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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this inspiring anthology meet the challenge that everyone faces: that of becoming a whole person in both their personal and professional lives. John C. Haughey, SJ, has gathered twelve professionals in higher education from a variety of disciplines - philosophy, theology, health care, business, and administration. What they have in common reflects the creative understanding of the meaning of "catholic" as Haughey has found it to operate in Catholic higher education. Each essay in the first six chapters describes how its author has assembled a unique whole from within his or her particular area of academic competence. The last six chapters are more autobiographical, with each author describing what has become central to his or her identity. All twelve are "anticipating an entirety" with each contributing a coherence that is as surprising as it is delightful.
Trade ReviewClerics and laypersons, women and men, scientists and humanist combine to make of this volume a genuinely catholic and potent mix of scholarship and individual witness. America Magazine
Table of ContentsPreface Part One: Whole as Task1. Wholeness Through Science, Justice, and Love,Patrick H. Byrne 2. From Discovery to RiskCynthia Crysdale3. Professional Education as Transformation,Robert J. Deahl 4. Learning to Love the Law of the SeaWilliam P. George5. Catholicity and Faculty SeminarsRev. Msgr. Richard M. Liddy 6. The "Real World" of BusinessJ. Michael Stebbins Part Two: Whole as Identity7. Attaining Harmony as a Hindu-Christian,Michael Amaladoss8. Arriving at a Christocentric Universe,Ilia Delio 9. Le Petit Philosophe,Patrick A. Heelan10. Towards a Catholic Christianity: A Personal Narrative,Michael McCarthy11. The Hunting and the Haunting,Peter Steele12. Attaining Harmony with the Earth,Cristina VaninEpilogue List of Contributors Index
