Religion and Public Life: The Legacy of Monsignor John A. Ryan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761820922 ISBN 13: 9780761820925

Publisher: University Press of America, 2001

Synopsis

Religion and Public Life is a collection of papers delivered at a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Msgr. John A. Ryan, who was the most prominent and influential American advocate of the Catholic social tradition in the first half of the twentieth century. He was a rare combination of scholar, priest, and political realist. Most of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he was both a professor at the Catholic University of America and a principal representative of the American bishops to Congress. This collection serves as a fine introduction to Ryan's thought as well as a survey of some of the more pressing current issues in the Catholic social tradition.

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Review:

...this collection contains some useful and interesting articles...--Thomas Storck "New Oxford Review "

The editors...have done an admirable job in assembling this volume and making the papers of this important conference available.--Zachary R. Calo "The Catholic Historical Review "

About the Author:

Robert G. Kennedy is Professor in the Department of Management & Center for Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Mary Christine Athans, B.V.M. is Professor of Church History at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Bernard V. Brady is Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Michael J. Naughton is Associate Professor of Theology and Business, and Director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761820922
• ISBN 13: 9780761820925
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Kennedy Robert G., Athans B.V.M. Mary Christine, Brady Bernard V., McDonough William C., Naughton Michael J.