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Are the subjects at a university determined by the market and student demand? And is the order between them a bit like the ingredients in a jambalaya? At most universities, the answer to both questions is probably ‘yes.’ But at a Catholic university it should be different and in way that is a great good for the students. In this lively conversation with Randy Smith, we discuss how Bonaventure’s thought can help us coherently order the disciplines within a Catholic University. We consider Bonaventure’s sources (particularly Hugh of St. Victor) and his contemporary Thomas Aquinas. And all of this leads to a consideration of the relation between the non-theological disciplines—including the applied disciplines—and theology.
Links of potential interest:
Bonaventure, Reduction of the Arts to Theology
Bonaventure, Journey of the Mind into God
Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron
Randy Smith, From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body
Randy Smith, Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide
Randy Smith, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris: Preaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary
Randy Smith’s writings at The Catholic Thing
Christopher O. Blum, “Intellectual Charity”
Benedict XVI, “Address to Catholic Educators”
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Are the subjects at a university determined by the market and student demand? And is the order between them a bit like the ingredients in a jambalaya? At most universities, the answer to both questions is probably ‘yes.’ But at a Catholic university it should be different and in way that is a great good for the students. In this lively conversation with Randy Smith, we discuss how Bonaventure’s thought can help us coherently order the disciplines within a Catholic University. We consider Bonaventure’s sources (particularly Hugh of St. Victor) and his contemporary Thomas Aquinas. And all of this leads to a consideration of the relation between the non-theological disciplines—including the applied disciplines—and theology.
Links of potential interest:
Bonaventure, Reduction of the Arts to Theology
Bonaventure, Journey of the Mind into God
Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron
Randy Smith, From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body
Randy Smith, Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide
Randy Smith, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris: Preaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary
Randy Smith’s writings at The Catholic Thing
Christopher O. Blum, “Intellectual Charity”
Benedict XVI, “Address to Catholic Educators”