liberal societies and the memory of God Schindler, David L. 1943- creator text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Mich W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2011 monographic eng

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xiv, 455 p. ; 23 cm. Part I. Liberal societies and the memory of God. "Keeping the world awake to God" : Benedict XVI in America -- Cultural implications of religions in public life : recuperating the deeper questions -- The dramatic nature of life : liberal societies and the foundations of human dignity -- Truth, freedom, and relativism in Western democracies : Pope Benedict XVI's contributions to Without roots -- Civil community inside the liberal state : truth, freedom, and human dignity -- Charity, justice, and the church's activity in the world : a reflection on Deus caritas est -- Does the free market produce free persons? -- Market liberalism and an economic culture of gift and gratitude -- The significance of world and culture for moral theology : veritatis splendor and the nature of the body -- The embodied person as gift and the cultural task in America -- Part II. Thinking and acting in a technological age. George Grant and modernity's technological ontology -- Liturgy and the integrity of cosmic order : the theology of Alexander Schmemann -- Living and thinking reality in its integrity : originary experience, God, and the task of education -- Religion and secularity in a culture of abstraction : on the integrity of space, time, matter, and motion -- Modernity and the nature of a distinction : Balthasar's ontology of generosity -- The given as gift : creation and disciplinary abstraction in science -- The anthropological vision of caritas in veritate in light of economic and cultural life in the United States. David L. Schindler. Includes bibliographical references and index. Love Religious aspects Christianity Love Civilization, Modern 21st century Life Conduct of life BV 4639 .S3425 2011 241/.4 9780802864307 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802864309 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2011016000 DLC 110420 20130522131007.0 16742957