A patriot for the world: journalist and scholar Barbara Ward brought a Christian conscience to global issues.(ESSAY)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

In a society riven by religious fundamentalism, one hears the faint echo of Tertullian's query: What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem? At their peril Catholics forget that they have a counter to this stark divide between the life of the mind and the spirit. They are inheritors of a rich tradition linking Catholic intellectual life and values to questions of human well-being and social justice. That 20th century inheritance grows dimmer each year. To recover both its history and the lives of its participants is no academic venture. Its retrieval has important consequences for ...

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