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In the light of Pope Francis’s contextual theology of conscience, Catholic educators and school administrators offer original essays on key topics in 21st century education. They explore such issues as conscience and academic freedom; conscience formation and insights from neuroscience; transgender students in Catholic schools; and cultivation of an ecologically sensitive conscience.
Conscience and Catholic Education brings sharper focus to this crucial area where Catholic notions of conscience and fidelity to contemporary interpretations of Church teaching are in constant dialogue.
”First, every Catholic school administrator and diocesan education office needs a copy of this book. Then, across the country, we need to sit down and discuss each chapter together one-by-one over the course of many months, so that the wisdom and insight of each of the authors in this volume takes root in the daily discernment we are called to exercise as educational leaders”
—Ann M. Garrido, author, Redeeming Administration and Redeeming Conflict
Kevin C. Baxter is director of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame. He has served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the National Catholic Educational Association and was the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
David E. DeCosse is director of Religious and Catholic Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, where he is also adjunct associate professor of religious studies. He is author of Created Freedom Under the Sign of the Cross: A Catholic Public Theology for the United States and a contributing writer for National Catholic Reporter.
