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Interview of Robert Schaefer
No full textRobert Schaefer was born in 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Roman Catholic High School and La Salle College. He worked at La Salle as Director of Public Relations. His son, also named Robert Schaefer, became a Christian Brother. He discusses growing up in Philadelphia in the 1930s and 1940s, attending college at La Salle in the 1950s, and his military service in Korea
Towards a Christian Philosophy
No full textAuthor did not sign the LAC Non-Exclusive License form.The relationship between philosophy and Christianity has, of course, a long history, as do the discussions of that relationship. My own position is not dissimilar to that of many of the early Church Fathers, though of course that position must be elaborated differently for various historical and personal reasons, and hopefully enriched by attention to the history of Western philosophy. As with all such relations, one's understanding of this relation has a lot to do with one's understanding of the terms involved. To promote the possibility of "Christian philosophy" is also to comment on that "and" which might be understood to relate two otherwise distinct and irreconcilable terms. In the end I claim this "and" must be understood as that "love" which defines philosophy as the "love of wisdom" (and finally, the wisdom of love), and does so in terms which (almost) merge-with the surprising assistance of such thinkers as Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and Paul Ricoeur-with those of the Church Fathers cited. On the one hand, I intend nothing but the historical, orthodox, and catholic understanding of Christianity, especially with regard to the central figure of Jesus the Christ, the Trinitarian God whom He embodies, represents, and reveals, and the Scriptures given as The Bible. On the other hand, I present the specifically philosophical pertinence of this unique Person as such emerges from the texts of the "philosophers" considered, and in a manner which I claim does not force the issue by reading into their texts what is not there. Attending to a (Christian) philosophical reflection on (Christian) philosophy also offers elaborations of inherited doctrines, both Christian and philosophical, including a way to read and think unique to the outcome. Such is the adventure of this current work
Viro Magnificio, Svmme Referendo, Excellentissimo Atqve Doctissimo Carolo Christiano Tittmanno S. S. Theologiae Doctori Celeberrimo Professori In Academia Vitebergensi Pvblico, Facvlt. Theol. Seniori, Senatvs Sacri Assess. Ad B. Mariae Past. Circ. Elect. Sax. Antistiti Svmmo Hvcvsqve Optime Nerito Cvm Electoralis Proto-Synedrii Assessoris, Pastoris Ad Aedem S. Crvcis Primarii, Et Dioeceseos Dresdensis Ephori Splendidissimam Provinciam D. XXIX. Septembr. A. O. R. MDCCLXXXIX. Favstis Avspiciis Adiret Ex Sanctissimo Pietatis Officio Gratvlantvr / Collegae Scholae Neostadiensis Ad Dresdam
No full textEnth. Gedichte von Johannes Gottfried Schaefer, Gottlieb August Buschmann, Christian Gottlob KochAutopsie nach dem Exemplar der ULB Sachsen-AnhaltVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Dresdae, Ex Officina Harpeteriana
The Christian Right and US Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century
No full textThe thesis discusses the role of the Christian Right in the US foreign policy decision making process. The research revealed that the Christian Right has long been fascinated with some international issues in general and US foreign policy in particular. The Christian Right’s interest in international issues increased markedly during years of the George W. Bush presidency. It successfully widened its activities from domestic social conservative issues to foreign policy issues by participating in, articulating and lobbying for its religious version of American foreign policy. In assessing the role of the Christian Right in US foreign policy making, this dissertation examines three aspects of US foreign policy, namely Israel, international religious freedom and global humanitarianism. Based on these aspects, the Christian Right is seen as skilled in framing and defining issues. The Christian Right seems effective in selecting and prioritizing international issues that have a reasonable chance of being selected by foreign policy decision makers, especially in Congress. Moreover, the Christian Right has shown its maturity in seeking engagement and cooperation with other organizations, secular and religious, in order to advance its international goals. Finally, in pursuing and conveying its international agenda, the Christian Right has adopted a more moderate and less overtly religious approach. Instead of using its traditional religious rhetoric, the Christian Right has successfully projected its foreign policy preferences into the conventional realist discourse of American foreign policy that is largely based on the objective of national interest and national security. Nevertheless, this study does not, in any way, conclude that