HISTORICAL NOTES ON RHETORIC IN JESUIT EDUCATION

• Published in: Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies p. 39
• Main Author: Patricia Bizzell
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Fordham University Press 25.03.2016
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Behavioral sciences; Catholicism; Ceremonial objects; Ceremonies; Christian philosophy; Christianity; Church groups; Classical rhetoric; Communication skills; Communications; Crosses; Cultural anthropology; Cultural customs; Curricula; Devotional objects; Ecclesiology; Education; Educational institutions; Formal education; Formal speech; Humanities instruction; Language arts; Language skills; Oratory; Pedagogy; Religion; Religious organizations; Rhetoric; Rituals; Schools; Schools of rhetoric; Social sciences; Society of Jesus; Speech; Spiritual belief systems; Universities; Writing instruction; Writing skills; Written composition
• ISBN: 0823264521; 9780823264520

In a focus group discussing new recruitment material for the College of the Holy Cross, I learned from admissions-office personnel that many students who are interested in our college seek excellent liberal-arts education but place little value on our affiliation with the Society of Jesus, little beyond a generalized feeling that Jesuit schools are “good.” This vagueness about what constitutes Jesuit education may be due in part to the dwindling (though still significant) number of our students whose parents attended Holy Cross and who therefore have firsthand witnesses to inform them. But I dare say the vagueness is shared by