Manufacturer: Catholic University of America Press
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Josiah Royce
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
Publication Date: 2001-10
Reading Level: 425
Description: This new paperback edition of Royce's late masterpiece presents his philosophical interpretation of Christianity's fundamental ideas -- community, sin, atonement, and saving grace -- and shows their relevance to the current confluence of world religions.
Description: Since the Baltimore Catechism was first launched in 1885, it has proved an incomparable tool for passing on the faith to the next generation. The revival of this Catechism reflects the growing realization among Catholics, that to accept, practice and defend the holy faith, we must first understand and learn its truths. The Baltimore Catechism clearly and concisely explains what Catholics believe.
The question and answer format is useful for anyone who wants to grow in his or her knowledge of the faith of the Catholic Church. It is also perfect for parents who want to instruct their children in the fundamentals of Catholicism.
This book contains 37 lessons, more in depth than Baltimore Catechism No.1, and is appropriate for grades 6-9.
Description: "Christ tells his followers to do unto others as they would have others do unto them," writes Judge John T. Noonan in the introduction to The Lustre of Our Country, his expansive study of religious liberty and its relationship with American law. "From such sayings a deduction in favor of religious freedom seems obvious; but such sayings have been contained in cultural contexts that made the deduction imperfect." Enter James Madison, whom Noonan argues, found the perfect phraseology to theoretically transcend cultural context and effectively circumvent lawful coercion, ultimately making him "the man primarily responsible for religious freedom becoming the first of our liberties."
Noonan thoroughly and artfully examines how the Madisonian ideal has been tested and assimilated over the years through various court cases, and how the First Amendment has influenced the struggle for religious freedom elsewhere, from revolutionary France to post-WWII Japan and Russia after the cold war. Noonan avoids becoming too dry, writing several chapters in a disparate voice (a brief autobiographical sketch, a letter from the sister of Alexis de Toqueville, and a chapter in the form of a catechism are highlights), illustrating how the notion of religious liberty has imbued every segment of our society. Noonan himself professes that freedom of religion is America's greatest contribution to the world.
