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## [The Idea of a Catholic University](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/03/07/the-idea-of-a-catholic-university)

 Published by [Timothy O'Malley](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/timothy-omalley)

Those privy to conversations in Catholic higher education in the last twenty years are well aware of the contentious status of discourse regarding Catholic identity among these institutions of higher learning.[\[1\]](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/topic/john-henry-newman#_edn1) Does the Catholic identity of such schools relate primarily to the prominence of theological and philosophical education in the curriculum? Is it ensured through an emphasis on tangible C...

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