Jesuit Higher Education in a Secular Age: A Response to Charles Taylor and the Crisis of Fullness

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Daniel S. Hendrickson

Jesuit Higher Education in a Secular Age

A Response to Charles Taylor and the Crisis of Fullness

Daniel S. Hendrickson

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Georgetown University Press
01 April 2022

Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian instruction; Higher & further education, tertiary education

How Jesuit education can help students create meaningful connections in an age of secularism

In A Secular Age, the philosopher Charles Taylor challenges us to appreciate the significance of genuine spiritual experience in human life, an occurrence he refers to as “fullness.” Western societies, however, are increasingly becoming more secular, and personal occasions of fullness are becoming less possible.

In Jesuit Higher Education in a Secular Age, Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, shows how Jesuit education can respond to the crisis of modernity by offering three pedagogies of fullness: study, solidarity, and grace. A pedagogy of study encourages students to explore their full range of thoughts and emotions to help amplify their self-awareness, while a pedagogy of solidarity helps them relate to the lives of others, including disparate cultural and socioeconomic realities. Together, these two pedagogies cultivate an openness in students that can help them achieve a pedagogy of grace, which validates their awareness of and receptivity to the extraordinary spiritual Other that impacts our lives.

Hendrickson demonstrates how this Jesuit imaginary—inspired by the Renaissance humanistic origins of Jesuit pedagogy—educates students toward a better self-awareness, a stronger sense of global solidarity, and a greater aptitude for inspiration, awe, and gratitude.

By: Daniel S. Hendrickson
Imprint: Georgetown University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781647122331
ISBN 10: 1647122333
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 April 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction: Jesuit Higher Education and the Restoration of Enchantment 1. The Search for Fullness in a Secular Age 2. Developing Taylor’s Conception of Fullness 3. Charles Taylor in Educational Discourse 4. Renaissance Humanistic Backgrounds of Jesuit Educational Thought 5. The Tradition of Jesuit Education 6. Higher Education in a Secular Age 7. Forming a Learned Imagination Bibliography Index About the Author

Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, is the president of Creighton University. His leadership focuses on the university’s global reach, the importance of studies in the liberal arts, and the expansion of Creighton’s mission in the US Southwest. He has worked and lived in the Caribbean, East Africa, and India. He has served on the boards of Boston College, Xavier University, the Institute for Latin American Concern, and Jesuit Worldwide Learning.