Building the Free Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching

Name: Building the Free Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching
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ISBN: 9780802801203

Edited By: George Weigel, Robert Royal

By: George Weigel(ED.) & Robert Royal(ED.)

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1993 / Paperback

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Title: Building the Free Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching
By: George Weigel(ED.) & Robert Royal(ED.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 246
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 1993

Dimensions: 8.97 X 6.00 X 0.73 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 080280120X
ISBN-13: 9780802801203
Stock No: WW801203

Publisher's Description

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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

Author Bio

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George Weigel is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C., and author of The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism.

Robert Royal is vice president for research at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C., and author of 1492 and All That: Political Manipulations of History.