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Research paper thumbnail of Empowering primary care practitioners to meet the growing challenge of diabetes care in the community

The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of A Just Peace Ethic Primer: Building Sustainable Peace and Breaking Cycles of Violence. Edited by Eli S. McCarthy. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2020. x + 275 pages. $49.95 (paper)

Research paper thumbnail of Notes in Defense of Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Three Replies to Three Typical Objections

The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Dispelling the "We" Fallacy from the Body of Christ: The Task of Catholics in a Time of War

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2002

Page 1. Michael J. Baxter Dispelling the ''We'' Fallacy from the Body of Chri... more Page 1. Michael J. Baxter Dispelling the ''We'' Fallacy from the Body of Christ: The Task of Catholics in a Time of War Within hours after the attacks of September , academics were busy doing what academics do: talking about words. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Sign of Peace: The Mission of the Church to the Nations

Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Feb 5, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Dispelling the “We” Fallacy from the Body of Christ

Dissent from the Homeland, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of A Pilgrim People: Becoming a Catholic Peace Church by Gerald W.Schlabach (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019), xvi + 416 pp

Research paper thumbnail of Writing History in a World without Ends: An Evangelical Catholic Critique of United States Catholic History

Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, 1996

In the third chapter of his widely influential American Catholicism, John Tracy Ellis makes the f... more In the third chapter of his widely influential American Catholicism, John Tracy Ellis makes the following observation about the response of Catholics in the antebellum years to the issue of slavery: "Insofar as general Catholic opinion was concerned, the issue that divided the nation along sectional lines divided the Catholics in precisely the same way."l He observes that it would be possible to draw a parallel between the division among northern and southern Catholics and northern and southern Protestants over slavery, were it not for"one notable exception," to wit: "At no time did Catholics hint at desiring a break in the organizational bonds that linked the Catholics of the North to their coreligionists in the South. Their spiritual and organizational union was never in jeopardy....,,2 Ellisattributes the exceptional unity among Catholics in such divisive times to their capacity to keep religion separate from politics, a capacity that was exemplified by the hierarchy's general policy ofnon-interference with the judgment of the laity on the matter of slavery. "To the very eve of the war," Ellisreports, "Catholic bishops from above and below the Mason Dixon Line continued to meet in councils of the church with no attendant rift in their ecclesiastical deliberations by reason of sectional differences.,,3 The

Research paper thumbnail of The Context of Casuistry ed. by James F. Keenan, S.J., Thomas A. Shannon

The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, 1997

understanding of history, if one leaves the New Testament intact rather than dismantling it and f... more understanding of history, if one leaves the New Testament intact rather than dismantling it and fitting its pieces into a pattern conformed to a more "general hermeneutic," it is easy to appreciate the continuity between the New Testament and the present worshiping community Oohnson could have done more with the theme of worship in the New Testament itself). Johnson has performed a valuable scholarly and pastoral service. The task that remains is to describe the manner in which the New Testament, especially the Gospels, speaks of the events of Jesus' life as they exist now in his transformed humanity, thus forging an unbreakable link between the Jesus of history and the Christ in glory. There are hints of this in Johnson's book (144-58). When we have sublated the achievements of historical research into the biblical vision of time and history, we will once again read the Gospels as the privileged means of coming into contact with the real Jesus whose life on earth exists now in a resurrected state of divine glory: we will recover the ancient understanding of the mysteria vitae Christi.

