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 defin... View More...
Kaethe Schwehn and L. DeAne Lagerquist offer perspectives from fourteen professors at St. Olaf College on the value of vocation, showing how a focus on one's calling rather than on success or credentials paves the way for the civic good sought by defenders of liberal arts education. The essays in this volume exemplify the reflective practices at the heart of liberal arts, for faculty and students alike. Martin E. Marty once said that "The vocation of St. Olaf is vocation," and the contributors draw on their experiences teaching in a range of departments-from biology and economics to history an... View More...
Cover cloth stained & heavily rubbed, corners bumped, inside hinge partly separated; end page missing; elegantly inscribed presentation page dated 1907, hand-tinted photos in good condition; final blank pages partially torn out, spine covers from other editions taped to inside back cover; a well-loved vintage treasure. View More...
247 pages; clean, tight text; some markings inside back cover end pages; slight tear inside front board; scuffing on corners and top and bottom of spine. View More...
Get the stone-cold facts on rocks Packed with 29 unique rocks, gems, and minerals, this is the perfect kit to start or expand a rock collection. Build a color-changing light-up display with an agate slice: use it as a lamp, or study the stones up close with the included magnifying glass. Learn fun facts about each rock in the fully colored 32-page book including 6 experiments and activities with easy-to-find ingredients from home.Need to Know: 32-page book with details on every rock included, plus 6 additional activities, promotes earth science and the study of minerals.29 unique rocks, gems, ... View More...
If childhood is a modern idea, as many contend, then where and when does that idea first take root? To varying degrees, these recent histories credit the notion that children are fully human (and thus deserve our solicitude) to Christianity. Children's status in the ancient world was generally low: abortion, infanticide, and sexual abuse were common, education reserved for the elite, and parental responsibilities ill-defined. Christians diverged from this inherited culture by affirming children as complete beings with inherent value. Norwegian historian O. M. Bakke's When Children Became Peopl... View More...
Any teacher, parent, or student intent on cultivating an educational philosophy immune to changing fashions and technologies needs this anthology. Editor Richard Gamble brings together seminal writings on liberal arts education in the hopes of inspiring 'modern misfits' to 'follow the trail of an older, more noble, and continual conversation about what it means to be an educated human being.' Spanning twenty-four centuries, the texts represent a legacy that begins in pagan Greece and Alexandria and draws wisdom from the Eastern and Western Church, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and agnostics, w... View More...
