The Intellectual Appeal of Catholicism and the Idea of a Catholic University

by Mark William Roche, Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C. (Foreword by)

Overview

Mark W. Roche presents a clear, precise, and positive view of the challenge and promise of a Catholic university. Roche makes visible the ideal of a Catholic university and illuminates in original ways the diverse, but interconnected, dimensions of Catholic identity. Roche’s vision of the distinct intellectual mission of a Catholic university will appeal to Catholics as well as to persons who are not Catholic but who may recognize through this essay the unexpected allure of a Catholic university.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268091866
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	09/30/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Mark W. Roche is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Language and Literature and concurrent professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. From 1997 to 2008 Roche served as dean of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters. His books include Realizing the Distinctive University: Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture (2017) and Why Choose the Liberal Arts? (2010), both published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Why Choose the Liberal Arts? received the 2012 Frederic W. Ness Book Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Mark William Roche is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Language and Literature, concurrent professor of philosophy, and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including Realizing the Distinctive University (University of Notre Dame Press, 2017) and Why Choose the Liberal Arts? (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), which won the Frederic W. Ness Book Award.

Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1917–2015) was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. As an adviser to presidents, special envoy to popes, theologian, author, educator, and activist, Father Hesburgh was for decades considered the most influential priest in America. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994).

Editorial Reviews

The Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame makes a cogent case for intellectual rigor, faith and reason to underpin Catholic educational establishments.” —Conscience

“The second half of the title suggests a revision of Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University that is suitable to the contemporary American Catholic campus; the first half refines the vision by concentrating on the intellectual aspects of Catholicism that contribute to this achievement.” —Faith and Reason

From the Publisher

A deeply thoughtful articulation of an enduring and appealing ideal. It is an ideal with a resonance beyond the world of Catholic higher education for all in the academy who still respond to the beckoning vision of the ultimate unity of all human knowing and who view it, indeed, as a necessary inspiration if we are to succeed in according to our intellectual activities the sort of seriousness and moral significance they properly deserve.

Francis Oakley

“The second half of the title suggests a revision of Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University that is suitable to the contemporary American Catholic campus; the first half refines the vision by concentrating on the intellectual aspects of Catholicism that contribute to this achievement.

Faith and Reason

“The Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame makes a cogent case for intellectual rigor, faith and reason to underpin Catholic educational establishments.”

Conscience