{"product_id":"4148","title":"Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching, by Anthony Esolen, # 4148","description":"Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching, by Anthony Esolen, # 4148\u003cbr\u003epaperback 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReclaiming Catholic Social Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Esolen pulls back the curtain on these false philosophers, showing how they've undermined the authentic teachings of the Church in order to neutralize the biggest threat to their plans for secularization — the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsolen explains that Catholic Social Teaching isn't focused exclusively on serving the poor. Indeed, it offers us a rich treasure of insights about the nature of man, his eternal destiny, the sanctity of marriage, and the important role of the family in building a coherent and harmonious society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatholic Social Teaching offers a unified worldview. What the Church says about the family is inextricable from what she says about the poor: and what she says about the Eucharist informs the essence of her teachings on education, the arts — and even government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will step away from these pages with a profound understanding of the root causes of the ills that afflict our society, and — thanks to Anthony Esolen — well equipped to propose compelling remedies for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly an authentically Catholic culture provides for a stable and virtuous society that allows Christians to do the real work that can unite rich and poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe must reclaim Catholic Social Teaching if we are to transform our society into the ideal mapped out by the Church: a land of sinners, yes, but one enriched with love of God and neighbor and sustained by the very heart of the Church's social teaching: the most holy Eucharist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the many vital topics covered in this compelling book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE SOCIAL NEED FOR RELIGION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy the survival of civil society demands that we make moral judgments\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA good and a true society: learn in detail what it would look like\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSecular humanism: why it’s a contradiction in terms\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy a city without God is not a bad city: it’s no city\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHUMAN LIBERTY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy Pope Leo denounced the “thirst for novelty,” and the “lost for new things” – and why you must, too\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy true piety always gives the benefit of the doubt to what has come from our forefathers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy every government that rejects the natural law will fall\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGovernment gridlock: it’s inevitable in a godless society (Pope Leo foretold it over a century ago)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eUs or them: Why the secular state must crush the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARRIAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat even pagans understand about marriage (but America has forgotten)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow acceptance of divorce corrodes all other human relations, mortally wounding society itself\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe inner unity between Catholic teachings about sex and Catholic teachings about society\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSexual sin: Pope Leo shows how it leads either to chaos or (yes!) to rule by a totalitarian State\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FAMILY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eParental rights: how they can neither be abolished nor absorbed by the state\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe family: it’s not defined by the state (Indeed, the state comes forth from the family and must answer to them)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe one thing parents must be sure to teach their children (Are you doing it?)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOCIAL LIFE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy government is always less effective than free associations of men and women\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHands off! Why rulers have no right to interfere in religious organizations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Boy Scouts: Pope Leo shows why its rules are not the business of government\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCatholic hospitals: Why secular governments must inevitably come to hate – and attempt to destroy — the church’s charitable work with the poor and downcast. 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