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Sovereign of a Free People : Abraham Lincoln, Majority Rule, and Slavery
No full textWhen Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office, seven slave states had preemptively seceded rather than recognize the legitimacy of his election. In his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, Lincoln replied to the secessionists and set forth a principled defense of majority rule as “the only true sovereign of a free people.” His immediate purpose was to argue against the legitimacy of a powerful minority forcibly partitioning the United States because it was dissatisfied with the results of a free, constitutionally conducted election. His wider purpose was to make the case that a deliberate, constitutionally checked majority, though by no means infallible, was the appropriate ultimate authority not only on routine political questions but even on the kind of difficult, deeply divisive questions—like the future of slavery—that could otherwise trigger violent contests.
Sovereign of a Free People examines Lincoln’s defense of majority rule, his understanding of its capabilities and limitations, and his hope that slavery could be peacefully and gradually extinguished through the action of a committed national majority. James Read argues that Lincoln offered an innovative account of the interplay between majorities and minorities in the context of crosscutting issues and shifting public opinion. This story is particularly timely today as a new minority of dissatisfied voters has threatened and enacted violence in response to a valid election.
Read offers the first book focused on Lincoln’s understanding of majority rule. He also highlights the similarities and differences between the threats to American democracy in Lincoln’s time and in our own. Sovereign of a Free People challenges common assumptions about what caused the Civil War, takes seriously the alternative path of a peaceful, democratic abolition of slavery in the United States, and offers a fresh treatment of Lincoln and race.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/polsci_books/1030/thumbnail.jp
Hynes Scholar Research Presentation: Impact and Effectiveness of the IWL
No full textEach year, sophomore CSB students have the opportunity to apply to become a part of Hynes Scholars, a yearlong cohort-based program that explores gender and leadership. This cohort commits to personal exploration and reflection, scholarship, and dialogue on topics of gender, leadership, social justice, and identity. At the end of this unique experience, the Hynes leave with a clear vision about how they wish to shape the world around them and continue to grow the skills they have learned within the cohort
Spotlight on Female Leadership: Conclusions Based on a College Survey on Gender and Leadership
Get PDFThis project titled Spotlight on Female Leadership: How College Education at CSB Can Foster Female Leadership. The importance of this topic was to find out why woman are not typically shown to be leaders, and why woman are not treated fairly as leaders. The motivation for this topic came from to find out more reasons why we have never had a female president. I studied this topic concluding a survey with students on campus and staff and faculty about their leadership experiences on and off campus. I also had male students, staff and faculty participate in this survey for comparison I also read articles and the book Electable. My important takeaway on this project was that most women students, staff and faculty have experienced a negative impact on leadership and have not felt like their voice is heard with the leadership positions they have done
Keilyn Bucio
No full textThe Emerging Scholars program is a one-of-its-kind program designed specifically for first-year students from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in higher education or their field of study.
The program makes available three high-impact practices over the course of a student’s firstyear at CSB/SJU: undergraduate research,learning in community and meaningful oncampus student employment.
Students selected to become Emerging Scholars are paired with a faculty mentor who is committed to making undergraduate research accessible. Emerging Scholars are offered a full-time, paid, on-campus research position (10-12 hours per week) for the entire academic year under the mentorship of their faculty mentor. Students assist their mentor with hands-on research or creative work, participate in personal and professional development and networking opportunities, and are part of a unique learning community of students and faculty that nurtures their sense of belonging on campus
Mayte Rodriguez
No full textThe Emerging Scholars program is a one-of-its-kind program designed specifically for first-year students from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in higher education or their field of study.
The program makes available three high-impact practices over the course of a student’s firstyear at CSB/SJU: undergraduate research,learning in community and meaningful oncampus student employment.
Students selected to become Emerging Scholars are paired with a faculty mentor who is committed to making undergraduate research accessible. Emerging Scholars are offered a full-time, paid, on-campus research position (10-12 hours per week) for the entire academic year under the mentorship of their faculty mentor. Students assist their mentor with hands-on research or creative work, participate in personal and professional development and networking opportunities, and are part of a unique learning community of students and faculty that nurtures their sense of belonging on campus
Teresa of Avila\u27s Inward Journey to Spiritual Growth
Get PDFThis essay describes the basic structure of Teresa\u27s understanding of spiritual growth as depicted in her seven dwelling places in the Interior Castle. It places emphasis upon where God invites our cooperation (cooperative grace) and where God acts alone(operative grace). It includes how this spiritual growth affects our prayer, and our relationships with other people
How to Talk about God: Origen and Gregory of Nazianzus on Divine Transcendence and Theological Language
Get PDFThis article discusses the doctrine of God of the early Church Fathers Origen and Gregory of Nazianzus. According to these two theologians, the tension between God\u27s transcendence and God\u27s immanence conditions the language we use to name and describe God. Such God-talk is necessarily limited by the ontological divide between the human and the divine. Using Origen and Gregory as reference points, I examine how the precise and careful use of apophatic, cataphatic, and analogical language is necessary to properly account for both God\u27s eternal nature and God\u27s work in the material world
