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Volume 16, Number 2, 2007

Articles in this issue include:

  • Phan, Peter C., Peacemaking and Reconciliation: Roman Catholic Teachings in the Context of Interreligious Dialogue
  • Large, Ron, Righteous Resistance: The Religious Roots of Nonviolence in Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Byrne, Sean; Cunningham, Christopher; Fissuh, Eyob;  Matic, Mislav;  Getting to Peace: The Role of the European Union Peace 1 Fund in Building the Peace Dividend in Northern Ireland
  • Tobias, Saul, Affliction, Post-Secularism, and the Plight of Refugees
  • Khatchadourian, Haig, Addressing Root-Causes of Global Terrorism
    Book Review:
    • Geoffrey Karabin

Volume 16, Number 1, 2007

Articles in this issue include:

  • Simmons, Mary Beth, Revisiting Family
  • Zavarich, Joyce, Transcending Barriers: An Engaging Encounter with Blood Done Sign My Name
  • Lucia, Joe, Music, Imagination, History: Some Lessons from
  • Tyson, Timothy B. Blood Done Sign My Name
  • Little, Lawrence, Confronting the Lies: Blood Done Sign My Name and American Racism
  • Titone, Connie, Trees of My Louisiana: Strong, Silent Branches of Memory
  • Keita, Maghan, Signing in Blood: White Supremacy, White Privilege, and
  • The Construction of Whiteness
  • Nance, Teresa A., Re-Collecting the Past: Reflections on Blood Done Sign My Name
  • Smith, Thomas W., Tyson’s Tragic Sensibility
  • Lucky, Crystal J., Parents and Parking Lots-Taking Care of Children and
  • Blood Done Sign My Name
  • Eckstein, Rick, The Surprising Face of Racist Attitudes
  • Tyson, Timothy B., Telling Stories Toward the Beloved Community

Vol. 15, Num. 2, 2006

  • Berg, Michael S., On Earth As It Is In Heaven
  • Heyer, Kristin, Prophetic and Conscientious Leadership: Advising U.S. Catholics in Political Life
  • Windley-Daoust, Susan, "Putting Our Bodies on the Line": Comparing Embodied Active Nonviolence in Engaged Buddhism and Christian "Body Theology"
  • Chamberlain, Gary L., Water Wars: Privatization and Public Goods
    Book Review:
    • Satya R. Pattnayak

Vol. 15, Num. 1, 2005

  • Langan, S.J., Moral Goals: and Moral Dilemmas after an Unjust War
  • McCarraher,  A Response to John Langan
  • Ramanathapillai, Peace through War: The Contemporary Relevance of Hegel's Philosophy of War
  • Izuzquiza, S.J., Athens and Jerusalem, or Bethlehem and Rome? John H. Yoder and Nonviolent Transformation of Culture
  • Guyette, Anger and Christian Love: The Historical Search for Their Normative Relationship

Vol. 14, Num. 2, 2004

  • Ballard, Just War In Afghanistan?
  • Steck, Citzenship, And Globalization: Developing A New Framework For Theological Reflections On U.S.-Mexico Immigration
  • Berkman, Eucharistic Reconciliation: Penitence, Punishment, And Worship
  • Chamberlain, By The Sweat Of Their Brow: Sweatshops And The University

Vol. 14, Num. 1, 2004

  • Massaro, Introduction: The Challenge Of Globalization To Social Ethics
  • Rourke, Globalization: A Theological And Political Assessment
  • Heffernan, Catholic Social Thought And Environmental Ethics In A Global Context
  • Yuengert, The Right To Migrate And The Universal Common Good
  • Graham, Trends In American Agriculture

Vol. 13, Num. 2, 2003

  • Barbara E. Wall, Introduction: Catholic Peacemakers And Policy In Latin America
  • Rose Gorman, Latin American Liberationist Approaches To Nonviolence: Ellacuria, Sobrino, Boff
  • Kevin F. Burke, S.J., Archbishop Oscar Romero: Peacemaker In The Tradition Of Catholic Social Thought
  • Joseph Betz, Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J. On The United States
  • Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J., Ignacio Ellacuria: Justice, Human Rights, And Salvation
  • Hugh Lacey, Ellacuria On The Dialectic Of Truth And Justice
  • Robert H. Defina, Economic Policy And Peace

