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We Grew Up Together : Brothers and Sisters in Nineteenth-century America
Annette Atkins
"While much attention has been devoted to connections in American families between husbands and wives and between parents and children, We Grew Up Together speaks to an area that has been largely neglected until now: the emotional relationships among siblings." "Through close readings of the letters brothers and sisters wrote to each other over the course of nearly a century (1840-1920), Annette Atkins reveals the inner workings, everyday lives, and central relationships of ten nineteenth-century families. She looks at families located in various regions, families headed to the frontier, obscure families, and prominent families such as the Blairs of Washington, D.C. Drawing on the insights of Alfred Adler and others, Atkins examines the varying dynamics of "warm" and "cool" families and shows how siblings tutored each other in friendship, authority, cooperation and competition, dependence and independence."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Heart of What Matters: The Role for Literature in Moral Philosophy
Anthony Cunningham
This work aims to show that literature has a powerful role to play in understanding life's ethical problems. It offers a critique of Kantian ethics, which has enjoyed a preeminent place in moral philosophy in the United States, arguing that it does not do justice to the reality of our lives.
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Procedures and Documents for Canonical Separations and Other Canonical Processes: Religious Institutes ; Societies of Apostolic Life
Jane Mitchell and Daniel J. Ward OSB
Each article in the manual consists of a brief explanation (e.g. Grounds, Procedures, Note) followed by blank forms and documents
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The Turning of Wheels: Poems
Lawrence "Larry" Schug
"The Turning of Wheels, Larry Schug's third collection of poems, is a cogent demonstration of how to get from the very small to the very large in simple American idioms."
--Edith RylanderIn English; one poem in English and Spanish.
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Body of Clay, Soul of Fire: Richard Bresnahan and the Saint John's Pottery
Matthew Welch and Richard Bresnahan
The work produced by prominent North Dakota-born potter Bresnahan is an expressive and original synthesis of centuries-old craft and a truly modern aesthetic. Apprenticed to Nakazato Takashi, an innovative 13th-generation Karatsu-style potter, Bresnahan discovered much about the intersection of pottery and other traditional art forms (e.g., the tea ceremony), which is evident in his work. Welch (curator of Japanese and Korean art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts) illustrates the potter's compelling story with a mixture of journal notes, recent interviews, and full-color photographs of pottery by Bresnahan and by some of his friends and mentors. The book also features schematic drawings of Bresnahan's extraordinary kiln, based on the traditional noborigama kiln but containing many radical design innovations. The potter's annual seven-day-long firing produces an original and expressive style of earthy, organic forms with warm, unusual colors. Bresnahan has long been supported by St. John's College and Abbey in Minnesota, from his early years as a student to his current status as artist-in-residence. The book describes how his commitment to ecology, local materials, and collective labor and the pottery's contribution to the self-sustainability of the abbey's Benedictine monks have blossomed into a highly regarded and vital community asset. (Library Journal review, March 15, 2002)
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Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics
Joseph R. DesJardins and John J. McCall
The text provides students with a sociopolitical framework for looking at business ethics. This text takes students from a common, skeptical starting point – Why study business ethics? – to the very heart of ethical and political theory.
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Pluralism in Theory and Practice: Richard McKeon and American Philosophy
Eugene Garver and Richard Buchanan
Unknown to many, unintelligible to some, Richard McKeon (1900-1985) is considered by those familiar with his work to be among the most important of all twentieth-century philosophers. In a career that spanned seven decades, McKeon published eleven books and more than 150 articles, inspired and intimidated generations of students (among them Richard Rorty, Wayne Booth, and Paul Goodman), and received most of the honors available to an American philosopher. As a teacher and administrator at the University of Chicago, he was instrumental in founding its general education program and initiating the first interdisciplinary program in the humanities. His achievements outside the university included a major part in developing the first cultural and philosophical projects of UNESCO. Fearsome in the classroom, he is renowned for his scholarly brilliance; the problems he thought important, however, did not occupy his colleagues' attention. Ironically, they are now the very issues that present-day philosophers grapple with, namely pluralism, the relationship of philosophy to the history of philosophy, rhetoric and philosophy, the diversity of culture, and the problems of communication and community. Pluralism in Theory and Practice not only brings McKeon to the attention of contemporary philosophers and students; it also puts his theories into practice. Some of the essays explicate aspects of McKeon's thought or situate him in the context of American intellectual and practical engagement. Others take the concerns he raised as starting points for inquiries into urgent contemporary problems, or, in some cases, for reexamining McKeon's work as fertile ground for shaping the direction of new investigation.
