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“A relaxed imperial Catholic integralism, mit Schlag”
Over at Theopolis, Susannah Black Roberts has a nice reflection on the Austrian empire, attempting to “read” the cityscapes of Vienna and other cities once under Habsburg rule—she mentions the peculiar feel that cities such as Trieste, and Ljubljana and Varaždin and Zagreb have. (Trieste seems to me a slightly special case, because of the… Continue reading
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Is Integralism Conservative?
Over at The Josias I consider whether integralism is conservative. In the spirit of the scholastic disputation I neither simply affirm nor deny, but distinguish: in a way yes, and in a way no. Continue reading
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Second Volume of Essays on Integralism and the Common Good
I have edited a second volume of essays on integralism and the common good which is now out from Angelico Press. The essays were mostly published on The Josias, but I have written a new preface and conclusion for them. Continue reading
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Volume of Essays on Integralism and the Common Good
I have co-edited the first of two volumes of essays on integralism and the common good, which is now out from Angelico Press. The essays were mostly published on The Josias, but I have written a preface for the collection in which I discuss the two best things in life. Continue reading
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Crean and Fimister’s Integralism Book
…is now available in the US (as well as in Europe). I think it not only one of the best books on political philosophy in decades, but also an important work of ecclesiology. Update: The Kindle edition is coming out tomorrow (March 16th). Continue reading
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Integralism and the Lamb that was Slain
Over at Church Life Journal I have an article up responding to a critique of integralism by Timothy Troutner. I give an exposition of the goods of hierarchy and obedience, and how true freedom and equality depend on them. I argue that the exercise of temporal power for spiritual ends can be a good, albeit… Continue reading
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Integralism Today
Artur Rosman invited me to write something on integralism for Church Life Journal, and so it went up today under the title “What Is Integralism Today?“— a reference to Balthasar’s “Integralismus heute“. Here is a snip: All political agents, whether they admit it or not, imply some definite conception of the good for man in their action. As… Continue reading