| Building the Free Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching Contributor(s): Weigel, George (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080280120X ISBN-13: 9780802801203 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1993 Annotation: With a challenging foreword by Richard John Neuhaus on Christians as "resident aliens" of any earthly city, the book will interest those who wish to think more closely about the Christian contribution to social questions after the fall of communism, as it explores and critically examines a century of Catholic reflection and argument on human freedom, the just society, and the international order. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 261.808 |
| LCCN: 94153089 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 8.97" (0.81 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through the insightful and thought- provoking commentaries of ten distinguished Catholic writers, Building the Free Society critically examines a century of Catholic reflection and argument on human freedom, the just society, and the international order. Adopting the best from A Century of Catholic Social Thought, published in 1991 by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, this substantially revised, updated, and expanded volume focuses on the eleven key documents of modern Catholic social doctrine, beginning with Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891) and concluding with Pope John Paul II's revolutionary Centesimus Annus (1991). Renowned theologian Richard John Neuhaus opens the book with a challenging foreword on Christians as "resident aliens" of any earthly city, setting the tone for the compelling essays that follow. Contributors: William Murphy Thomas C. Kohler Robert A. Sirico George Weigel Mary Eberstadt Kenneth L. Grasso Robert Royal James Finn Robert A. Destro William McGurn |