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Adam on the Lam : The Uses of Impertinence
Kilian McDonnell OSB
Poetry collection; the Park Press' fifth Christmas book.
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With Hearts Expanded: Transformations in the Lives of Benedictine Women, St. Joseph, Minnesota, 1957 to 2000
Evin Rademacher OSB, Emmanuel Renner OSB, Olivia Forster OSB, and Carol Berg OSB
In With Lamps Burning, Sister Grace McDonald traced the growth of Saint Benedict’s Monastery from its establishment in Minnesota in 1857 to its centennial in 1957. It is the purpose of this sequel to capture the exciting and often troublesome challenges that faced this community in the last half of the twentieth century. It is a story of moving from a stable and predictable era to an explosive era of expanded knowledge, information, and communications that resulted in irreversible societal changes effected by such grassroots movements as civil rights, women’s rights, and environmental concerns, and by a Christian religious transformation called for by Vatican Council II. The story of the community’s struggles and achievements in responding to the call to renew itself and set its face toward the third millennium needs to be told: most people, observing only the external manifestations of the changes, were not privy to the sacredness of the transformations taking place. This book offers the community’s self-disclosure in the hope that it will help its readers find meaning for the challenges with which God also shapes their lives. [from the Introduction]
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Power versus Liberty : Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson
James H. Read
Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic.
Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed."
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The Art of Biblical Texts and Images : Selections from the Arca Artium Collections
Columba Stewart OSB and Mary F. Schaffer
Exhibition catalogue booklet for the exhibit "What we have heard, what we have seen": The Art of Biblical Texts and Images, January 9-March 2, 2000, in the Alice R. Rogers and Dayton Hudson Galleries, Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
About the exhibit: This second major exhibit of holdings from the Arca Artium collections focuses on the Bible as book and as inspiration for artistic creativity. During the years that donor Frank Kacmarcik has formed the collections of Arca Artium, he has shown a particular interest in materials related to the Bible. Central both to Christian experience and to Benedictine monasticism, the Bible has also been the most important focus of artistic meditation in the western world. This exhibit follows its twin themes from the medieval period to the present day, featuring the work of both Christian and Jewish artists inspired by their meditation on the Word of God. The exhibit is designed to highlight the interplay between books and images, word and visual meditation. Many of the finest items in Arca Artium have been chosen, though by no means all of them: limitations of gallery space have compelled the curators to practice the asceticism of selection. -
Environmental Ethics: Concepts, Policy, and Theory
Joseph R. DesJardins
This exciting anthology emphasizes ethical issues in environmental policy while providing balanced coverage of theoretical perspectives and applied environmental topics.
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Come Lovely and Soothing Death : the Right to Die Movement in the United States
Jeffrey J. Kamakahi, Elaine Fox, and Stella M. Capek
Despite increasing media visibility and growing public support for euthanasia in the United States, the right to die movement has not, until now, received systematic sociological attention. In Come Lovely and Soothing Death, Fox, Kamakahi, and Capek trace the emergence from the 1930s, the evolution, and the contemporary activities of the movement, and explore the sociocultural circumstances that produce scenarios where individuals face criminal sanctions for engaging in active euthanasia ("assisted suicide")." "Come Lovely and Soothing Death is a valuable resource for scholars and students of sociology and social policy, and for anyone interested in the right to die, physician assisted suicide, or social movements.
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Parish Faith Formation Assessment and Planning Tool: Catholic Education Ministries, Diocese of St. Cloud
Jeffrey J. Kaster
How are new member being welcomed into your parish? How are parishioners being challenged to grow in their relationship with God and in service to others? Parish Faith Formation Assessment and Planning Tool, winner of the 1997 Research Award from the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, helps identify key areas in faith formation for assessment and planning. This book is solid and comprehensive, yet flexible enough to meet individual needs.
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Family Violence : Studies from the Social Sciences and Professions. Vol. 2, Relationship Violence
James Michael Makepeace
A collection of readings from interdisciplinary materials. The material is geared toward advanced undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in sociology, social work, or other courses where the study of family violence is a major component. Major scholars, both academic and practitioners, are included and interested instructors will recognize well known names and research. Now in a second edition, these readers contain recently published articles and selections concerned with family violence in other cultures.
