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From the heart of the American church : Catholic higher education and American culture

Title: From the heart of the American church : Catholic higher education and American culture / David J. O'Brien.
Author: O'Brien, David J.
Publication: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©1994.

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Description

xxii, 240 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In the wake of Vatican II and the social revolutions in modern America, Catholic colleges and universities are now groping for a sense of identity and mission. In the past, these institutions provided a haven and anchor for the sons and daughters of an immigrant church. But what is the function of Catholic colleges today? Do they exist primarily to confer degrees and promote professional training, like other colleges, or do they participate in a special way in the work of the church? O'Brien proposes that the primary work of Catholic colleges and universities is to foster a tradition that translates meaning and moral values into public practice." "From the Heart of the American Church provides a historical and ecclesial context for the current debates about what makes a Catholic institution Catholic, the decline in the teaching orders and increasing secularization, and the issues of academic freedom versus Catholic identity. It is must-reading for academics and administrators, students and alumni of Catholic colleges, and everyone concerned with the future of Catholic higher education in America and its contribution to American culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231).

Contents

Autobiography and Catholic Higher Education. Sharing ; History's Ambiguous Liberation ; A Catholic at School ; Being Catholic ; Faith and Church -- Catholicism, American Style. Catholic Higher Education as American ; "God, Country, and Notre Dame" ; Reinvention? ; Trinitarian Change ; Liberation and/or Disintegration ; Making Sense of Renewal ; Decentering Catholicism ; Remembering Recentering -- Ex Corde Ecclesiae Americana. Handing on the Faith ; Building a Catholic Subculture ; Subcultural Higher Education ; The Catholic People's Colleges ; The Drive for Excellence ; Theology to the Center -- The Catholic Academic Revolution. Separate Incorporation ; Academic Freedom ; What about Catholic? ; The Vatican Steps In ; Ex Corde Ecclesiae -- What's Catholic about Catholic Higher Education? Just Tell Them It's Catholic! ; Prosperity ; Three Publics ; Masked Issues ; Higher Education, Yes; Catholic, Not So Sure ; The Really Catholic Option ; The Messy Alternative ; Mission and Identity ; Paradox -- From Secularization to Americanism. Secularization ; The "Slippery Path" ; Catholicism and the Intellectual Life ; The Historical Argument ; The Common Problem ; Americanism Reborn ; Boundaries ; Conclusion -- A Case Study: Holy Cross and Its Mission Statement. Mission Statements? ; Do It Anyway! ; Background ; Inclusion ; The Politics of Mission ; Commentary -- Another Case Study: Catholic Higher Education and Abortion. Introduction ; Abortion as a Public Issue ; Catholicism and Abortion ; Abortion and Catholic Higher Education -- Catholics as Intellectuals. Making Sense of Ambivalence ; Vatican II and Intellectual Life ; Theology and Religious Studies ; Public Theology ; Strategies ; Organizations ; Undergraduate Programs ; Graduate Programs ; Conversation ; The Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life -- Disciples and Citizens. "Men and Women for Others" ; Education for Justice ; "Praxis" ; Discipleship, Yes; Citizenship, Not So Sure ; The Claims of Citizenship ; Christian Bilingualism ; Purpose in the Academy ; Toward the Third Stage ; Beginning Anew: A Summary and Conclusion.

ISBN

0883449943
9780883449943
0883449854
9780883449851

LCCN

94028671

OCLC

ocm30736581
30736581
SCSB-8914095

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Princeton University Library