Renewing the mind : a reader in the philosophy of Catholic education / edited by Ryan N.S. Topping ; foreword by Don J. Briel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Topping, Ryan N. S. (Ryan Nathan Scott), 1977- editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Education--Philosophy.

Catholic Church.

Catholic schools.

Catholic universities and colleges.

Education.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

With Carefully Selected readings from classical, patristic, medieval, modern, and contemporary resources, Renewing the Mind proposes the Catholic tradition as the noblest and best hope for recovery of humane learning in our time. This volume consists of an introductory essay on the history and renewal of Catholic education, followed by 38 selections with each one including an introduction, biography, and study questions. Illustrations from the National Gallery of Art adorn the text. Educators, whether of children or of college students, will find this book an essential guide to the best of what has been said about what it means to be conformed to the mind of Christ. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Aims of Education

1 Plato: From The Republic 15

2 Aristotle: From On the Parts of Animals 23

3 Quintilian: From The Institutes of Oratory 34

4 St. Augustine: From On Christian Teaching 41

5 St. Thomas Aquinas: From Summa Contra Gentiles 48

6 Thomas a Kempis: From The Imitation of Christ 51

7 H. S. Gerdil: From The Anti-Emile 58

8 Bl.John Henry Newman: From The Idea of a University 73

9 St. John Paul II: From On Faith and Reason 83

Part II The Matter of Learning

10 Plato: From The Republic 99

11 St. Basil the Great: Address to Young Men on the Reading of Greek Literature 107

12 Hugh of St. Victor: From Didascalicon 120

13 St. Bonaventure: From Reduction of the Arts to Theology 134

14 St. Thomas Aquinas: From Summa Theologiae 146

15 Bl. John Henry Newman: From The Idea of a University 149

16 Jacques Maritain: From Education at the Crossroads 157

Part III The Methods of Teaching

17 Plata: From Meno 167

18 St. Augustine: From On Christian Teaching 179

19 St. Thomas Aquinas: From Summa Theologiae 186

10 Erasmus of Rotterdam: From On the Method of Study 190

21 Michel de Montaigne: From Of the Education of Children 193

22 The Society of Jesus: From Ratio Studiorum 209

23 H. S. Gerdil: From The Anti-Emile 215

14 Maria Montessori: From The Montessori Method 223

25 A. G. Sertillanges: From On the Intellectual Life 230

Part IV On Renewal in Our Time

26 Leo XIII: From On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy 241

27 G. K. Chesterton: From Orthodoxy 256

28 Ronald Knox: On Christian Education 266

29 C.S. Lewis: From Learning in War-Time 271

30 Dorothy Sayers: The Lost Tools of Learning 277

31 Christopher Dawson: From Crisis in Western Education 295

32 St. John XXIII: On the Study of Latin 306

33 John Senior: From The Restoration of Christian Culture 313

34 St. John Paul II: From On the Role of the Christian Family 321

35 Laura M. Berquist: From Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum 333

36 Michael D. O'Brien: From A Landscape with Dragons 340

37 Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB: The Holy See's Teaching on Catholic Schools 357

38 Benedict XVI: Meeting with Catholic Educators 377.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Renewing the mind

ISBN:

9780813227320

0813227321

Publisher Number:

99964749124

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