Scholarly articles for the theological academy

• “The Eschatological Principle in Catholic Social Thought,” The Journal of Markets and Morality vol. 8 no. 2, 435-53.

• “The Trinitarian Dimensions of the Transmodern Person” in Paul Vitz and Susan Felch, editors, The Self: Beyond the Postmodern Crisis (Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute,  2006), 269-286.

• “The Nature and Ends of Marriage: a New Proposal,” The Jurist 65 (2005), 98-118.

• “The Sanctity of Fertility and Coition and its Impact on Contraception, Abortion and the New Birth Technologies,” Life and Learning XII: Proceedings of the Twelfth University Faculty for Life Conference (Washington D.C.,  2003) 333-54.

• “Trinitarian Foundations for Subjectivity, Solidarity and Subsidiarity,” Catholic Social Science Review (2002), 95-105.

• “Infallibility in the Context of Three Contemporary Developments,”  Faith and Reason (1997-98), 225-253.

• “The Discussion Between Catholic ‘Cultural Radicals’ and Catholic ‘Neoconservatives’: Toward a New Horizon,” Catholic Social Science Review (1998), 41-61.  The proposal in this paper was printed in First Things (April 1999), 72-73.

• “Evangelization and the Catholic University,” in William E. May, ed., The Church’s Mission of Evangelization. Essays in Honor of His Excellency The Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the U.S. (Steubenville, Ohio: Franciscan University Press, 1996), pp. 243-64.

• “A New Proposal for the Traditionalist/Proportionalist Discussion,” Irish Theological Quarterly vol 61, no. 2 (1995), 115-24.

• “Retrieving Rahner for Catholic Orthodoxy,” Faith and Reason (Fall, 1991), 251-72.

• “The Schindler/Weigel Debate: An Appraisal,” Communio (Fall 1991), 425-38, with responses from David Schindler and George Weigel.

• “The Sacramentality of Marriage–Grace is All,” Social Justice Review (Nov-Dec 1990), 200-203.

• “The Fragmented Male: An Inquiry into Two Vulnerable Areas of Church Doctrine on Sexuality,” Social Justice Review (Jan-Feb, 1991), 24-29.

Scholarly articles aimed at a more general audience

• Entries in the forthcoming Catholic Social thought, Social Science and Social Policy: An Encyclopediai (Lanham, Maryland, Scarecrow Press): Catholic Moment: Instruction on Certain Aspects of the Theology of Liberation;  Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation.

• Entries in the forthcoming Dictionary of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization: Bride of Christ; Capital Punishment; Conscience; Dogma; Fundamental Option; Homosexuality; Liberalism; Liberation Theology; Magisterium, Ordinary and Extraordinary; Moral Absolutes; Pluralism; Priestly Celibacy; Process Theology; Proportionalism; Karl Rahner; Relativism; The Theology of the Body. (App. 1000-1500 words each)

• “Celibacy–It’s Not the Problem, It’s the Solution,” Envoy 6.5, 26-30.

• “Law, Participatory Theonomy, and the Homosexual Person,” by invitation, Faith (London)(July-August 2002), 7-15.

• “Authentic Freedom and the Homosexual Person,” by invitation, Catholic Dossier (March-April 2001), 8-14.

• “The Autonomy of the Temporal Order and the Nature of a Catholic University,” The Turnaround (periodical of the Cardinal Newman Society) vol. III no. III (July 1997), 5-7.

• “Clearing the Way for the Truth: How to Point Out Ten Self-Refuting Propositions,” New Oxford Review(January-February 1997), 22-24.

• “The Male Priesthood: the Argument from Sacred Tradition,” The Catholic Faith (May/June 1996), 17-21.

• “Tradition: the Presence of Christ Echoing Across Time,”  The Catholic Faith (Nov.-Dec. 1995).

• “For Sceptics, Revisionists and Fundamentalists: the Case of the Missing Position,” New Oxford Review (September, 1993).

• “The Catholic Vision and Sexuality,” Homiletic and Pastoral Review (January 1990), 64-71.

Popular Articles

• “Scrupulosity: the Occupational Hazard of the Catholic Moral Life,” This Rock (Nov. 2006), 26-31.

• “Marriage Makes It Happen: Marriage as Efficacious Sign and Efficacious Model,” This Rock (Jan. ‘06), 28-31.

• “The Virtue of Fortitude,” This Rock (Nov. 2005), 30-31.

• “Applying Just-War Doctrine to Your Own Life,” Homiletic and Pastoral Review (December 2002), 65-69.

• “A Moment of Grace for the Church: the Dynamic Renewal of Seminary Culture,” chapter in Paul Thigpen, ed., Shaken by Scandals (Ann Arbor: Servant, 2002), pp. 43-53.

• Interview in Canticle (Autumn-Winter 2001), pp. 25-29.

• Review,  by invitation, of  Mr. Christopher West’s “Theology of the Body” Apostolate for The National Catholic Register (Nov. 25-Dec. 1,  2001), 9.

• “The Virtue of Purity,” The Catholic Faith (March-April 1999), 31-33.

