{"product_id":"on-the-road-to-emmaus-the-catholic-dialogue-with-america-and-modernity-9780813219547","title":"On the Road to Emmaus: The Catholic Dialogue with America and Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn distinctive voice and tone, cultural commentator Glenn W. Olsen presents his latest work on the place of Catholicism in American history. Here he clarifies the meaning of American modernity for Catholics and shows the conflicts and tensions confronting the religious person today. The essays take up such questions as the possibility of a neutral public order, the desirable relation between church and state, the spiritualities suitable to our historical situation, the form the principle of subsidiarity might take, and the range of hopeful possibilities for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlsen defines the current challenge for religious persons as how to be \"in\" but not \"of\" the world. Addressing some aspects of being in the world, he traces the historical roots of the idea of Catholic incarnational humanism and analyzes the problems specific to Christian faith existing within a larger society of nonbelievers. Olsen suggests that how we address such issues affects the religious and nonreligious alike, especially in a country of diverse religions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn W. Olsen is professor emeritus of medieval history at the University of Utah, with a Ph.D. in the history of the Middle Ages. He is a frequent contributor to journals such as \u003ci\u003eCommunio, Logos, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFaith and Reason, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Turn to Transcendence: The Role of Religion in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (CUA Press) and \u003ci\u003eChristian Marriage: A Historical Study.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Glenn Olsen writes as a kind of cultural pessimist while still trying to preserve the Christian virtue of hope. His radical perspective is powerful and refreshing, and it is definitely worth a fair hearing--Olsen is today's Christopher Dawson.\"--Robert Kraynak, professor of political science, Colgate University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813219547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.86w x 1.16d","brand":"Glenn W. Olsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53023170920629,"sku":"9780813219547","price":59.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780813219547.jpg?v=1787665996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-the-road-to-emmaus-the-catholic-dialogue-with-america-and-modernity-9780813219547","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}