The Catholic University As Promise And Project

The development of the Catholic university in the United States has raised questions about its continued identity, promise, and academic constituents. Michael J. Buckley explains these issues, especially as they have been experienced in the history and contemporary commitments of Jesuit higher education.
The fundamental proposition that grounds the Catholic university, Buckley argues, is that the academic and the religious are intrinsically related. Academic inquiry encourages a process of qu…