Research paper thumbnail of Communion Ecclesiology. Four Perspectives - II

Horizons, 2002

Following the lead of the Extraordinary Synod of 1885, which called communion “the central and fu... more Following the lead of the Extraordinary Synod of 1885, which called communion “the central and fundamental idea of the Council’s documents,” Dennis Doyle presents an overview of communion ecclesiology, focusing on Roman Catholic versions. The purpose of his book is twofold: “to promote a Catholic vision of communion ecclesiology as an approach for understanding the Church” and “to mediate among the various, sometimes computing, versions to explore a vision which is broadly and inclusively Catholic” (p.1). Four convictions underlie his work: (1) “Communion ecclesiology is the one basic ecclesiology”; (2) “Communion ecclesiology can exist legitimately in different versions”; (3) “Catholic versions of communion ecclesiology need to take into account the full range of certain essential elements of the Church”; and (4) “The meaning of ‘communion ecclesiology’ is bound up with the meaning of ‘catholic”’ (p.2). Communion ecclesiology retrieves a vision of the church predominant during the first millennium and represents an alternative to an overly institutional and juridical approach to the church. It places a high value on the need for visible unity, particularly evident in shared participation in the Eucharist. Finally, it fosters a healthy interplay between unity and diversity and a theology of the universal and local churches. Doyle outlines a spectrum of six versions of communion ecclesiology and also surveys the major contemporary ecclesiologists, situating each along this spectrum. These six views are:

Research paper thumbnail of From Weber to Aristotle and Beyond

Catholic Social Science Review, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of The Catholic University as Promise and Project: Reflections in a Jesuit Idiom

Journal of Law and Religion, 2001

Preface xv volume in the subsequent year. 9 If Adams' great work was to display and weigh one for... more Preface xv volume in the subsequent year. 9 If Adams' great work was to display and weigh one form of higher education as it actually existed and had been experienced, Newman's was to argue the university as it was defined in theory and desired in intention. However attenuated Christian commitments might be found at Harvard, they were the source of the integrity of the university for Newman. 10 He could speak of the university as the product of the Church and of this in its turn as the issue of faith, but for Adams that could not be. "If he were obliged to insist on a Universe, he seemed driven to the Church," wrote Adams about himself, for "the Church alone had asserted unity with any conviction. .. but the only honest alternative to affirming unity was to deny it; and the denial would require a new education." 11 For Newman that sense of unity found its embodiment in the university, in its circulus artium, and was realized in the product of university education, the philosophic habit of mind. Newman held as axiomatic that the Catholic university, like any university, bore as its determining goal this "cultivation of the intellect." It was a cultivation that made "discriminating convictions" possible. Students graduating from universities without this liberal education and the unity of mind it imparted were forever impoverished: they possess "no principles laid down within them as a foundation for the intellect to build upon; they have no discriminating convictions and no grasp of consequence." This was to be another great divide between description and desire. Both Adams and Newman raised the question about the purpose and character of a university education. If Adams reluctantly found that the social de facto predominated over the mental development of the student, Newman framed the purpose of the university emphatically in terms of the latter: Our desideratum is, not the manners and habits of gentlemen;-these can be, and are, acquired in various other ways, by good society, by foreign travel, by the innate grace and dignity of the Catholic mind;-but the force, the steadiness, the comprehensiveness and the versatility of intellect, the command over our own powers, the instinctive just estimate of things as they pass before us, which sometimes indeed is a natural gift, but commonly is not gained without much effort and the exercise of years. This is real cultivation of mind. 12 Affixed to the Georgian mansion opening onto St. Stephen's Green that once served as the new university's first home, a modest plaque still recalls Newman's government as rector-as well as the later presence of Gerard Manley Hopkins as professor of Greek and of James Joyce as

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship of Christ: Why Freedom of Belief Is Not Enough, The

DePaul L. Rev., 1992

In addressing matters of church and state, Christian theologians in America by and large have ass... more In addressing matters of church and state, Christian theologians in America by and large have assumed that it is their task tò justify the First Amendment. We do not intend to take up that task in this Essay; indeed, we intend to do quite the opposite. We intend to show that ...

Research paper thumbnail of Following Jesus at the Job Fair

Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2000

Last January at the University of Notre Dame, where I live and work, scores of representatives fr... more Last January at the University of Notre Dame, where I live and work, scores of representatives from business corporations and the military gathered in the Joyce Center for the 2000 Summer Internship Job Fair. The purpose of this annual event, sponsored by the University’s Career Center, is to enable students to make contact with potential employers for an internship the following summer and quite possibly, if the internship goes well for both parties, for a full-time job after graduation. As suggested by the name, this event has something of a carnival atmosphere to it, with rows of makeshift booths, colorful signs, and a variety of devices designed to catch the attention of students strolling by. Arthur Anderson was giving away yo-yos. Illinois D.O.T. was handing out yellow Frisbees. Nabisco offered cheese and crackers. Students were blowing bubbles at the Proctor and Gamble booth. But these corporations were offering to students much more than fun and games, as could be surmised by the tables stacked with glossy pamphlets and smart, graphically designed business cards. They were offering jobs, opportunities, careers—a

