Reexamining Academic Freedom in Religiously Affiliated Universities

Kenneth Garcia presents an edited collection of papers from the 2015 conference on academic freedom at religiously affiliated universities, held at the University of Notre Dame. These essays reexamine the secular principle of academic freedom and discuss

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Kenneth Garcia

Reexamining Academic Freedom in Religiously Affiliated Universities

Kenneth Garcia Editor

Reexamining Academic Freedom in Religiously Affiliated Universities Transcending Orthodoxies

Editor Kenneth Garcia University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-39786-3    ISBN 978-3-319-39787-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39787-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016962098 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Oxford Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgments

I am deeply grateful to many centers, departments, and institutes at the University of Notre Dame for their generous contributions to the conference from which the essays in this volume emerged: the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, the College of Arts & Letters, Notre Dame Research, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the College of Science, the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, the Notre Dame Law School Program on Church, State, and Society, the College of Engineering, and the departments of Theology, English, History, Philosophy, and Classics. An expert advisory committee helped shape the conference themes and gave invaluable suggestions for conference speakers: Celia Deane-Drummond of the Theology Department, Richard Garnett of the Law School, Brad Gregory of Notre Dame’s History Department and Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, Susannah Monta of the English Department, and Phillip Sloan of the Program of Liberal Studies. Thank you. Many thanks also to Elizabeth Kuhn for her expert conference organizing skills.

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