• Editorial, “Catholic Doctrine,” Dallas Morning News (July 26, 1998), p. 6J, with Prof. Janet Smith. 

• “Chastity Before Marriage: A Fresh Perspective,” The Catholic Faith (September-October 1998), 14-16. 

• Scripts for the Millenium Evangelization Project, on Christian Marriage and Catholic Social Thought (1997). 

• “On Grace and Truth,”  New Oxford Review (December, 1988), 14-16.

• “The Father’s Role in Home Schooling,” in Mary Kay Clark, ed., Catholic Home Schooling (Front Royal, VA: Seton Home Study School Press, 1993), pp. 185-199.

• 25 articles for Envoy Magazine:”The Knot that Can’t be Tied: a Natural Law Argument Against Homosexual Marriage,”(November-December 1996), 38-41; “The Fundamental Option: a New Spin on an Old Error,” (March-April 1997); “Is Dr. Laura Good for Catholics,” May/June 1997), 30-31; “Children in Church: an Important Distinction,” Sept.-Oct. 1997), 44-45; “The Renaissance in Catholic Periodicals,” (July-August, 1998); “Conscience and Authority,” (July-August, 1998), 22-23; “Who Speaks for the Church,” (Jan.-Feb. 1999); “On Participation in Invalid Marriages,” July-August 1999);”Use Caution When Mixing,”(Sept.-Oct. 1999); “The Case of the False Dichotomy,” (Nov.-Dec. 1999); “Give Rebels a Cause,” (Jan.-Feb. 2000), 30-33; “Free to be Immoral?” (March-April 2000);”Take Me Out to the Ball Game,”(4.4); “Myth Become Fact,” (4.5); “Mary and Morality,” (4.6), 32-34; “The Theology of the Magic Eye,” (5.2), 28-32; “Love? Or Just a Cheap Imitation?” (5.4),  30-32. Article on Just War Doctrine (5.5); On Virtuous Atheists (5.6), 26-27; “Bringing the Children to Jesus,” (6.2), 22-23. “Not Sure About NFP?” (6.3), 22-23.  On Conscience (6.4).  On Participated Theonomy (7.1), 24-25. “The Battle of the Goods” (7.2), 32-33. “The Magisterium and Moral Norms” (7.3), 30-31.

• Study Guide for the Encyclicals Veritatis Splendor and Fides et Ratio, published by Familia.

• Study Guide for the Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, published by Together.

Papers

• “The Distinct Roles of Clergy and Laity and the Politicization of the Faith,” paper delivered at a conference on the Role of the Laity, University of St. Thomas Law School, St. Paul, MN, April 2006.

• “The Seamless Garment and a Citizen’s Cooperation with a ‘Disqualified’ Candidate,” Fall 2005, Annual Meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University.

• “The Eschatological Principle in Catholic Social Thought,” Fall 2004, Annual Meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• “Veritatis Splendor as a Guide for Moral Education:Ethical Explorations in Participated Theonomy,” The Schooled Heart Conference, Baylor University, Fall 2003.

• “Subsidiarity and the Relationship of Social Capital to Economic Capital,” Baylor University Economics Conference, Fall 2002.

• “Fr. Anthony Zimmerman’s Fresh Perspective on the Preternatural Gifts of Adam and Eve and Its Impact on Catholic Social Thought,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Fall 2002.

• “The Sanctity of Fertility and Coition and its Impact on Contraception, Abortion and the New Birth Technologies,” University Faculty for Life Annual Conference, Spring 2002.

• “The Trinitarian ‘Relational Substance’ and Transmodernity,” Calvin College Conference, The Loss of the Self in a Postmodern Therapeutic Culture, Spring 2002.

• “An Instance of Participated Theonomy in Catholic Social Thought: Trinitarian Foundations for Solidarity and Subsidiarity,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Fall 2001.

• “The Ends of Marriage and the Discussion on Annulments,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Fall 2000.

• “The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Renewal of American Citizenship,”  Baylor University, October 1999.

• “The Doctrinal Weight of  Dignitatis Humanae and a Proposal for a New Reading of the Received Tradition,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Fall 1998.

• “The Neoconservative/Catholic Radical Discussion: Toward a New Horizon,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Fall 1997.

• “The Concept of the Autonomy of the Temporal Order and its Relationship to the Nature of a Catholic University,” Conference on Theological Education, Marquette University, August 1995.

• Response to three papers (varied topics), Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, March 1995.

• “The Concept of ‘Healed Nature’ in St. Thomas,” given at the Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Spring of 1993.

• Response to papers by Timothy Matovina and Sr. Kirk at 1992 Meeting of the Texas Catholic Historical Society, Austin TX.

• “The Family and the Common Good,” at the conference “Character and America” sponsored by the University’s Center for Christianity and the Common Good.

• “The Thematic Unity of Genesis 1-11,” paper given at Spring 1990 regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Religion and Literature Section.

• “Hebraism and Hellenism: An Inquiry in the Service of Moral Theology,” paper given at Spring 1989 regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Religion and Literature Section.