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Renewing the Identity of Catholic Colleges: Implementing Lonergan's Method for Education
Author(s) -
Benders Alison Mearns
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9647.2007.00374.x
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , identity (music) , liberal arts education , the arts , sociology , work (physics) , liberal education , pedagogy , political science , philosophy , law , aesthetics , higher education , engineering , mechanical engineering
. This article addresses the epistemological disarray and secularizing trends in American culture, while also suggesting a way for Catholic institutions to meet their responsibilities under Ex Corde Ecclesiae . It employs Bernard Lonergan's work to establish a theoretical foundation for education and outlines two specific liberal arts courses, Beginning with Knowing, in which students develop a methodological foundation for objective knowledge, and The Catholic Tradition, which transmits important Catholic perspectives and values.