Liberalism Safe for Catholicism?, A: Perspectives from The Review of Politics (REVIEW OF POLITICS Series)

In A Liberalism Safe for Catholicism?, editors Daniel Philpott and Ryan Anderson chronicle the relationship between the Catholic Church and American liberalism as told through twenty-seven essays selected from the history of the Review of Politics, dating back to the journal’s founding in 1939. The primary subject addressed in these essays is the development of a Catholic political liberalism in response to the democratic environment of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Works by Jacques Maritain, Heinrich Rommen, and Yves R. Simon forge the case for the compatibility of Catholicism and American liberal institutions, including the civic right of religious freedom. The conversation continues through recent decades, when a number of Catholic philosophers called into question the partnership between Christianity and American liberalism and were debated by others who rejoined with a strenuous defense of the partnership. The book also covers a wide range of other topics, including democracy, free market economics, the common good, human rights, international politics, and the thought of John Henry Newman, John Courtney Murray, and Alasdair MacIntyre, as well as some of the most prominent Catholic thinkers of the last century, among them John Finnis, Michael Novak, and William T. Cavanaugh. This book will be of special interest to students and scholars of political science, journalists and policymakers, church leaders, and everyday Catholics trying to make sense of Christianity in modern society. Contributors: Daniel Philpott, Ryan T. Anderson, Jacques Maritain, Alvan S. Ryan, Heinrich Rommen, Josef Pieper, Yves R. Simon, Ernest L. Fortin, John Finnis, Paul E. Sigmund, David C. Leege, Thomas R. Rourke, Michael Novak, Michael J. Baxter, David L. Schindler , Joseph A. Komonchak, John Courtney Murray, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Francis J. Connell, Carson Holloway, James V. Schall, Gary D. Glenn, John Stack, Glenn Tinder, Clarke E. Cochran, William A. Barbieri, Jr., Thomas S. Hibbs, Paul S. Rowe, and William T. Cavanaugh. This volume is the third in the “Perspectives from The Review of Politics” series, following The Crisis of Modern Times, edited by A. James McAdams (2007), and War, Peace, and International Political Realism, edited by Keir Lieber (2009). Introduction: The Review of Politics and the Story of American Catholicism 1 Daniel Philpott and Ryan T. Anderson Chapter 1. Jacques Maritain, “The End of Machiavellianism” (1942) 37 Chapter 2. Alvan S. Ryan, “The Development of Newman’s Political Thought” (1945) 68 Chapter 3. Heinrich Rommen, “Church and State” (1950) 100 Chapter 4. Josef Pieper, “The Social Meaning of Leisure in the Modern World” (1950) 120 Chapter 5. Yves R. Simon, “Common Good and Common Action” (1960) 131 Chapter 6. Ernest L. Fortin, “The New Rights Theory and the Natural Law” (1982) 171 Chapter 7. John Finnis, “Grounding Human Rights in Natural Law” (2015, response to Fortin) 194 Chapter 8. Paul E. Sigmund, “The Catholic Tradition and Modern Democracy” (1987) 234 Chapter 9. David C. Leege, “Catholics and the Civic Order: Parish Participation, Polities, and Civic Participation” (1988) 253 Chapter 10. Thomas R. Rourke, “Michael Novak and Yves R. Simon on the Common Good and Capitalism” (1996) 285 Chapter 11. Michael Novak, “A ‘Catholic Whig’ Replies” (1996) 312 Chapter 12. Thomas R. Rourke, “Response to a ‘Catholic Whig’” (1996) 319 Chapter 13. Michael J. Baxter, “Catholicism and Liberalism: Kudos and Questions for Communio Ecclesiology” (1998) 322 Chapter 14. Michael Novak, “Liberal Ideology, an Eternal No; Liberal Institutions, a Temporal Yes? And Further Questions” (1998) 342 Chapter 15. David L. Schindler, “Communio Ecclesiology and Liberalism” (1998) 352 Chapter 16. Joseph A. Komonchak, John Courtney Murray, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, and Francis J. Connell, “‘The Crisis in Church-State Relationships in the U.S.A.’: A Recently Discovered Text by John Courtney Murray” (1999) 364 Chapter 17. Carson Holloway, “Christianity, Magnanimity, and Statesmanship” (1999) 402 Chapter 18. James V. Schall, “Fides et Ratio: Approaches to a Roman Catholic Political Philosophy” (2000) 424 Chapter 19. Gary D. Glenn and John Stack, “Is American Democracy Safe for Catholicism?” (2000) 449 Chapter 20. Glenn Tinder, “The Core of Freedom: Public or Private?” (2000) 472 Chapter 21. Clarke E. Cochran, “Robust Tension over Safety” (2000) 475 Chapter 22. Michael Novak, “Democracy Unsafe, Compared to What? The Totalitarian Impulse of Contemporary Liberals” (2000) 479 