The Future of Academic Theology. (cover story)

THEOLOGICAL education; CATHOLIC universities & colleges; CATHOLIC schools; CATHOLIC education; CATHOLIC Church; THEOLOGIANS

The author discusses the future of academic theology in the U.S. He analyzes how the rise of Catholic anti-liberalism hindered the ability of the Catholics to understand the different issues of the state and of politics of the present. The author also mentions two underlying problems faced by theologian and religious-studies scholars in the country which need to be addressed as they threaten the intellectual vitality and survival of academic theology at Catholic colleges and universities.