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Toward the renewal of civilization
T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan; with a foreword by Archabbot Douglas R. NowickiLog in to track your reading progress.
Overview
This work addresses the troubling state of contemporary society and explores grounds for renewal. Twelve leading scholars and social thinkers look at various aspects of the political and cultural foundations of American and Western civilization and describe how new ideologies and institutional changes have challenged traditional understandings of human nature and society. The authors argue that the abandonment of the moral and intellectual heritage of America’s founding principles has contributed to the disorder and social decline so prevalent today.Topics covered in this book include: the counter-culture of the sixties, politics and culture, Christian philosophy, intellectual history, the American founding, liberalism, social-sexual values, natural law, ``high'' culture and popular culture, and multiculturalism.
Contributors:
William B. Allen
Hadley Arkes
Martha Bayles
Dinesh D'Souza
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Robert P. George
Charles R. Kesler
Hilton Kramer
Joyce Little
Ralph McInerny
Claes G. Ryn
Stephen J. Tonsor III
Editorials
University Bookman
This collection addresses conservative anxieties and aspirations in a courteously engaging, invariably informed, and often sharply mischievous style. It moves from tightly argued critiques of new academic orthodoxy and occasional bouts of depression, through merciless humor and common sense, to a finale of resilient confidence, secured both in pragmatism and principle.Book Details
Published
July 22, 1998
Publisher
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c1998.
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780802845344