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Faith, Morality, and Civil Society
Lexington Books 2003; US$ 37.99Editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. more...
Faith, Reason, and Political Life Today
Lexington Books 2001; US$ 42.50This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics, and theology. Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey have fashioned an interdisciplinary consideration of such perennial and enduring issues as the relationship between nature and history,... more...
We Hold These Truths
Sheed & Ward 2005; US$ 35.00The 1960 publication of We Hold These Truths marked a significant event in the history of modern American thought. Since that time, Sheed & Ward has kept the book in print and has published several studies of John Courtney Murray's life and work. We are proud to present a new edition of this classic text, which features a comprehensive introduction... more...
American Political Rhetoric
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2015; US$ 30.00American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political spectrum and contributors range from our... more...
The Future of Liberal Education
Taylor and Francis 2016; US$ 54.95Liberal Education, once the whole of American Higher Education, has been displaced by technical training and career-oriented majors. But it has also suffered from the decline in genuine liberal learning found in humanities disciplines, owing to specialization, politicization, and the adoption of new literary and psychological theories. The social... more...
Lucid Mind, Intrepid Spirit
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 74.00This volume of essays explores the bases and significant aspects of the thought of the contemporary French philosopher, Chantal Delsol. It ranges from studies of her philosophical anthropology to her critique of international law, as well as on her thinking about the human person. An essay on the family enriches and illustrates the latter. A penetrating... more...
The Idea of the American University
Lexington Books 2010; US$ 83.50As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis. This... more...
Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism
Lexington Books 2013; US$ 44.50Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism brings together a collection of new essays that examine the multifaceted ferment between Darwinian biology and classical liberalism. more...
A Political Companion to Walker Percy
The University Press of Kentucky 2013; US$ 40.00In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer . A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation... more...