Research paper thumbnail of 4.4.3 Development of an Approach to Alternative System Solution Capture and Evaluation

INCOSE International Symposium, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Scenario results of a global trends model for use with aerospace systems combat simulations

2009 IEEE Aerospace conference, 2009

This paper presents scenarios produced using a model of current global trends. The model addresse... more This paper presents scenarios produced using a model of current global trends. The model addresses a number of significant and serious trends including population growth, resource depletion, and global warming. The scenarios are produced by parametrically varying the factors which control these trends. These factors include global average temperature change, energy resources and reserves, and resource consumption rates. The paper describes recent upgrades to the model and a range of scenarios generated using the model. The purpose of the model is to provide parametric global conflict and population stress scenarios as inputs to studies of specific systems in combat simulation. The study does not attempt to predict the future, but rather to develop a range of scenarios sufficient to generate vignettes for use in evaluating combat system performance across a spectrum of highly stressing possible future conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO PRODUCTION-CONSTRAINED GRAVITY MODELS

Journal of Regional Science, 1979

Page 1. JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, VOL. 19, NO. 2, 1979 THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANA... more Page 1. JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, VOL. 19, NO. 2, 1979 THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO PRODUCTION-CONSTRAINED GRAVITY MODELS* Michael J. Baxtert 1. INTRODUCTION The ...

Research paper thumbnail of Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems Simulation

2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2007

Page 1. Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems S... more Page 1. Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems Simulation Michael J. Baxter The Aerospace Corporation PO Box 92957 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957 (310)336-8572 Abstract ...

Research paper thumbnail of John Courtney Murray

Scott/The Blackwell, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Modeling of Serious Global Trends for Use with Combat Simulations

2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Empowering primary care practitioners to meet the growing challenge of diabetes care in the community

The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of A Just Peace Ethic Primer: Building Sustainable Peace and Breaking Cycles of Violence. Edited by Eli S. McCarthy. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2020. x + 275 pages. $49.95 (paper)

Research paper thumbnail of Notes in Defense of Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Three Replies to Three Typical Objections

The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Dispelling the "We" Fallacy from the Body of Christ: The Task of Catholics in a Time of War

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2002

Page 1. Michael J. Baxter Dispelling the ''We'' Fallacy from the Body of Chri... more Page 1. Michael J. Baxter Dispelling the ''We'' Fallacy from the Body of Christ: The Task of Catholics in a Time of War Within hours after the attacks of September , academics were busy doing what academics do: talking about words. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Sign of Peace: The Mission of the Church to the Nations

Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Feb 5, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Dispelling the “We” Fallacy from the Body of Christ

Dissent from the Homeland, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of A Pilgrim People: Becoming a Catholic Peace Church by Gerald W.Schlabach (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019), xvi + 416 pp

Research paper thumbnail of Writing History in a World without Ends: An Evangelical Catholic Critique of United States Catholic History

Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, 1996

In the third chapter of his widely influential American Catholicism, John Tracy Ellis makes the f... more In the third chapter of his widely influential American Catholicism, John Tracy Ellis makes the following observation about the response of Catholics in the antebellum years to the issue of slavery: "Insofar as general Catholic opinion was concerned, the issue that divided the nation along sectional lines divided the Catholics in precisely the same way."l He observes that it would be possible to draw a parallel between the division among northern and southern Catholics and northern and southern Protestants over slavery, were it not for"one notable exception," to wit: "At no time did Catholics hint at desiring a break in the organizational bonds that linked the Catholics of the North to their coreligionists in the South. Their spiritual and organizational union was never in jeopardy....,,2 Ellisattributes the exceptional unity among Catholics in such divisive times to their capacity to keep religion separate from politics, a capacity that was exemplified by the hierarchy's general policy ofnon-interference with the judgment of the laity on the matter of slavery. "To the very eve of the war," Ellisreports, "Catholic bishops from above and below the Mason Dixon Line continued to meet in councils of the church with no attendant rift in their ecclesiastical deliberations by reason of sectional differences.,,3 The

