A Free Society Reader Principles for the New Millennium

by Novak, Michael; Brailsford, William; Heesters, Cornelis; Novak, Michael; Bénéton, Philippe; Besançon, Alain; Buttiglione, Rocco; Hittinger, Russell; Legutko, Ryszard; Manent, Pierre; Neuhaus, Richard John; Pangle, Thomas; Weigel, George; Zieba, Maciej

• ISBN13: 9780739101438
• ISBN10: 0739101439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-06
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

A Free Society Reader rises to the challenge of freedom in the twenty-first century, offering thoughts and insights with significant implications for citizens of today's brand new world. Our era's most prominent figures in the fields of Christianity and liberty speak about Pope John Paul II's vision of a free society, conceptualize Christianity and political economy, debate issues of democracy and the free society, and question the role of culture. Together for the first time in one volume, these preeminent thinkers provide inspiration and insight to scholars, students, and general readers charting the enormous changes the new millennium has seen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Michael Novak
Part I: Preliminaries: John Paul II on Liberty
Centesimus Annus: The Architecture of Freedom	3	(22)
George Weigel
Behind Centesimus Annus	25	(4)
Rocco Buttiglione
The Liberalism of John Paul II	29	(11)
Richard John Neubaus
The Philosophy of John Paul II	40	(11)
Michael Novak
Part II: Economics and the Free Society
The Temple in the Polis: Faith Is Not Ideology	51	(9)
Maciej Zieba
The Monk and the Market: What Does a Priest Need Economics For?	60	(8)
Maciej Zieba
Property and Creativity	68	(15)
Richard John Neubaus
Christian Economics 101	83	(8)
Rocco Buttiglione
How Christianity Changed Political Economy	91	(7)
Michael Novak
The Love That Moves the Sun	98	(11)
Michael Novak
Part III: Democracy and the Free Society
Christianity and Democracy (Part I)	109	(7)
Pierre Manent
Christianity and Democracy (Part II)	116	(10)
Pierre Manent
The Church Embraces Democracy	126	(7)
Alain Besancon
A New Order of Religious Freedom	133	(8)
Richard John Neubaus
Catholicism and Democracy: Parsing the Other Twentieth-Century Revolution	141	(25)
George Weigel
The Trouble with Toleration	166	(13)
Ryszard Legutko
The Catholic Moment	179	(6)
Richard John Neubaus
The Pope and the Liberal State	185	(16)
Russell Hittinger
Part IV: Culture and the Free Society
John Paul II and the Priority of Culture	201	(12)
George Weigel
Modern Individualism	213	(6)
Pierre Manent
The Liberal Paradox: Might Religion Have an Answer?	219	(12)
Thomas L. Pangle
True and False Tolerance	231	(6)
Philippe Beneton
Law and Liberty in Veritatis Splendor	237	(9)
Russell Hittinger
Against the Adversary Culture	246	(28)
Michael Novak
Truth and Liberty: The Present Crisis in Our Culture	274	(125)
Michael Novak
Part V: Documentation
Introduction to The Federalist	291	(2)
The Federalist Papers	293	(20)
James Madison
Introduction to Democracy in America	313	(2)
Democracy in America	315	(16)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Introduction to Centesimus Annus	331	(2)
Centesimus Annus	333	(54)
John Paul II
What Freedom Is: Homily in Orioles Park at Camden Yards	387	(5)
John Paul II on the American Experiment	392	(3)
Letter to the National Prayer Breakfast	395	(4)
Index	399	(14)
About the Contributors	413