B E L I E V I N G S C H O L A R S .................11475$ $$FM 08-02-0513:59:39 PS PAGEi The Abrahamic Dialogues Series David B. Burrell, series editor EditorialBoard IbrahimAbu-Rabi’,HartfordSeminary SusannahHeschel,DartmouthCollege DonaldJ.Moore,S.J.,FordhamUniversity 1.JamesL.Heft,ed.,BeyondViolence:ReligiousSources ofSocialTransformationinJudaism,Christianity,andIslam. 2.RusmirMahmutc´ehajic´,LearningfromBosnia: ApproachingTradition .................11475$ $$FM 08-02-0513:59:40 PS PAGEii believing scholars Ten Catholic Intellectuals Edited by james l. heft, s.m. 2005 Fordham University Press, New York, .................11475$ $$FM 08-02-0513:59:40 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2005FordhamUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans—electronic, mechanical,photocopy,recording,oranyother—exceptforbriefquotationsin printedreviews,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. ‘‘ACatholicModernity?’’fromACatholicModernity?CharlesTaylor’sMarianist AwardLecturebyCharlesTaylor,editedbyJamesL.Heft,copyright(cid:2)1999by OxfordUniversityPress,Inc.UsedbypermissionofOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. TheAbrahamicDialoguesSeries,No.3 ISSN1548–4130 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Believingscholars:tenCatholicintellectuals/editedbyJamesL.Heft.— 1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-8232-2525-9(hardcover)—ISBN0-8232-2526-7(pbk.) 1.CatholicChurch—Doctrines. I.Heft,James. BX1751.3.B45 2005 230(cid:2).2—dc22 2005016812 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition .................11475$ $$FM 08-02-0513:59:40 PS PAGEiv Contents PrefaceandAcknowledgments vii james l. heft, s.m. Introduction CatholicIntellectuals:NoIvoryTower james l. heft, s.m. 1 1. ACatholicModernity? charles taylor 10 2. ThePoorandtheThirdMillennium gustavo gutie´rrez 36 3. FormsofDivineDisclosure david tracy 47 4. MemoirsandMeaning jill ker conway 58 5. CatholicandIntellectual:ConjunctionorDisjunction? marcia l. colish 69 6. CatholicismandHumanRights mary ann glendon 81 7. AFeelingforHierarchy mary douglas 94 8. MyLifeasa‘‘Woman’’:EditingtheWorld margaret o’brien steinfels 121 9. LiberalCatholicismReexamined peter steinfels 134 .................11475$ CNTS 08-02-0513:59:43 PS PAGEv Contents vi 10. TheFaithofaTheologian avery cardinal dulles, s.j. 151 Notes 165 Contributors 173 Index 181 .................11475$ CNTS 08-02-0513:59:43 PS PAGEvi Preface and Acknowledgments james l heft s m . , . . I nanypublishedworkofthissort,manypeoplehaveparticipated. IwishheretoacknowledgeseveralindividualswhohavemadetheMari- anistAwardspossible.First,thanksfortheeducationalvisionandadmin- istrative skills of Bro. Ray Fitz, S.M., the president of the University of 1979 2002 Dayton for twenty-three years ( – ), and to his successor Dr. Daniel Curran, for continued support of this award. Thanks also to the Office of the Rector of the University, most recently directed by Fr. EugeneContadino,S.M.,foritscontributionstovariousdetailsoforga- nization that made the visits of the Marianist awardees graceful occa- sions. And thanks to Ms. Carol Farrell, my assistant, who also helped with many of the details of the events surrounding these lectures, and thevariousreceptionsanddinnersconnectedwiththem.Ms.Farrellalso assisted me in the preparation of these lectures for publication. Thanks to DonaldWigal whoprepared theexcellentindexforthisvolume. IwishfinallytoexpressappreciationforMarianisteducationaltradi- tions that bring together head and heart, theory and practice, leadership andservice,andworktoovercomemanyoftheunfortunatedichotomies that characterize our lives and our institutions. Marianist brothers and priests live together as equals and collaborate with Marianist sisters and lay persons to create learning environments for Catholic education and leadership. I have been personally blessedto enjoy such an environment at theUniversityof Daytonforovera quarterofacentury. r ames eft F . J L. H , S.M. anuary 28th east of t homas quinas J , F S . T A .................11475$ PREF 08-02-0513:59:50 PS PAGEvii .................11475$ PREF 08-02-0513:59:50 PS PAGEviii introduction Catholic Intellectuals: No Ivory Tower james l heft s m . , . . N earlyadecadeago,thefirstvolumeofMarianistAwardlectures appeared in print.1 In the preface to that volume, I explained how the University of Dayton, founded by the Marianists (Society ofMary) in 1850 1950 ,hadbeengivingsince anannualawardtoaleadingMariolo- gist. Some years after the Second Vatican Council, during a period when many Marian practices fell into desuetude, so did the granting of this annual award. However, the commitment of the university to the support and continued development of its Marian Library re- mained firm. For example, the leaders of the university and of that 1975 library, especially Fr. Theodore Koehler, S.M., established in the International Marian Research Institute which, in conjunction with the Marianum in Rome, grants pontifical degrees in the field of Mari- ology. 1980 In the mid- s the university decided to reinstitute the annual award, but with a slightly different focus: the award would be given to a Catholic intellectual who has made a major contribution to the intellectual life. Recipients were asked to speak about their faith and how it has influenced their scholarship, and how their scholarship has influenced their faith. Some of these Marianist Award lectures have beencitedelsewhere,andsometimesevenreprinted.2Inthisintroduc- tion, I will touch upon three themes that are critically important for understanding the situation of a Catholic tradition four decades after the Second Vatican Council and five years into the third millennium. The three themes that seem to have gained the greatest importance .................11475$ INTR 08-02-0513:59:53 PS PAGE1