Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World
Justice in Jesuit Higher Education
Published on 2. September 2013
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-8232-5430-9 (ISBN)
Description
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World is an insightful collection that articulates how Jesuit colleges and universities create an educational community energized to transform the lives of its students, faculty, and administrators and to equip them to transform a broken world. The essays are rooted in Pedro Arrupe's ideal of forming men and women for others and inspired by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach's October 2000 address at Santa Clara in which he identified three areas where the promotion of justice may be manifested in our institutions: formation and learning, research and teaching, and our way of proceeding.
Using the three areas laid out in Fr. Kolvenbach's address as its organizing structure, this stimulating volume addresses the following challenges: How do we promote student life experiences and service? How does interdisciplinary collaborative research promote teaching and reflection? How do our institutions exemplify justice in their daily practices? Introductory pieces by internationally acclaimed authors such as Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J.; David J. O'Brien; Lisa Sowle Cahill; and Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., pave the way for a range of smart and highly creative essays that illustrate and honor the scholarship, teaching, and service that have developed out of a commitment to the ideals of Jesuit higher education. The topics covered span disciplines and fields from the arts to engineering, from nursing to political science and law. The essays offer numerous examples of engaged pedagogy, which as Rev. Brackley points out fits squarely with Jesuit pedagogy: insertion programs, community-based learning, study abroad, internships, clinical placements, and other forms of interacting with the poor and with cultures other than our own. This book not only illustrates the dynamic growth of Jesuit education but critically identifies key challenges for educators, such as: How can we better address issues of race in our teaching and learning? Are we educating in nonviolence? How can we make the college or university "greener"? How can we evoke a desire for the faith that does justice?
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World is an indispensable volume that has the potential to act as an academic facilitator for the promotion of justice within not only Jesuit schools but all schools of higher education.
Using the three areas laid out in Fr. Kolvenbach's address as its organizing structure, this stimulating volume addresses the following challenges: How do we promote student life experiences and service? How does interdisciplinary collaborative research promote teaching and reflection? How do our institutions exemplify justice in their daily practices? Introductory pieces by internationally acclaimed authors such as Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J.; David J. O'Brien; Lisa Sowle Cahill; and Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., pave the way for a range of smart and highly creative essays that illustrate and honor the scholarship, teaching, and service that have developed out of a commitment to the ideals of Jesuit higher education. The topics covered span disciplines and fields from the arts to engineering, from nursing to political science and law. The essays offer numerous examples of engaged pedagogy, which as Rev. Brackley points out fits squarely with Jesuit pedagogy: insertion programs, community-based learning, study abroad, internships, clinical placements, and other forms of interacting with the poor and with cultures other than our own. This book not only illustrates the dynamic growth of Jesuit education but critically identifies key challenges for educators, such as: How can we better address issues of race in our teaching and learning? Are we educating in nonviolence? How can we make the college or university "greener"? How can we evoke a desire for the faith that does justice?
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World is an indispensable volume that has the potential to act as an academic facilitator for the promotion of justice within not only Jesuit schools but all schools of higher education.
Reviews / Votes
"Each contributor to this volume has much to say that is important, interesting, and helpful, especially for those searching for how they themselves might proceed. The point of reference is obviously Jesuit schools, but the content can be helpful and usable for anyone working on justice issues. Editors Combs and Schmidt illustrate the importance of faculty taking the lead in pursuing a faith that does justice on campus." -Charles L. Currie, S.J.,American Catholic Studies "It is refreshing to see that these essays are attentive to some of the deeper matters that pertain to the education of the whole person; the deliberate on what is required and necessary for such an education." -- Mario O. D'Souza, University of Toronto -Journal of Jesuit Studies 2 "It must be stressed that Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World: Justice in Jesuit Higher Education is one of a few books that approaches social justice in such an informative, honest, and mission-centered fashion." -Journal of Catholic EducationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-5430-9 (9780823254309)
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09/2013
Fordham University Press
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Mary Beth Combs | Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World
Justice in Jesuit Higher Education
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09/2013
Fordham University Press
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Persons
Mary Beth Combs (Author)
Mary Beth Combs is an Associate Professor of Economics at Fordham University, where she specializes in economic history. Her research on nineteenth married women's property rights has been published in a number of journals including The Journal of Economic History, Continuity and Change, and Feminist Economics.
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt (Author)
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt is a Professor of Education at Le Moyne College. Her recent publications include Practicing What We Teach: How Culturally Responsive Literacy Classrooms Make a Difference.
Mary Beth Combs is an Associate Professor of Economics at Fordham University, where she specializes in economic history. Her research on nineteenth married women's property rights has been published in a number of journals including The Journal of Economic History, Continuity and Change, and Feminist Economics.
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt (Author)
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt is a Professor of Education at Le Moyne College. Her recent publications include Practicing What We Teach: How Culturally Responsive Literacy Classrooms Make a Difference.
Content
Introduction: "A Fruitful New Branch" Rev. Dean Brackley, S. J., Part I: Formation and Learning Introduction to Formation and Learning, "Tomorrow's Whole Person': David J. O'Brien "Beauty Limmed in Violence: Experimenting with Protest Music in the Ignatian Classroom." Christopher Pramuk "Teaching Poverty in America Through the Arts." Carol Kelly "Encuentro Dominicano: Creighton University's Commitment to Education for Transformation." Tom Kelly "Bringing More than Good Intentions to New Orleans after Katrina: Teaching Social Analysis through an Academic Immersion Experience." Gary Perry, and Madeline Lovell "An Uncertain Journey: Adopting the Mission of Social Justice in A Political Science Department." John F. Freie and Susan M Behuniak Part II: Research and Teaching Introduction to Research and Teaching, 'An Active Hope': Lisa Sowle Cahill "Social Justice Themes in the Foreign Language Classroom: Successes and Challenges." Mary Zampini "Coffee for Justice: Chemistry and Engineering in Service to the Jesuit Mission with Small-holder Coffee Farmers of Nicaragua." Susan, Jackels, Charles Jackels, Carlos Vallejos, and Michael Marsolek "Personal Transformation and Curricula Change" Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Philip Greiner, Sheila Grossman, Alison Kris, Laurence Miners, and Joyce Shea "Doing Well by Doing Good: The Application of Ignatian Principles to Legal Education." David Koelsch, "The Promotion of Social Justice: Closing the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality." Molly B. Pepper, Raymond Reyes, and Linda Tredennick Part III: Our Way of Proceeding Introduction to Our Way of Proceeding, 'Humanly in Today's World': Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J. "Jesuit Justice Conference, June 18 2009, Opening Remarks," Rev. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. "Transforming Ourselves in Order to Transform the World: A Local Immersion Program for Faculty and Staff in Jesuit Universities." Kent Koth "Nonviolently Transforming the Road to Jericho: How Can We Live This Work at Jesuit Colleges and Universities?" Anna Brown "The Ethic of Environmental Concern and the Jesuit Mission." Jennifer Tilghman-Havens "Companions, Prophets, Martyrs: Jesuit Education as Justice Education." Jeannine Hill Fletcher Conclusion: "Further and Deeper: The Future of the Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education." David McMenamin