Vol. 13, Num. 1, 2003

  • Barbara E. Wall, Introduction: Peacemakers Of The Catholic Tradition
  • Robert Ellsberg, Dorothy Day: A New Kind Of Saint
  • Margaret R. Pfeil, Active Nonviolence In Times Of War: The Witness Of Dorothy Day
  • Lawrence S. Cunningham,  Thomas Merton: Monastic Peacemaker
  • Darlene Fozard Weaver, Thomas Merton And The Moral Meaning Of Meekness
  • Kishor Thanawala, Can Market Economy Promote The Common Good?

Vol. 12, Num. 2, 2003

  • Edmund N. Santurri, Philosophical Ambiguities In Ostensibly Unambiguous Times: The Moral Evaluation Of Terrorism
  • Charles M. A. Clark, The Challenge Of Catholic Social Thought To Economic Theory
  • Theodore W. Nunez,  The Sustainable Development Of Catholic Social Teaching In World Risk Society
  • Suzanne Toton, Liberating Justice Education: From Service To Solidarity
  • Book Reviews:
    • James A. Bill And John A. Williams,  Roman Catholics And Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, And Politics.  Reviewed By Kail C. Elis
    • Science And Native American Communities:  Legacies Of Pain, Visions Of Promise, Edited By Keith James. Reviewed By Paul C. Rosier
    • Thomas C. Kennedy, British Quakerism, 1860-1920: The Transformation Of A Religious Community.  Reviewed By Kenneth B. Taylor

Vol. 12, Num. 1, 2002

  • Stephen J. Pope, Catholic Social Thought And Civic Responsibility: The Importance Of The Parish For The Public Square
  • Michael J. White, Religion And The Common Good
  • Scott Davis, Humanitarian Intervention And Just War Criteria
  • Margaret R. Pfeil, Correlating Social Sin And Social Reconciliation: Racism As A Test Case
  • Ashley K. Fernandes, The Power Of Dissent: Pierce And Buck V. Bell

Vol. 11, Num. 2, 2001: Catholic Social Teaching

  • Todd David Whitmore, Teaching And Living Practical Reasoning: The Role Of Catholic Social Thought In A Catholic University Curriculum
  • John Langan,  Catholic Social Thought And The Business School Curriculum
  • Barbara E. Wall,  Mission And Ministry Of American Catholic Colleges And Universities For The Next Century
  • Dr. Thomas A. Bausch, The Role Of Catholic Social Thought In Catholic Education For Business: Making It Come Alive In Our Classrooms, Our Research, And Our Offices

Vol. 11, Num. 1, 2000

  • Joseph E. Capizzi, Can Postmodern War Be Moral?  Questioning Discrimination And Proportioning Kosovo
  • Stephen J. Pope, Faithful And Compassionate Intelligence: The Goal Of Service Learning  In Catholic Colleges And Universities
  • Gary Chamberlain And Kathy Heffernan, Service, Justice And Power At The University: A Model For Justice Education
  • John Hamer, God's Grace And Social Control In Appalachia

Vol. 10, Num. 2, 2000

  • J. Milburn Thompson, Progressive Christians Should Not Oppose The Expansion Of Nafta
  • Husam A. Mohamad,  Assessing The Impact Of Pan-Arabism On The Politics Of The Plo In Historical Context
  • Steven Epley, Mortifying Pride And Celebrating Community: Thoughts Toward Teaching British Literature In A Christian College Setting
  • Gerald W. Schlebach, In The Belly Of A Paradox: Reflections On The Dubious Service Of Reflecting On Service
  • Mark C. Leaman, Religious Conscientious Objection And World War One

Vol. 10, Num. 1, 1999: Public Theology and the University

  • Paul Danove, Public Theology: Presuppositions, Publics, And A Tentative Proposal
  • Thomas Amorose, A Christian Rhetoric For The Public Sphere
  • Paul Hanstedt, Process Theology: Developing Student Spiritualities At Diversified Academic Institutions
  • Clarence W. Joldersma, Shared Praxis: A Pedagogy Of Hope For Public Theology
  • Ruth Groenhout, Five Types Of Dissent
  • Beth Hassel, Public Theology, The Eucharistm And Young Adults At Villanova
  • L. Lamar Nisly, Driving Black Cars Or Transforming Society: Connecting Mennonite And Catholic Public Theology In The Classroom

