On the road to Emmaus the Catholic dialogue with America and modernity / Glenn W. Olsen.

Author/creator Olsen, Glenn W., 1938-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press,
Descriptionvii, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Christianity and culture--United States. --History. --21st century.
Church and state--United States. --History. --21st century.
Christianity and politics--United States. --History. --21st century.

Contents The "Catholic moment" and the question of inculturation -- The investiture contest -- Lay spirituality ad majorem Dei gloriam -- Christian faith in a neo-pagan society -- Thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven : the place of the family in creation -- Separating church and state -- Religion, politics, and America at the millennium -- America as an Enlightenment culture -- John Rawls and the flight from authority : the quest for equality as an exercise in primitivism -- The quest for a public philosophy in twentieth-century American political thought -- Unity, plurality, and subsidiarity in twentieth-century context -- The ethics of conquest : the European background of Spain's mission in the New World.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-303) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011033549
ISBN9780813219547 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081321954X (cloth : alk. paper)

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