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Dr. Michael Baxter, C.S.C Engages with the Question: How Would You Characterize “Belief”?

Authors

Michael Baxter C.S.C, University of Notre Dame
Alfred Benney, Fairfield UniversityFollow

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Video

Interview Date

6-6-2012

Abstract

How would you characterize “belief”?

Dr. Michael Baxter discusses the concept of “belief”. He says that because God is incarnate, there is a shape to belief which has to be lived out. This is praxis.

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About the interviewee:

The Rev. Dr. Michael J. Baxter, C.S.C, (Ph.D. Duke University, 1996) is Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Baxter is interested in the interrelationship of theology, history, and ethics, with particular attention paid to the morality of war and Christian peacemaking. Baxter's long-term research focuses on the emergence and development of the Americanist Tradition in Catholic Social Ethics from World War I to the present. He has published articles in the DePaul Law Review, Pro Ecclesia, Communio, andThe Thomist, and he co-founded Andre House, a house of hospitality dedicated to serving the poor and homeless of downtown Phoenix. Baxter was a Fellow of the Kroc Institute and he also served as the National Secretary of the Catholic Peace Fellowship.

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Baxter, Michael C.S.C and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Michael Baxter, C.S.C Engages with the Question: How Would You Characterize “Belief”?" June 2012. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/134

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