EDUCATION'S
HIGHEST AIM
Teaching and Learning through a Spirituality of Communion
Michael James, Thomas Masters, and Amy Uelmen
Teaching and
Learning through a Spirituality of Communion
PAPERBACK; 148 PAGES; 2010
ISBN: 978-1-56548-336-1
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About this Book
"Here is an educational philosophy, a pedagogy and a practice grounded
in the vision of unity, in a spirituality of communion. It is one that invites
students, faculty, staff, administrators and families to work cooperatively
for the development of the whole person. This is an educational aim of the
highest order worth working together to achieve."
Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D. President of the International Federation of Catholic
Universities
“… At the
heart of the authors’ application … is the principle that the
modern tensions of educational practice, including fragmentation, isolation,
and secularism, can be reimagined through a ‘spirituality of communion’
among ‘administrators, students, teachers, counselors, coaches, and
maintenance staff.’ The authors contend that Lubich’s description
of ‘existential identity,’ where one ‘achieves unity with
another through a process of emptying oneself to be fully present with the
other,’ can provide the harmony that is missing from a society in which
individual competence is the norm.
Many of the stories and discussions could be ideal for an approach to the
classroom and faculty meetings, and to learning how to walk alongside one
another wherever conflict arises. In both complexity and simplicity, the book
is a pleasant reminder of Jesus’s summary of the law by first loving
God and then loving one another. Christian administrators, teachers, and parents
will find this book of particular interest.”
Karen Buchanan and Ken McChesney
from their review in Journal of Education and Christian Belief 16, no. 1 (Spring
2012)
About the author Michael
James, Thomas Masters, and Amy Uelmen
Michael James earned his bachelor’s degree in Theology and Psychology
from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies
from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. James also held a number of administrative,
teaching and research positions at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana
University. He was the senior student affairs and enrollment management officer
at Mount Marty College, South Dakota before serving as Vice President for
the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in Washington, DC. James
is currently a Fellow in the Center for Catholic Education at Boston College
where he directs the Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education,
teaches in the Higher Education program graduate concentration in Catholic
University Leadership, conducts research and lectures on Catholic university
leadership and mission, and is a co-editor of the journal, Catholic Education.
James also serves on the boards of Ministering Together and the Conference
for Mercy Higher Education. Thomas M. Masters holds a bachelor’s degree
in English and Philosophy from Lewis University, a master’s in English
Literature from DePaul University, and a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and
Rhetoric from the University of Illinois Chicago. He has taught English at
the Leyden High Schools, Franklin Park, IL; humanities at Lewis University;
rhetoric and composition at the University of Illinois Urbana and at the University
of Illinois Chicago; and in DePaul University’s Multicultural Urban
Educator program. He has lectured and published widely concerning the history
of writing pedagogy and has worked with a variety of educational reform initiatives
through the Focolare Movement’s Education and Unity. He is editorial
director for New City Press. Amy J. Uelmen holds a bachelor’s degree
in American Studies and a J.D. from Georgetown University, and an M.A. in
Theology from Fordham University. She currently serves as the director of
the Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work at Fordham Law School
where she teaches and writes in the area of Catholic social thought and the
law. She has lectured and published widely on how religious values might inform
the practice of law and how principles of dialogue might inform debates about
religion in the public square. She is a frequent contributor to the Focolare
Movement’s monthly magazine, Living City.
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