Tuning the Rig (eBook)

Catholic Schools for a Learning Church

Fred Herron (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
260 Seiten
Upa (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5206-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses on issues closely pertaining to Catholic schools to the larger questions of the Catholic imagination. The underlying thread, however, is the challenge of maintaining the richness of the Catholic imagination — of tuning the rig — in changing times and the ordinary life of the church.

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To 'tune the rig' describes adjusting a ship's rigging; the rig of a well-tuned boat allows the sails to function well. This task must be performed to ensure the best performance by the ship. Tuning the Rig takes that metaphor as a guide for Catholic educators and administrators, as well as for the larger church. It argues from a variety of perspectives rooted in the Catholic imagination that the rig constantly needs to be re-tuned to balance between visions of the church as teacher and learner. Why should this matter to Catholic educators? To Herron, our understanding of the church as learner is at the heart of our understanding of ourselves as disciples. One of the logical consequences of this era of baptismal consciousness is a rising awareness on the part of the laity that their task is not simply to 'pay, pray, and obey' but to grow and journey in faith. Herron's focus ranges from issues closely pertaining to Catholic schools to the larger questions of the Catholic imagination. The underlying thread, however, is the challenge of maintaining the richness of the Catholic imagination - of tuning the rig - in changing times and the ordinary life of the church.

Autor

Fred Herron is the interim executive director at Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, a member of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University, Staten Island, and chairperson of the Religious Studies Department at Fontbonne Hall Academy.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Tuning the RigChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 How Is It That We Live ForeverPart 5 I. A Good PeopleChapter 6 1. A Little Breathless and a Little Late: Towards a Teaching and a Learning ChurchChapter 7 2. The Face of God in Human Form: Common Traits of Excellent Catholic SchoolsChapter 8 3. The Substance of Things Hoped For: School Handbooks as Text and EventChapter 9 II. A Gracious WorldChapter 10 4. Finding God in the OC? Popular Culture and Religious EducationChapter 11 5. "Big Russ" and the Glory of the OrdinaryChapter 12 6. Chesterton, Gossip Girls, and the Formation of Catholic ImaginationChapter 13 7. When Did We See You Hungry? — Catholic Stories TodayPart 14 III. A Community for Life: Made for Each OtherChapter 15 8. Shaking Off the Village: Spreading the Gospel in the Postmodern WorldChapter 16 9. The Bishops and the Blogs: Faith Formation on the InternetPart 17 IV. A Tradition to InheritChapter 18 10. Ignatius Loyola and Jesuit EducationChapter 19 11. The Eucharist and the Millennials: Insights from the Benedictine RuleChapter 20 12. The Scarred Coin and the Catholic Imagination: Writing Across the Curriculum and Vincentian SpiritualityPart 21 V. A Reasonable WisdomChapter 22 13. The Fallow Way: Seeds of Renewal for the Catholic ImaginationChapter 23 14. Catholic Schools as Covenant Communities: Towards a New Model for School GovernancePart 24 VI. A Spirituality for EveryoneChapter 25 15. Our Transformation in Christ: Thomas Merton and Transformative LearningChapter 26 16. A Solidary Man: Thomas Merton and the Rise of SolidarityChapter 27 17. A Bricoleur in the Monastery: Tactics in a Nothing PlacePart 28 VII. A Faith That Does JusticeChapter 29 18. He Shall Overcome: The Challenge of Peace for Catholic EducatorsPart 30 VIII. A Catholic OpennessChapter 31 19. From the Eliot School Rebellion to Campion Hall: Solidarity, Public Interest, and School Vouchers, A Test Case for the Catholic ImaginationChapter 32 20. A Dangerous Memory: Prophetic Education and the Catholic Imagination

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-5206-9 / 0761852069
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-5206-3 / 9780761852063