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Business Ethics As A Form Of Practical Reasoning: What Philosophers Can Learn From Patagonia, Mark Ryan

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

As with other fields of applied ethics, philosophers engaged in business ethics struggle to carry out substantive philosophical reflection in a way that mirrors the practical reasoning that goes on within business management itself. One manifestation of the philosopher’s struggle is the field’s division into approaches that emphasize moral philosophy and those grounded in the methods of social science. I claim here that the task, at least for those with philosophical training, is to avoid unintentionally widening the gap between philosophical theory and those engaged in business management by emphasizing the centrality of practical wisdom (phronesis) to the moral life. …

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 70, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Director's column: At the Manger on CBS This Morning; Marian Library volunteers; sharing library materials and expertise across the curriculum and around the world; invisible work; and a new way of delivering the newsletter.
• Rare books: Treasures of 15th-century Europe
• Staff spotlights: Graduating seniors Melody Conrad and Emily Trick
• Global reach: Myriad materials and myriad languages in the Marian Library
• Diary gives glimpses of art, worship, travel in 1930s Europe
• Recent acquisitions
• Grant funds preservation of Marian stamp collection
• Nativity activity draws 450 students to creche exhibit
• Marian postcards
• New: Spot-the-differences puzzle

A Cathedral Not Made By Hands, Vincent J. Miller

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

In Laudato si’, Pope Francis offers a vision of moral responsibility rooted in awareness of the world around us. He points to St. Francis, who “looked with love” on all creatures, as a model. He writes of an “attitude of the heart, one which approaches life with serene attentiveness, which is capable of being fully present” to everyone and everything. And he also calls for an “intense dialogue” between religion and science, which has its own “gaze.” The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, one of the world’s most studied ecosystems, offers an especially rich opportunity for such dialogue. Here …

Review — James H. Cone, Said I Wasn’T Gonna Tell Nobody, Addie L. Walker S.S.N.D.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Cultural Colonization And Young Adult Liturgical Experience, Timone Davis

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

As Catholic churches around the United States close and those that remain open take note of their aging parishioners, young adults are seen as the answer. But how do we engage young adults in the ancient worship of the Catholic Church, when the United States culture directs them to what is shiny and new? When many consider how to engage young adults, they typically start with the Eucharistic Liturgy. This article looks at what the U. S. Catholic bishops have described as the cultural colonization of the Eucharistic Liturgy and the role the U. S. culture plays in our society …

Cover, Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

In Memory Of Father Kenneth E. Taylor – “Kt,” 1951-2018, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Eyes Focused On The Light, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Letter from the Editor

In Memory Of Sister Pat Haley, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Full, Conscious And Active Participation: Sunday Eucharist, Black Life And Theological Considerations, Kathleen Dorsey Bellow

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The renewal of Catholic worship implemented through Vatican Council II instruction was designed to encourage the people of God towards “full, conscious and active participation” in liturgical celebrations. Their holistic engagement in liturgy is considered the best and most effective formation for the Christian life. This work presents Black Catholic theological reflections that connect “full, conscious and active participation” in Sunday Eucharist with the faithful’s weekday commitment to community-building that affirms Black life.

“Making A Way Out Of No Way”: The Oblate Sisters Of Providence Pursue Higher Education Under Jim Crow, Diane Batts Morrow

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Organized in the slave-holding city of Baltimore, Maryland in 1828, the Oblate Sisters of Providence dedicated themselves as “a Religious society of Coloured Women . . . [who] renounce the world to consecrate themselves to God, and to the Christian education of young girls of color.” Early in the sisterhood’s existence Oblate co-foundress Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange had explicitly articulated their consciousness of their exceptionalism as “persons of color and religious at the same time” who nevertheless sought “the respect which is due to the state we have embraced and the holy habit which we have the honor to wear” …

Review — Tamura Lomax, Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing The Black Female Body In Religion & Culture, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Review — Matthew J. Cressler, Authentically Black And Truly Catholic: The Rise Of Black Catholicism In The Great Migration, C. Vanessa White

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Let’S Be Friends: Black Theology, Climate Change, And Trust, Nathaniel Holmes Jr.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Climate change is a worldwide issue with ramifications for all ethnic groups. Yet, there is a dearth of engagement of climate change issues by Black theology and Black churches, even though the effects of climate change are predicted to affect African Americans and other racial minorities to a greater extent than other groups. Given the history of mistrust of the uses of scientific research and practices that have themselves caused negative impacts within the African American communities (e.g., Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment), this disconnect is not surprising. Furthermore, some view the attention given to anything other than criminal justice reform, police …

Regrouping In The Clearing: Resisting Liturgiam Authenticam And Reconsidering An African American Rite, Kenneth L. Crowe Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In light of the move to the right manifested in the recent changes to the Roman Rite, this essay seeks to add an Africentric and postcolonial critique to other recent liturgical and linguistic critiques of the new rite by liturgy scholars and pastors. I argue that the new translation is an attack on not only Vatican II principles but also on black Catholic theological principles, the black Catholic community, and oppressed populations in general. The essay seeks to locate the racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism behind the imperialist nostalgia of Liturgiam Authenticam by revisiting the 1960s and the issues and …

