Thomas V Gourlay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1095784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas V Gourlay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas V |
| FAMILY NAME | Gourlay |
| SIGNATURE | GOURLAY T V |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Notre Dame Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2546-6056 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Religious Sense as Praeparatio Fidei in the Thought of Luigi Giussani
Luigi Giussani’s teaching on the religious sense of man is one of his most unique and enduring contributions. For him, the religious sense is best understood within the context of its relationship to, and contradistinction from faith. Although on a simplistic and superficial reading it may seem that the two concepts simply coincide, this is not the content of Giussani’s teaching. The aim of this paper is to explore how Giussani marked the differe…
Are We Forming Pious Nestorians? Christology and the Catholic Curriculum
Drawing an analogy to the 5th century heresy of Nestorianism, this paper argues that the separation of life from faith in the modern era constitutes a kind of functional Nestorianism, that negates the universality of the Christian claim and renders such a claim. The paper argues that, in their form and function, many Catholic educational institutions unwittingly adopt this functional Nestorianism by means of a structural compartmentalisation of t…
"In Altum-"Put Out into the Deep
While there is a significant body of research concerning Catholic faith formation in a variety of educational contexts around the world, relatively little attention has been devoted to the notion of missionary discipleship as a foundation for Catholic formation. Recently, the National Catholic Education Commission, in its document Leading Formation for Mission, also elaborates a solid definition of formation and stated: 'Formation is imaginative,…
Grounding Identity and Mission in Catholic Universities
Since at least the 1960s, responding to changes both in the world and in the Church the project of Catholic university education in the United States and elsewhere has undergone a significant alteration in structure, and subsequently of its own sense of identity, purpose, and mission. Concerns about the integrity of Catholic universities both as Catholic and as university abound and have done for some time. Providing a brief review of some of the…
Gift of Unity
In his Apostolic Letter Novo Millenio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II wrote that the Church must become the ‘home and school of communion’ if is to ‘be faithful to God’s plan and respond to the world’s deepest yearnings’. For this to take place, he indicated that even prior to making practical plans that ‘we need to promote a spirituality of communion’, a spirituality which ‘indicates above all the heart’s contemplation of the mystery of the Trinity d…
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Gift of Unity
In his Apostolic Letter Novo Millenio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II wrote that the Church must become the ‘home and school of communion’ if is to ‘be faithful to God’s plan and respond to the world’s deepest yearnings’. For this to take place, he indicated that even prior to making practical plans that ‘we need to promote a spirituality of communion’, a spirituality which ‘indicates above all the heart’s contemplation of the mystery of the Trinity d…
Grounding Identity and Mission in Catholic Universities
Since at least the 1960s, responding to changes both in the world and in the Church the project of Catholic university education in the United States and elsewhere has undergone a significant alteration in structure, and subsequently of its own sense of identity, purpose, and mission. Concerns about the integrity of Catholic universities both as Catholic and as university abound and have done for some time. Providing a brief review of some of the…
"In Altum-"Put Out into the Deep
While there is a significant body of research concerning Catholic faith formation in a variety of educational contexts around the world, relatively little attention has been devoted to the notion of missionary discipleship as a foundation for Catholic formation. Recently, the National Catholic Education Commission, in its document Leading Formation for Mission, also elaborates a solid definition of formation and stated: 'Formation is imaginative,…
The Religious Sense as Praeparatio Fidei in the Thought of Luigi Giussani
Luigi Giussani’s teaching on the religious sense of man is one of his most unique and enduring contributions. For him, the religious sense is best understood within the context of its relationship to, and contradistinction from faith. Although on a simplistic and superficial reading it may seem that the two concepts simply coincide, this is not the content of Giussani’s teaching. The aim of this paper is to explore how Giussani marked the differe…
Are We Forming Pious Nestorians? Christology and the Catholic Curriculum
Drawing an analogy to the 5th century heresy of Nestorianism, this paper argues that the separation of life from faith in the modern era constitutes a kind of functional Nestorianism, that negates the universality of the Christian claim and renders such a claim. The paper argues that, in their form and function, many Catholic educational institutions unwittingly adopt this functional Nestorianism by means of a structural compartmentalisation of t…
Sociology (3 works) · Faith (2 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religious Education and Schools (2 works) · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Analogy (1 work)