Catholicism and Religious Freedom Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty

by Grasso, Kenneth L.; Hunt, Robert P.; Canavan, Francis P., S.J.; Crawford, David S.; Crosby, John F.; Dulles, Cardinal Avery, S.J.; George, Robert P.; Heilke, Thomas; Koyzis, David T.; Saunders, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780742551923
• ISBN10: 074255192X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The late Pope John Paul II frequently invoked Dignitatis Humanae as one of the foundational documents of contemporary Church social teaching. In this timely new edited collection, Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty, Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt have assembled an impressive group of scholars to discuss the current meanings of one the Vatican's most important documents and its place in Catholic social thought. The theological issues brought forth in Dignitatis Humanae go to the heart of the contemporary debate about the nature, foundation, and scope of religious liberty. Here, the contributors to this volume give these considerations the serious and sustained attention they deserve.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt
1 Dignitatis Humanae: The Freedom of the Church and the Responsibility of the State	1	(18)
Robert P. George and William L. Saunders Jr.
2 Two Concepts of Religious Liberty: Dignitatis Humanae v. the U.S. Supreme Court	19	(24)
Robert P. Hunt
3 Dignitatis Humanae and the Development of Catholic Doctrine	43	(26)
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
4 Dignitatis Humanae, the Catholic Concept of the State, and Public Morality	69	(18)
Francis P. Canavan, S.J.
5 The Promised Time of Dignitatis Humanae: A Radical Protestant Perspective	87	(28)
Thomas Heilke
6 Persuaded, Not Commanded: Neo-Calvinism, Dignitatis Humanae, and Religious Freedom	115	(20)
David T. Koyzis
7 On Proposing the Truth and Not Imposing It: John Paul's Personalism and the Teaching of Dignitatis Humanae	135	(26)
John F. Crosby
8 An Unfinished Argument: Dignitatis Humanae, John Courtney Murray, and the Catholic Theory of the State	161	(34)
Kenneth L. Grasso
9 The Architecture of Freedom: John Paul II and John Courtney Murray on Religious Freedom	195	(28)
David S. Crawford
About the Contributors	223