Western Creed, Western Identity
Subtitle: Essays in Legal and Social Philosophy
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813209753
Subjects: Anthropology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Philosophy of religion; Social & political philosophy; Western philosophy; Social Theology; Philosophy; Moral Theology; Social Science; Religious; Religion and law; Christian Theology - Catholic; Christianity and law; Sociology of Religion; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Catholic Church; Doctrines; Religion and sociology
First sentence: As the turn of the century approaches, calls for the renewal of America abound.
Description: "In Western Creed, Western Identity, Jude P. Dougherty investigates the classical roots of Western culture and its religious sources in an effort to define its underlying intellectual and spiritual commitments. The essays were written from a single vantage point, one that has come to be identified with Thomas Aquinas, although the natural law outlook they represent is older than Aquinas. While they are the reflections of a spectator formed in the Catholic tradition, they are not theological in character.

They are meant to be observations and judgments that can be appreciated by readers who may not identify with that tradition."--BOOK JACKET.