AEI.Org: Scholar: Michael Novak

Lack-of-Progress Report

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

After six months in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama has a lower job-approval rating than ten of the last twelve presidents at the same point in their presidencies.

What on Earth Is Caritas?

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Catholic sense of the world as a gift of God's love is the central theme of the pontificate of Benedict XVI.

All the Confusion Fit to Print

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

L'Osservatore Romano fails to grasp the full threat President Obama poses for the American Catholic conscience.

Notre Dame Disgrace

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In the eleven weeks since he became president, Barack Obama has opened up every avenue to abortion presented to him.

The Coming Fall

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Presidents are, inevitably, something like Christ figures. They all suffer and, eventually, fall.

Studying Obama's Rhetoric

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Barack Obama's inaugural address sounded more conservative than one might have expected.

We Have a New President

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

What does the election of Senator Barack Obama as the new president of the United States mean?

Does the Free Market Corrode Moral Character?

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

America was founded as a commercial republic, a type most thought to promote the civic spirit that would ensure its democratic vitality. But there are "cultural contradictions" in commerce.

Empathizing with Atheists

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Today, pluralism needs a new set of protections.

Is Notre Dame Back?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The young kids on the new Notre Dame football team really want to win and the veterans maybe more so.

Catholics for Obama?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Democrats have ceded the anti-abortion position to Republicans.

Atheism and Evil

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The atheist view of the world israther bleaker than that of Jews and Christians: suffering under the weight of evil is meaningless, and so is any struggle against evil.

Reconciling Evil with Faith

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

How could a good God let unthinkable suffering torment our world?

Our "Horrible" Economy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Is the U.S. economy as horrible as everyone is saying it is?

A Secretary, a Speaker, and a Priest

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Newt Gingrich's Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8 and William S. Cohen's Dragon Fire are good summer reads.

No One Sees God

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

No One Sees God, which hits bookstores in August, covers God, atheism, and faith.

Two Public Policy Proposals

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Personal medical funds and personally owed retirement accounts are successful in many other nations and should be tried in the United States.

Barack Obama's America

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If we take Barack Obama at his word, his presidency will be in thrall to the American far Left.

Remembering 1968

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The lack of realism in the cultural revolution of the 1960s led to the birth of "the center Right."

Did Pennsylvania Deflate Obama?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Trying to be exquisitely "fair" and managerial, the Democrats forgot one thing: the point of a nomination process is to come out with a clear winner.

American Benediction

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI needs to helpthe American Church, but there may be other reasons for his trip toWashington,D.C.

Venice, O Venice!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Beauty, history, and a shelf of murder mysteries.

Christmas Atheists

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Most atheists unconsciously acknowledge Judeo-Christian ethics in the way they live.

Salt Lake Debate

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Questions may be raised in good faith about a presidential candidate's religion in respect to doctrines that bear upon social and political matters and public law.

Meacham Nods

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Newsweek's Jon Meacham makes two mistakes in his assessment of Mitt Romney's "Faith in America" speech.

Victories--and Defeats

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Throughout the news there are stories of victory and defeat from democracy in Venezuela to Notre Dame's football record.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace. . . .

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Despite much speculation, it is not clear whythe dean of Ave Maria School of Law turned down two tenure petitions and dismissed a tenured professor.

Way of Darkness

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The suffering of Mother Teresa.

Notre Dame Downers

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A happyweekend in Happy Valley.

Civic Biology?

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Tennessee's textbook at issue in the Scopes Monkey Trial promotes Darwinian biology--and racial eugenics.

Knowledge Is Fundamental

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

How the president can fight back on the home front.

Economic Reds: A Diagnosis

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Economic reds like Hillary Clinton and John Edwards forestall economic progress in the United States by expanding thestate machineandhiking tax rates.

The Ebb and Flow of Global Liberty

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Christopher Hitchens Is a Treasure

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Michael Novak reviews Christopher Hitchens's God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

The Moral Majority of the Story

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Both the late Jerry Falwell and his Baptist forebears reminded America of its spiritual and philosophical diversity.

Mr. President, Meet the Benedictines

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

What can the faculty of St. Vincent College in Pennsylvania--a Benedictine institution--expect from George W. Bush's commencement lecture there later this month?

Lonely Atheists of the Global Village

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Atheists who think that believers are simple have a simplistic understanding of belief.

Good, Evil, and My Friend Irwin

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Do true good and true evil exist?

Conservative Bush

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Is George W. Bush a disastrous portrayal of conservatism?

Gambling on Defeat

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Democrats are taking us down the wrong road.

What Washington Saw in God; And How That Vision Shaped His Life and Presidency

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

George Washington more than anyone else established our nation's traditions for speaking about God.

The Leadership of George W. Bush: Con & Pro

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A response to criticism of President Bush's tenure.

A Force

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

This year's State of the Union speech may have been the most clearly argued tour de force of the president's two terms thus far.

