Dr. Thomas R. Rourke
DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Ph.D. Political Science, 1994, Texas Tech University
- M.A. Theology, 1990, Oblate School of Theology
- M.A. Political Science, 1991, Texas Tech University
- B.A., 1979, Fordham University
PRIMARY COURSES TAUGHT
- Ancient and Medieval Political Tgheory
- Modern Political Theory
- Political Ideologies
- American Political Thought
- Comparative Politics: Latin America
- Religion and Politics
- Crime, Politics and Public Policy
- Introduction to Politics and Public Affairs
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Political Philosophy
- Religion and Politics
- Latin American Politics
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
- The Social and Political Thought of Benedict XVI (Lanham, Oxford, London: Rowman and Littlefield: Lexington Books, 2011), 151 pp.
- A Theory of Personalism (Lanham, Oxford, London: Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books, 2005), 233 pp.
- A Conscience as Large as the World (Lanha, London: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), 286 pp.
- Democracy and Tyranny: The Catholic Understanding of the State and Politics (London: CTS Publications, 2009), 61 pp.
- "Moral Problems in Economic Organization in the Work of Yves R. Simon: Unequal Exchange and Man as the Principle of Integration," in, John Conley, ed. Redeeming Philosophy; From Metaphysics to Aesthetics (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press, 2014), pp. 313-332.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Aaron Wildavsky Award for Best Dissertation in Field of Religion and Politics, American Political Science Association, 1995.
- Member of Aaron Wildavsky Award Committee, Religion and Politics Section of American Political Science Association, 1996-1997.
- Erasmus Institute Working Group on catholic Social Thought, 1999-2002, Notre Dame University.
- Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Political Science Association
- American Maritain Association
- Yves R. Simon Institute