Abstract
At bottom, the Catholic Intellectual Tradition is an ongoing conversation about truth. Where that happens is not as important as that it happens. This conversation does not have to be contained within theology departments at liberal arts schools. And we must not forget that who engages in it colors the conversation. Indeed, there is the possibility, and perhaps probability, of competing or clashing versions of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition since it is not owned and “unified” by one group. There is a very recent example of this phenomenon from the legal world – of which I am a part as a law professor.