Spirit of 1776

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

President Ford paved the way for much that came after him. And, after his presidency, he could not have been more supportive of his successors, even when he disagreed with them.

Just Tragic?

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Michael Novak contributes to a NRO symposium on the execution of Saddam Hussein.

A Lincolnian Christmas

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

2006, 1863: we've been here before.

We Did Not Go into Iraq to Win, But Now We Must

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Michael Novak enlightens Italians on the midterm elections,progress inthe Iraq war, and the future of Europe.

Fraudulent Compassion

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Increasing the minimum wage is not the best way to helpstruggling single mothers, minorities, and the poor.

Iron Lady

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Friends, colleagues, and admirerspay tribute toJeane Kirkpatrick.

In Praise of Jeane Kirkpatrick

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Jeane Kirkpatrick was an enormous force for honesty, liberty, candor, straightforwardness, and sheer moral bravery.

Response to an Atheist Friend

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

For a purely secular morality, weak before the ravages of relativism, moral decadence is an almost irresistible downward drive.

What the Islamists Have Learned

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Today, the purpose of war is sharply political, not military; psychological, not physical.

This Is Progress

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The understated significance of Saddam’s death sentence is its real establishment of the rule of law under Democratic governance in the Middle East.

Letter to an Atheist Friend

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

It is not only “conservative values” that can be reached through the use of reason alone, but also knowledge about God.

November Surprise

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Can Republicans hope for a "November Surprise"?

Faith of Our Fathers

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The most astonishing thing to say about the religion of the Founders is how little it has been studied during the past hundred years.

The Unprincipled Hypocrats

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

SinceDemocrats today are living in a world of illusions about public policy, the only way they can win elections is by deception and dirty tricks.

Remembering Lepanto

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The two greatest naval forces ever assembled--280 ships in the Turkish Armada, some 212 on the Christian side--came into each other's sight on a brilliant morning on October 7.

The Problems of Skeptic & Believer

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Having a religiousview in politics should not automatically associate someone with a Religious Right.

History by Harley

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The spirit of the Old West--explorers, adventurers, cowboys, pioneers--is not dead.

Running into a Wall

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

There seems to be a real panic out there in Secular Land. Some endow the "Christian Right" with dreadful mythical intent to destroy the Bill of Rights.

Down and Up with Notre Dame

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Notre Dame's Fighting Irishbattled through a difficult deficit to win one of the most exciting college football games this season.

It’s 1938 All Over Again

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The enemies of the United States always underestimate the courage and determination of the people of the United States. Too bad. They pay a big price for that.

Notre Dame Forever

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

But I do like it better when Notre Dame is not so highly ranked, and fights its way upwards. Starting near the top always makes me nervous. It is an immigrant thing.

Praying for Wise Decision for Ave Maria Law School

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

I hope that the dreams, concerns and worries of all the faculty at theAve MariaLaw School are carefully heard, and that the best decision for the common good of all is reached.

Truthtelling

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Christianity is growing because it has been better able to adapt to modernity, than modernity to it.

Dear Heather . . .

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This difference in radical choices--the choices ofatheism and belief--isthe epicenter of human dignity. Each person is created free.

Belief & Unbelief III

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Believers and unbelievers live in a darkness that is remarkably the same.

Belief & Unbelief II

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Granted that we all live in darkness, even the atheist must decide how he should live.

My Friend Is Gone, and I Miss Him

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A commemorative retrospective of one of Washington's most celebrated publishers, Philip Merrill.

Belief & Unbelief I

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

If it is comfort that you seek, do not go to belief.

Pope Dan I

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The Da Vinci Code, book and movie, gloats about bringing down the Christian Church. But what does the author, Dan Brown, dream of to fill its place?

Trinity Sunday

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

I am often asked, "What do Catholics mean when they say 'the Trinity'?"

The Dems Will Lose

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The Left has not yet learned the lessons of 1989.

The Bravest President

Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Polls may be fickle. Notable accomplishments endure, as rock-solid facts. The full record of this president may yet turn out to be as highly ranked as his bravery is bound to be.

Hate at the Movies

Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Is themovie version of The Da Vinci Code bound to offend Catholics?

Washington's Sun God

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

There's a reason why Michael Novak and his daughter Jana (co-author of Washington's God) didn't mind a negative review of their book: it was plainly a review of someone else's book.

The Truth About Religious Freedom

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Troubled Continent

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

It looks as though Europe is set to repeat in the 21st century the disasters of the 20th, but we very much need Europe to be successful--and soon.

What "Dark Ages"?

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Rodney Stark's The Victory of Reason.

Lying and Dying

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Watching a once-great political party decay is painful. What happened to the Democrats?

Tocqueville at Two Hundred

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Would America today please Tocqueville? Would it surprise him? Or would he be worried? The answer is, a little of all three.

