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Radio At Saint John's University: Antennas To Long-Playing Legacies, Bonnie Finn May 2024

Radio At Saint John's University: Antennas To Long-Playing Legacies, Bonnie Finn

Libraries Staff Publications

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The Legacy Of Natural Species And Substantial Form For Thomistic Evolution, James R. Hofmann Feb 2019

The Legacy Of Natural Species And Substantial Form For Thomistic Evolution, James R. Hofmann

Forum Lectures

Exploration of theistic evolution within a Thomistic framework has taken on the label of Thomistic evolution. Although the conceptual boundaries of this approach are not precise, a historical trajectory of its scholastic methodology can be traced back to the views of Aquinas himself. An enduring central concept in this tradition has been the idea of substantial form. For Aquinas, distinct substantial forms were associated with the kinds of animals and plants that have no prior ancestry and are ascribed to God's production during the Genesis days of adornment. Later in the tradition, the early twentieth century Jesuit Erich Wasmann referred …


Dr. Ignác Semmelweis’S 19th-Century Cure For Deadly Childbed Fever Ignored In Vienna’S Maternity Wards: His Sympathy For Women Victims And Their Newborns Costs Professional Standing, Anna Lisa Ohm Feb 2017

Dr. Ignác Semmelweis’S 19th-Century Cure For Deadly Childbed Fever Ignored In Vienna’S Maternity Wards: His Sympathy For Women Victims And Their Newborns Costs Professional Standing, Anna Lisa Ohm

Headwaters

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Sister Remberta Westkaemper: A Fine Lady And Excellent Field Botanist, Stephen G. Saupe Feb 2015

Sister Remberta Westkaemper: A Fine Lady And Excellent Field Botanist, Stephen G. Saupe

Forum Lectures

Sister Remberta, the first full-time president of Saint Ben's and founding member of the CSB Biology Department, was the preeminent authority on the flora of Stearns County. This presentation will focus on Sister Remberta's botanical activities with an introduction to the CSB|SJU Bailey Herbarium. This work was supported by a Centennial Year Fellowship.