Vol. 9, Num. 2, 1999: Social Criticism

  • D. Stephen Long, Alasdir Macintyre And The Economy Of Ethics
  • Joseph Grcic, Rawls And The Equal Worth Of Liberty: The Right To Political Leave
  • Mark Chmiel, Public Intellectuals As Dissidents Or Commissars: A Study Of Chomsky's Social Criticism
  • Albino Barrera, Mater Et Magistra And The Import Substitution Development Strategy

Vol. 9, Num. 1, 1998: Justice, Madness, and War

  • Elaine R. Ognibene, "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense-": Madness And War In Pat Barker's Regeneration And Nora Okja Keller's Comfort Woman
  • Stephen E. Lammers, Rescue And Victory In Just War Discourse
  • Ronald E. Santoni, On The Existential Meaning Of War: A Response To Gelven
  • Robert H. Craig, The Search For Justice In An Unjust World: John Macmurray And Criminal Justice

Vol. 8, Num. 2, 1998: Augustinian Politics and Political Liberalism

  • Edmund N. Santurri, Rawlsian Liberalism, Moral Truth And Augustinian Politics
  • David Dawson, Taking Metaphysical Compliments Seriously
  • Jean Bethke Elshtain, An Unbridgeable Chasm
  • Timothy P. Jackson, Prima Caritas, Inde Jus: Why Augustinans Shouldn't Baptize John Rawls
  • Gilbert Meilaender, "The Things Relevant To Mortal Life": Divorcing Augustine From Rawls
  • Michael J. White, Peace Or Justice?

Vol. 8, Num. 1, 1997: Violence

  • David C. Barrows, The Horror! The Horror! Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome After Vietnam
  • Daniel M. Bell, Jr., The Violence Of Love: Latin American Liberationists In Defense Of The Tradition Of Revolutionary Violence
  • John D. Jones, How Basic Are Basic Needs?
  • John Kultgen, William James'  "The Moral Equivalent Of War" At One Hundred 
  • Book Reviews:
    • Paul Mojzes
    • Michael Sells

Vol. 7, Num. 2, 1997: Religion in Public Life

  • Jim Baumohl, An Appraisal Of Revisionist Claims About Homelessness
  • Bernard V. Brady, "Hear This, You Who Trample On The Needy": An Inquiry Into The Prophetic Form Of Moral Discourse
  • Symposium On Ronald F. Thiemann: Religion In Public Life: A Dilemma For Democracy
    • M. Cathleen Kaveny, Thiemann And Public Argument
    • Edmund N. Santurri, Religion And Liberal Democracy
    • Cristina L. H. Traina, Thiemann As Theologian
    • D. Stephen Long, A Dilemma For Faith Communities?
  • Book Reviews:
    • Kevin Delaney
    • Sandra Hinson
    • Satya R. Pattnayak
    • Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko

Vol. 7, Num. 1, 1996: Theology, Church and World

  • Theresa Sanders, The Sacred Heart And The Church Of The Poor
  • Richard Viladesau, Pacifism And Just War Theory In Evolutionary Perspective
  • Todd David Whitmore, Abortion, Homosexuality, And Vicarious Redemptive Suffering: Why Being Right Is Not Sufficient
  • Rev. Dr. James J. McCartney, The Social Implications Of Abortion
  • Book Reviews:
    • Joseph Betz
    • Thomas Devaney
    • Owen R. Jackson, O.S.A.
    • Danne W. Polk
    • Daniel T. Regan
    • Miron J. Wolnicki