Hurricane Hysterics

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100

My first recoverable memory is of sitting on the back porch under candlelight in the spring of 1936, the evening after the flood of that year, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

A Fuller Picture

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The poor may suffer worst of all, but they are not the only ones to taste bitter ashes in times of calamity, and to find their souls tested.

Weber's Iron Cage

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

In my view the Catholic faith provides the fullest theory of political and personal liberty that I have ever encountered.

The Blind-Obedience Myth

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The phrase "unquestioned obedience" is a residue of unexamined anti-Catholic bigotry.It is an insult. Its aim can only be to make the new pope look stupidly dogmatic.

John Paul the Great

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Pope John Paul II pointed the way to a new civilization of love--real, serious, self-sacrificing, other-centered, unselfish love.

Rome's Radical Conservative

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI islikely to take culture as the central issue of the new millennium: What is the culture necessary to preserve free societies from their own internal dangers?

Ratzinger on Relativism

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The culture of relativism invites its own destruction, both by its own internal incoherence and by its defenselessness against cultures of faith.

Holy What?!

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

When Catholics speak of the "Holy Spirit" playing a role in the conclave, don't try to imagine a puppeteer pulling strings.

Max Weber Goes Global

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Weber grasped something crucially important about the spiritual wellsprings of capitalism.

Farewell to a Great

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

I am glad I was able to bePope John Paul II's funeraland, when no one was looking, to blow him a final kiss as he disappeared into St. Peter's, out of sight.

Johannis Paulus Magnus

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

From our slumbers, he awakened us. He sailed against every prevailing wind--against communism andsources of division, trivial pursuit, and meaningless distraction.

Religion and the Founders

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Until those on the cultural Left accept the fact that religious principles have nurtured and maintained our constitutional democracy, they will remain on the fringes of our national politics.

A Bold and Brave Advance

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

President Bush's second inaugural has given the American proposition planetary scope.

Positive Indicators in Iraq

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Election day in Iraq may surprise the press.

Bush Bids for Greatness

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

President Bush calls forth a “new birth of freedom" for the whole world as an alternative to tyranny, and in America’s internal lifeas an end to a culture of dependency upon the state.

Global Liberty

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Democracy is the new name for personal dignity and for peace.

The Choice

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Elections in Iraq will be a plebiscite, too,on which version of Islam should prevail.

Blaming God First

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

What are we to say about a human condition in which a 30-foot wall of water takes away the lives of going past 150,000 human beings?

The Power of Christmas

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Those of us who are Christians ought to launch a reciprocal campaign of "Christians in Gratitude to Atheists," to honor the contributions of nonbelievers to our free institutions.

What Did Jesus Do?

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The Democratic Left knows littleabout Christians and Christian faith, and they give in tothe ugly stereotypes that govern their descriptions of Christians.

Bolstered by Bush

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The election victory of George W. Bushis beginning to affect very distant places and great spiritual changes are beginning to display their first sprouts.

A Letter to France

Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The American conservative movement is optimistic and energetic.

By the Dawn's Early Light

Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

At Summer's End

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

A Matter of Honor

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Passions Are High

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100

In Defense of Globalization

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Review of In Defense of Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati.

Why the Dems Will Lose

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100

How will Democrats hatePresident George W.Bush when they lose to him on November 2 by3 or4 percentage points?

Hatred or Hope?

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Reagan and the Poor

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Reaganomics transformed for the better the economic life of the poor in America and of American blacks in particular.

In and Out of Communion

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Prayerful Farewell

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Last week was a celebration of the life and work of Ronald Reagan from the people of this country who loved him so much.

Our Better Angels

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Ronald Reagan defeated Communism, led a new American Revolution, and awoke the better angels of our nature.

Just Peace and the Asymetric Threat

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

What Marriage Is

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Globalization with a Human Face

Wed, 26 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

We need to promote human rights, human dignity, and economicopportunity for the poor in the Muslim world.

The Last Liberal

Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriverby Scott Stossel.

A Pope and a President

Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

On matters regarding "the culture of life," the pope and President George W. Bush will sense in one another quite remarkable allies in another of the most bitter battles of our time.

Kerry's Worry

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Pain, Power, Passion

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Mel Gibson's The Passionis an overpowering religious experience.

A Half-Witted NFL?

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 01:00:00 +0100

Death in 1964

Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100

343

Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Ideological Blinders

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

A lot of light was shed by the performances of five Democratic candidates after the Iowa results came in.

Wealth & Virtue

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

God Bless the ACLU

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

God bless the ACLU for cleansing the public life of the United States, at last, of discriminatory religious speech.

A Spartan Athens

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

State of the Faith

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Martino?

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Bush Haters

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

W., Underestimated

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Game Plan Iraq

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Liberal Game Made Obvious

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Context

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The big picture on American deaths in Iraq.

Mel Gibson's Passion Play

Mon, 25 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Passionis the most powerful movie I have ever seen.

My Catholic President?

