Fire and Ice: Imagination and Intellect in the Catholic Tradition

by Mary McCullough

Overview

Over the last twelve years a number of profound and thoughtful essays have appeared offereing answers to the question, "What is the mission of American Catholic Universities today?" Edited by Dr. Mary McCullough, these papers and discussions provide complementary and mutualy stimulating answers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589660601
Publisher:	University of Scranton Press
Publication date:	09/28/2003
Series:	William Moerbeke Ser.
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword:  Catholic Character in Context: The President's Institute at Loyola Marymount University, by Robert Caro, S.J. Ph.D.
 
Part 1: Intellect and Imagination in the Catholic Tradition

The Best Sort of Liberal Education: A History of the Intellectual Tradition at Loyola Marymount University
Michael Engh, S.J., Ph.D.
 
On Being Catholic and American
Robert N. Bellah, Ph.D.
 
The Catholic Sacramental Imagination
Doris Donnely, Ph.D.
 
The Genesis of Apocalypse:  Religious Roots of Coppola's Vietnam Epic
Richard Blake, S.J., Ph.D.
 
The Modern Catholic University: How Far from Eden?
Robert B. Lawton, S.J. Ph.D.

Part 2: Reflections on the Life Force of the Catholic Tradition
 
Imagining Justice: Is Law Like Love?
Scott Wood, J.D.
 
Catastrophic Grace:  Flannery O'Connor and the Catholic Imagination
Sharon Locy, Ph.D.
 
The Flesh of Adam:  Women, Bodies, and the Sacramental Imagination
Marie Anne Mayeski, Ph.D.
 
Believing is Seeing:  Field of Dreams as Liturgy?
Howard Lavick, M.F.A.
 
Computer Science, Community, and Faith
Stephanie E. August, Ph.D.
 
A Twenty-first Century Chagllenge:  Hiring for Mission in Catholic Higher Education
Michael P. Geis, Ph.D.
 
Contributors
 
Index

Contributors
Index