William F. Dougherty (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight discoloration to pages, DJ shows some wear along edges and spine, DJ back cover shows some red stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by author. Octavo, 70pp, in perfect-bound wrappers (moderate soiling and wear, else very good). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2006 Catholic University America hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. From the cover: The authors present a truly multidisciplinary approach to the topic - the contributors include philosophers, psychologists, political scientists, a theologian, and an architect. Special attention is given to the theology and anthropology of Pope John Paul II whose writings vividly condense the searching examination and robust conception of human nature developed over the centuries. Readers are reminded of just how central the Church's teaching has been to Western Civilization in all of its projections and are thus alerted to the conditions likely to preserve or threaten it. Contents: Acknowledgments Foreword: Richard Gill, L.C. Introduction: Gladys M. Sweeney 1. Human Nature and States of Nature in John Paul II's Theological Anthropology: Russell Hittinger 2. Five Republics: Kevin L. Flannery, S.J. 3. Secularist and Christian Views of Human Nature and Its Fulfillment: Implications for Bioethics and Environmentalism: Peter F. Ryan, S.J. 4. Restricting Reasons, Attenuating Discourse: Rawls, Habermas, and the Catholic Problem: Robert P. George 5. The Historical Dimension of Human Nature and Its Uses in the Contemporary World: Robert Royal 6. The 'Human Person' and the Laws - and the God of Persons and Laws: Hadley Arkes 7. Making Man's Dignity Visible in Buildings: The Foundations in Leon Battista Alberti's De Re Aedificatoria: Carroll William Westfall 8. Science and Faith: The Warrants for Belief: Daniel N. Robinson 9. Newman vs. Humboldt and the Vision of Leo XIII: Jude P. Dougherty 10. Colloquies Notes Bibliography Contributors. …