TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barrett,Edward
TI  - Persons and Liberal Democracy: the Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II
SN  - 9781461634003 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BX1378.5 
U1  - 170 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - John Paul
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Social
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Catholic Social Thought and Contemporary Political Theory; 1. The Roots of Modern Catholic Social Thought: Social and Liberal Catholicism; 2. Christian Personalism: The Ethical and Anthropological Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II; 3. Anthropology, Ethics, and Recent Catholic Social Theory: The Liberalism of John Paul II; 4. John Paul II in Conversation with Catholic Social/Political Theorists; 5. John Paul II in Conversation with Secular Social/Political Theorists; Conclusion: Future Directions for Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Democratic TheoryBibliography; Index; About the Author
N2  - Moving from an historical analysis of the Catholic Church's gradual endorsement of liberal democracy to an explication of the ethical and political thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, Persons and Liberal Democracy concisely explains the relatively recent shift in the Church's political theory and, in the process, defends what could be deemed a non-statist form of welfare liberalism. This book offers a systematic account of John Paul's philosophical and theological ethics and their relationship to the key elements of his political thought and then brings this thought into conversation
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