This is a splendid collection of essays in which the reader is treated to well-researched scholarship that details the legacy of American Catholic education in the 20th Century. The fourteen chapters are arranged in four sections that are unified under the themes of Leadership, Church and State, Ethos and Charism, and Ethnicity. The Contributors section indicates the interdisciplinary character of the work: historians, theologians, social scientists, education specialists, and practitioners who combine teaching and administration. Twenty pages of historical photographs enhance the text. The Foreword and Afterword sections explore the contents and contexts of American Catholic education and remind the reader that there is much to be learned from the history of Catholic educators who preceded this generation -- and issues to be faced if Catholic education's faithful past is to be transformed into a faith-filled future.
Also available:
Parish School: American Catholic Parochial Education From Colonial Times to the Present - ISBN 1558333193
On their shoulders: A short biographical history of American Catholic schools - ISBN 1558333061
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