| Description |
xi, 271 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Catholic social thought and the quest for an American public philosophy / Kenneth L. Grasso -- The image of man in Catholic thought / Francis Canavan -- Beyond liberalism : human dignity, the free society, and the Second Vatican Council / Kenneth L. Grasso -- Religion as moral duty and civic right : Dignitatis Humanae on religious liberty / Kenneth R. Craycraft Jr. -- Subsidiarity : the "other" ground of limited government / Christopher Wolfe -- Moral truth, the common good, and judicial review / Gerard V. Bradley -- Natural law and international order / Robert P. George -- Jacques Maritain and the rapprochement of liberalism and communitarianism / Michelle Watkins and Ralph McInerny -- Personal dignity and the common good : a twentieth-century Thomistic dialogue / Mary M. Keys -- The quest for the historical Murray / Robert P. Hunt -- The importance of being Catholic : unsolicited advice from a protestant bystander / Stanley Hauerwas -- A Jewish appreciation of Catholic social teaching / Matthew Berke -- Catholicism, liberalism and communitarianism : concluding reflections / George Weigel. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 1965-
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Christian sociology -- Catholic Church.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Liberalism.
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Communities.
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| Added Author |
Grasso, Kenneth L.
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Bradley, Gerard V., 1954-
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Hunt, Robert P., 1955-
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| ISBN |
0847679942 hardcover |
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0847679950 paperback |
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