Vol. 6, Num. 2, 1995: Issues of Inequality

  • Martin A. Asher And Robert H. Defina, Dulling The Sword Of Justice: The Decline Of Unionism And The Rise Of Inequality
  • Renya Reed Wasson, Race, Ethnicity And  Homelessness
  • Joseph Carcello, Rick Eckstein, And Cheryl Laz, Rhetoric And Reality: The Changing Glass Ceiling In Public Accounting
  • Elaine R. Ognlbene, A Language Of Peace:  Virginia Woolf's Words As Catalyst
  • Symposium Of The Bell Curve:
    • Peter Knapp, The Assault On Equality:  The Political Agenda Of The Bell Curve
    • Steven Krauss,  Journalistic Commentary On The Bell Curve
    • William Marks, Genetics And The Bell Curve
    • C. Colwell, Typology, Racism, And The Bell Curve
  • Review Essay:
    • Hugh Lacey, The Legacy Of El Salvador's Murdered Jesuits
    • Death Foretold: The Jesuit Murders In El Salvador , Martha Doggort
    • Writings For A Liberation Psychology, Ignacio Martin-Baro
    • The Jesuit Martyrs Of El Salvador: Celebrating The Anniversaries, Joseph E. Mulligan, S.J.
    • Paying The Price: Ignacio Ellacurg'a And The Murdered Jesuits Of El Salvador, Teresa Whitfield

Vol. 6, Num. 1, 1995

  • Sally J. Scholz, The Public/Private Dichotomy In Systemic Oppression
  • Joel J. Kassiola, Why "Need-Blind" Admissions Is Inadequate: Justice Requires More Than Pretending To Be Blind To Inequality
  • Seth Koven, Remembering And Dismemberment:  Crippled Children, Wounded Soldiers, And The Great War In Great Britain
  • Eli Goldblatt, Van Rides In The Dark:  Literacy As Involvement In A College Literacy Practicum
  • Book Reviews:
    • Ronald Paul Hill
    • Ann M. Lesch
    • Mark Chmiel
    • Irene Langran
    • Barbara E. Wall

Vol. 5, Num. 2, 1994

  • Richard C. Bayer, The Living Wage: A Reinterpretation And Constructive Proposal
  • Ron Pagnucco, Teaching About Agency And Structure In Nonviolent Social Change
  • Janet C. Menard, Taming Aggressive Nationalism: Martin Buber's Idea Of Divine Mission
  • Roger Bergman, Recent U.S. Perceptions Of Haiti And Haitians
  • C. Colwell, Signs Of War: Myth, Media And The Selling Of Desert Storm

Vol. 5, Num. 1, 1993: Retrievals

  • Douglas Sturm, A Prospective View Of The Bill Of Rights:  Toward A New Constitutionalism
  • John Francis Burke, Cultivating Community Through Diversity: An Inductive, Hermeneutical Approach To Pluralism In Catholic Social Thought
  • Denis E. Collins, S.J., Paulo Freire: His Continued Impact On Popular Education
  • John Kultgen, Purging Our Nuclear Intentions
  • Ron Large, Gandhian Swaraj: Moral Character And Social Vision

Vol. 4, Num. 2, 1992: Alternative Voices for Justice

  • Patrick T. McCormick, The Changing Voice Of Catholic Social: Teachings: The Evolution Of A Conversation
  • Kevin J. Cassidy, Transforming The Military-Industrial Complex: Using The Social Thought Of Juergen Habermas To Understand And Respond To The Power Of The Pentagon In American Life
  • Ray C. Russell, Democracy’s Imbroglio
  • Edward Terrar, Repenting The Quincentennial? A Study In Maryland Catholic History
  • Nadine Foley, O.P., The Prophetic Role Of Women In Evangelization
  • Rick Clifton Moore, Pacifism As Narrative In The Mass Mediated Community

Vol. 4, Num. 1, 1992: Metaphors and Movements

  • Colleen E. Kelley, Beyond Peace As Not War: The Search For A Transcendent Metaphor
  • Leo J. Penta, Organizing And Public Philosophy: The Industrial Areas Foundation
  • Charles F. Howlett, Workers Education And World Peace: The Case Of Brookwood Labor College
  • Gerard A. Vanderhaar, The International Catholic Peace Movement: A Brief Recent History
  • Book Reviews:
    • Paul J. Weithman
    • Robert Vanden Burgt
    • Fred Carrier
    • James Stormes, S.J.
    • Joseph Betz
    • Patricia O’donnell, S.S.J.
    • Patricia Benson, O.P

