invited to speak at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He gave a talk titled " AI and the role of technology on our relationship with God", exploring the role AI exhibits in our day to day lives, as well as its implications for developing a relationship with God. Thank you to the Benedictine's Center of Technology and Human Dignity for inviting us.

DSPT's most recent monthly mass and lunch, where our academic community comes together to celebrate the sacrifice of the...
04/29/2026

DSPT's most recent monthly mass and lunch, where our academic community comes together to celebrate the sacrifice of the holy mass, followed by food and fellowship. This event fosters our community, dialogue, and friendship amongst the Dominican brothers, professors, and lay students.

This past week, Dr. Brian Carl PhD, of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, presented on "The Many Names of He Who I...
04/27/2026

This past week, Dr. Brian Carl PhD, of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, presented on "The Many Names of He Who Is: Being and the Divine Attributes in Aquinas." Detailing the divine attributes of God, (how he is infinite, simple, eternal, etc.), Dr. Carl talked about the implications of such, situated within the Thomistic and Catholic tradition. an enlightening evening here at DSPT!

Please join the Philosophy department for a lecture to conclude their Philosophy Project: God Made Manifest. Dr. Brian ...
04/13/2026

Please join the Philosophy department for a lecture to conclude their Philosophy Project: God Made Manifest. Dr. Brian Carl from the University of St. Thomas in Houston will be our guest lecturer. The title of his lecture is "The Many Names of He Who Is: Being and the Divine Attributes in Aquinas".

April 16th, 2026
7:30PM at the DSPT
2301 Vine St., Berkeley, CA, 94708

We hope to see you all there! For more information, feel free to check out our website https://dspt.edu/news/the-many-names-of-he-who-is.

Our most recent St. Albert's Seminar at DSPT hosted Dr. Venessa de Harven, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst....
04/13/2026

Our most recent St. Albert's Seminar at DSPT hosted Dr. Venessa de Harven, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research focused on the Stoics who famously were corporealists, who said that only bodies exist and that the soul, its virtues, and all our attributes are bodies too. Dr. Venessa, and the discussion that followed, aimed to answer if a corporealist accounts for personal identity.

The conversation naturally moved to the Stoic concept of "eternal reoccurrence", where one's body in this universe is numerically identical to the infinitely many body's that are born, live, and die just the same way in the "infinitely many next and previous worlds". A mind-bending and thought-provoking talk and discussion, engaging the wider philosophical community here at DSPT!

This past Tuesday, the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology hosted its annual Aquinas Lecture with Richard C. Tayl...
04/10/2026

This past Tuesday, the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology hosted its annual Aquinas Lecture with Richard C. Taylor, Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University. Dr. Taylor is a well- established and celebrated scholar, with specialties in Islamic Philosophy and Avicennian metaphysics.

Taylor presented his research on Avicenna, one of the most important eastern Islamic philosophers of the Middle Ages. In doing so, he compared Avicenna's metaphysics with Aquinas', explaining the similarities and differences between the two schools of thought. Followed was an engaging discussion. A beautiful and stimulating evening of philosophy and questioning!

Our next St. Albert's Seminar will be featuring Vanessa de Harven, PhD of UMass Amherst. Her seminar is titled "Persons,...
04/01/2026

Our next St. Albert's Seminar will be featuring Vanessa de Harven, PhD of UMass Amherst. Her seminar is titled "Persons, Personal Identity, Persistence, and Eternal Recurrence in Stoic Philosophy".

Refreshments start at 12:30pm followed by the presentation at 12:45pm.

For more information, feel free to email us at [email protected]

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