This volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the life and legacy of Father Theodore Hesburgh (19172015), an educator, priest, public servant, and long-serving President of the University of Notre Dame. Despite being a transformative figure in Catholic higher education who led the University of Notre Dame for 35 years and wielded influence with US presidents on civil rights and other charged issues of his era, secular accounts of history often neglect to assess the efforts of religious figures such as Hesburgh. In this volume, the editors and their authors turn a fair-minded but critical eye to the priest's record to evaluate where he fits into the long development of Catholic higher education and Catholics' role in American public life.
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1 Introduction: "You Can't Blow an Uncertain Trumpet" |
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2 The Church: Where Laity Lead---Hesburgh's Vision of the University and the Church |
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3 The University: The Catholic University in the Modern World |
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4 Science and Technology: Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.: A Mediator Between Science, Society, and Theology |
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5 Civil and Human Rights: "Wisdom in the Struggle"---The Civil and Human Rights Legacy of Father Theodore Hesburgh |
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6 Foreign Relations and Peace: "The Hope of a Better World"---Hesburgh and the Catholic University in a Nuclear Age |
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127 | (28) |
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7 Service: Practicing What He Preached: Hesburgh's Ethic of Service |
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155 | (32) |
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8 Intercollegiate Athletics: When It Is Important to Win |
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9 Leadership: They Don't Make College Presidents the Way They Used To" |
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10 Conclusion: A Varied and Vast Legacy |
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Todd C. Ream serves on the higher education and honors guild faculties at Taylor University, USA, as the Senior Fellow for Programming for the Lumen Research Institute, as the Senior Fellow for Public Engagement for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and as the Publisher for Christian Scholars Review. Previously, he served on college and university campuses in residence life, student support services, honors programs, and as a chief student development officer. Michael J. James serves on the higher education faculty and as the Director of the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education at Boston College, USA. Previously, he served as Vice President of the Association of Catholic Colleges & Universities, Co-Director of the Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities, and on the planning committee for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Annual Catholic Social Ministry.
