Commonweal Confronts the Century - Liberal Convictions, Catholic Tradition (Paperback, Ed)

THE BEST OF THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION
For 75 years, "Commonweal" magazine has sought to bring Catholic faith and modern life -- especially the experience of American freedom and diversity -- into fruitful contact. Now "Commonweal Confronts the Century" not only marks the anniversary of this distinguished journal, it also traces the ways in which the Catholic intellectual tradition has struggled with modernity, democratic institutions, and American culture while remaining faithful to its heritage.
Collected here are many of the most provocative essays the journal has published by a number of the century's most distinguished writers and thinkers. Together they confront controversial issues of continuing relevance within both the Catholic Church and American society in general. In the pages of "Commonweal, " liberal Catholics have carried on a dialogue about American culture and politics, the arts, religious pluralism, domestic upheaval, war and peace, liberal freedoms, and new moral and sexual sensibilities. Here is a feast of argument, observations, and good writing that will appeal to both the religiously informed and the intellectually curious. Highlights of "Commonweal Confronts the Century" include:
Dorothy Day on poverty
Graham Greene on his religious conversion
Thomas Merton on nuclear war
Jean Bethke Elshtain on gay marriage
Daniel Callahan on health care

General

Imprint:	Touchstone
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	November 1999
Authors:	The Editors of Commonweal Magazine
Introduction by:	Peter Steinfels
Dimensions:	214 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	416
Edition:	Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-684-86276-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Promotions
LSN:	0-684-86276-X
Barcode:	9780684862767

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