{"id":6121,"date":"2025-01-21T22:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T22:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/?page_id=6121"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:34:01","slug":"iacshistory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/iacshistory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Institute\u00a0for Advanced Catholic Studies:\u00a0A Personal History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><strong><i>The Institute\u00a0for Advanced Catholic Studies:\u00a0A Personal History<\/i><\/strong><br \/>\nIACS Founder and President Emeritus Fr. James L. Heft, SM<br \/>\nForeword by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>New book available from Wipf &amp; Stock in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/9798385232475\/the-institute-for-advanced-catholic-studies-at-the-university-of-southern-california\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #990000; text-decoration: underline;\">Purchase from Wipf &amp; Stock<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/iacshistoryappendices\/\"><strong>Appendices<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The full appendices are available in color at<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/iacshistoryappendices\/\">https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/iacshistoryappendices\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/School-of-Athens-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/School-of-Athens-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/01\/School-of-Athens-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A photo of Raphael's School of Athens\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          The Institute\u00a0for Advanced Catholic Studies:\u00a0A Personal History\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;Intellectual and institution histories benefit from both broad overviews and detailed studies. Jim Heft&#8217;s engaging narrative of his struggles and successes in developing the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies offers readers the kind of local history that adds texture to our broader understanding of the intellectual sweep of American Catholicism and the complex diversity of American higher education&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u2014 <span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mark W. Roche<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Language and Literature and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;The world&#8217;s ideas matter greatly, and an institute that attempts to consider the world&#8217;s most pressing questions in the context of our highest ideals and beliefs is a true gift. Heft and his early collaborators have done exactly that in creating the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC. 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