{"product_id":"can-a-catholic-be-a-socialist-the-answer-is-no-heres-why-9781683571629","title":"Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?: The Answer Is No - Here's Why","description":"This long-discredited economic philosophy is making a comeback, not only on college campuses and political talk shows but among sincere Catholics. Some think it could be the answer to greed, and globalism. Some even argue that it's the best way to obey Christ's command to help the poor. \u003cp\u003e Let's give socialism a fresh chance, they say. A democratic socialism this time, friendly to religion and ordered to the common good, as the Church says the economy should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?, Trent Horn and Catherine R. Pakaluk refute this tempting but false notion. Drawing on Scripture, history, Catholic social teaching, and basic economic reality, they show beyond a doubt that Catholicism and socialism are utterly incompatible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Along the way, they debunk many of the common claims used to keep afloat the fantasy of a Christian-socialist hybrid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic Answers Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683571629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trent Horn, Catherine R. Pakaluk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665861669020,"sku":"9781683571629","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5307bf34-e2e2-437d-8cb2-285b578ae46d.jpg?v=1603910584","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/can-a-catholic-be-a-socialist-the-answer-is-no-heres-why-9781683571629","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}