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Corde Universitatis:
From the Heart of the University
G. Dennis O'Brien
In the face
of a pervasively secular cultural and intellectual climate, particularly
in the university world, the noted Berkeley sociologist, Robert Bellah,
observed, "If we do not recover the language and practice of Christianity
. . . not only can we not contribute to a genuine pluralism, but we
will be lost in the wilderness of decayed traditions" (from Postmodern
Theology: Christian Faith in a Pluralist World). Can we, as Christians, "recover
the use of our language" so as to thoughtfully and candidly engage
ideas considered alien to the very core of Christian understanding?
And can this engagement take place within the curricular life of the
mainstream academy? Such issues pervade this presentation by Dr. O'Brien,
given on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, at a
National Faculty Forum sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Foundation.
