Research

The Library

The number of books kept in the library of St. Thomas University is around 270,000 volumes with a further 2,130 periodical titles. The library is not only for student use, but is also open to the wider community. It aims not only to accumulate information, but also to disseminate it. One of its regular activities is the “Forum for Peace and Coexistence in Our Local Area.”

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Research Institutes

St. Thomas University hosts four research institutes which coordinate research in specific areas:

The Thomas Aquinas Research Institute

The Thomas Aquinas Research Institute offers a forum for scholarly communication on research into the thought of Thomas Aquinas and related subjects.The main research program currently is the translation into Japanese of key texts like "Summa contra Gentiles".
The Thomas Aquinas Research Institute also organizes Symposiums and conferences and publishes a journal. The journal is a channel of communication of the results of research either by members of the Institute, or by those with research interests either in the study of Thomas Aquinas or in medieval theology and philosophy.
The Thomas Aquinas Research Institute owns a small library containing many interesting books by and about St. Thomas.

The St. Thomas University Research Institute for Christian Culture

The St. Thomas University Research Institute for Christian Culture was formally established in 1985 (although its roots go back to 1963) to conduct integrated research on Christian culture and to popularize Christian thought among faculty, students, and the general public.
The institute sponsors weekly public lectures as well as a Summer School of Theology. The major activities of the Institute include study meetings whose themes are based on joint and/or individual research, symposiums and seminars, and various types of concerts. Special research groups meet regularly on such themes as Christian thought and contemporary Christian theology. In addition, it publishes a Bulletin which includes an annual report on its research activities.
The current research theme is "The Basics of Catholic Theology" which involves interdisciplinary research from a global point of view.
The Bulletin of the Research Institute for Christian Culture gathers the results of research and studies, which are conducted individually or jointly and are summarized in papers in the fields of theology, philosophy, and all other topics related to the bimillennial history and culture of Christianity around the World. It is published every March. Currently it is run jointly with the Thomas Aquinas Research Institute.

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Sapientia

SAPIENTIA is the annual journal of St. Thomas University. It has been published every year since 1967. Each volume includes academic papers from a variety of fields in the humanities.