![]() ![]() ![]() (The recent Catholic document about, among other things, climate change, stands in a line of often remarkable encyclicals, sometimes moving Catholic Social Teaching forward in very interesting ways.) Although it is usually only in the background, CPJ draws somewhat on the Dutch theologian, journalist, and statesman, Abraham Kuyper – founder of a unique political party in the early 1900s which catapulted him to Prime Minister of Holland. From Augustine to Aquinas, Luther to Wesley, there have been robust, Biblically-shaped, and (sometimes) truly helpful theories about the implications of a Christian political vision. Well, maybe not so new.Ī robust social theory has been articulated by many in church history, preceding the current fascination with donkeys and elephants. The book list I compiled and annotated for that column tows no party line, and I hope it was interesting and helpful. Passionate about the unavoidable Biblical call to do justice, but working out of a somewhat different cultural and social approach than many other faith-based advocates in DC, CPJ’s Capitol Commentary offers essays that are attempting to transcend the predictable ping-pong back and forth between liberals and conservatives, trying to frame things in fresh and new ways. ![]()
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