{"product_id":"catholic-social-thought-and-liberal-institutions","title":"Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Institutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, the religious leaders of the world are addressing problems of political economy, expressing concern about the poor. But will their efforts actually help the poor? Or harm them? Much depends, Michael Novak asserts, upon what kind of institutions are constructed, that is, upon realism and practicality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis thesis may be simply stated: Although the Catholic Church during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set itself against liberalism as an ideology, it has slowly come to admire liberal institutions such as democracy and free markets. Between the Catholic vision of social justice and liberal institutions, Novak argues, there is a profound consonance (but not identity). Both celebrate realism, respect for institutions, and prudence or practical wisdom. The Catholic tradition adds to liberal individualism a strong communitarian sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was first published in 1984 as \u003cem\u003eFreedom with Justice. \u003c\/em\u003eThis new edition adds both a lengthy introduction carrying forward the original argument and a long concluding chapter on Pope John Paul IPs controversial new encyclical of early 1988, \u003cem\u003eSollicitudo Rei Socialis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542586122478,"sku":"9780887387630","price":74.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780887387630.jpg?v=1720129710","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/catholic-social-thought-and-liberal-institutions","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}