Vulnerability and hierarchicalism

Though this is a paper on the vulnerability and the abuse of power, I have structured it according to the four weeks of the Spiritual Exercises. The first half of the paper is strong; it is the first week, sin. The second week, which is on vulnerability, has at its heart the life of Jesus. Toward the end of the paper we consider the passion of Jesus. Finally, we are left with the fourth week, to live out what we have seen and heard.peer-reviewe

Trying to Capture, Cautiously, the O\u27Malley Style

John W. O’Malley, S.J., has proffered and used the concept of style so as to name something other than content that is needed in order to understand argument or research. In a way, style is to contemporary argument what rhetoric was to grammar. This essay attempts to capture what O’Malley means by style, but also, and more importantly seeks to describe or capture O’Malley’s own style. By employing the different formats that Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal offers, the essay tries to highlight the relevance and richness of style in communicating the self to the other. In a word, style is the bridge that makes an argument understood, recognized, and remembered. O’Malley makes sure in both his own writings and his style that we never forget the necessity of style for living out our vocations as researchers, teachers, mentors and colleagues

The Language of Human Rights and Social Justice in the Face of HIV/AIDS

The Language of Human Rights and Social Justice in the Face of HIV/AID

Introduction to Journal of Moral Theology v.8 special issue #1

The overarching goal of this volume is to attend to the reality of contingency today in light of pertinent Catholic teachings on education, social structures, and economic justice. The essays in this volume will proceed in three parts. Part I is a single essay offered by Keenan that situates the issue of contingency within the broader field of university ethics. The task of Part II is to examine the intricate details and facets of the main subject. To this end, the five authors in this section each offer a snapshot of one of the most glaring concerns regarding contingency today as well as suggestions for solutions to address these acute concerns. Finally, Part III offers a compelling argument that contingent work is the cause of a spiritual crisis for both individual contingent faculty and the institutions they serve

The Interstellar N/O Abundance Ratio: Evidence for Local Infall?

Sensitive measurements of the interstellar gas-phase oxygen abundance have revealed a slight oxygen deficiency ($\sim$ 15%) toward stars within 500 pc of the Sun as compared to more distant sightlines. Recent $FUSE$ observations of the interstellar gas-phase nitrogen abundance indicate larger variations, but no trends with distance were reported due to the significant measurement uncertainties for many sightlines. By considering only the highest quality ($\geq$ 5 $\sigma$) N/O abundance measurements, we find an intriguing trend in the interstellar N/O ratio with distance. Toward the seven stars within $\sim$ 500 pc of the Sun, the weighted mean N/O ratio is 0.217 $\pm$ 0.011, while for the six stars further away the weighted mean value (N/O = 0.142 $\pm$ 0.008) is curiously consistent with the current Solar value (N/O = 0.138$^{+0.20}_{-0.18}$). It is difficult to imagine a scenario invoking environmental (e.g., dust depletion, ionization, etc.) variations alone that explains this abundance anomaly. Is the enhanced nitrogen abundance localized to the Solar neighborhood or evidence of a more widespread phenomenon? If it is localized, then recent infall of low metallicity gas in the Solar neighborhood may be the best explanation. Otherwise, the N/O variations may be best explained by large-scale differences in the interstellar mixing processes for AGB stars and Type II supernovae.Comment: accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letter