“Christian Personalism vs. Contemporary Utilitarianism: The Cognitive Dimension of Love and its Relation to Moral Decision Making.” Chapter VII in The Love of Truth: All Truth and in Every Thing. Essays in Honor of Josef Seifert. (San Tiago, Chile: Ediciones UC, 2010), 391 – 406.
John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism: Two Radically Opposed Conceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Suffering.
Ethics Education, vol. 15, No. 1 (2009), 20 – 41.
John Paul II and Max Scheler on the Meaning of Suffering.
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 12:3 Summer 2009, 17 – 32.
Personhood, the Soul and Non-Conscious Human Beings: Some Critical Reflections on Recent Forms of Argumentation within the Pro-Life Movement.
Life and Learning XVII, (Conference Proceedings of University Faculty for Life,
Villanova University June 1-3, 2007), 277-304.
The Uniqueness of Persons in the Life and Thought of Karol Wojtyła/Pope John Paul
II, with Emphasis on His Indebtedness to Max Scheler.
Chapter 3 in Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy, eds. Nancy Mardas Billias, Agnes B. Curry and George F. McLean, (Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2008), 61 - 100.
Mother Teresa, John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism: Two Radically Opposed Conceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Family.
Chapter 4 in The Family in the New Millennium: World Voices Supporting the “Natural” Clan, Vol. 3. Edited by S.A. Loveless and T.B. Holman. (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing, 2007): 49-65.
What’s Love Got to Do with It: The Ethical Contradictions of Peter Singer.
(February 25, 2005).
Unleashing Love: Why We Care for Those Who Suffer.
Franciscan Way,
(Steubenville Ohio: Franciscan University), Fall 2004.
The Intrinsic Worth of Persons: Revisiting Peter Singer and His Critics.
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, XV (2003): 3-22.
The Courage of Conviction: An Essay in Honor of Philotheus Böhner, O.F.M.
Franciscan Studies, 59 (2001): 91-108. Co-authored with Conrad Harkins, O.F.M.
The Heresy of the Franciscan Spirituals.
The Cord, 48.1 (1998): 7-17.
The Life of Blessed John Duns Scotus.
The Cord, 45.3 (1995):5-10.
Biographical Register of the Franciscan Institute.
Franciscan Studies, 51 (1991): 152-197.
Co-authored with Rega Wood and Conrad Harkins, O.F.M. |
Co-directed, with Fr. George F. McLean:
The Sacred and the Secular: Complementary or Conflictual in Global Times? This international and intercultural seminar was held at Catholic University of America from September 15 – October 17, 2008 and sponsored by the Council for Research in Values of Philosophy.
Co-conceived and co-organized (with Professors Deborah Savage and Christopher Thompson):
Humanae Vitae, the Person and the Thought of John Paul II
June 18-20, 2008, The St. Paul School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Co-conceived and co-organized (with Monica Rapeanu):
Man and Woman He Created Them: John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, an International Symposium. May 18 – 20, 2007, Gaming, Austria.
Co-director of Student Pilgrimage/Study travel to Italy,
August 1999 to May 2007. This is a trip taken in the fall and spring semesters by the Gaming, Austria campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville with 130 – 175 students. My responsibilities included giving walking tours of Rome, Florence, Assisi, Fonte Columbo, Greccio and La Verna Italy, and translation needs throughout the trip (between English, German and Italian). I also gave a detailed lecture before the trip on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, with special emphasis on the buildings and sites visited upon arrival in Assisi. |
“Nine Critical Questions Related to Embryo: A Defense of Life by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen”.
Presented at: The Value of Human Life, Institute of Bioethics at Franciscan University, October 23-25, 2009.
“Why Modern Science Needs John Paul II.”
Presented at: John Paul the Great Legacy Project on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at The John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
Audio File available here: http://www.jptglegacyproject.com/
“The Beauty of JPII’S Theology of the Body for Today’s Married Couples,”
Presented at: Building Awesome Marriages: The Key to Authentic Spirituality: The St. Francis Retreat House, Easton, PA, Saturday, October 10, 2009.
The Ethical Problem (A study of TOB 118 – 125)
Presented at: Man and Woman He Created Them: Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, 2nd International Symposium, June 11 – 14, 2009. Maynooth Campus, Maynooth, Ireland.
"An Affirmation of Life: Love and Suffering According to Pope John Paul II"
Presented at: The 24th "Evening Affirming Human Life and the Family" on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at The Church of St. Helena, Minneapolis, MN.
Zygotes are People/The Personhood of Embryos
Presented at: The Nineteeth Annual University Faculty for Life Conference
University of St. Thomas Law School, Minneapolis, MN, May 30 - June 1, 2009
Subjectivity in Personalist Philosophy: K. Wojtyla
Presented at: Philosophy Emerging from Culture, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea, July 27-28, 2008.
