{"product_id":"theology-and-catholic-higher-education-beyond-our-identity-crisis-9781626985841","title":"Theology and Catholic Higher Education: Beyond Our Identity Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Our problem in Catholic higher education is bigger than the collapse of ecclesial credibility, bigger than the behavior of the bishops, bigger than the waning interest in theological studies, and bigger than politics.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Massimo Faggioli\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany Catholic universities in the United States have put their Catholic mission at risk--by either ceding to secular neoliberal values or by doubling down on reactionary Catholic tribalism. Student enrollment declines as some schools market themselves no differently than secular colleges. Other, conversely, neo-traditionalist Catholic colleges ally themselves with regressive elements of the Church. Both trends, Faggioli says, reflect a dismantling of Vatican II's vision for Catholic education. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScrutinizing this crisis in detail, Massimo Faggioli reviews the snowballing changes in Catholic higher education, advocating for a renewed incarnational and sacramental Catholic educational philosophy that rejects accommodation to secular technocracy as well as Catholic tribalism in order to embody the inclusive, socially conscious values of the Catholic tradition as expressed in the theology of Vatican II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMassimo Faggioli\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University and a contributing writer to \u003ci\u003eCommonweal \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and \u003ci\u003eLa Croix International\u003c\/i\u003e. He was co-founder of the unit \"Vatican II Studies\" at the American Academy of Religion and is on the board of editors of the journal \u003ci\u003eConcilium\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Vatican II\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Catherine Clifford, 2023) and, for Orbis Books, \u003ci\u003eThe Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis. Moving Toward Global Catholicity\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888259895570,"sku":"9781626985841","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f892e43-9881-4021-91e0-410fe286e2b0.jpg?v=1738152408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/theology-and-catholic-higher-education-beyond-our-identity-crisis-9781626985841","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}