num_pages: 253
description: Increasingly, the religious leaders of the world are addressing problems of politi cal economy, expressing concern about the poor. But will their efforts actually help the poor? Or harm them? Much depends, Michael Novak asserts, upon what kind of institutions are constructed, that is, upon realism and practicality. His thesis may be simply Although the Catholic church during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set itself against liberalism as an ide ology, it has slowly come to admire liberal institutions such as democracy and free markets. Between the Catholic vision of social justice and liberal institu tions, Novak argues, there is a profound consonance (but not identity).
language: English
title: Freedom with Justice: Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Institutions
titlecomplete: Freedom with Justice: Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Institutions
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Harper and Row