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The Death of Jesus: The Diabolical Force and the Ministering Angel: Luke 23, 44-49
Michael Patella OSB
Beginning with Peter's Pentecost oration, the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ become the object of preaching throughout the remainder of Acts. The Lucan corpus has two volumes, the Gospel and the Acts. Thus, the possibility for detecting the literary strains which went into the Christian kerygma is greater in the third gospel than in Matthew, Mark , or John. It has been demonstrated that the kerygma was transmitted orally before its achieving canonical, written form. The salvific strains contained in the kerygma, and how and why they were redacted into a final Lucan version of the death of Jesus constitute the major examination of this study. [from the Introduction]
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The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution
Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden
This book explores the impact of Sandinista electoral defeat and the U.S. backed Chamorro administration on the gains of the Nicaraguan revolution. Through a series of essays based on current research, seven experts on contemporary Nicaragua draw a balance sheet on the gains of the Revolution and assess the current status of the revolutionary process. The Revolution brought dramatic social, economic and political changes to Nicaragua in the 1980s, but in the wake of the electoral defeat of the FSLN in 1990, the revolution struggled to survive in the face of challenges from the Chamorro administration, the U.S. government, and the International Monetary Fund. Significant efforts to protect the revolution's achievements have been mounted, especially in grassroots organizing and by women's organizations.
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José Isaacson, Poeta Crítico
Thorpe Running
José Isaacson, poeta / Delfín Leocadio Garasa --
Isaacson y la esperanza / Carlos Mastronardi --
Certidumbre de la poesía / Alfredo de la Guardia --
Nuevo canto a Buenos Aires / Alfredo de la Guardia --
Raíces filosóficas de una poesía desvelada y ardiente / Antonio Pagés Larraya --
"Pre-textos" y contextos en Poemas del conocer / Beatriz Curia --
Un cuaderno insólito / Bernardo Canal Feijóo --
La poesía crítica de José Isaacson / Thorpe Running. -
An Uncommon Mission: Father Jerome Tupa Paints the California Missions
Jerome Tupa OSB and Holly Rarick Witchey
California's 21 missions have long fascinated scholars and tourists alike. Their role in California history and their striking similarities and colorful contrasts have inspired artists and historians throughout the ages. Father Jerome Tupa is not the first to paint these missions, and he won't be the last. But his vision is unique. Through his eyes - those of both an artist and a Benedictine monk - we can see the missions as spiritual icons left standing from the 18th- and 19th-century efforts of Franciscan missionaries to spread Catholicism to the New World. An Uncommon Mission presents for the first time the results of Father Tupa's physical and spiritual pilgrimage these historic and religious sites. In the 61 vibrant works from this stunningly talented priest, in Ruscin's 21 beautiful black-and-white photographs, and in Holly Witchey's considered text, California's past is brought back to life.
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The Life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse
Bettine von Arnim, Gisela von Arnim Grimm, and Anna Lisa Ohm
By Bettine von Arnim and Gisela von Arnim Grimm. Translated and with an introduction by Lisa Ohm.
Appearing for the first time in English, this delightful story of the adventures of twelve young girls will appeal to readers of all ages. Gritta, neglected by her father, is uprooted when her new stepmother insists she enter a convent school. Strictly supervised by the nun Sequestra, Gritta slips into melancholy. A mishandled bird, however, awakens Gritta to the realization that she and her friends must flee their walled-in life. Following her heart and employing her wits, Gritta leads the escape. The runaway girls are eventually shipwrecked near the principality of Sumbona. They establish a Robinson Crusoe–like existence and later found their own cloister. Their community is sustained by the industry and talents of each of the girls. Mayeli paints, Harmony composes, and Wildberry, an herbalist, learns nature’s secrets and gains access to supernatural powers that will guarantee the future of the community. Gritta chooses to marry Prince Bonus of Sumbona, but when she sees the twelve cells in the cloister, she realizes with a pang of longing that she will never occupy the one meant for her. This enchanting tale, coauthored in the early 1840s by Gisela von Arnim Grimm and her mother, Bettine von Arnim, lay undiscovered in an archive for nearly a century. Through humor and delicate satire, the authors criticize the place of women and children in nineteenth-century German society. (from the publisher's web site)
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