Against the grain : Christianity and democracy, war and peace

Weigel, George 1951- (Author).

Summary: Cutting against the grain of conventional wisdom, New York Times bestseller, George Weigel, offers a compelling look at the ways in which Catholic social teaching sheds light on the challenges of peace, the problem of pluralism, the quest for human rights, and the defense of liberty. In this major contribution one of America's most prominent intellectuals offers a meticulous analysis of the foundations of the free society as he makes a powerful case for the role of moral reasoning in meeting the threats to human dignity posed by debonair nihilism, jihadist violence, and the brave new world of manufactured men and women.

Item details

ISBN: 9780824524487
ISBN: 0824524489
Physical Description: print
x, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., ©2008.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Against several grains -- The free and virtuous society -- The sovereignty of Christ and the public church -- Diognetus revisited, or, what the church asks of the world -- The paradoxes of disentanglement -- Is political theology safe for democracy? -- Popes, power, and politics -- Two ideas of freedom -- Thinking world politics: a Catholic optic -- Moral clarity in a time of war -- Just war and the Iraq wars I -- Just war and the Iraq wars II -- Is Europe dying? Secularist shibboleths and the future of the West.