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Deeply Held Feelings

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100

It seems that Democrats in the U.S. Senate are officially in favor of judicial candidates of Catholic background who have only "shallow" feelings about their faith.

Medical Costs

Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Two Patterns of Vision

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Charles E. Lindblom's The Market System: What It Is, How It Works, What To Make Of It and Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy.

Neocons

Tue, 20 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Idea of a University

Sat, 03 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Hadley's Comet

Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

A Free Iraq

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Winning of a Just War

Wed, 09 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

An Iraqi Democracy?

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Tone Deaf

Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Mars & Venus

Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Faith of the Founding

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100

George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights, Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, and Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance owe their derivation to a Jewish and Christian worldview.

Understanding Op Iraqi Freedom

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

War's First Day

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Blue Is True

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Blue Environmentalism stands for the spreading of those institutions of empowerment that promote private property and creativity.

The Beginning of Economic Wisdom

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Neither democracy nor capitalism provides much in the way of pure, idealized outcomes, romance, poetry, or myth.

Civilian Casualities & Turmoil

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

An Immoral Tax

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

For decades, progressive economists have tried to make what one called "the uneasy case for the progressive income tax"--without success.

War to Topple Saddam Is a Moral Obligation

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Catholic theologian Michael Novak explains why he believes his Holiness is wrong.

Catholic Scholar Going to Rome to Make a Case for War

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Embodied Self

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

In the very first year of his papacy, Pope John Paul II planted a time bomb in the Church that is not likely to go off until about twenty years from now.

From Helsinki to Pyongyang

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100

In the Heart of America

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100

A Reckoning

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100

That Ten Commandments Case

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Needed

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:00:00 +0100

A Monumental Mistake

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100

America's Founders had no trouble with the God now deemed out of bounds.

The 20th Anniversary of Crisis

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Another Islam

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Beginning in the thirteenth century, the three monotheistic religions parted ways, with the Jewish and Christian world going in one direction and the Islamic world going in another.

Shaking the World to Its Foundations

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100

On that quiet, halcyon September morning of 2001, something metaphysical in the structure of our world, not just psychological, snapped and came alive.

Get It for O'Reilly!

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The Pope's Critics

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The "progressives" will not forgive John Paul II because what they call sexual liberation the Pope regards as the tyranny of the libido, a form of slavery.

Israel! O Israel!

Mon, 13 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The New (York Times) Catholic Church

Wed, 08 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100

The Return of Good and Evil

Thu, 07 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0100

After he lit the inflammatory phrase “the axis of evil”, President Bush has been receiving remarkably little criticism for the “evil” bit, and barely more than that for the “axis” part.

A Nation that Believes

Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100

If terrorists are going to kill us just because we are Americans, we might as well be Americans, and inquire more deeply into what being American means.

A Nation Full of Faith

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Don't call us secular, bin Laden, don't call us unbelievers, and don’t call us infidels.

Agent of Globalization

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Satirical take on globalization protests in France.

Don't Call Me Secular!

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The present war is not a war between a secular nation and a Muslim nation; ours is not a secular nation.

The Stem-Cell Slide

Mon, 03 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100

With stem cell speech, Bush tried to maintain a position of principle, but what he ended up doing was giving away the principle.

The Principle's the Thing

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100

With stem-cell speech, Bushtried to maintain a position of principle, but he gave away the principle and tried to limit its application to the smallest universe he could.

An Embryonic Religious Conservative

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Despite convictions about the potential person in embryos, the Times urges the destruction of embryos in order to gain medical knowledge.

Faith Works

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Bureaucratic protocol makes it impossible to address the emptiness of soul that goes along with drugs and other forms of self-abuse.

The Problem with the European Press

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The problem of European foreign reporting in the United States has deepened to disastrous dimensions; a chasm yawns between its reporting and American reality.

The Democratic Taunt

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Liberalssay that conservatives fail to live up to their own standards, but they fail to grasp the importance of upholding high standards by which even one's own conduct can be seriously faulted.

How Bush Is Winning

Tue, 29 May 2001 00:00:00 +0100

George Bush the Younger has got the vision thing, the youthful energy, and the patient easygoing practicality.

Democracy in America

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Rediscovering Culture

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Perfecting Freedom

Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The Poverty of Nations

Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:00:00 +0100

Is It Bad Culture or Bad Laws That Keep Some Countries Poor?

Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Book review of Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, edited by Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington

Sacred Honor

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Defining Social Justice

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0100

What Difference Would It Make? Bush Plan Would Allow Families to Inherit Social Security ...

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Al Gore and the Wicked Project

Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Al Gore is trying to erect his presidency on the shameful act of teaching resentment of "the rich and powerful" to "working families."

The Founders and the Torah

Mon, 04 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0100

I am pulling for Bush and Cheney, not Gore and Lieberman, and I am not Jewish but Roman Catholic.

Pius XII as Scapeegoat

Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0100

The Godlessness that Failed

Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0100

The Moral Ecology of the Twenty-First Century

Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Capitalism and the Human Spirit

Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0100

The authorpresents a commentary supportive of David Bosworth's The Spirit of Capitalism.

