On the road to Emmaus the Catholic dialogue with America and modernity - Olsen, Glenn W. (Glenn Warren), 1938- (Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-303) and index.
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Keywords: Christianity and culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Church and state -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Catholic Church -- Doctrines; RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues; RELIGION / Christianity / General; Electronic books