The Roman Catholic Church's first significant legislative
enactment on the nature and role of the Catholic university, the
apostolic constitution "Ex corde Ecclesiae" (1990) grew out of
thirty years of dialogue between ecclesiastical authorities and
academic representatives. The final document affirms the explicit
Catholic identity of Catholic educational institutions and outlines
provisions for maintaining that identity; the questions of how to
implement its provisions have in turn created the need for more
dialogue and examination. In this volume, distinguished scholars
and legal experts define the key questions and explore the future
implications of "Ex corde" for American Catholic colleges and
universities.
The assertion of the Catholic identity of Catholic institutions
of higher education prompts the contributors to examine the
definition of Catholic education as a special synthesis of the
religious and the academic, of faith and reason; and to discuss
corollary issues such as secularization; the counter-cultural
features of Catholic education; and the great diversity of such
schools in the United States and of their sponsoring religious
orders. The contributors probe the schools' relationships with the
Church hierarchy, exploring in particular the role of the bishops,
the degree of autonomy from ecclesiastical control, and questions
of academic freedom. They also consider specific legal issues that
American Catholic colleges must face, including recognition of
student groups, tenure and promotion decisions, governance, student
and faculty conduct, and the relationship between canon and civil
law, including compliance with national and local civil rights
provisions. This volume also includes the complete text in English
of "Ex corde Ecclesiae" and the preliminary draft of ordinances
from the "Ex corde Ecclesiae" Implementation Committee of the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Appearing at a time when universities must face major issues of
their own identity and governance, this volume will be of interest
to all faculty and administrators, diocesan authorities and legal
counsel, and everyone concerned with the future of Catholic higher
education.
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