Capitalism and the Human Spirit

Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0100

When Religion Meets Politics

Fri, 10 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Skeptical Inquirer

Sun, 13 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Review of How We Believe by Michael Shermer.

How Christianity Created Capitalism

Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100

The Millennium That Was

Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100

A review of the last millennium.

Jesus Christ Superpol

Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Not since the first days of American independence have we seen such public expressions of faith.

Faith in Search of Votes

Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Not since the first days of American independence have we seen such public expressions of faith.

Human Dignity, Human Rights

Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0100

The International Vocation of American Business

Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00:00 +0100

With Liberty and Prayer for All

Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0100

There is no issue on which public opinion is more affirmative than the desire for a moment of prayer every day in the public schools.

Controversial Engagements

Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Protestant, Catholic, Jew

Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Both Rabbi Heschel and Murray were greater men than those who criticize them.

A Good Life

Mon, 28 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0100

Novak reviews review of by Peter Ackroyd's The Life Of Thomas More.

It's Not All Relative

Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0100

A commitment to relativism is dangerous.

The Two Wings on Which the Human Spirit Rises

Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0100

The Secularist Faith

Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David Landes.

The School of Virtue

Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0100

The Most Religious Century

Sun, 24 May 1998 00:00:00 +0100

New World, New Life

Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0100

Nothing, perhaps, has so shapedAmerica as the annual celebrations of Passover and Easter.

The Arafat Visit to the Museum

Mon, 26 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100

What's Missing from the Super Bowl

Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100

The Keys to the Papacy

Mon, 19 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Chronicle of the Popes, Saints & Sinners, and Lives of the Popes.

Papal White Papers

Sun, 19 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Hidden Encyclical of Pius XI by Georges Passelecq and Bernard Suchecky.

Doubting Theologians

Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0100

Personally Opposed

Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00:00 +0100

Bernardin's Last Request

Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0100

Even America's Atheists Need Christmas

Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100

Seeking the Good Life

Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100

Democratic Capitalism's Three Spheres

Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Aquinas and the Heretics

Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Nine Perversions of Multiculturalism

Sun, 01 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Morality

Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0100

The Great Satan and the Battle for Democracy

Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin Barber.

Drama of Creative Downsizing at RFE/RL

Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Pope John Paul II's Winning Ways

Fri, 26 May 1995 00:00:00 +0100

The Kingdom and the Power

Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Pope John Paul II by Tad Szulc.

Poverty and the Partisan Press

Sat, 01 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Democracy, Capitalism, and Morality

Tue, 27 Dec 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Good Tidings from All

Sun, 25 Dec 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Sins of the Cognitive Elite

Mon, 05 Dec 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Bell Curve by Charles Murray.

The Bell Curve

Mon, 05 Dec 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Packaged Audience--Popes Can Have a Bestseller, Too

Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II.

A Faith that Helped Heal the Beloved Country

Sun, 02 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Rainbow People of God by Desmond Tutu.

Awakening from Nihilism

Thu, 01 Sep 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Urgent Need for Virtuous Capitalism

Fri, 18 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0100

The Conservative Mood

Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0100

Job-Makers Who Dare to Dream

Thu, 25 Nov 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Turning His Attention to the Bigger Challenges

Sun, 24 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Hair of the Dog

Mon, 27 Sep 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Macbeth Sans Tragedy

Mon, 02 Aug 1993 00:00:00 +0100

A Smith for All Seasons

Sun, 01 Aug 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Adam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller.

The Crisis of the Welfare State

Thu, 01 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Hard Times for Nicaraguan Democracy

Mon, 17 May 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Marxists by Other Means

Tue, 11 May 1993 00:00:00 +0100

The Creative Person

Sat, 01 May 1993 00:00:00 +0100

An Authentic Modernity

Sat, 01 May 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor.

The Lines Are Drawn

Mon, 26 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Women, Ordination, and Angels

Mon, 01 Mar 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Families

Fri, 05 Feb 1993 00:00:00 +0100

A New Party Line?

Mon, 18 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0100

The Creative Person

Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Maritain and the Jews

Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0100

America's Fabric of Faith

Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Prayer in School

Tue, 01 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Judicial Tyranny

Mon, 26 Oct 1992 00:00:00 +0100

The Call to Arms Is All-American

Tue, 11 Aug 1992 00:00:00 +0100

The Longtime-Democrat Blues

Mon, 20 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0100

What Is Social Justice?

Wed, 01 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Father of Neoconservatives

Mon, 11 May 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Truth in Religion and Have without Have-Nots

Wed, 22 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Mortimer Adler's Truth in Religion and Have Without Have-Nots.

Dead but Fair

Mon, 16 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0100

The Big Economic Lie

Sun, 01 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Beyond the End of History?

Mon, 24 Feb 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Review of F. Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man.

Middle-Class Meltdown?

