Defense Date

2-23-2021

Graduation Date

Spring 5-6-2021

Availability

Immediate Access

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

Theology

School

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Committee Chair

George Worgul

Committee Member

Maureen O'Brien

Committee Member

P. Jesse Rine

Keywords

Catholic higher education assessment, mission assessment, charism, institutional assessment, Catholic higher education, Yves Congar, Louis-Marie Chauvet

Abstract

A “charism-centered” institutional mission is a mission that is believed to be instantiated and guided by the working of the Holy Spirit. Countless Catholic higher education institutions claim to have missions rooted in one or more charisms. However, institutional assessment processes tailored to charism-centered missions have remained in their infancy due to the lack of a theological grounding for institutional charism and its assessment. This work uses Yves Congar’s pneumatological ecclesiology to establish a theological framework for interpreting charism as respecting and enhancing stakeholder diversity and uses Louis-Marie Chauvet’s ecclesiology of symbol to pioneer a model for institutionally assessing charism-centered missions. It is argued that assessment processes provide valuable tools for discerning institutional charism.

Language

English

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