Educating for Faith and Justice: Catholic Higher Education Today
Catholic colleges and universities play a crucial role in handing on a rich faith tradition to young adults today. As these institutions have become more professional and pluralistic, many are asking how effective they are at carrying out the religious mission which is central to their identity:\ Are Catholic colleges and universities significantly different from less expensive state institutions or from other private colleges and universities?\ Are they still committed to the search for...
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Thomas Rausch, an eminent educator, is a Catholic priest long interested in Catholic theology as a work of the church, not just of the academy. He insists we must also ask of Catholic higher education today: Does it truly form students in the faith that does justice, or does it simply speed their passage into successful corporate lifestyles?; Does it help students come to a personal encounter with the divine mystery revealed in Jesus? Keeping these questions before them, Rausch and five other contributors to this volume provide wisdom, insight, and concrete examples of how Catholic higher education can indeed foster faith that leads to a more just world.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xi1 Catholic Colleges and Universities in the United States 1Jesuit Colleges 3Catholic Higher Education in the United States 12Conclusion 182 Theology and the University 20The Magisterium of the Doctors 21From Christian Wisdom to Critical Discipline 23From Clerical to Lay Profession 27Undergraduate Theology Today 32Conclusion 373 Education for Faith and Justice 39The Church in the Modern World 39Pedro Arrupe 43Proyecci?n Social 47Conclusion 554 Young Adult Catholics Today 58The Data 59Some Initial Reflections 64Strategies 66Conclusion 735 Catholic Studies Don J. Briel 76Catholic Studies Programs 78The Center for Catholic Studies 86Conclusion 906 A Pilgrimage to Rome David Gentry-Akin 92Walking in the Footsteps of the Early Christians 94Processing the Experience 99Conclusion 1017 Community-Based Learning Kristin E. Heyer 103Transformative Pedagogy in Christian Ethics 104Moving Beyond the Confines of Coursework 107Conclusion 1098 Praxis-Based Education Mark Ravizza, S.J. 111Academic Reflection Rooted in Reality 113Integrated Community Learning 116Recollection and Pedagogical Accompaniment 118Formation of a Christic Imagination 123Conclusion 1259 Immersion Trips Stephen J. Pope 127Why Spend Money to Visit Poor People in Another Country? 130Levels of Personal Transformation 133Conclusion 14110 Meeting the Living God 143Spirituality, not Religion 144Faith without Accountability 145Counter Voices 148Beyond a Culturally Determined Faith 151Conclusion 154Contributors 157Index 159
