Catholic Intellectual Traditions and Contemporary Scholarship

Authors

  • James Turner University of Notre Dame

Abstract

The Catholic university can make a natural home for experimenting with the foundations of knowledge because Catholic scholars retain faith in a God who created the universe and human reason as a reliable God-given instrument for comprehending this creation. The central question is: How can the Catholic university reconstruct itself to bring the resources of Catholic tradition to bear on our common task of rebuilding the house of learning? Our common problem is the fragmentation of knowledge. The Catholic university needs to inhabit the domains of both secular learning and Christian knowledge. The participation of Catholic intellectuals and universities in the postmodern dialogue will benefit the entire intellectual community

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Published

1998-09-01

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Turner, J. (1998). Catholic Intellectual Traditions and Contemporary Scholarship. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2(1). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/cej/article/view/63

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (1998)

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