Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
Our mission is to:
- Educate rising generations of religiously-informed citizens
- Foster ecumenical, inter-religious, and interdisciplinary engagement with Catholic thought and practice
- Promote informed and compassionate analysis of the critical religious and social issues of our time.
A Center for American Catholic Studies
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- The Center focuses on the rich and complex story of Catholicism in the Americas.
- We take a ‘hemispheric’ approach to Catholicism that recognizes the interwoven tapestry of Catholicism in North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean—the entire “ecclesia in America.”
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- The Curran Center is rooted in Fordham’s Roman Catholic Jesuit identity, an identity that inspires a critical-faithful approach to the tradition and a creative search to imagine its place in the world.
- Catholic means universal, and the Center’s vision of Catholicism is global and inclusive.
- Our conversations are ecumenical, interreligious, and with those not having religious identities.
- Inspired by the example of Pope Francis, we recognize that thinking about faith demands thinking about justice issues such as poverty, peace, and the earth as well.
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- As a university-based center, we emphasize an approach to Catholicism that is intellectual and engaged.
- Our American Catholic Studies concentration provides Fordham undergraduates with an opportunity for intensive study of the Catholic tradition enhanced by events, outings, mentorship, service, and an experience of the community.
- Our programming includes lectures by distinguished scholars, conferences on timely issues, and faculty reading groups that explore topics of faith, justice, aesthetics, and human meaning.
- Our awards and book series seek to support scholarship on Catholicism that is creative, critical, and explores new horizons.
Contact Us
The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
Duane Library 260Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
Tel: 718-817-0662
Fax: 718-817-5746
Email: [email protected]