Author: Douglass, R. Bruce ; & Hollenbach, David ; editors:
Title: Catholicism and Liberalism: Contributions to American Public Philosophy
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. orig.boards. 24x16cm, xv,352 pp. Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion and American Public Life.. ¶ Contains 12 papers. Includes: Historical Conflicts and Developments: The Failed Encounter: The Catholic Church and Liberalism in the 19th Century; American Catholics and Liberalism, 1789-1960; Vatican II and the Encounter between Catholicism and Liberalism; Liberalism after the Good Times: The ' End of History' in Historical Perspective; New Encounters and Theoretical Reconstructions: A Communitarian Reconstruction of Human Rights; Catholic Social Thought, the City, and Liberal America; The Common Good and the Open Society; Catholic Classics in American Liberal Culture; Practices and Institutions: Catholicism and Liberal Democracy; Feminism, Liberalism, and Catholicism; The Family, Liberalism, and Catholic Social Teaching; Rights of Persons in the Church; Afterword: A Community of Freedom ["Liberalism and Catholicism are two of the most important forces shaping the contemporary political culture of the United States. This book explores what is at stake as they encounter each other in new contexts today and what a fresh conversation between them promises for the future of American public life. It is based on the conviction that both traditions continue to have much to learn from each other and that both would contribute more constructively to the resolution of the problems facing the nation if they were to do so. It is thus an invitation to the dialogue that could produce such mutual learning, and is a collaborative effort that brings together the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines... " - Publisher's description].

Keywords: American Catholicism, Catholic Church, United States, Political History, Politics, Social Policy, Liberalism, ,