Fr. Thomas Rausch, S.J.
Fr. Thomas Rausch, S.J., Emeritus T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology; Emeritus Professor of Theological Studies
Jesuit Community, 1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA
thomas.rausch@lmu.edu
Telephone: (310)-259-0321 Jesuit Community FAX: (310) 338-3810
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Duke University, 1976
- S.T.M., Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, 1972
- M.A. Gonzaga University, 1967
- B.A., Gonzaga University, 1966
Professional Bio
Rev. Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Ph.D. in religion from Duke University (1976), is the Emeritus T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. A specialist in the areas of ecclesiology, systematic theology, and ecumenism. He has published 32 books and over 300 articles and reviews. He has lectured internationally and his works have been translated into nine languages. Seven times they received awards from the Catholic Press Association.
From 1981 to 1985 Father Rausch served as Director of Campus Ministry at LMU. In 1983-1984 he was appointed by the Secretariat for Christian Unity as Catholic Tutor to the Ecumenical Institute, the World Council of Churches study center at Bossey, Switzerland. He was rector of the Jesuit community at Loyola Marymount from 1988 to 1994, and chair of the department of Theological Studies from 1994-2000.
Father Rausch was a member of the U.S. Catholic/Southern Baptist Conversation 1999-2001 and one of the signatories of the Richard John Neuhaus/Charles Colson Evangelicals and Catholics Together 1997 document, "The Gift of Salvation." In 2001 he was appointed to the Roman Catholic/World Evangelical Alliance Consultation and served on the Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue in the U.S. (2008-14). He was on the Theological Commission of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1987 and co-chair 2002-2022; he is also co-chair of the Los Angeles Catholic-Evangelical Committee. From 2010-2015; he was a consultant to Jesuit Father General Adolfo Nicolás, and Acting Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute (2019-2023).
Selected Publications
Fr. Rausch has authored 32 books, including Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to His Theological Vision, The Roots of the Catholic Tradition, Catholicism in the Third Millennium, The Slow Work of God, and Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Approach. Please visit Father Rausch’s personal website for full list of publications: http://faculty.lmu.edu/trausch/ or visit Father Rausch's Amazon.com page to view a list of publications available for purchase.
Personal Message
“If it’s worth being done, it’s worth being done right”
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