Thu, 20 Feb 1992 00:00:00 +0100

What Is a Neoconservative?

Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 +0100

Can Madison Conquer Prague?

Mon, 23 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0100

The Great Convergence

Sun, 01 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Theme for Thanksgiving

Mon, 25 Nov 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Socialism's Last Stand

Mon, 28 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Tue, 01 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0100

The Invisible Filament

Mon, 30 Sep 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Back to School

Mon, 02 Sep 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Why We Fought

Sun, 01 Sep 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Europe's Coming Decline

Mon, 08 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Magnificentesimus

Mon, 01 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Keep Your Eye on the Referee

Mon, 10 Jun 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Liberation Theology--What's Left

Sat, 01 Jun 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Papal Yes to Capitalism

Mon, 27 May 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Barefoot Capitalism

Mon, 13 May 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Democratic Capitalism

Wed, 01 May 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Pax Americana

Mon, 29 Apr 1991 00:00:00 +0100

The Rich, the Poor, and Reaganomics

Mon, 01 Apr 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Phony Objectivity

Mon, 18 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Springtime Harvest

Fri, 01 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Iraqi Lessons

Mon, 18 Feb 1991 00:00:00 +0100

An Ode to Football

Mon, 04 Feb 1991 00:00:00 +0100

They Love Big Government

Mon, 21 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Culture of Character

Mon, 07 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Transforming the Democratic/Capitalist Revolution

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Peace in Our Time

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Salute to Jacques Maritain

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

Capitalism Rightly Understood

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A Very British Context

Mon, 24 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Doo-Doo Economics

Mon, 10 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Building the City of God on Earth

Sun, 02 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Review of The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity by John McManners.

The Achievement of Jacques Maritain

Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Election '88

Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign of the Cold War, by Sidney Blumenthal.

Moiling, Muddling, and Malaise

Mon, 26 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Faith and Wealth

Thu, 01 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Faith and Wealth, by Justo Gonzales.

Europe's Ideological Blinders

Mon, 29 Oct 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Thomas Aquinas, the First Whig

Mon, 01 Oct 1990 00:00:00 +0100

A Call for Disunity

Mon, 09 Jul 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Moment of Miracle

Mon, 11 Jun 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Democracy

Fri, 01 Jun 1990 00:00:00 +0100

A Touch of Class

Mon, 28 May 1990 00:00:00 +0100

A Malthusian Vision

Mon, 14 May 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Embarrassed by the Facts

Mon, 19 Mar 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Discipline, Moral Seriousness and Success

Thu, 01 Mar 1990 00:00:00 +0100

The Invisible Man

Mon, 19 Feb 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Are You Sleeping Well, Fidel?

Mon, 05 Feb 1990 00:00:00 +0100

Christianity's Place in Political Life

Fri, 02 Feb 1990 00:00:00 +0100

From Him, the Essential Spark

Sun, 24 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0100

In Eastern Europe, Little Things Count

Wed, 13 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0100

A Phrase with a Winning Ring

Sun, 01 Oct 1989 00:00:00 +0100

Boredom, Virtue, and Democratic Capitalism

Fri, 01 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0100

A Christian Perspective of Economics

Fri, 07 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0100

Back to Basics

Sun, 01 Jan 1989 00:00:00 +0100

Review of Charles Murray's In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government.

In Praise of Athletic Beauty

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100

No One Sees God

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

No One Sees God offers believers and unbelievers the opportunity to find common ground by acknowledging the complicated reality of the human struggle with doubt.

Washington's God

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This book argues that it was Washington's strong faith in divine Providence that gave meaning and force to his monumental life.

The Universal Hunger for Liberty

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

This book argues that we will only succeed in building a more harmonious world order if we embrace the fundamental role of human liberty in bringing about historical change.

The Open Church

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100

This text is a reprint of a volume previously published in 1964, in which MichaelNovak provides an eye witness account of the second session of Vatican II.

Three in One

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The collection displays the development of Novak's thought on democratic capitalism from its embryonic beginnings through its later unfolding.

On Two Wings

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

This bookprobes the innermost religious conviction of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and others who helped the American eagle take flight.

God's Country

Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0100

The essay printed here is the lecture delivered bythe authorat AEI's annual dinneron February 25, 1999.

Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Institutions

Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Although the Catholic church has historicallyset itself agains liberalizm as an ideology, it has slowly come to admire liberal institutions such as democracy and free markets.

On Cultivating Liberty

Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0100

This bookbrings together Novak's essays on "moral ecology": the ethos that must be cultivated and preserved if liberal democratic societies are to survive.

Tell Me Why

Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0100

A long list of questions from Jana Novak to her father, theologian Michael Novak, led to this book, an extended dialogue about religion and its bearing on contemporary life.

Morals and Markets

Sat, 01 May 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Professor Sacks' 1998 IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture on Morals and Markets was generally regarded as one of the most stimulating contributions to this subject in recent years.

