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Reclaiming American Catholicism
"The Catholic Church in the United States stands at a crossroads between crisis and opportunity. At a time when only the second Catholic President in U.S. history is shaped by the culture and many social justice teachings of his faith, the most vocal leaders in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy embrace a culture-war Catholicism that pits them against President Biden, the pastoral priorities of Pope Francis, and many Catholics in the pews. This book, based on many interviews and the author's own reporting, makes the argument that recalibrating the church's engagement with politics and public life is vital for both the Church and the country. Yet American Catholicism is not simply defined by church ...
Democracy and Solidarity
From "the nation's leading cultural historian" (David Brooks, New York Times), the long-developing cultural divisions beneath our present political crisis Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions--most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom, justice, and equality that, tragically, has seldom been realized in practice. While these contradictions have caused dissent and even violence, there was always an underlying and evolving solidarity drawn from the cultural resources of America's "hybrid Enlightenment." James Davison Hunter, who introduced the concept of "culture wars" thirty years ago, tells us in this new book that those historic sources of national ...
Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics
Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics: Analysis, Cases, & Materials is the first interdisciplinary casebook for the field, offering students an innovative and truly global approach to comparative constitutional law. It integrates state-of-the-art literature and caselaw from constitutional law with insights from social science. Each chapter is organized around a key concept, beginning with a bird's-eye view of the topic which introduces the current state of scholarly and legislative debates and encourages thoughtful engagement.
Furious Minds
The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy Donald Trump is not a big thinker, but his 2016 presidential victory presented a grand opportunity for people who are, and it set off a radicalization and reconfiguration of the American conservative intellectual world. In Furious Minds, Laura Field, who spent close to a decade in conservative academic circles, chronicles the rise of the New Right—the network of academics, public intellectuals, and influencers who provide ideological fuel to Trumpism. This movement includes figures such as Patrick Deneen, Christopher Rufo, Peter Thiel, ...
