1st Edition
Jesuit Education and Social Change in El Salvador
By Charles J. Beirne, S.J.
Copyright 1996
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines a unique university model for social change-the University of Central America Jos Sime-n Ca-as (UCA) in El Salvador, where the military murdered six Jesuit priests and two women on November 16, 1989. The book addresses such important questions as: Is the role of a university to train managers for maintaining the status quo, or to prepare graduates who will help create a new... Read more
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene; Chapter 2 The Salvadoran Context; Chapter 3 What Is a University?; Chapter 4 Roots of A New Vision; Chapter 5 The Founding Years: 1965–1969; Chapter 6 Development of the Model: 1969–1975; Chapter 7 The Mayorga Years: 1975–1979; Chapter 8 The Ellacuría Era Begins: 1979–1981; Chapter 9 Life Inside the UCA: 1979–1982; Chapter 10 Consolidation: 1982–1984; Chapter 11 Challenges and Attacks: 1985–1989; Chapter 12 What Does It All Mean?;
Biography
J. Charles, S.J. Beirne
"...provides a fascinating and sobering consideration of the costs and potentials of transformative higher education." -- Journal of Research on Christian Education
