{"title":"Yoram Hazony, Conservatism: A Rediscovery","authors":"Philip J. Harold","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232825","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"George Weigel, To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II","authors":"David A. Tamisiea","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232831","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is a victory not just for the pro-life movement in particular, but also for sound jurisprudence in general. But how long will this victory last? This article concludes that it will likely be for some time, but also acknowledges a few ways by which Dobbs may be challenged, particularly state politics, public opinion, a biased media, and skewed polling. It acknowledges that while most Americans favor restrictions on abortion, most do not favor its elimination altogether, concluding that the pro-life movement must now work towards what is truly necessary: a cultural renewal in this nation that favors a culture of life.
{"title":"The Coming Tension between the Pro-Life Movement and Public Opinion","authors":"Thomas F. X. Varacalli","doi":"10.5840/cssr2023287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr2023287","url":null,"abstract":"The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is a victory not just for the pro-life movement in particular, but also for sound jurisprudence in general. But how long will this victory last? This article concludes that it will likely be for some time, but also acknowledges a few ways by which Dobbs may be challenged, particularly state politics, public opinion, a biased media, and skewed polling. It acknowledges that while most Americans favor restrictions on abortion, most do not favor its elimination altogether, concluding that the pro-life movement must now work towards what is truly necessary: a cultural renewal in this nation that favors a culture of life.","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"2016 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoram Hazony’s recent book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery, is the closest one gets to a political theory of national conservatism. Hazony recognizes many of the same political goods that traditional conservatives and Catholic thinkers do. However, Hazony’s particular understanding of nationalism undermines these goods by advocating for a centralized state at the expense of healthy regionalism. Hazony overlooks the contribution made by the Catholic Church to restraining modern executive power.
{"title":"Hazony, Traditional Conservatism, and the Problem of History","authors":"Bruce P. Frohnen","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232810","url":null,"abstract":"Yoram Hazony’s recent book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery, is the closest one gets to a political theory of national conservatism. Hazony recognizes many of the same political goods that traditional conservatives and Catholic thinkers do. However, Hazony’s particular understanding of nationalism undermines these goods by advocating for a centralized state at the expense of healthy regionalism. Hazony overlooks the contribution made by the Catholic Church to restraining modern executive power.","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
While the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is a cause for rejoicing, it is at the same time a cause for frustration, as it is maddeningly incomplete. This article examines a central problem with the Court’s decision in Dobbs: its studied refusal to take up the question of the personhood of a fetus, and thus its entitlement to rights and protections under law. While the Court in Dobbs sensibly demolished the notion that there is some kind of natural right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution, and thus sent the matter back to the states, the problem of abortion in America still remains. This article presents a number of the problems that the Dobbs decision brings in its wake, and indicates that pro-lifers will still have a great deal of work to do to address them.
{"title":"An Assessment of the Reasoning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization","authors":"Steven J. Brust","doi":"10.5840/cssr2023284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr2023284","url":null,"abstract":"While the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is a cause for rejoicing, it is at the same time a cause for frustration, as it is maddeningly incomplete. This article examines a central problem with the Court’s decision in Dobbs: its studied refusal to take up the question of the personhood of a fetus, and thus its entitlement to rights and protections under law. While the Court in Dobbs sensibly demolished the notion that there is some kind of natural right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution, and thus sent the matter back to the states, the problem of abortion in America still remains. This article presents a number of the problems that the Dobbs decision brings in its wake, and indicates that pro-lifers will still have a great deal of work to do to address them.","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136217880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bill Donohue, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes","authors":"Ronald J. Rychlak","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232820","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136217881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anthony M. Annett, Cathonomics","authors":"Levi A. Russell","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232817","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"255 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patrick J. Gallo, The Nazis, the Vatican and the Jews of Rome","authors":"Ernest Greco","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232822","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"255 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136218260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marie Gayle, Blandine Chelini-Pont, and Mark J. Rozell, editors, Catholics and US Politics after the 2020 Elections: Understanding the “Swing Vote”","authors":"Vincent Stine","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232823","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136216720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pope Benedict XVI’s Deus caritas est rightly receives much attention for the beautiful discussion of the nature of love in the encyclical’s first part. The second part of the encyclical, however, does not receive the attention it deserves. There Benedict describes the proper role of the Church in bringing about justice, and moreover, teaches that not only a commitment to justice is necessary for the securing of the common good, but also social charity which perfects and surpasses justice. Pope Benedict describes the important role of politics in advancing the common good while also emphasizing the necessity of charity for politics to perform its function well, and ultimately, for a good which transcends the demands of justice to be attained.
{"title":"The Social Teaching in Benedict XVI’s Deus Caritas Est","authors":"Daniel Zoumaya","doi":"10.5840/cssr20232816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20232816","url":null,"abstract":"Pope Benedict XVI’s Deus caritas est rightly receives much attention for the beautiful discussion of the nature of love in the encyclical’s first part. The second part of the encyclical, however, does not receive the attention it deserves. There Benedict describes the proper role of the Church in bringing about justice, and moreover, teaches that not only a commitment to justice is necessary for the securing of the common good, but also social charity which perfects and surpasses justice. Pope Benedict describes the important role of politics in advancing the common good while also emphasizing the necessity of charity for politics to perform its function well, and ultimately, for a good which transcends the demands of justice to be attained.","PeriodicalId":348926,"journal":{"name":"The Catholic Social Science Review","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136216734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}