Research paper thumbnail of The Context of Casuistry ed. by James F. Keenan, S.J., Thomas A. Shannon

The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, 1997

understanding of history, if one leaves the New Testament intact rather than dismantling it and f... more understanding of history, if one leaves the New Testament intact rather than dismantling it and fitting its pieces into a pattern conformed to a more "general hermeneutic," it is easy to appreciate the continuity between the New Testament and the present worshiping community Oohnson could have done more with the theme of worship in the New Testament itself). Johnson has performed a valuable scholarly and pastoral service. The task that remains is to describe the manner in which the New Testament, especially the Gospels, speaks of the events of Jesus' life as they exist now in his transformed humanity, thus forging an unbreakable link between the Jesus of history and the Christ in glory. There are hints of this in Johnson's book (144-58). When we have sublated the achievements of historical research into the biblical vision of time and history, we will once again read the Gospels as the privileged means of coming into contact with the real Jesus whose life on earth exists now in a resurrected state of divine glory: we will recover the ancient understanding of the mysteria vitae Christi.

Research paper thumbnail of Communion Ecclesiology. Four Perspectives - II

Horizons, 2002

Following the lead of the Extraordinary Synod of 1885, which called communion “the central and fu... more Following the lead of the Extraordinary Synod of 1885, which called communion “the central and fundamental idea of the Council’s documents,” Dennis Doyle presents an overview of communion ecclesiology, focusing on Roman Catholic versions. The purpose of his book is twofold: “to promote a Catholic vision of communion ecclesiology as an approach for understanding the Church” and “to mediate among the various, sometimes computing, versions to explore a vision which is broadly and inclusively Catholic” (p.1). Four convictions underlie his work: (1) “Communion ecclesiology is the one basic ecclesiology”; (2) “Communion ecclesiology can exist legitimately in different versions”; (3) “Catholic versions of communion ecclesiology need to take into account the full range of certain essential elements of the Church”; and (4) “The meaning of ‘communion ecclesiology’ is bound up with the meaning of ‘catholic”’ (p.2). Communion ecclesiology retrieves a vision of the church predominant during the first millennium and represents an alternative to an overly institutional and juridical approach to the church. It places a high value on the need for visible unity, particularly evident in shared participation in the Eucharist. Finally, it fosters a healthy interplay between unity and diversity and a theology of the universal and local churches. Doyle outlines a spectrum of six versions of communion ecclesiology and also surveys the major contemporary ecclesiologists, situating each along this spectrum. These six views are:

Research paper thumbnail of From Weber to Aristotle and Beyond

Catholic Social Science Review, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of The Catholic University as Promise and Project: Reflections in a Jesuit Idiom

Journal of Law and Religion, 2001

Preface xv volume in the subsequent year. 9 If Adams' great work was to display and weigh one for... more Preface xv volume in the subsequent year. 9 If Adams' great work was to display and weigh one form of higher education as it actually existed and had been experienced, Newman's was to argue the university as it was defined in theory and desired in intention. However attenuated Christian commitments might be found at Harvard, they were the source of the integrity of the university for Newman. 10 He could speak of the university as the product of the Church and of this in its turn as the issue of faith, but for Adams that could not be. "If he were obliged to insist on a Universe, he seemed driven to the Church," wrote Adams about himself, for "the Church alone had asserted unity with any conviction. .. but the only honest alternative to affirming unity was to deny it; and the denial would require a new education." 11 For Newman that sense of unity found its embodiment in the university, in its circulus artium, and was realized in the product of university education, the philosophic habit of mind. Newman held as axiomatic that the Catholic university, like any university, bore as its determining goal this "cultivation of the intellect." It was a cultivation that made "discriminating convictions" possible. Students graduating from universities without this liberal education and the unity of mind it imparted were forever impoverished: they possess "no principles laid down within them as a foundation for the intellect to build upon; they have no discriminating convictions and no grasp of consequence." This was to be another great divide between description and desire. Both Adams and Newman raised the question about the purpose and character of a university education. If Adams reluctantly found that the social de facto predominated over the mental development of the student, Newman framed the purpose of the university emphatically in terms of the latter: Our desideratum is, not the manners and habits of gentlemen;-these can be, and are, acquired in various other ways, by good society, by foreign travel, by the innate grace and dignity of the Catholic mind;-but the force, the steadiness, the comprehensiveness and the versatility of intellect, the command over our own powers, the instinctive just estimate of things as they pass before us, which sometimes indeed is a natural gift, but commonly is not gained without much effort and the exercise of years. This is real cultivation of mind. 12 Affixed to the Georgian mansion opening onto St. Stephen's Green that once served as the new university's first home, a modest plaque still recalls Newman's government as rector-as well as the later presence of Gerard Manley Hopkins as professor of Greek and of James Joyce as

