Rethinking the Future of the University
This distinguished collection of essays, edited under the direction of David Lyle Jeffrey and Dominic Manganiello, emerged from the discussions that surrounded the 1995-1996 McMartin Lectures. Dedicated to studying the relationship and contributions of historic Christian thought to the intellectual life of university disciplines, this series of lectures served as an occasion for scholars to rethink the present crisis in the relationship between the historic identity of the university and the d...
Éditeur : Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press
Lieu d’édition : Ottawa
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 27 septembre 2017
ISBN numérique : 978-0-7766-2706-9
Collection : Mentor
Année d’édition : 1998
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-0-7766-0481-7
Nombre de pages : XIV-134
David Lyle Jeffrey et Dominic Manganiello
Preface and acknowledgmentsPart I. Where did we come from?
B. Carlos Bazan
The original idea of the universityGeorge M. Marsden
Newman, theology and the contemporary universityPart II. Where are we now?
Jean Bethke Elshtain
The politicization of the university and its consequencesDavid Lyle Jeffrey
Can humane literacy survive without a grand narrative?Part III. Where are we going?
Mark R. Schwehn
The future of teachingRoger Miller
The future of researchDominic Manganiello
Will technology save us?This distinguished collection of essays, edited under the direction of David Lyle Jeffrey and Dominic Manganiello, emerged from the discussions that surrounded the 1995-1996 McMartin Lectures. Dedicated to studying the relationship and contributions of historic Christian thought to the intellectual life of university disciplines, this series of lectures served as an occasion for scholars to rethink the present crisis in the relationship between the historic identity of the university and the development of the modern university.
David Lyle Jeffrey is Professor Emeritus of English Literature at the University of Ottawa, Guest Professor of Peking University (Beijing) and Professor of Art History at Augustine College (Ottawa). He has written and edited books on medieval and modern literature, including most recently A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature (1992) and People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (1996).
Dominic Manganiello is Professor in English Literature at the University of Ottawa and Professor of Literature at Augustine College (Ottawa). He has written extensively on modern authors and the culture of modernism, including Joyce's Politics (1980) and T.S. Eliot and Dante (1989).
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