Priestly Formation And Sexual Abuse In The Roman Catholic Church: In Dialogue With The Nigerian Church, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Reading the signs of the times today cannot be done legitimately without a critical look at the current sex abuse crisis perpetuated by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To deny the fact that the Church has a crisis on its hands is to trivialize the pain and sorrow experienced by all in the Church, and most especially by the victims of the crisis. This work provides an x-ray vision of some of the factors shaping this crisis and boldly offers some interventions that can help the Church to navigate its way out of the crisis. There is an …

Review — Mitzi J. Smith, Womanist Sass And Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality And Biblical Interpretation, Anna Kasafi Perkins

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Review — Courtney Hall Lee, Black Madonna: A Womanist Look At Mary Of Nazareth, Claudine Pannell-Goodlett

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of BCTS annual meetings from 1978 to 2019

The Angel Oak Tree Of Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, Steven Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The legend of the Angel Tree.

Review — Darren W. Davis And Donald B. Pope-Davis, Perseverance In The Parish? Religious Attitudes From A Black Catholic Perspective, Kimberly M. Lymore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Weaponization Of The Border, Neomi De Anda

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

In response to deadly shootings having taken place near the author's hometown, this paper addresses the impact of weaponization within the culture of the United States as it shows itself in an epidemic of gun violence. Attentive to Christian thinking on violence, this paper pushes for renewed conversation on weaponization, and it challenges scholars to work toward concrete actions to deconstruct the tools of weaponization.

Since this paper was first presented, the author has provided multiple appendices that chart the instances of gun violence between 2019 and 2024 within schools and for mass shootings.

Partnering With Faith Communities: Challenges Of Religious And Secular Literacy, Rob Brodrick, Kelly S. Johnson, Anwar Khan, Leocadie Lushombo, Edith Tapia

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Partnering with Faith Communities: Challenges of Religious and Secular Literacy

While many scholars have noted the necessity of a grasp of the complexity of religious belief for engagement in international relations, human rights, and humanitarian work, the topic of religious belief remains fraught and underdeveloped in human rights activism. Concerns include the conviction that religion must be treated as private in order to preserve an inclusive public life; evidence that religious communities may oppose the human rights' groups commitments on LGBTQI and women's rights; and anxieties that various religious groups will exclude or manipulate those who are not members and …

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 69, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Ezio Anichini’s Litanie della Madonna (circa 1930-31)
• Director's report: A woodblock from the early 1700s, recently acquired in the Marian Library, became the subject of a student's undergraduate project, a summary of which also appears in this issue.
• Marian Library faculty and staff are supporting undergraduate courses with innovative instruction sessions, a recent one being for the course "Miracles, Mysticism, Madness, and Modernity" — a religion course taught by instructor and doctoral student Josh Wopata.

Hell As ‘Heterotopia’: Edification And Interpretation From Enoch To The Apocalypses Of Peter And Paul, Meghan Henning

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

Otherworldly journeys are a challenging object of study for the contemporary historian because they do not seem to resonate with the post-enlightenment worldview that bolsters scientific academic inquiry. And yet, even if we do not imagine heaven and hell in the same way that ancient thinkers did, the impulse to create “otherworlds” is still very much alive. With every new technology humans open the possibility of new spaces with complex relationships to the spaces that already exist. Here, before we think about the reception of 1 Enoch in the apocalypses, I would like to take a moment to propose a …

Statement Of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, Black Catholic Clergy Caucus

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Father Of Pan‐Africanism: Rev. Edward Wilmot Blyden, Rafi Rahman

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Rev. Edward Wilmot Blyden was born in the Virgin Islands, was ordained a Presbyterian minister, and became a leader in the Pan- Africanism movement. This paper argues that Rev. Blyden is an important figure within contemporary Black Church Studies because of his sui generis posture towards Islam, Pan-Africanism, and Black Nationalism. The felicitous Pan-African accolades attributed to Rev. Blyden by the Black Church are a result of his novel Afro-centric and inclusive interfaith hermeneutical posture and writings from the period of Reconstruction through the Progressive Era. Rev. Blyden’s acceptance of non-Christian faith traditions within a Pan-African context supported and, more …

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 68, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Pope St. Paul VI's proclamation at the Second Vatican Council declaring Mary to be Mother of the Church
• Innovative projects of the Marian Library in its 75th-anniversary year
• Recap of October 18 concert by the Marian Consort, an internationally renowned early-music vocal ensemble
• Editor's column on Marian Antiphons
• Story behind the Marian Library's Guadalcanal Rosary
• Archivist describes the wax Nativity "Of Fragile Beauty" undergoing conservation with the support of two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of BCTS annual meetings from 1978 to 2018

Review — Vincent W. Lloyd And Andrew Prevot, Editors, Anti‐Blackness And Christian Ethics, Alex Mikulich

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.