Bio

Studied theology in Utrecht and Fribourg,  and did part of the doctoral research as a visiting scholar at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. In 2018 I was awarded the doctoral degree cum laude for 'Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes'. The dissertation was awarded the international 'Veritas et Amor' award by the Circolo San Tommaso.  My present research focuses on conversion as a theological category and its sociological and spiritual components. Popular publications cover a wide-range of subjects such as happiness and virtue, ecumenical dialogue, the pontificate of pope Francis and the position of the Catholic church in the public sphere. My scientific publications have been published journals such as Nova et Vetera, Angelicum, Journal of Moral Theology and Incontri. 

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Collaboration

Member of the Thomas Instituut Utrecht

Member of the organizing committee of the annual Servais Pinckaers moral theology symposium, university of Notre Dame

Managing editor of the European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas, a collaboration between the universities of Utrecht, Fribourg and Toruń. 

Rector of studies of the diocesan seminary Ariënsinstituut, Utrecht

Top publications

  1. Thinking about Racial Discrimination with Thomas Aquinas - An Impetus…

    ten Klooster, A. (2023). Thinking about Racial Discrimination with Thomas Aquinas: An Impetus for Further Reflection. In A. ten Klooster, H. Goris, & M. Sarot (Eds.), The Enduring Significance of Thomas Aquinas: Essays in Honor of Henk Schoot and Rudi te Velde (pp. 89-102). Peeters.
  2. The Good of the University - Critical Contributions from the Tilburg …

    ten Klooster, A. (2022). The Good of the University: Critical Contributions from the Tilburg Young Academy. Open Press TiU.
  3. Attracted by Love - Purgatorio as a Mirror of Moral Transformation

    ten Klooster, A. (2023). Attracted by Love: Purgatorio as a Mirror of Moral Transformation. In Rivolti al Monte: Studi di Purgatorio dantesco (pp. 61-74). Marsilio.
  4. Meekness, Justice and Piety - The Moral Transformation of Sophie Scho…

    ten Klooster, A. (2019). Meekness, Justice and Piety: The Moral Transformation of Sophie Scholl. In H. J. M. Schoot, J. Verburgt, & J. Vijgen (Eds.), Initiation and Mystagogy in Thomas Aquinas: Scriptural, Systematic, Sacramental and Moral, and Pastoral Perspectives (pp. 251-272). Peeters.
  5. Vaccinatie als persoonlijke keuze en sociale verantwoordelijkheid - R…

    ten Klooster, A. (2022). Vaccinatie als persoonlijke keuze en sociale verantwoordelijkheid: Reflecties op basis van het katholieke mensbeeld. NTKR, Tijdschrift voor Recht en Religie, (2), 97-110.

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