Persons and Liberal Democracy: The Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II

by Edward Barrett

Moving from an historical analysis of the Catholic Church's gradual endorsement of liberal democracy to an explication of the ethical and political thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, Persons and Liberal Democracy concisely explains the relatively recent shift in the Church's political theory and, in the process, defends what could be deemed a non-statist form of welfare liberalism. This book offers a systematic account of John Paul's philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739121146
• ISBN13: 9780739121146
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"