Teaching the tradition
Subtitle: Catholic themes in academic disciplines
By: edited by John J. Piderit and Melanie M. Morey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780199795307; 9780199795314
Subjects: Curricula; Education (Higher); Catholic universities and colleges; Influence; Catholic Church
Description: The Catholic intellectual tradition is broad, and covers a wide array of academic disciplines. In their book, John Piderit Melanie Morey, and their contributors take a disciplinary approach to the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John J. Piderit, Melanie M. Morey; title: Part I: Foundations; title: Fundamental Catholic theology / David Gentry-Akin; title: Catholic anthropology / Thomas P. Rausch; title: Perspectives in Catholic theology / Lawrence S. Cunningham; title: Perspectives in Catholic philosophy I / Brian J. Shanley; title: Perspectives in Catholic philosophy II / David B. Burrell; title: Part II: The Catholic intellectual tradition in the humanities; title: Poetry and Catholic themes / Angela Alaimo O'Donnell; title: Drama and Catholic themes / Ed Block Jr.; title: Fiction and Catholic themes / Paul J. Contino; title: Reading Christian texts and images; title: Part 1, Christian literature in a secular university / Robert Kiely; title: Part 2, The view from a church-related university / Paul J. Contino; title: Political theory and Catholic themes / Jeanne Heffernan Schindler; title: History in a Catholic framework / Glenn W. Olsen; title: Mathematics, reality, and God / Paul A. Schweitzer; title: Catholic themes in art and music / Charles Scribner III; title: Part III: Religious themes related to the sciences; title: Psychology in a Catholic framework / Jeffrey B. Adams; title: Evolutionary biology in a Catholic framework / Oliver Putz; title: Environmental studies in a Catholic framework / Elaine C. Grose; title: Physics and astronomy in a Catholic framework / William R. Stoeger; title: Part IV: The good life in the professions; title: Economics and business in a Catholic framework / John J. Piderit; title: Education in a Catholic framework / Melanie M. Morey; title: Medicine, health, and Catholic themes / Myles N. Sheehan; title: Law in a Catholic framework / Patrick McKinley Brennan.