Wicked Pleasures

Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Philosopher, business ethicist, and admitted sinner Robert C. Solomon brings together a varied group of contributors for a new look at an old catalogue of sins.

The Experience of Nothingness

Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0100

This bookshows the paths by which the experience of nothingness is becoming common among all those who live in free societies and details the experiences that lead to a sense of emptiness.

The Fire of Invention

Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0100

This book examines the nature of the business corporation and its influence in civil society.

On Corporate Governance

Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0100

Two achievements--up the poor and animating civil society--are powerful moral claims for business corporations but schemes for corporate governance jeopardize these achievements.

The Fire of Invention, the Fuel of Interest

Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100

This book discusses the moral and practical foundations of the corporation and corporate governance.

The Future of the Corporation

Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0100

This bookreviews the long history of the corporation and examines the central role of business and economic growth in the strengthening of civil society and democracy.

Business as a Calling

Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0100

This book is a practical guide to the ethical responsibilities of individuals and firms based on moral theory and the real-world experiences of business professionals.

The Guns of Lattimer

Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0100

The experience of new immigrants, still miserable with poverty and bewilderment and suffering the trauma of culture shock, being confronted by the hostility and blind contempt of the "real" Americans.

Unmeltable Ethnics

Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0100

This new, enlarged edition of an influential book--originally published in 1972 as The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics--extends the author's wise and generous view of ethnicity.

Belief and Unbelief

Wed, 01 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0100

These chapters cover the cultural context, philosophy as self-knowledge, deciding who I am, what I mean by "God," deciding whether to believe, God or evil, and an effective humanism.

Choosing Presidents

Wed, 01 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0100

This book concentrates on the 1972 presidential election to examine and dissect the symbols of American politics, and how they are manipulated.

Awakening from Nihilism

Sat, 01 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0100

The author urges the pursuit of religion as a method for finding meaning in the world and as a tool for rejecting nihilism.

Christian Capitalism or Christian Socialism?

Thu, 01 Sep 1994 00:00:00 +0100

The author examines the debate between different version of socialism.

Christian Social Ethics

Thu, 01 Sep 1994 00:00:00 +0100

In the nineteenth century a "social Christianity" began to emerge as a response to the forces of urbanization and industrialization.

The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Thu, 01 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0100

Any vision of capitalism's future prospects must take into account the powerful cultural influence Catholicism has exercised throughout the world.

The Joy of Sports

Thu, 01 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0100

The pursuit of althletic achievement is a pure form of entertainment and physical joy.

Will It Liberate?

Mon, 01 Apr 1991 00:00:00 +0100

The author examines the arguments of liberal theologians and engages them with his own understanding of how the world works.

The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

A neoconservative challenge to the assumption that capitalism lacks the moral underpinnings of socialism.

Toward a Theology of the Corporation

Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100

This bookdiscusses moral and ethical issues in the corporate world.

Further Reflections on Ethnicity

Thu, 01 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0100

International events show that a transformation of modernity is at stake in the new ethnicity.

This Hemisphere of Liberty

Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 +0100

The subject of this book is how to build institutions of liberty in this hemisphere of the Americas.

Scorpions in a Bottle

Mon, 01 May 1989 00:00:00 +0100

Selected addresses from the Shavano Institute's conference on moral equivalence.

Free Persons and the Common Good

Fri, 01 Apr 1988 00:00:00 +0100

The author explores concepts of freedom and liberty.

Taking Glasnost Seriously

Thu, 31 Mar 1988 23:00:00 +0100

This book examines the Soviet Union and the gradual process of liberalization in its press and government.

Philanthropy

Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 +0100

Four authors approach the topic of philanthropy and charitable giving.

Character and Crime

Tue, 01 Dec 1987 00:00:00 +0100

This bookconcentrates on what builds character and why there is a serious lack of character in our culture and society today.

Human Rights and the New Realism

Tue, 01 Apr 1986 00:00:00 +0100

An inquiry into the nature of human rights andthe relationship of the issue of human rights to policy making and strategic thinking.

Confession of a Catholic

Wed, 01 Jan 1986 00:00:00 +0100

This bookcalls to account the values and policy of the Catholic church, reevaluating some of the changes that he helped to effect and the impact of these changes on American Catholic life.

Speaking to the Third World

Tue, 01 Jan 1985 00:00:00 +0100

The author presents essays on democracy and development.

Moral Clarity in the Nuclear Ages

Sat, 01 Jan 1983 00:00:00 +0100

When the Roman Catholic Bishops issued their pastoral letter on war and peace in May 1983, it was hailed as the most publicized and long-awaited statement by Christians in the nuclear age.

Democracy and Mediating Structures

Tue, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 +0100

The contributors, including theologians, professors, and representatives of labor unions and corporations, focus on rival political and economic systems in relation to religious structures.

Ascent of the Mountain, Flight of the Dove

Mon, 01 May 1978 00:00:00 +0100

This book presents vision of religious studies as sustained reflection on our lifelong voyage to discover who we are.

