Jesuit and Feminist Education: Intersections in Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-first Century

by Jocelyn M. Boryczka (Editor), Elizabeth A. Petrino (Editor), Jeffrey P. von Arx (Introduction)

Overview

Given its long tradition of authentic dialogue with other religious and philosophical perspectives, Jesuit education is uniquely suited to address the range of opportunities and challenges teachers and students face in the twenty-first century. At first glance, Jesuit and feminist ways of understanding the world appear to be antagonistic approaches to teaching and learning. But much can be gained by focusing on how feminism, in dialogue with Jesuit education, can form, inform, and transform each other, our institutions, and the people in them. Both traditions are committed to educating the whole person by integrating reason and emotion. Both also argue for connecting theory and practice and applying knowledge in context. As unabashedly value-driven educational approaches, both openly commit to social justice and an end to oppression in its many forms. With strong humanistic roots, Jesuit and feminist education alike promote the liberal arts as critical to developing engaged citizens of the world. This book explores how the principles and practices of Ignatian pedagogy overlap and intersect with contemporary feminist theory in order to gain deeper insight into the complexities of today's multicultural educational contexts. Drawing on intersectionality, a method of inquiry that locates individual and collective standpoints in relation to social, political, and economic structures, the volume highlights points of convergence and divergence between Ignatian pedagogy, a five-hundred year old humanistic tradition, and more recent feminist theory in order to explore how educators might find strikingly similar methods that advocate common goals-including engaging with issues such as race, gender, diversity, and social justice. By reflecting on these shared perspectives and inherent differences from both practical and theoretical approaches, the contributors of this volume initiate a dynamic dialogue about Jesuit and feminist education that will enliven and impact our campuses for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823233328
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/02/2012
Edition description:	3
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jocelyn M. Boryczka is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at Fairfield University. Elizabeth A. Petrino is Associate Professor of English at Fairfield University. President of the AJCU.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J. vii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction: Educating for Transformation—Jesuit and Feminist Approaches in the Classroom and Beyond Jocelyn M. Boryczka Elizabeth A. Petrino 1

Part I Mapping the "Herstory" of Jesuit Education

1 "Do as I Do, Not as I Say": The Pedagogy of Action Elizabeth A. Dreyer 21

2 Mary, the Hidden Catalyst: Reflections from an Ignatian Pilgrimage to Spain and Rome Margo J. Heydt Sarah J. Melcher 37

3 Early Jesuit Pedagogy and the Subordination of Women: Resources from the Ratio Studiorum Colleen McCluskey 56

Part II Intersection I: Transformative Visions for Educating the Whole Person

4 "The Personal Is Political": At the Intersections of Feminist and Jesuit Education Jocelyn M. Boryczka Elizabeth A. Petrino 75

5 Paideia and the Political Process: The Unexplored Coincidence of Jesuit and Feminist Pedagogical Visions Paul Lakeland 86

6 Feminist Pedagogy, the Ignatian Paradigm, and Service-Learning: Distinctive Roots, Common Objectives, and Intriguing Challenges Robbin D. Crabtree Joseph A. Defeo Melissa M. Quan 99

Part III Intersection II: The Power of Difference for Teaching Social Justice

7 The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender in Jesuit and Feminist Education: Finding Transcendent Meaning in the Concrete M. Shawn Copeland 127

8 Teaching for Social Justice in the Engaged Classroom: The Intersection of Jesuit and Feminist Moral Philosophies Karen L. Slattery Ana C. Garner Joyce M. Wolburg Lynn H. Turner 140

9 Transformative Education in a Broken World; Feminist and Jesuit Pedagogy on the Importance of Context Theresa Weynand Tobin 161

10 Consciousness-Raising as Discernment: Using Jesuit and Feminist Pedagogies in a Protestant Classroom Mary J. Henold 176

Part IV The Fault Lines of Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: Debates, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Future

11 De Certeau and "Making Do": The Case of Gay Men and Lesbians on a Jesuit Campus David Gudelunas 193

12 Textual Deviance: Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Catholic Campuses Heather Hathaway Gregory J. O'Meam S.J. Stephanie Quads 203

13 Tilling the Soil: Preparing Women for the Vocation of Ministry—A Challenge and Call Susan M. Mountin 234

14 Women in Jesuit Higher Education: Ten Years Later Susan A. Ross 242

Afterword Charles L. Currie, S.J. 255

Appendix

Decree 14: Jesuits and the Situation of Women in Church and Civil Society. Thirty-fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, 1995. 261

Notes 267

Bibliography 313

List of Contributors 339

Index 351

Editorial Reviews

As Jesuit education turns increasingly to lay partners, women educators and students find the Jesuit niche hospitable to concerns about social justice and justice for women. This very original collection celebrates the interplay of the Ignatian and feminist spirits, while naming and confronting frustrations and pitfalls. The book will be an unparalleled springboard for discussions about Jesuit identity, Catholic identity, Catholic higher education, and the Catholic future of feminism. Above all, it reaffirms the hopeful, engaged, transformational mission of Jesuit colleges and universities.-Lisa Sowle Cahill

Offers fresh perspectives and new interdisciplinary research on manythemes of importance to a range of scholars in the humanities, womenstudies, and educational studies.-Wendy Kohli

From the Publisher

Jesuit and Feminist Education traverses the intersection between current feminist scholarship and the role and practices of the Jesuit order. . . Recommended.

Choice

. . . Well worth the attention of us all.

Conversations

In this anthology, feminist-identified and feminist-allied women and men in several of the twenty-eight U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities examine common ground between these pedagogies.

Teaching Theology & Religion

As Jesuit education turns increasingly to lay partners, women educators and students find the Jesuit niche hospitable to concerns about social justice and justice for women. This very original collection celebrates the interplay of the Ignatian and feminist spirits, while naming and confronting frustrations and pitfalls. The book will be an unparalleled springboard for discussions about Jesuit identity, Catholic identity, Catholic higher education, and the Catholic future of feminism. Above all, it reaffirms the hopeful, engaged, transformational mission of Jesuit colleges and universities.

Boston College - Lisa Sowle Cahill

Offers fresh perspectives and new interdisciplinary research on many themes of importance to a range of scholars in the humanities, women studies, and educational studies.

Fairfield University - Wendy Kohli