The Public Order and the Sacred Order: Contemporary Issues, Catholic Social Thought, and the Western and American Traditions
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The Public Order and the Sacred Order: Contemporary Issues, Catholic Social Thought, and the Western and American Traditions

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The Public Order and the Sacred Order: Contemporary Issues, Catholic Social Thought, and the Western and American Traditions

2 Volumes

About this book

The Public Order and the Sacred Order evaluates a range of contemporary social and political questions in light of Catholic social teaching, philosophy, great political thinkers, and America's founding tradition. It treats a wide range of topics, including

· economics
· education
· free speech
· abortion
· church-state relations
· American legal trends
· international politics

Through discussions of these and other issues confronting contemporary American society, author Stephen M. Krason offers a scholarly social commentary, suggests means for a reconstruction of sound social and political thought, and calls for a renewal of American institutions, politics, and culture.

The book is structured in three parts: Part I sets out foundational principles guided by Catholic social teaching, philosophical reasoning, Western political thought, and the American founding; Part II examines and evaluates the numerous issues in light of the principles set out in Part I; and Part III provides approaches to the issues-both general and specific policy ideas-consonant with the foundational principles set out in Part I. There is also a volume of important Catholic Church documents, Supreme Court cases, and excerpts of important writings in the history of Western and American political thought that let the reader examine directly many documents discussed in the text of the book. Along with being a strong and focused defense of traditional Catholic approaches to the questions of our time, the vast array of material covered makes this book an invaluable reference for anyone interested in contemporary politics.