The American Vision

Sun, 01 Jan 1978 00:00:00 +0100

This book examines fundamental components of life in the United States such as liberty, equality, and fraternity, in light of experiences that are seldom noted in cliches about the nation.

Two Battles That Saved the West: Lepanto 1571 and Vienna 1683

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:30:00 +0100

No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:30:00 +0100

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Telling of the Tale

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:00:00 +0100

Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:30:00 +0100

Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:30:00 +0100

Anti-Semitism and the War on Terror

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0100

Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:00 +0100

A Cultural Evening with Ignacio Alcover

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:30:00 +0100

Readings from John Milton’s Paradise Lost

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:00:00 +0100

Aristotle's Children

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:30:00 +0100

Readings from Dante’s The Divine Comedy

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:30:00 +0100

Religion and the American Future

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:00:00 +0100

Discovering Washington's God

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:30:00 +0100

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe—How to Help Parents Understand It

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:00:00 +0100

Science Wars

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:45:00 +0100

The Weekly Standard

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:00:00 +0100

Danielle Crittenden & Michael Novak

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Is It a Revolution or What?

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:30:00 +0100

The Children's Hour

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:30:00 +0100

Religion and Presidential Politics

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:00:00 +0100

The Universal Hunger for Liberty

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:30:00 +0100

Religion and Presidential Politics

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:00:00 +0100

Religion and the Presidential Politics

Mon, 10 May 2004 12:00:00 +0100

Should Conservatives Favor Same-Sex Marriage?

Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:00:00 +0100

Florence of Arabia

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:30:00 +0100

Decline and Fall

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:00:00 +0100

Raising Right-Thinking Children . . . in a Left-Leaning World

Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:30:00 +0100

Relaunching the Transatlantic Partnership

Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:30:00 +0100

Can Poetry Matter?

Thu, 29 May 2003 17:30:00 +0100

Iraq: What Lies Ahead

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:30:00 +0100

We Band of Thinkers

Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:30:00 +0100

Jeeves

Thu, 09 Jan 2003 18:00:00 +0100

Society as a Department Store

Fri, 01 Nov 2002 14:30:00 +0100

The Rage and the Pride

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:00:00 +0100

The Parting of the Ways

Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:30:00 +0100

Amanda.Bright@Home

Thu, 06 Jun 2002 17:30:00 +0100

The Fall and Other Poems

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:30:00 +0100

On Two Wings

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 05:30:00 +0100

Genetic Engineering

Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:30:00 +0100

Culture and Economic Development

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:00:00 +0100

The Egalitarian Revolution of the Twentieth Century

Fri, 19 May 2000 14:30:00 +0100

Is "Charitable Choice" a Good Way to Aid the Poor?

Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:00:00 +0100

Annual Dinner 1999

Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Two Battles That Saved the West: Lepanto 1571 and Vienna 1683

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Michael Novak of AEI delivered the fourth of the 2008-2009 Bradley Lectures on December 8.

How Europe Escaped Speaking Arabic

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A recounting of two pivotal battles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that repelled Islamist invaders of Europe illuminates today's cultural and religious confrontations.

Is Religious Freedom for Everyone?

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

What is religious freedom, and how does Islam deal with it?

North Atlantic Community, European Community

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100

It is to speak of a centuries-long argument about the deepest meaning of such terms as God, truth, freedom, justice, and community.

Asymmetrical Warfare and Just War

Sat, 08 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The author discusses the impending war with Iraq.

A New Conversation among Civilizations

Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0100

In this generation, vast changes are likely to sweep through the Muslim world, as the peoples of Muslim nations demand liberty and prosperity, and seek to regain their place as leaders among the nations of the civilized world.

God's Country

Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0100

Novak's Francis Boyer Lectureon religion and the survival of republican principles. Deliveredat the 1999 AEI Annual Dinner.

Freedom and Vigilance (Introductory Remarks)

Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0100

The International Vocation of American Business

Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0100

Awakening from Nihilism

Thu, 05 May 1994 00:00:00 +0100

William J. Baroody, Sr.

Thu, 11 Dec 1980 01:00:00 +0100

Remembered byPaul W. McCracken, Robert H. Bork, Irving Kristol, and Michael Novak.

How Christianity Created Capitalism

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100

Developments within the medieval Catholic Church catalyzed the remarkable economic progress of the second millennium.

The Two Wings on Which the Human Spirit Rises

Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0100

In his new encyclical, the Pope champions reason at a time when philosophers have lost confidence in it.

The Most Religious Century

Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0100

The steady erosion of the belief that moral questions can be resolved by reason alone.

Inequality and Ideology

Tue, 05 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0100

Today's ideological debates about the fairness of income distribution need to move beyond questions of economics to consider the philosophical and theological dimensions of inequality.

The Invisible Man

Mon, 19 Feb 1990 00:00:00 +0100

In Eastern Europe, Little Things Count

Wed, 13 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0100