the Christian Right was able to influence or determine the direction of US foreign policy and its outcomes; however, it does suggest that the Christian Right did contribute and have an impact on the formulation of some US foreign policy. As such, the research contends that the role of the Christian Right is similar to other interest group lobbies and that its perceived influence on US foreign policy should not be exaggerated. Finally, the research suggests that the emergence of the Christian Right as an actor in asserting its global agenda through US foreign policy can possibly provide an example of how religious beliefs and values can become a potential source of “soft power”. Together with the “climate of opinion” of the American public during the Bush administration, the “soft power” at domestic level could serve as a valuable new explanatory variable in understanding how the US foreign policy was formulated in the early 21st century
Viro Magnificio, Svmme Referendo, Excellentissimo Atqve Doctissimo Carolo Christiano Tittmanno S. S. Theologiae Doctori Celeberrimo Professori In Academia Vitebergensi Pvblico, Facvlt. Theol. Seniori, Senatvs Sacri Assess. Ad B. Mariae Past. Circ. Elect. Sax. Antistiti Svmmo Hvcvsqve Optime Nerito Cvm Electoralis Proto-Synedrii Assessoris, Pastoris Ad Aedem S. Crvcis Primarii, Et Dioeceseos Dresdensis Ephori Splendidissimam Provinciam D. XXIX. Septembr. A. O. R. MDCCLXXXIX. Favstis Avspiciis Adiret Ex Sanctissimo Pietatis Officio Gratvlantvr
No full textCollegae Scholae Neostadiensis Ad DresdamEnth. Gedichte von Johannes Gottfried Schaefer, Gottlieb August Buschmann, Christian Gottlob KochAutopsie nach dem Exemplar der ULB Sachsen-AnhaltVorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Dresdae, Ex Officina Harpeteriana
Sabbath, Psalms and Eucharist: Christopher Southgate considers Christian perspectives on the climate emergency
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Green Christian via the URL in this record In this brief article I want to explore what resources Christian thought might offer the
climate emergency, and those challenged by the slowness with which the generation
with the power (my own) are addressing the huge challenges that are ever more
evidently unfolding on our planet
Dare We Call it a Christian Business Division?
No full textThe author in this article explores the question: What, if anything, distinguishes a Christian business program from a secular program? The author answers the question by suggesting some areas he believes should be distinctive. His purpose is to open up a dialogue that has not occurred at the program level, not to claim all that could be said about this topic. Most discussion has focused on the macro picture of Christian colleges or the micro picture of how one’s faith might impact how one teaches a certain discipline. The article looks at themes or emphases in business programs that aspire to describe themselves as Christian
Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 6, no. 4
No full textA publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: Tributes to Andrew Walls and Benedict Ssettuuma (Uganda); Samuel T. O. Akande (Nigeria).
This issue of the Journal of African Christian Biography honors the memory of "Prof." Andrew Finlay Walls and Fr. Benedict Ssettuuma, Jr. It also celebrates the contribution of Dr. Michael Adeleke Ogunewu to the work of the DACB both as an author and a mentor-teacher. One of his biographies, that of Samuel T. O. Akande, is included. The issue also includes a serialized chapter from African Christian Biography by Roger Levine and a new section, "Teaching with the DACB," featuring the reflections of a North American student on what the DACB has taught her
Intraguild interactions among generalist predator functional groups drive impact on herbivore and decomposer prey
No full textSanders D, Schaefer M, Platner C, Griffiths GJK. Intraguild interactions among generalist predator functional groups drive impact on herbivore and decomposer prey. OIKOS. 2011;120(3):418-426.We found no positive effect of increasing predator functional group richness on prey control. However there was evidence for strong composition effects between the functional groups. The presence of ants in predator assemblages reduced the prey suppression through mostly trait-mediated intraguild interactions, while hunting and web-building spiders contributed additively to prey suppression and reduced the density of herbivore and decomposer prey by 50-60%. A trophic cascade on plant biomass triggered by web-builders and hunting spiders was diminished at levels of higher predator group diversity.In conclusion, our experiments showed that intraguild interactions strongly influence the strength of top-down control by generalist predators. Among spiders there was evidence for a positive relation between functional group richness and prey suppression but the overall outcome strongly depended on the occurrence of interference, driven by trait-mediated indirect interactions
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