Gaudiumetspes22 podcast Caitlin Smith Gilson joins Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare to discuss Catholic higher education
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Dec 19, 2024 In this engaging conversation, Caitlin Smith Gilson, a philosophy professor with expertise in theology and poetry, joins Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare to tackle the state of Catholic higher education. They discuss troubling faculty firings tied to identity politics and the struggle for Catholic universities to maintain their identity amid modern cultural shifts. The trio delves into the balance of freedom and truth in academia, the transformative power of mentorship, and the need to revive passion and beauty in educational settings.
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Department Firing
- Caitlin Smith Gilson's entire philosophy and theology department was fired.
- The university prioritized woke identity over Catholic intellectual tradition.
Wokeness as Extortion
- Wokeness extorts itself into existence through fraudulent means.
- It relies on extortion because its foundations are inherently flawed.
Fear and Absurdity
- A colleague agreed with Gilson but feared speaking up in meetings.
- The university used a century-old faculty constitution lacking academic freedom protections.