{"product_id":"commonweal-confronts-the-century-liberal-convictions-catholic-tradition-paperback-1","title":"Commonweal Confronts the Century: Liberal Convictions, Catholic Tradition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThe Editors of Commonweal Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Steinfels\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BEST OF THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For 75 years, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e magazine has sought to bring Catholic faith and modern life -- especially the experience of American freedom and diversity -- into fruitful contact. Now \u003ci\u003eCommonweal Confronts the Century\u003c\/i\u003e not only marks the anniversary of this distinguished journal, it also traces the ways in which the Catholic intellectual tradition has struggled with modernity, democratic institutions, and American culture while remaining faithful to its heritage. \u003cbr\u003e Collected here are many of the most provocative essays the journal has published by a number of the century's most distinguished writers and thinkers. Together they confront controversial issues of continuing relevance within both the Catholic Church and American society in general. In the pages of \u003ci\u003eCommonweal, \u003c\/i\u003e liberal Catholics have carried on a dialogue about American culture and politics, the arts, religious pluralism, domestic upheaval, war and peace, liberal freedoms, and new moral and sexual sensibilities. Here is a feast of argument, observations, and good writing that will appeal to both the religiously informed and the intellectually curious. Highlights of \u003ci\u003eCommonweal Confronts the Century\u003c\/i\u003e include: \u003cbr\u003e Dorothy Day on poverty\u003cbr\u003e Graham Greene on his religious conversion\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Merton on nuclear war\u003cbr\u003e Jean Bethke Elshtain on gay marriage\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Callahan on health care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 75 years, Commonweal magazine has sought to bring Catholic faith and modern life -- especially the experience of American freedom and diversity -- into fruitful contact. Now Commonweal Confronts the Century not only marks the anniversary of this distinguished journal, it also traces the ways in which the Catholic intellectual tradition has struggled with modernity, democratic institutions, and American culture while remaining faithful to its heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here are many of the most provocative essays the journal has published by a number of the century's most distinguished writers and thinkers. Together they confront controversial issues of continuing relevance within both the Catholic Church and American society in general. In the pages of Commonweal, liberal Catholics have carried on a dialogue about American culture and politics, the arts, religious pluralism, domestic upheaval, war and peace, liberal freedoms, and new moral and sexual sensibilities. Here is a feast of argument, observations, and good writing that will appeal to both the religiously informed and the intellectually curious. Highlights of Commonweal Confronts the Century include: \u003cbr\u003e-- DOROTHY DAY ON POVERTY\u003cbr\u003e-- GRAHAM GREENE ON HIS RELIGIOUS CONVERSION\u003cbr\u003e-- THOMAS MERTON ON NUCLEAR WAR\u003cbr\u003e-- JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN ON GAY MARRIAGE\u003cbr\u003e-- DANIEL CALLAHAN ON HEALTH CARE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Steinfels\u003c\/b\u003e, former co-director of the Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture, is a university professor at Fordham. He was religion columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e. Steinfels is the author of \u003ci\u003eA People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2003). He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.4 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52988260385075,"sku":"9780684862767","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NplnVC9JIb9780684862767_29018fd9-eb6e-4fce-9f47-b76e981f18ca.webp?v=1769076573","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/commonweal-confronts-the-century-liberal-convictions-catholic-tradition-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}