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Editor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation, a new initiative of America Media offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read more views on this issue linked at the bottom of this article. Over 30 years ago, America published articles by Thomas O’Meara, O.P., and the Rev. Matthew Lamb questioning whether theology departments at Catholic universities would be able to sustain the theological renewal underway since the Second Vatican Council. The situation was dire. Father O’Meara declared in 1990, “We are nearing a state of emergency in Catholic theological life in the United States.” If theology departments could not train the next generation of the theological guild, it would threaten the future of Catholic universities, for, as Father Lamb declared that same year, “Catholic theology is central to the ....
Photo by Ken Theimer on Unsplash Editor’s note: This article, a response to “The crisis in Catholic theology” by Grant Kaplan, is part of The Conversation, a new initiative of America Media offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read more views on this issue here, here and here. Grant Kaplan suggests that his real question does not so much regard Catholic theology’s future in the United States per se, but the survival of its laicized forms. In a pessimistic scenario, he warns us that Catholic theology in the United States could retreat to seminaries, virtually overturning theology’s postconciliar declericalization and central place in Catholic university life. Universities may well continue offering programs in Catholic theology, but such programs will be Catholic in name only. Lacking appreciation for thinking, remembering and imagining in a Catholic way, they will fail to contribute meaningfully to the ed ....
The Golden Dome at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. (Wikimedia Commons/Michael Fernandes) Editor’s note: This article was published in the May 26, 1990, issue of America. When the word “crisis” is applied to Roman Catholic theology in the United States, it usually refers to tensions between theologians and the Vatican. Beyond the headlines, however, there are developments going on in departments of theology and religious studies at Catholic colleges and universities that merit more attention than they have received. In a recent issue of America (2/3/90), Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., called attention to how “we are nearing a state of emergency in Catholic theological life in the United States.” He shows the need for more and better doctoral programs in Catholic theology. There are simply “no programs in many properly Western Christian and Roman Catholic areas.” Theology departments are woefully underfinanced in both their teaching fu ....
Seton Hall University Tuesday, May 11, 2021 On June 14-16th, the Center for Catholic Studies will host the twenty-third annual Faculty Summer Seminar, From Facts to Truth to Wisdom with Thomas Aquinas, co-sponsored by the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership. The seminar will be led by Jeremy Wilkins, Ph.D., of Boston College. The seminar will run three days from 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in an online format via Microsoft Teams with limited in-person availability. Please register by indicating your interest to Francia Peterson at [email protected] by June 1. This seminar is open to all administrators and faculty. Faculty participants who write a short response-essay by August 1st will receive a stipend of $300. These essays will be collected and made available online here! ....
Once, while walking on a busy and well-lit street at night, I was abruptly stopped by the police, rudely questioned and roughly searched, under the suspicion that I was the perpetrator of a robbery. I. ....