From the founding of Harvard College in 1636 as a mission for training young clergy to the landmark 1968 Supreme Court decision in "Epperson v. Arkansas," which struck down the state's ban on teaching evolution in schools, religion and education in the United States have been inextricably linked. Still today new fights emerge over the…

This is an examination of how Catholics adapted to the United States and how American culture affected Catholicism during the twentieth century based on an investigation of major developments in Catholic higher education since World War I with emphasis on colleges and universities conducted by the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. The opening chapter…

This book is a theological essay on education, particularly higher education in a Roman Catholic context. The book is organized as a fourfold delineation of reality, with one chapter given to each component. An introductory chapter deals with teaching, research and publication, and with theology: the Christian faith, and the difference God makes.…

Drawing on presentations and informal discussions from a gathering at the University of Dayton (Ohio) in 1995, this book examines Catholic secondary education and campus ministry. Following a foreword by Mary Frances Taymans, the booklet includes three essays: "Patterns and Possibilities" (James Heft); "Conversation as a Mode of…

This book offers a model of value sharing in organizations concerned with Catholic higher education and backs it up with statistics and narrative. It summarizes the core values of five Catholic colleges and universities (Barry University, Trinity College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Santa Clara University, DePaul University) as found in the…

The University of Portland is a Christian university in both the Catholic and the liberal arts traditions, and in this history, the history of the surrounding community (the Pacific Northwest region in general as well as Northwest Oregon) is interwoven with the story of the institution's 75 years. The arrival of and exploration by Captain William…

Presented is an analysis of the goals and aims of Duquesne University, a major Catholic institution. The study was based on data derived from a survey of the values and attitudes of persons significantly associated with the university and who will have a significant effect on its future: the board of trustees, administrators, faculty, alumni,…

This book presents a philosophical defense of religious schools and colleges. It attempts to bridge the gap between philosophical argument and educational practice. In placing its argument within the context of liberal-democratic values, the book offers concrete examples of objections to religious schools and offers suggestions that follow from…

This book considers the Catholic university in relation to religious truth and academic freedom. The book offers a practical consideration of how the ideal Catholic university might be expressed. The chapters are: (1) "Biblical Foundations of the Modern University"; (2) "Science: The Truth of Universities"; (3) "Art: Signatured Truth"; (4)…

The implications of disestablishment for Catholic objectives in higher education in Ireland, 1869-1879, are discussed, and the interrelationship of the questions of Church, land, and university education in Ireland is examined. Attention is directed to the extent to which the force of Ultramontanism, as expressed in the Catholic hierarchy's…

This book reviews the history of American Catholic higher education since 1900, with special attention to institutional and intellectual dimensions. Throughout, an "internalist" perspective is taken which attempts to tell the history of Catholic higher education as it appeared to those who were actors in the story, thus emphasizing the…

A bibliography of private colleges and universities that are, or have been, religiously affiliated is provided. Twenty-eight chapters are: major works on religion and American colleges and universities; government aid to church-affiliated colleges and universities; government regulation of church-affiliated colleges and universities; Baptist…

This reference volume contains the texts of documents pertinent to the development of Catholic higher education during the years from 1967 to 1990. The documents reveal church officials' and university presidents' collaborative efforts to address the questions of what it means it mean to be a university or college and what it means for such an…

In this book the president of Notre Dame University responds to the critics who see the teaching of religion and values as a hindrance to institutions of higher learning, suggesting that no university is truly a university unless it is universal and moves every scholar to look to the total universe. The significance of values in education is…

This book describes transitions at Catholic colleges and universities by which governance was transferred from the founding religious communities to boards of mostly lay trustees. The book uses seven case studies from: (1) the College of New Rochelle (New York), (2) Saint Louis University (Missouri), (3) the University of Notre Dame (Indiana), (4)…