Where Is Knowing Going?: The Horizons of the Knowing Subject

By John C. Haughey

Book Overview

Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition? How can these institutions remain competitive while maintaining a relationship to the Church?

During the past several years Catholic theologian John C. Haughey, SJ, has conducted groundbreaking research on these questions. He has done this in tandem with a team of Catholic scholars from around the United States. Haughey has also conducted numerous workshops with faculty at a dozen Catholic colleges and universities to learn firsthand about their research and teaching aspirations. Those relationships and conversations provide the foundation for this book's many insights.

In Where Is Knowing Going? Haughey explores what constitutes the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities. Going beyond a doctrinal understanding of Catholic identity to one that engages and is engaged by the intellectual tradition of Catholicism, Haughey does not find that the issue of Catholic identity is adequately dealt with by marketing the distinctive identities of institutions in terms of their founding religious orders or saints. He provides a sure-handed process whereby the pursuits of individual faculty can be better aligned with the formal mission of the institution.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589014863
• ISBN13: 9781589014862
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A solid addition to any Christian academia collection

There are many courses that are taught in colleges that strongly conflict with the Catholic dogma. "Where is Knowing Going?: The Horizons of the Knowing Subject" explores modern Catholic Schools such as Notre Dame and the conflicts they face today as academic institutions in today's ever changing world where religious ties can prove to be detrimental to the school's credibility and options of courses to offer. John C. Haughey discusses this conflict at length and leaves both academics and Christians much to think on. "Where is Knowing Going?" is a solid addition to any Christian academia collection.