The Catholic University As Promise And Project

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The development of the Catholic university in the United States has raised questions about its continued identity, promise, and academic constituents. Michael J. Buckley explains these issues, especially as they have been experienced in the history and contemporary commitments of Jesuit higher education.
The fundamental proposition that grounds the Catholic university, Buckley argues, is that the academic and the religious are intrinsically related. Academic inquiry encourages a...
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Overview

The development of the Catholic university in the United States has raised questions about its continued identity, promise, and academic constituents. Michael J. Buckley explains these issues, especially as they have been experienced in the history and contemporary commitments of Jesuit higher education.
The fundamental proposition that grounds the Catholic university, Buckley argues, is that the academic and the religious are intrinsically related. Academic inquiry encourages a process of questioning that leads naturally to issues of ultimate significance, while the experience of faith moves toward the understanding of itself in relationship to every other dimension of human life. This mutual involvement of faith and culture defines the unique purposes of Catholic higher education.
Buckley explores two commitments that inplicate contemporary Catholic universities in controversy: an insistence upon open, free discussion and academic pluralism--to the objections of some in the Church; and an education in the promotion of justice--to the objections of some in the academy.
Finally, to foster the two classical architectonic disciplines, philosophy and theology, Buckly suggests both a "philosophical grammar" to examine the assumptions within every form of disciplined inquiry and a set of "theological arts" to strengthen contemporary theological inquiry.
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Regarding the academic and the religious as the inseparable twin foundation of the Catholic university, Father Buckley (Jesuit Institute, Boston College) explores issues vexing the continued identity of Jesuit higher education. In the context of Ignatius' "universities of the society," he explores commitments at the crux of contemporary signs of contradiction: a humanistic fostering of open, pluralistic discourse<-->over the objections of some in the Church; and values-infused education<-->to the dismay of some academics (with a chapter devoted to a prominent dissenting voice). Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780878407101
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • Publication date: 3/11/1999
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 252
  • Product dimensions: 0.57 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

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Michael J. Buckley, SJ, is Canisius Professor of Systematic Theology and director of the Jesuit Institute at Boston College. He is author of Papal Primacy and the Episcopate: Towards A Relational Understanding (Herder Crossroads, 1998) and At the Origins of Modern Atheism (Yale University Press, 1990). He has served as a trustee for a number of Jesuit universities, as a representative at three General Congregations of the Society of Jesus, and on numerous academic and ecclesial committees.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Pt. 1 Crisis, Choice, and the Catholic University 1
Ch. 1 The Catholic University and the Promise Inherent in its Identity 3
Ch. 2 The Church and its Responsibility to Foster Knowledge 26
Ch. 3 A Conversation with a Friend 40
Pt. 2 "The Universities of the Society" 53
Ch. 4 Ignatius' Understanding of the Jesuit University 55
Ch. 5 Humanism and Jesuit Theology 74
Pt. 3 Contemporary Signs of Contradiction 103
Ch. 6 The Search for a New Humanism: The University and the Concern for Justice 105
Ch. 7 The Catholic University as Pluralistic Forum 129
Pt. 4 Towards the Love of Wisdom 149
Ch. 8 Philosophic Grammar and the Other Disciplines 151
Ch. 9 Wisdom, Religion, and the Liberal Arts: Towards the Construction of Theology 172
Notes 183
Index 215
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