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Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture
Secular political ideologies attempt to provide a total view of reality without reference to the transcendent. Yet all of them are, at heart, forms of idolatry, commanding their adherents to structure their lives around temporary and finite goods, which leads them to worship the false gods of pleasure, self, tribe, or fortune. In time, these diverse idols produce the same individual and social turmoil.
In Evangelization and How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture , Matthew R. Petrusek offers an antidote to ideological the principles of Catholic social thought. Analyzing the philosophical foundations of the four reigning secular ideologies of our day―utilitarianism, classical liberalism/libertarianism, progressivism/wokeism, and non-theistic conservatism―Petrusek shows how Catholic teaching, while respecting the genuine concerns of these worldviews, responds to their errors and deficiencies by providing a more rational and moral alternative.
For many, the best way forward for the Church is steering clear of the sociopolitical arena altogether. But there is our hyper-politicized society is an opportunity for evangelization rather than an obstacle. Evangelization and Ideology offers readers an understanding of the roots of our broken political culture and a map for redirecting it back to the transcendent God and the authentic human good.
In Evangelization and How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture , Matthew R. Petrusek offers an antidote to ideological the principles of Catholic social thought. Analyzing the philosophical foundations of the four reigning secular ideologies of our day―utilitarianism, classical liberalism/libertarianism, progressivism/wokeism, and non-theistic conservatism―Petrusek shows how Catholic teaching, while respecting the genuine concerns of these worldviews, responds to their errors and deficiencies by providing a more rational and moral alternative.
For many, the best way forward for the Church is steering clear of the sociopolitical arena altogether. But there is our hyper-politicized society is an opportunity for evangelization rather than an obstacle. Evangelization and Ideology offers readers an understanding of the roots of our broken political culture and a map for redirecting it back to the transcendent God and the authentic human good.
- GenresPhilosophy
480 pages, Hardcover
Published July 17, 2023
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About the author
Matthew Petrusek
5 books2 followersMatthew R. Petrusek, PhD is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics.
He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity, The Search for a Meaningful Life; Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries; and Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity.
Petrusek lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity, The Search for a Meaningful Life; Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries; and Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity.
Petrusek lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
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March 30, 2024
I preface this with: I hate Philosophy! The reason it took so long to read, as with all philosophers, a page is worth chapters of any other book. I am astounded by how little the different political sides really differ. In the end, Catholic social thought tradition gives us a rational way to live our lives. A way that brings us together, rather than tearing us apart.
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