Against The Grain: Chrisitanity And Democracy, War And Peace

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In this key volume, Catholicism's premier public intellectual presents his most influential writings on today's pressing global issues, making an eloquent case for democratic structures, just war, and the central role of reason in an irrational world. (Catholic) 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.

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