Enhancing Religious Identity: Best Practices from Catholic Campuses

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Author: John R. Wilcox

ISBN-10: 0878408142

ISBN-13: 9780878408146

Category: Education - Roman Catholic

Catholic colleges and universities have achieved a prestigious place in American higher education, but at the risk of losing their religious identity. This book confronts challenges facing all members of the college community, from presidents and trustees through the faculty and deans to student-life professionals, in making a renewed commitment to that mission.\ Developing the vision of Catholic higher education expressed in the Vatican statement Ex Corde Ecclesiae, these essays provide a...

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Foreword Monika K. HellwigPrefaceReligious Identity: A Critical Issue in Catholic Higher Education John R. WilcoxOverview: Defining a Catholic UniversityIntroduction Irene KingWhat Is a Great Catholic University? Richard A. McCormick, SJWhat Is Meant by a "Catholic" University? Michael J. Lavelle, SJThe Sides of Catholic Identity James H. ProvostLeadership and the Board of TrusteesIntroduction Irene KingThe Moral Core of Trusteeship David H. SmithConflicting Basic Duties David H. SmithCentered Pluralism: A Report of a Faculty Seminar on the Jesuit and Catholic Identity of Georgetown University Bruce DouglassIntegrating Mission into the Life of Institutions Mary M. Brabeck, Otherine Neisler, and Nancy J. ZollersHiring Faculty for Mission: A Case Study of a Department's Search Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, Owen W. Gilman Jr., and Jo Alyson ParkerIs Jesuit Education Fulfilling Its Mission? Vincent J. Genovesi, SJThe Integrity of a Catholic Management Education Michael J. Naughton and Thomas A. BauschThe Faculty and the DisciplinesIntroduction Irene KingCatholic Higher Education: A Strategy for Its Identity John C. Haughey, SJThe Catholic University Project: What Kind of Curriculum does It Require? Stephen J. HeaneyEthics and Religion in Professional Education: An Interdisiciplinary Seminar James L. Heft, SMAcademic Freedom and the Catholic University: One Generation after Land O'Lakes Michael HollerichTeaching Sociology inthe Catholic University: Conflict, Compromise, and the Role of Academic Freedom William J. KinneyCatholic Studies at Catholic Colleges and Universities Thomas M. LandyCatholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas Don J. BrielGraduate Business Faculty in the Catholic University Raymond N. MacKenzieTheology and the Integration of Knowledge Terence L. NicholsIn the Beginning Was the Word Glenn A. SteinbergStudent LifeIntroduction Irene KingParadigms of Justice and Love Patrick H. ByrneUniversity-Community Collaborations: Shaping the Vision of Catholic Higher Education Karen Caldwell, Mary Domhidy, Sharon Homan, and Michael J. Garazini, SJMeasuring Moral Development: A College-Wide Strategy Margaret G. KenderMeeting Religious Diversity in a Catholic College Joan Penzenstadler\ Behavior to Consciousness...A Paradigm Shift Paul Stark, SJ\ Strategies for ChangeIntroduction Irene King\ A Most Promising Road to Take: The Values Program Process Donald J. Kirby, SJ\ Promoting an Ethical Campus Culture: The Values Audit John R. Wilcox and Susan L. Ebbs\ Index

\ BooknewsCentering on the question of religious identity as it effects Catholic colleges, this book features 32 essays on subjects like: the definition of a Catholic university, leadership and the board of trustees, the faculty and the disciplines, student life, and strategies for change. Particular attention is given to the impact of changes within the Church since Vatican II on the institution of the Catholic university. Contributors are professors and administrators, primarily from Catholic universities in the United States. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \