WALTER ONG A JESUIT RHETORICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR

• Published in: Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies p. 188
• Main Author: Janice Lauer Rice
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Fordham University Press 25.03.2016
• Subjects: Aristotelian rhetoric; Arts; Catholicism; Christian philosophy; Christianity; Church groups; Classical rhetoric; Communication skills; Communications; Ecclesiology; Education; Formal education; Humanities instruction; Language arts; Language skills; Literacy; Literary criticism; Literary genres; Literary studies; Literature; Oral literature; Orality; Pedagogy; Reading; Religion; Religious organizations; Rhetoric; Rhetorical invention; Schools of rhetoric; Social sciences; Society of Jesus; Speech; Spiritual belief systems; Writing instruction
• ISBN: 0823264521; 9780823264520

Over the years since I studied with Fr. Walter Ong from 1959 through 1961, I have realized how many of his concepts have impacted literacy education and forecast major rhetorical ideas in the field of rhetoric and composition. His rhetorical works have, in fact, helped to awaken the entire field of English studies to an understanding of the disciplinary nature of the study and teaching of written discourse. Fr. Ong was an exceptional scholar and Jesuit priest. His significant contributions to modern culture place him high in the ranks of the most prominent Jesuit educators of the twentieth century. His