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Book SynopsisUsing Josef Pieper's Leisure as a point of departure, the contributors to this volume share a mutual concern for the diminishing role of the liberal arts in Catholic higher education. The overwhelming impression they share is that U.S. Catholic universities, with notable exceptions, have forgotten the very goal of university education, and especially Catholic university education: to aid in forming young men and women to pursue the truth and helping them to become freer persons.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface. One Thing Needful: Catholic Higher Education 50 Years After Land O’ Lakes Anthony P. Coleman, Ph.D. Preliminary Assessments and Considerations 1. On Leisure and Knowledge Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. (†) 2. Leisure, Labor, and Culture Robert Royal, Ph.D. 3. Martha and Mary: Putting First Things First in a College Education Michael A. Scaperlanda, Esq. 4. The Urgency of Restoring the Catholic (and catholic) Nature of Higher Education Teresa Stanton Collett, J.D. On Teachers and Teaching 5. Three Precepts on Teaching Wilfred M. McClay, Ph.D. 6. W(h)ither the Liberally Educated Teacher?: An Historical Reflection Brett Bertucio 7. Teaching to the Transcendent Daniel Guernsey, Ed.D. Guiding Lights: Studies of Forms and Figures 8. Catholic Education and Formation in the Arts and Sciences: Listening to Josef Pieper and Hugh of Saint Victor Patrick Powers, Ph.D. 9. The Liberal Arts amidst Contemporary Social Structures: The Case of Frodo Baggins John Macias, Ph.D. 10. Wendell Berry, the Liberal Arts, and the Quest for Place Brian Jones 11. Benedictine Education and Temporal Freedom Jason Fugikawa, Ph.D. 12. A Body of Work: Labor and Culture in Karol Wojtyła and Karl Marx Angela Franks, Ph.D. About the Contributors
