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stoutfellowLast month, in a speech at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan said the following:
"Catholic social teaching tells us that our public moral culture—the foundation of our political culture—is shaped by these natural institutions and free associations of civil society. And it cautions us against allowing the state too great a reach into civil society."
The most prominent Catholic social philosopher of the last century was Jacques Maritain. The Wikipedia article on Maritain is... quite interesting in connection with Ryan's claim, as is the linked article on the Christian Democratic movement.
The choicest bit, though, is the mention of one of Maritain's correspondents and friends: Saul Alinsky.....
(I should perhaps note that I've read a small part of Maritain's book "Integral Humanism", but found it tough going and remember very little of it.)
"Catholic social teaching tells us that our public moral culture—the foundation of our political culture—is shaped by these natural institutions and free associations of civil society. And it cautions us against allowing the state too great a reach into civil society."
The most prominent Catholic social philosopher of the last century was Jacques Maritain. The Wikipedia article on Maritain is... quite interesting in connection with Ryan's claim, as is the linked article on the Christian Democratic movement.
The choicest bit, though, is the mention of one of Maritain's correspondents and friends: Saul Alinsky.....
(I should perhaps note that I've read a small part of Maritain's book "Integral Humanism", but found it tough going and remember very little of it.)
