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9780199795314

Teaching the Tradition Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-02-07
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The Catholic intellectual tradition is broad, and covers a wide array of academic disciplines. From the origin of universities and through their first six hundred years of existence, philosophy and theology were the central disciplines. However, with the establishment of chairs in mathematics and others in chemistry at German universities in the nineteenth century, new academic disciplines started to be acknowledged and, in the following two hundred years, the modern array of academic departments gradually emerged. Many of the topics covered in these emerging disciplines, however, had earlier been addressed in theology or philosophy, and it is from here that the Catholic intellectual tradition made important contributions and distinctions in many of the most popular undergraduate academic departments. Structured around two lead essays on Catholic anthropology and Catholic theology, this volume focuses on important religious themes and how they appear in various academic disciplines. John Piderit, Melanie Morey, and their contributors take a disciplinary approach to the Catholic intellectual tradition. Each chapter focuses on one academic discipline or major that is taught at the undergraduate level in most colleges or universities; the book is primarily intended for Catholic institutions who teach undergraduates and have an interest in showing students how various topics in their disciplines are related to Christian belief and the Catholic tradition in particular.

Author Biography

Rev. John J. Piderit, S.J., taught economics at Fordham University and served as president of Loyola University Chicago from 1993 to 2001. He is now the president of the Catholic Education Institute, a group which seeks new ways to educate Catholics, both at the secondary and the tertiary level. Dr. Melanie M. Morey has worked in the field of education and administration for the past thirty-five years. In the past ten years, Dr. Morey has worked primarily as a researcher and consultant to Catholic colleges and universities, religious congregations, and other Catholic institutions, dealing with issues of governance, sponsorship, leadership, institutional identity and Catholic culture. She is the assistant dean for assessment at Saint Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 3
Foundations
Fundamental Catholic Theologyp. 11
Catholic Anthropologyp. 31
Perspectives in Catholic Theologyp. 47
Perspectives in Catholic Philosophy Ip. 65
Perspectives in Catholic Philosophy IIp. 85
The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Humanities
Poetry and Catholic Themesp. 109
Drama and Catholic Themesp. 131
Fiction and Catholic Themesp. 151
Reading Christian Texts and Imagesp. 171
Christian Literature in a Secular Universityp. 171
The View from a Church-Related Universityp. 179
Political Theory and Catholic Themesp. 189
History in a Catholic Frameworkp. 209
Mathematics, Reality, and Godp. 229
Catholic Themes in Art and Musicp. 253
Religious Themes Related to the Sciences
Psychology in a Catholic Frameworkp. 285
Evolutionary Biology in a Catholic Frameworkp. 307
Environmental Studies in a Catholic Frameworkp. 331
Physics and Astronomy in a Catholic Frameworkp. 353
The Good Life in The Professions
Economics and Business in a Catholic Frameworkp. 377
Education in a Catholic Frameworkp. 397
Medicine, Health, and Catholic Themesp. 417
Law in a Catholic Frameworkp. 437
Indexp. 457
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