The Concept of Person in the Writings of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II
Presented at: Humanae Vitae, the Person and the Thought of John Paul II
June 18-20, 2008, The St. Paul School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Personhood of Embryos: Framing the Question
Presented at: The Eighteenth Annual University Faculty for Life Conference
Marquette University, May 30 - June 1, 2008
Intuition as the Foundation of Knowledge in Aristotle and Phenomenology
Presented at: Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture Annual Fall Conference: The Dialogue of Cultures. Notre Dame University, November 29-December 1, 2007.
John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism, Philosophical Reflections on the Foundations of Ethics With Emphasis on The Cognitive Dimension of Love and Its Relation to Moral Decision Making.
Presented at: The Society of Catholic Social Scientists 15th Annual Meeting. The St, John’s University School of Law, Queens, New York, October 26 – 27, 2007.
A Body that Expresses a Person: Max Scheler’s Impact on John Paul II’s Theology of
the Body.
Presented at: Man and Woman He Created Them, John Paul II’s Theology of the Body An International Symposium, May 18 – 20, 2007, Gaming, Austria.
Personhood, the Soul and Non-Conscious Human Beings: Some Critical Reflections on
Recent Forms of Argumentation within the Pro-Life Movement.
Presented at: University Faculty for Life, Villanova University June 1-3, 2007.
The Meaning of Suffering in the Thought of Max Scheler and Karol Wojtyla/Pope
John Paul II.
Presented at: The Phenomenology of John Paul II, Dec. 1-2, 2006, sponsored by the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, Duquesne University.
A Growing Gap – Living and Forgotten Christian Roots in Europe and the United States.
This conference grew out of a critical discussion between the Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and George Weigel related to Weigel’s book The Cube and the Cathedral (Basic Books, 2005). I attended and participated in work group discussions, along with a group of approximately 65 international scholars and politicians, at the personal invitation of the Cardinal. The conference took place at his residence in Vienna, Austria from April 26 – 29, 2006.
The Uniqueness of Persons in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II, with Emphasis on His Indebtedness to Max Scheler.
Presented at: Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy, a conference sponsored by Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, March 22-23, 2006.
Personhood, the Soul and Non-conscious Human Beings: 4 arguments for the immorality of embryonic stem cell research.
Lecture delivered at The Pontifical University of Santa Croce, Faculty of Philosophy, Rome, Italy, November 16, 2004.
Mother Teresa, John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism: Two Radically Opposed Conceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Family.
Presented at the European Regional Dialogue For the Doha International Conference on the Family for the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Year of the Family, Geneva, Switzerland, August 23-25, 2004
Personhood, The Soul and Non-conscious Human Beings.
Presented at: The International Christian Studies Association, VI. World Congress. Science and Religion: The Missing Link. Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. July 30 – August 1, 2004.
John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism:Two Radically Opposed Conceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Suffering.
Presented at: The 3rd Global Conference: Making Sense of: Health, Illness and Disease July 5 - July 9, 2004 St Catherine’s College, Oxford University.
The Life of St. Francis and The Town of Assisi and Surroundings.
Lecture to prepare 150 students for a pilgrimage/tour of Assisi, Fonte Columbo and Greccio Italy. Given at Gaming, Austria during the Fall and Spring semesters 2001 - 2007.
The Courage of Conviction: An Essay in Honor of Philotheus Böhner, O.F.M.
Main address of the Festveranstaltung anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags von Pater Prof. Dr. Philotheus Böhner OFM on March 24, 2001. I delivered this co-authored (with Conrad Harkins, O.F.M.) essay in Lichtenau, Germany, in German translation, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Philotheus.
Objective Value in the Thought of Bl. John Duns Scotus and Dietrich von Hildebrand
Lecture series of The Peace and Justice Task Force of Alvernia College, Alvernia College, Reading, PA, October 26, 1995. |
“Preparing for the Passion: John Paul II on the Christian Meaning of Suffering”
To be presented at: Catholic Young Adults of Chester County (CYACC), March 31, 2010, 7:30 pm, Knights of Columbus Hall, 110 Wes Market St., West Chester, PA.
“John Paul II’s Approach to the Relation between Modern Science and Mystery.”
To be presented at: Immaculata University, “Chronicle of Faith: A Conference Celebrating the Legacy of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” Friday, April 30 and Saturday May 1, 2010.
“Christian Personalism as Foundational for an Adequate Understanding of Theology of the Body.”
To be presented at: The National Theology of the Body Congress, July 28 – 30, 2010. Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center, Blue Bell, PA.
“John Paul II’s Understanding of the Relation between Love and Suffering”
To be presented at: Theology on Tap, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Youth and Young Adults. To be held at The Catholic Philopatrian Institute, 1923 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, Thursday, August, 12, 2010, 7:00 pm.
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