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100	1		_aGregg, Samuel, _d1969- _95644
245	1	0	_aTea party Catholic : _bthe Catholic case for limited government, a free economy, and human flourishing / _cSamuel Gregg ; [foreword by] Michael Novak.
263			_a1308
300			_apages cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Over the past fifty years, increasing numbers of American Catholics have abandoned the economic positions associated with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and chosen to embrace the principles of economic freedom and limited government: ideals upheld by Ronald Reagan and the Tea Party movement but also deeply rooted in the American Founding. This shift, alongside America's growing polarization around economic questions, has generated fierce debates among Catholic Americans in recent years. Can a believing Catholic support free markets? Does the Catholic social justice commitment translate directly into big government? Do limited government Catholic Americans have something unique to contribute to the Church's thinking about the economic challenges confronting all Catholics around the globe? In Tea Party Catholic, Samuel Gregg draws upon Catholic teaching, natural law theory, and the thought of the only Catholic Signer of America's Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll of Carrollton--the first "Tea Party Catholic"--to develop a Catholic case for the values and institutions associated with the free economy, limited government, and America's experiment in ordered liberty. Beginning with the nature of freedom and human flourishing, Gregg underscores the moral and economic benefits of business and markets as well as the welfare state's problems. Gregg then addresses several related issues that divide Catholics in America. These include the demands of social justice, the role of unions, immigration, poverty, and the relationship between secularism and big government. Above all, Gregg underlines how economic freedom's corrosion in America is undermining the United States' robust commitment to religious liberty--a principle integral not only to the American Founding and the life of Charles Carroll but also the teaching of the Second Vatican Council. As a creative minority, Gregg argues, limited government Catholics can help transform the wider movement to reground the United States upon the best insights of the American Experiment--and thereby save that Experiment itself"--
520			_a"Large number of Catholics - especially practicing Catholics - have gravitated to the conservative side of American politics since the 1970s. This is often because of the Democratic Party's position on controversial social issues. The sales of books written by American Catholics such as Michael Novak and Robert Sirico who are strong proponents of the free market economy indicate that such Catholics are looking for, and inspired to buy, books that make a Catholic case for economic freedom, free markets, and limited government"--
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xPolitical activity _zUnited States. _95645
610	2	0	_aTea Party Patriots. _95646
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xDoctrines. _95647
650		0	_aChristian conservatism _zUnited States. _95648
650		0	_aChurch and social problems _xCatholic Church. _95649
650		0	_aChurch and social problems _zUnited States. _95650
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zUnited States. _95651
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _xCatholic Church. _95652
650		7	_aRELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. _2bisacsh _95653
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues. _2bisacsh _95654
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. _2bisacsh _95655
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