Status Envy - The Politics of Catholic Higher Education

List of contents

Introduction; 1: Early Concerns about Secularization and Status; 2: Defining down the Catholic Identity; 3: Secularizing the Mission; 4: A Pope away from a Perfect Life; 5: Theological Confusion; 6: Liberation Theology and the Women’s Movement; 7: Blurring the Boundaries; 8: Still Looking for Leadership; 9: Making a New Start; 10: Looking for Signs of Life; 11: Continuing the Catholic Culture Wars

About the author

Anne Hendershott

Summary

The debate within Catholic educational circles on whether church sponsored colleges and universities perpetuate mediocrity by giving too great a priority to the moral development of students instead of scholarship and intellectual excellence continues in this book by sociologist Anne Hendershott

Product details

• Authors: Anne Hendershott
• Assisted by: Anne Hendershott (Editor), Hendershott Anne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138514980
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51498-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; USA, EDUCATION / General, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, universities, Philosophy and theory of education, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher