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Acedia And The Economy: The Proper Work Of Wayfarers, Jim Wishloff Dr.

Journal of Religion and Business Ethics

An exploration of acedia, a capital vice opposed to the theological virtue of charity, in contemporary commercial society is undertaken. Saint Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of acedia is retrieved and the cultural implications of acedia’s deep entrenchment in our lives are drawn out. Business actions brought about by acedia are assessed from an ethical perspective. The study concludes by looking at how charity ought to inform the work people are called to do.

Cardinal Bernardin: A Framework For Consistency, Katie St. Clair

Denison Journal of Religion

This essay illuminates the tension that exists for many religious people as they consider the appropriate amount of overlap between their personal convictions and public, often political, decisions. Bernardin was the former Archbishop of Chicago and a member of the Second Vatican Council. He made recognizable efforts to enact the doctrines of Guadium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. This document is famous for its declaration that the Church's aim is to "read the signs of the times and interpret them in light of the Gospel." Bernardin exemplified this notion by writing extensively on …

The Nature Of Sex: Sacred Or Profane?, Michael Decesare

Denison Journal of Religion

The Catholic Church is obviously uncomfortable with the level of blatant sexuality that characterizes American culture. In fact, Catholic leaders often claim that this constant presence of sexuality that bombards Americans desacralizes the act. This essay asks if it is possible, however, that the Catholic Church is also involved in desacralizing sexuality? DeCesare states that the emphasis that the Church places on conception as the only reason for sex, and the ease with which the Church condemns any sexual act outside of the bonds of a Church-sanctioned marriage, overlook the sexual act as one which also unites people, and exposes …

Triplex Enim Eleemosyna Est, Cordis, Oris, Et Operis: Pope Innocent Iii’S Spiritual And Rhetorical Approach To Almsgiving, Thomas J. Maurer

Masters Theses

The Libellus de Eleemosyna is a short work by Pope Innocent III on the topic of almsgiving. Historians have used this "little book" to understand better Innocent‘s thoughts on the virtue. I have discovered, however, that the Libellus was not originally a "little book", but rather a sermon. In this thesis I attempt to describe and understand the Libellus not as a "libellus" but as the preached sermon: Date Eleemosynam. No other historian has approached the Libellus this way. In the first chapter I examine the previous short studies done on the Libellus, how contemporaries viewed Innocent as …

“Tota Pulchra Es”: Mary, The Song Of Songs, And The Sacraments, Ann W. Astell

Marian Studies

In a pair of articles published in 1951 in Orate Fratres, Jean Daniélou, S.J., demonstrated that the Fathers of the Church interpreted the Song of Songs as a prophecy of the sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation. This interpretation fostered continuity between the Jewish liturgy, which features the Song of Songs in the observance of Passover and Sabbath, on the one hand, and Christian ritual, which gives a place of honor to the sacraments of initiation in the Easter vigil, on the other. This article traces the application of the Song of Songs to the sacraments of initiation in …

Contemporary Jesuit Epistemological Interests, James G. Murphy

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Apart from an orientation to and interest in the discernment of spirits as laid out in St Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises, there does not exist a Jesuit epistemology as such. Compared to the numbers of Jesuit systematic theologians, scripture scholars, metaphysicians, and ethicists, there have been few Jesuit epistemologists.2 In metaphysics, Jesuits have been Thomist or Suarezian, even Platonist. In ethics, they have ranged from proportionalist through deontologist to virtue ethicist. No similar distinctive Jesuit presence is to be found in epistemology....

Commencement 2017, Sacred Heart University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Graduate and Undergraduate ceremonies held May 13-14 2017.

Prayerbook Of Christ, Prayerbook Of The Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’S Christological Interpretation Of The Psalms, Brad Pribbenow

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Pribbenow, Brad A. “Prayerbook of Christ, Prayerbook of the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Interpretation of the Psalms.” Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2017. 260pp.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), German Lutheran theologian and pastor, is known as an ethicist, church reformer, political resistor, seminary professor, and martyr. Yet overlooked by many scholars is his contribution to the history of interpretation of the Psalms. Bonhoeffer’s interpretive approach toward the Psalms, which shares many characteristics of pre-critical exegesis, is built on a two-pronged hermeneutic emphasizing the relationship of the Psalms to prayer and to Jesus Christ the Crucified One. The distinguishing mark of his unique …

The National Committee For A Human Life Amendment, Inc.: Its Goals And Origins, Robert N. Lynch

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

California Propositions 62 & 66 As Misguided Models For The Capital Punishment Debate: The Argument For The Inclusion Of Catholic Social Teaching And Other Religious Denominations In The Discussion And A Proposed Solution, Cornelius V. Loughery

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, April 6, 2017, Seton Hall University

2017

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The Contribution Of The Just Policing Ethics Of Gerald W. Schlabach To The Social Ethics Of War And Peace, Dennis Purificacion

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

The following study investigates developments in the Just Policing ethics of Professor Gerald W. Schlabach, so as to contribute to the foundations of a new paradigm of the social ethics of war and peace. Traditional categories of the Just War Doctrine and Pacifism do not necessarily provide an adequate moral framework for critiquing the complexities of modern warfare in the 21st Century and call for a new synthesis. The principles provided by Schlabach in Just Policing provide a hermeneutical key in developing a global social ethics for humanitarian military intervention and even provide ethical foundations for the abolishment of war …

In The Name Of Water: An Inculturated Moral Vision To Address China's Water Crisis, Feng Xu

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

This thesis demonstrates China’s water crisis and analyzes its social, economic, political, and ethical causes, in order to find a possible solution. I argue that China’s water crisis is a human crisis. Therefore, to address it, I present an inculturated moral vision. This inculturated moral vision is a combination of Confucian notion of the harmony between Heaven, Earth, and all in between, and the Catholic notion of solidarity with the poor or preferential option for the poor.

The cosmological unity or harmony with everything else is the perfection of Jen in Confucianism. Likewise, solidarity with the poor or preferential option …

Wade & Bolton: Medical Critique, Andre Hellegers, M.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Time Of Death - A Legal, Ethical And Medical Dilemma, John E. Pearson

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Solution Of The "Defense Of The Guilty", William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Solution Of The Disclosure Problem, William F. Cahill, B.A., Ll.B., J.C.D.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Editorial Comment, Edward T. Fagan

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Foreword To "The Theology Of Work And The Dignity Of Workers", David L. Gregory

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Wrongful Life Tort And John Paul Ii, Graham J. Mcaleer

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Philosophical Principles In Catholic Social Thought: The Case Of Gaudium Et Spes, Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Opening Address, Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

On Lawyers And Moral Discernment, Robert E. Rodes, Jr.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Catholics In Public Life: Judges, Legislatures, And Voters, Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J.

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Ssm Health Care: The Integration Of Catholic Social Thought Values In A Modern Health Care System, Sister Melanie Dipietro, S.C., Alison Sulentic

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Quas Primas And The Economic Ordering Of Society For The Social Reign Of Christ The King: A Third Perspective On The Bainbridge/Sargent Law And Economics Debate, Brian M. Mccall

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

"It's Hard Work": Reflections On Conscience And Citizenship In The Catholic Tradition, Amelia J. Uelmen

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Forming The Well-Formed Conscience, Robert John Araujo

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Catholic Schools And Freedom Of Conscience In The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, J. Kent Donlevy

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

The Challenges Of Opening A Dialogue Between Catholic And Secular Feminist Legal Theorists, Susan J. Stabile

Journal of Catholic Legal Studies

No abstract provided.