Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government,

Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government, a Free Economy, and Human Flourishing

Over the past fifty years, increasing numbers of American Catholics have abandoned the economic positions associated with Franklin Rooseveltâ€™s New Deal and chosen to embrace the principles of economic freedom and limited government: ideals upheld by Ronald Reagan and the Tea Party movement but also deeply rooted in the American Founding. This shift, alongside Americaâ€™s growing polarization around economic questions, has generated fierce debates among Catholic Americans in recent years. Can a believing Catholic support free markets? Does the Catholic social justice commitment translate directly into big government? Do limited government Catholic Americans have something unique to contribute to the Churchâ€™s thinking about the economic challenges confronting all Catholics around the globe?

In Tea Party Catholic, Samuel Gregg draws upon Catholic teaching, natural law theory, and the thought of the only Catholic Signer of Americaâ€™s Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll of Carrolltonâ€”the first â€œTea Party Catholicâ€â€”to develop a Catholic case for the values and institutions associated with the free economy, limited government, and Americaâ€™s experiment in ordered liberty. Beginning with the nature of freedom and human flourishing, Gregg underscores the moral and economic benefits of business and markets as well as the welfare stateâ€™s problems. Gregg then addresses several related issues that divide Catholics in America. These include the demands of social justice, the role of unions, immigration, poverty, and the relationship between secularism and big government.

Above all, Gregg underlines how economic freedomâ€™s corrosion in America is undermining the United Statesâ€™ robust commitment to religious libertyâ€”a principle integral not only to the American Founding and the life of Charles Carroll but also the teaching of the Second Vatican Council. As a creative minority, Gregg argues, limited government Catholics can help transform the wider movement to reground the United States upon the best insights of the American Experimentâ€”and thereby save that Experiment itself.
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Country	USA
Brand	Herder & Herder
Manufacturer	Herder & Herder
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780824549817
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government, a Free Economy, and Human Flourishing

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