Catholicism, liberalism, and communitarianism
Subtitle: the Catholic intellectual tradition and the moral foundations of democracy
By: edited by Kenneth L. Grasso, Gerard V. Bradley, and Robert P. Hunt ; with a foreword by Richard John Neuhaus.
Contributors: Grasso, Kenneth L.; Bradley, Gerard V., 1954-; Hunt, Robert P., 1955-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 1965-; Christian sociology -- Catholic Church.; Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Liberalism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Communitarianism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Description: "This book makes a very ambitious proposal. The proposal is that Catholic social thought can contribute significantly to revivifying the American experiment in liberal democracy. That there is a need, and urgent need, for such a revival is today widely recognized by thinkers across the political and philosophical spectrum. Some of the essays here are polemical and others apologetic, but the book taken all in all is a proposal. As such, it must make its case sometimes in conversation with and sometimes against other proposals that are advanced in the public square of democratic discourse." [Foreword].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.