Chapter 23. Gary D. Glenn and John Stack, “Response to Our Critics” (2000) 484 Chapter 24. William A. Barbieri, Jr., “Beyond the Nations: The Expansion of the Common Good in Catholic Social Thought” (2001) 490 Chapter 25. Thomas S. Hibbs, “MacIntyre, Aquinas, and Politics” (2004) 520 Chapter 26. Paul S. Rowe, “Render Unto Caesar . . . What? Reflections on the Work of William Cavanaugh” (2009) 545 Chapter 27. William T. Cavanaugh, “If You Render Unto God What Is God’s, What Is Left for Caesar?” (2009) 571 This volume is the third in the "Perspectives from The Review of Politics " series, following The Crisis of Modern Times , edited by A. James McAdams (2007), and War, Peace, and International Political Realism , edited by Keir Lieber (2009). In A Liberalism Safe for Catholicism? , editors Daniel Philpott and Ryan Anderson chronicle the relationship between the Catholic Church and American liberalism as told through twenty-seven essays selected from the history of the Review of Politics , dating back to the journal's founding in 1939. The primary subject addressed in these essays is the development of a Catholic political liberalism in response to the democratic environment of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Works by Jacques Maritain, Heinrich Rommen, and Yves R. Simon forge the case for the compatibility of Catholicism and American liberal institutions, including the civic right of religious freedom. The conversation continues through recent decades, when a number of Catholic philosophers called into question the partnership between Christianity and American liberalism and were debated by others who rejoined with a strenuous defense of the partnership. The book also covers a wide range of other topics, including democracy, free market economics, the common good, human rights, international politics, and the thought of John Henry Newman, John Courtney Murray, and Alasdair MacIntyre, as well as some of the most prominent Catholic thinkers of the last century, among them John Finnis, Michael Novak, and William T. Cavanaugh. This book will be of special interest to students and scholars of political science, journalists and policymakers, church leaders, and everyday Catholics trying to make sense of Christianity in modern society. Contributors: Daniel Philpott, Ryan T. Anderson, Jacques Maritain, Alvan S. Ryan, Heinrich Rommen, Josef Pieper, Yves R. Simon, Ernest L. Fortin, John Finnis, Paul E. Sigmund, David C. Leege, Thomas R. Rourke, Michael Novak, Michael J. Baxter, David L. Schindler , Joseph A. Komonchak, John Courtney Murray, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Francis J. Connell, Carson Holloway, James V. Schall, Gary D. Glenn, John Stack, Glenn Tinder, Clarke E. Cochran, William A. Barbieri, Jr., Thomas S. Hibbs, Paul S. Rowe, and William T. Cavanaugh. Cover -- A LIBERALISM SAFE FOR CATHOLICISM? -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Review of Politics and the Story of American Catholicism -- CHAPTER 1. "The End of Machiavellianism" (1942) -- CHAPTER 2. "The Development of Newman's Political Thought" (1945) -- CHAPTER 3. "Church and State" (1950) -- CHAPTER 4. "The Social Meaning of Leisure in the Modern World" (1950) -- CHAPTER 5. "Common Good and Common Action" (1960) -- CHAPTER 6. "The New Rights Theory and the Natural Law" (1982) -- CHAPTER 7. "Grounding Human Rights in Natural Law" (2015, response to Fortin) -- CHAPTER 8. "The Catholic Tradition and Modern Democracy" (1987) -- CHAPTER 9. "Catholics and the Civic Order: Parish Participation, Polities, and Civic Participation" (1988) -- CHAPTER 10. "Michael Novak and Yves R. Simon on the Common Good and Capitalism" (1996) -- CHAPTER 11. "A 'Catholic Whig' Replies" (1996) -- CHAPTER 12. "Response to a 'Catholic Whig'" (1996) -- CHAPTER 13. "Catholicism and Liberalism: Kudos and Questions for Communio Ecclesiology" (1998) -- CHAPTER 14. "Liberal Ideology, an Eternal No -- Liberal Institutions, a Temporal Yes? And Further Questions" (1998) -- CHAPTER 15. "Communio Ecclesiology and Liberalism" (1998) -- CHAPTER 16. "'The Crisis in Church-State Relationships in the U.S.A.': A Recently Discovered Text by John Courtney Murray" (1999) -- CHAPTER 17. "Christianity, Magnanimity, and Statesmanship" (1999) -- CHAPTER 18. "Fides et Ratio: Approaches to a Roman Catholic Political Philosophy" (2000) -- CHAPTER 19. "Is American Democracy Safe for Catholicism?" (2000) -- CHAPTER 20. "The Core of Freedom: Public or Private?" (2000) -- CHAPTER 21. "Robust Tension over Safety" (2000) -- CHAPTER 22. "Democracy Unsafe, Compared to What? The Totalitarian Impulse of Contemporary Liberals" (2000) -- CHAPTER 23. "Response to Our Critics" (2000)