Catholic and American: The Political Theology of John Courtney Murray - Paperback

by Thomas P. Ferguson (Author)

John Courtney Murray's analysis of the problem of religious liberty included scholarly investigations of both theoretical and practical questions of perennial interest to theologians, Church historians, political theorists, and philosophers. Murray encountered resistance from those who failed to recognize the normative value of religious freedom in the 20th-century. Nonetheless, the Second Vatican Council acknowledged his genius by incorporating many of his ideas in their Declaration on Religious Liberty.

Author Biography

Thomas P. Ferguson is a research fellow at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.