Believing Scholars: Ten Catholic Intellectuals [Paperback]

James L. Heft (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0823225267 | ISBN-13: 978-0823225262 | Publication Date: October 1, 2005 | Edition: 4

How do Catholic intellectuals draw on faith in their work? And how does their work as scholars influence their lives as people of faith?For more than a generation, the University of Dayton has invited a prominent Catholic intellectual to present the annual Marianist Award Lecture on the general theme of the encounter of faith and profession. Over the years, the lectures have become central to the Catholic conversation about church, culture, and society.In this book, ten leading figures explore the connections in their own lives between the private realms of faith and their public calling as teachers, scholars, and intellectuals.This last decade of Marianist Lectures brings together theologians and philosophers, historians, anthropologists, academic scholars, and lay intellectuals and critics.Here are Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., on the tensions between faith and theology in his career; Jill Ker Conway on the spiritual dimensions of memory and personal narrative; Mary Ann Glendon on the roots of human rights in Catholic social teaching; Mary Douglas on the fruitful dialogue between religion and anthropology in her own life; Peter Steinfels on what it really means to be a liberal Catholic; and Margaret O'Brien Steinfels on the complicated history of women in today's church. From Charles Taylor and David Tracy on the fractured relationship between Catholicism and modernity to Gustavo Gutirrez on the enduring call of the poor and Marcia Colish on the historic links between the church and intellectual freedom, these essays track a decade of provocative, illuminating, and essential thought. James L. Heft, S.M., is President and Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and University Professor of Faith and Culture and Chancellor, University of Dayton. He has edited Beyond Violence: Religious Sources for Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Fordham).

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"...Scholars of religion and other disciplines descripe how their Catholic faith and their academic life have influenced each other." -- Reference & Research News

"...an excellent collection of essays." -- Christianity Today

"A collection of works depicting the connections of private lives of faith and public lives as teachers, students, and intellectuals." -- Books & Culture

"Exemplary, and of the highest quality." -- Julian Wolfreys, University of Florida

"Leading figures explore the connections between their deep faith and their callings as teachers, scholars, and intellectuals." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

James L. Heft, S.M., is President and Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and University Professor of Faith and Culture and Chancellor, University of Dayton. He edited Believing Scholars: Ten Catholic Intellectuals and Beyond Violence: Religious Sources for Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for Fordham.

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• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Fordham University Press; 4 edition (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823225267
• ISBN-13: 978-0823225262
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars An informed and informative look into modern Catholic thought, March 15, 2006

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Believing Scholars: Ten Catholic Intellectuals, deftly edited by James L. Heft (President and Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and University Professor of Faith and Culture and Chancellor, University of Dayton) is a scholarly collection of works depicting the connections of private lives of faith and public lives as teachers, students, and intellectuals told from the perspective of leading public figures. Including writings from Marcia Colish, Jill Ker Conway, Mary Douglas, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Mary Ann Glendon, Gustavo Guterrez, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Peter Steinfels, Charles Taylor and David Tracy, Believing Scholars is an informed and informative look into modern Catholic thought, and is highly recommended to Catholic scholars, theologians, clergy and laymen.