Vol. 3, Num. 2, 1991: Catholic Social Teaching — Rerum Novarum 100 Years Later

  • Jon Sobrino, S.J., The Cost Of Speaking The Truth: The Martyrs Of Central America, El Salvador
  • Thomas A. Shannon, Rerum Novarum: A Century Of Social Teaching
  • Daniel Regan, The Genesis Of Rerum Novarum: A Reflection
  • Amata Miller, I.H.M., Catholic Social Teaching — What Might Have Been If Women Were Not Invisible In A Patriarchal Society
  • Judith Dryer, The Evolving Teaching On Peace Within Roman Catholic Hierarchical Thought
  • Jane Regan, Interpreting Social Justice Documents Rerum Novarum As Case Study
  • Most Reverend Walter F. Sullivan, Rerum Novarum: A U.S. Experience

Vol. 3, Num. 1, 1991: From Swords to Plowshares

  • Susan Dion, "The FBI Surveillance Of The Women's International League For Peace And Freedom, 1945-1963"
  • Corbin Fowler, National Security Based On Extremism
  • Kevin Cassidy, Real Security: Ending The Arms Race Through Economic Conversion And Common Security
  • S. Muthuchidambaram, From Swords To Plowshares:  Military Keynesianism And The Problem Of Economic Conversion In The U.S.A.
  • Karen J. Warren, Towards A Feminist Peace Politics
  • Mary Briody Mahowald, What Are The Connections Betweenconcern For The Environment, Feminism And Peace?
  • Stephen G. Post, The Interdependence Of Generations

Vol. 2, Num. 2, 1990: Politics and Economics in a Changing World

  • Jens Langer, "Get With It!" The Ability Of Systems And   Their Components To Operate And Cooperate
  • Miron Wolnicki, The Decolonization Of Poland
  • Leonard Swidler, Christian-Marxist Dialogue: An Uneven Past-A Reviving Present-A Necessary Future
  • Hugh Lacey, Understanding The Aspirations Of The Central American Liberation Movements
  • W M. D. Lindsey, The English Industrial Revolution And Third-World Development: Critical Reflections On The Paradigm
  • Susan R. Grayzel, Teaching Women S Peace Studies: Thinking About Motherhood, War And Peace
  • Book Reviews:
    • Roger S. Gottlieb
    • Elizabeth Bettenhausen
    • Stephen J. Casey
    • Robert H. Craig

Vol. 2, Num. 1, 1990: Women and Social Justice

  • Diana Pearce, The Feminization Of Poverty
  • Brenda A. Wnesus, Feminist Theory And Economic Fact: Philosophical Reflections On Liberalism Feminism
  • Arthur F. Mcgovern, Women In Latin American Liberation Theology
  • Sandra M. Schneiders, The Risk Of Dialogue: The U.S. Bishops And Women In Conversation
  • Book Reviews:
    • Vincent M. Burns, Blessed Are The Peacemakers: Biblical Perspectives On Peace And Its Social Foundations
    • Bernard T. Adeney, Thomas Merton On Nuclear Weapons
    • Ruth L. Smith, Women And War
    • Stephen E. Lammars, A Peace Reader: Essential Readings On War, Justice, Non-Violence And World Order
    • Thomas A. Shannon, Justice, Peace And Human Rights
    • Gordon C. Zahn, Peace And Revolution: The Moral Crisis Of American Pacifism

Vol. 1, Num. 2, 1989: Economic Justice and Economic Rights

  • Nancy S. Barrett, Social Justice For Poor Women
  • John Spagnolo, New York S Housing Policy And "Homelessness"
  • William Werpehowski, Justice And Sociality: A Study Of Three Debates In Christian Ethics
  • Ronald Duska, The U.S. Bishops And Capitalism: An Unstable Alliance
  • Tony Smith, Are Entrepreneurial Profits Prima Facie Deserved?

Vol. 1, Num. 1, 1988: The Nuclear Arms Race and Strategies for Peace

  • John Immerwahr, The Future Of Us-Soviet Relations:  A Public Perspective
  • Ronald E. Santoni, Just War, Pacifism, And The Myth Of Controllability
  • Lyle V. Anderson, "Unintended" Nuclear War: The American Cosmos And Global Chaos
  • Paul W. Diener, Nuclear Deterrence: Pro & Con
  • Samuel A. Richmond, A Cumulative Peace Action Strategy