Olsen, Glenn W. 1938-

On the road to Emmaus the Catholic dialogue with America and modernity / [electronic resource] : Glenn W. Olsen. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (vii, 316 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-303) and index.

The "Catholic moment" and the question of inculturation -- The investiture contest -- Lay spirituality ad majorem Dei gloriam -- Christian faith in a neo-pagan society -- Thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven : the place of the family in creation -- Separating church and state -- Religion, politics, and America at the millennium -- America as an Enlightenment culture -- John Rawls and the flight from authority : the quest for equality as an exercise in primitivism -- The quest for a public philosophy in twentieth-century American political thought -- Unity, plurality, and subsidiarity in twentieth-century context -- The ethics of conquest : the European background of Spain's mission in the New World.

9780813219554 (electronic bk.) 0813219558 (electronic bk.)


Catholic Church--Doctrines.


Christianity and culture--History--United States--21st century.
Church and state--History--United States--21st century.
Christianity and politics--History--United States--21st century.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General


Electronic books.

BR115.C8 / O485 2012eb

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