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship of Christ: Why Freedom of Belief Is Not Enough, The

DePaul L. Rev., 1992

In addressing matters of church and state, Christian theologians in America by and large have ass... more In addressing matters of church and state, Christian theologians in America by and large have assumed that it is their task tò justify the First Amendment. We do not intend to take up that task in this Essay; indeed, we intend to do quite the opposite. We intend to show that ...

Research paper thumbnail of Following Jesus at the Job Fair

Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2000

Last January at the University of Notre Dame, where I live and work, scores of representatives fr... more Last January at the University of Notre Dame, where I live and work, scores of representatives from business corporations and the military gathered in the Joyce Center for the 2000 Summer Internship Job Fair. The purpose of this annual event, sponsored by the University’s Career Center, is to enable students to make contact with potential employers for an internship the following summer and quite possibly, if the internship goes well for both parties, for a full-time job after graduation. As suggested by the name, this event has something of a carnival atmosphere to it, with rows of makeshift booths, colorful signs, and a variety of devices designed to catch the attention of students strolling by. Arthur Anderson was giving away yo-yos. Illinois D.O.T. was handing out yellow Frisbees. Nabisco offered cheese and crackers. Students were blowing bubbles at the Proctor and Gamble booth. But these corporations were offering to students much more than fun and games, as could be surmised by the tables stacked with glossy pamphlets and smart, graphically designed business cards. They were offering jobs, opportunities, careers—a

Research paper thumbnail of 4.4.3 Development of an Approach to Alternative System Solution Capture and Evaluation

INCOSE International Symposium, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Scenario results of a global trends model for use with aerospace systems combat simulations

2009 IEEE Aerospace conference, 2009

This paper presents scenarios produced using a model of current global trends. The model addresse... more This paper presents scenarios produced using a model of current global trends. The model addresses a number of significant and serious trends including population growth, resource depletion, and global warming. The scenarios are produced by parametrically varying the factors which control these trends. These factors include global average temperature change, energy resources and reserves, and resource consumption rates. The paper describes recent upgrades to the model and a range of scenarios generated using the model. The purpose of the model is to provide parametric global conflict and population stress scenarios as inputs to studies of specific systems in combat simulation. The study does not attempt to predict the future, but rather to develop a range of scenarios sufficient to generate vignettes for use in evaluating combat system performance across a spectrum of highly stressing possible future conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO PRODUCTION-CONSTRAINED GRAVITY MODELS

Journal of Regional Science, 1979

Page 1. JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, VOL. 19, NO. 2, 1979 THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANA... more Page 1. JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, VOL. 19, NO. 2, 1979 THE APPLICATION OF LOGIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO PRODUCTION-CONSTRAINED GRAVITY MODELS* Michael J. Baxtert 1. INTRODUCTION The ...

Research paper thumbnail of Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems Simulation

2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2007

Page 1. Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems S... more Page 1. Identification Of Potentially Serious Global Trends With Relevance To Aerospace Systems Simulation Michael J. Baxter The Aerospace Corporation PO Box 92957 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957 (310)336-8572 Abstract ...

Research paper thumbnail of John Courtney Murray

Scott/The Blackwell, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Modeling of Serious Global Trends for Use with Combat Simulations

2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008