College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University: DigitalCommons@CSB/SJUNot a member yet
8817 research outputs found
Sort by
Review of \u3ci\u3e The Rite of Christian Initiation: Adult Rituals and Roman Catholic Ecclesiology \u3c/i\u3e
No full textOn Campus with Gary Eichten: A Year-End Look at the Economy
No full textMonday, December 4, 2017, join Chris Farrell, Senior Economics Contributor at American Public Media, Dr. Louis Johnston, Professor, Department of Economics CSB/SJU, as well as Gary Eichten, MPR Editor-at-Large, for A Year-End Look at the Economy.
Monday, December 4th, 2017 at 7:00pm in ART 102, SJU (Art Building
The Oneness of God and the Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective
No full textThe earliest Christians experienced the reality of God as creator beyond human comprehension, but they also gave witness to the experience of God in Jesus Christ and the Spirit among them. How might a Trinitarian faith open out into the belief that the diversity of religions is a sacred gift? Dr. Hill Fletcher will explore a contemporary approach to Christian faith in a pluralistic world that affirms religious difference while affirming also the uniqueness of Jesus Christ.Jeannine Hill Fletcher is professor of theology at Fordham University, where she also serves as the faculty director for the Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice. Her primary area of research in theologies of religious diversity has focused on the intersection with other forms of difference including gender and race, with an interest in the material and political impact of theological projects. Her books include Monopoly on Salvation? A Christian Approach to Religious Pluralism (Continuum, 2005) and Motherhood as Metaphor: Engendering Interreligious Dialogue (Fordham University Press, 2013). Professor Fletcher\u27s current work, on the intersection of religion and race, is informed by membership in the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a multi-generational, multi-religious and multi-racial grassroots organization working for social change
Influence of Monasticism on the Rise of the Modern University
No full textInspired by lives of prayer, community, and service, Saint Benedict and his spiritual followers through the ages have been a stable source of tremendous good in the world: renewing the Church, preserving learning, cultivating wisdom, modeling humane virtues of balance and generosity. This session traces the rise of the Benedictine Wisdom Tradition through to its flowering in the foundation of universities in medieval Europe and forward to its continuing influence in the modern university
Vocation and the Liberal Arts: A Quest for Purpose
No full textThe purpose of higher education is to enable individuals to make sense of the world and their place in it, preparing them to use knowledge and skills as means toward responsible engagement with the life of their times. Discernment of vocation provides for many students a synthetic and compelling focus for intellectual and practical exploration. What efforts have helped reconfigure undergraduate education as a journey toward life purpose?
William Sullivan is a philosopher, specializing in political theory, American democracy, and work and the professions. He is currently a senior scholar at New American Colleges and Universities. He is the author of several books including Habits of the Heart (1985), Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education (2011), and his most recent book, Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose (2016). Bill is a member of the Collegeville Institute ‘s Seminar on Vocation and Faith in the Professions, and is currently a scholar-in-residence at the Collegeville Institute
Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction: Impact on students, families, communities, institutions and health care (anyone you know?)
No full textHigh Performance Techniques Applied in Partial Differential Equations Library
Get PDFThis thesis explores various Trilinos packages to determine a method for updating the deal.ii library, which specializes in solving partial differential equations by finite element methods. It begins with introducing related concepts and general goals, followed by exploring computational and mathematical methods which are analytical solutions of one-dimensional Boussinesq equations and developing newer prototypes for solvers in deal.ii based on Trilinos packages. After demonstrating the methods, it indicates the reducing solving time in newer prototypes. Based on results from the prototype, similar methods are applied to update the deal.ii library. In the end, a testing program is exploited to demonstrate the improvement in performance for deal.ii
Medieval European Writings Over Time
Get PDFThis map series was created for Professor Jessica Harkins, to be used as an educational tool that visually demonstrates literature production during three medieval time periods. The maps detail the evolution of European territories and approximate locations of texts written around the years 800 AD, 1100 AD, and 1400 AD. My client was specifically interested in works from the British Isles, but also requested whole maps of historical Europe so as to portray the rapid change of territories and their impact on the literature of the time.
The maps were originally derived from an ESRI basemap, and territory details were added by digitizing over existing historical maps of corresponding time periods from the Euratlas History of Europe database. This was done through a combination of basemap cutting, tracing, and hand-drawing of territories. Literature information was retrieved from a list created by my client, and points were added in the British Isles to indicate the most likely location of origin for each work. All maps use a GCS 1984 World Mercator projection
The Relationship between Moss Growth and Treefall Gaps in an Eastern Deciduous Forest
Get PDFMosses are a rarely studied component of forest treefall gaps which ought to receive more attention so as to further understand their role in forest ecosystems. The aim of this study was to determine if a) there is a relationship between canopy gaps and moss growth on forest floors, and b) to determine if there is a difference between the effect of canopy gaps on the vertical depth and abundance of acrocarpous and pleurocarpous moss growth types. The study took place during the summer of 2015, in an eastern deciduous forest biome of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC), located between upper Michigan and Wisconsin. Treefall gaps plots were paired with closed canopy plots along bog border habitats, and were analyzed for gap effect on moss bed depth and abundance