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Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9798216317364
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Preface
  3. PART I: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
  4. CHAPTER 1: WHAT A SOUND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS INDICATES ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF A GOOD POLITICAL ORDER
  5. CHAPTER 2: PAPAL TEACHINGS ON THE FAMILY, THE STATE, AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION: A SUMMARY
  6. CHAPTER 3: THE NATURE OF A GOOD POLITICAL ORDER: REFLECTIONS OF GREAT THINKERS
  7. CHAPTER 4: THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF AND CONDITIONS FOR A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: THE VIEWS OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING ERA AND THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
  8. PART II: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS: ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE
  9. A. HUMAN LIFE ISSUES AND FAMILY ISSUES
  10. CHAPTER 5: THE LAW AND HISTORY OF ABORTION: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REFUTED
  11. CHAPTER 6: NATURAL LAW, JOHN COURTNEY MURRAY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE ABORTION CULTURE
  12. CHAPTER 7: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: WHY IT IS NOT A DESIRABLE TACTIC FOR THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT
  13. CHAPTER 8: THE DEADLY PROBLEM OF THE LIVING WILL
  14. CHAPTER 9: A GRAVE THREAT TO THE FAMILY: AMERICAN LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
  15. B. CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS
  16. CHAPTER 10: OTHER SUPREME COURT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE: THE LIKELY INFLUENCE OF SECULAR HUMANIST THOUGHT
  17. CHAPTER 11: SEPARATIONISM, ACCOMMODATIONISM, AND CHURCH-STATE ADJUDICATION IN AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
  18. CHAPTER 12: VATICAN II IN THE AMERICAN SECULAR PRESS: THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING ON DIGNITATIS HUMANAE
  19. CHAPTER 13: PRESERVING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE CATHOLIC CONFESSIONAL STATE: A THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
  20. C. ECONOMICS
  21. CHAPTER 14: MICHAEL NOVAK, CENTESIMUS ANNUS, AND PAPAL SOCIAL THOUGHT
  22. CHAPTER 15: CENTESIMUS ANNUS, THE CONTINUITY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, AND THE POSSIBILITIES AND PROBLEMS OF THE "THIRD WAY"
  23. CHAPTER 16: SOLIDARISM, THE STATE, AND ECONOMIC LIFE: COMPARING PESCHIAN THOUGHT AND THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SITUATION
  24. D. EDUCATION
  25. CHAPTER 17: HIGHER EDUCATION IN A "DEMOCRACY OF WORTH": A PERSPECTIVE AND SOME PROPOSALS FOR RESTORATION
  26. CHAPTER 18: EDUCATION, TRUTH, AND THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
  27. CHAPTER 19: CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, THE INTEGRITY OF ACADEMIC LIFE, AND THE STRUCTURING OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
  28. CHAPTER 20: A VISION AND CURRICULUM FOR A CATHOLIC LAW SCHOOL
  29. CHAPTER 21: A "TRADITIONAL INNOVATIVE" APPROACH TO CATHOLIC GRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: A CATHOLIC TUTORIAL STUDY INSTITUTE
  30. CHAPTER 22: REFLECTIONS ON PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION: FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE NEEDED
  31. CHAPTER 23: ADVICE TO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND EDUCATORS
  32. E. FREE SPEECH, PORNOGRAPHY, AND CENSORSHIP
  33. CHAPTER 24: THE REASONABLENESS AND REASONABLE APPLICATION OF CENSORSHIP AND THE RESTRAINT OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION
  34. F. HEALTH CARE
  35. CHAPTER 25: CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND HEALTH CARE
  36. CHAPTER 26: PARENTAL RIGHTS IN MINOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
  37. G. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, FOREIGN POLICY, AND THE MILITARY
  38. CHAPTER 27: TOWARD A CATHOLIC-REALIST FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL LIFE
  39. CHAPTER 28: A CATHOLIC-REALIST APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL LIFE: APPLICATION TO SELECTED CURRENT QUESTIONS
  40. CHAPTER 29: BRIAN MITCHELL'S WOMEN IN THE MILITARY: TELLING THE TRUTH THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR
  41. H. LAW AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION
  42. CHAPTER 30: RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, THE COMMON GOOD, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LAW IN RECENT DECADES: HAS THE LEGAL PROFESSION FAILED IN ITS ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO IMPROVE THE LEGAL SYSTEM?
  43. I. LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM
  44. CHAPTER 31: THE NATURE OF LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS
  45. CHAPTER 32: THE RIGHTFUL ROLES OF GOVERNMENT: AMERICAN LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM COMPARED TO CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
  46. CHAPTER 33: ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY: AMERICAN LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM COMPARED TO CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
  47. CHAPTER 34: THE OLD LIBERALISM VERSUS THE NEW LIBERALISM: THE ISSUE OF COMMUNISM
  48. J. THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE THERAPEUTIC STATE
  49. CHAPTER 35: WHAT THE CATHOLIC FINDS WRONG WITH SECULAR SOCIAL SCIENCE
  50. CHAPTER 36: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RELIGION AND THE THERAPEUTIC STATE
  51. PART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE RESTORATION OF CULTURE, POLITICS, AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA
  52. A. THE ROLE AND POWERS OF GOVERNMENT IN RESTORING AMERICAN POLITICS AND CULTURE
  53. CHAPTER 37: ABORTION AND NATIONAL POLICYMAKING: REFLECTIONS ON THE CONGRESS REVERSING THE RULE OF ROE V. WADE AND DOE V. BOLTON
  54. CHAPTER 38: THE NEW RECOURSE TO EXECUTIVE POWER: WEAPON OF THE CULTURE WARS
  55. CHAPTER 39: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION, UNENUMERATED RIGHTS, AND THE NATURAL LAW
  56. B. PRINCIPLES FOR RESTORING SOUND CITIZENSHIP AND STATESMANSHIP
  57. CHAPTER 40: ABORTION, STATESMANSHIP, AND AMERICAN POLITICAL RELIGION
  58. CHAPTER 41: POPE LEO XIII AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON CITIZENSHIP AND STATESMANSHIP
  59. C. STRENGTHENING CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA
  60. CHAPTER 42: REJUVENATING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA: A PRELUDE TO REJUVENATING AMERICAN CULTURE
  61. CHAPTER 43: A "CIVILIZATION OF LOVE": BEGINNING WITH AND INCLUDING CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
  62. D. THE REBUILDING OF AMERICAN POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS
  63. CHAPTER 44: THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY: SOME CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
  64. CHAPTER 45: THOUGHTS ON BASIC QUESTIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND POLITICAL LIFE
  65. INDEX
  66. ABOUT THE AUTHOR