{"product_id":"the-soul-of-a-nation-culture-morality-law-education-faith-9780761858935","title":"The Soul of a Nation Culture Morality Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul of a Nation is a series of essays on American societyâs culture, morality, law, education, and faith: subjects that confront our society and will be of interest to citizens and scholars who have studied its political drift in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[This] is a book filled with wisdom — and hope; a book not only for scholars and students, but for citizens who want to understand how our deeply wounded culture fell into the condition it is in and how we can . . . restore intellectual and moral standards. -- Robert P. George, Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School; McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eFr. Coughlin has diagnosed with acuity and courageous honesty the ideas and movements that have adversely affected our culture and our universities over half a century. His wise observations should be heeded by everyone concerned with the authentic renewal of [our] culture. -- James Hitchcock, St. Louis University\u003cbr\u003eIf . . . a war rages for possession of the mind and heart of our culture, I want Fr. Coughlin regularly stationed, with binoculars, in whatever observation post looms above the action and distraction below. . . . The Soul of a Nation is a gift to the nation we [will] all love. -- William Murchison, Creators Syndicate\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book that reveals the best of what a lifetime of prayer and reading can grant. [This] book . . . shows what a life dedicated to education can, and should, produce. -- Joseph Bottum, contributing editor, \u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays particularly explain how American society has shifted culturally and politically since World War II...It would inform and challenge college aged students who are grappling with philosophical, spiritual, political, and ethical questions for the first time. * First Things *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  I.\tCulture  \tRoots of the Culture \tOn Multiculturalism \tOn High and Low Cultures \tOn Sophocles and Culture \tOn Open and Closed Minds \tOn Freedom and Equality \tOn Art and Artists \tWho, Then, Will Teach Them? \tMove Over, Monkey \tDangerous to Your Health! \tSometimes Far Less Than Angels \tDeath for Sale  II.\tMorality  \tThe Moral Crisis \tOn Freedom and Truth \tThe Moral Anarchy We Want \tOn “Values Clarification” \tOr, No Moral Rules At All \tWhy Teach Ethics? \tSifted Like Wheat \tAn Angel of Light \tOn Public Morality \tOn Luxor and the Gods  III.\tLaw  \tA Gift of God \tOn Our First Amendment \t“We Hold These Truths” \tWhat Truths We Hold \tOn “Intellectual and Moral Illiterates” \tOn Contract and Covenant \tIf You Live by the Sword \tOn Laws and Logic \t“Yes, Abortion Kills Babies, But…” \t“The Sound of Your Brother’s Blood”  IV.\tEducation  \tThe Melting Pot \tArchitecture of Souls \tDo Public Schools Still Serve the Public Good? \tWhat’s Wrong with the Schools? \tHumanities Under Attack \tRendering God’s Things to Caesar \tOn Bullhorns and Baseball Bats \tThe Cultivation of Moral Morons \t“…It Stinks…” \tVouchers, Anyone! \tOn Homework and Restless Feet \tOn Egalitarianism \tIt’s a Socialist System \tHurrah for Adele Jones! \t“On Caring and the Professor’s Job”  V.\tFaith  \tThe Two Standards \tOh, I’m Nobody \tI’m Somebody \tOn Flags and Other Symbols \tEucharist \tWho Abides in Love? \tMary \tOn Ducklings \tThoughts from St. Emilion \t“I Wish you to Serve us” \tFollow the Conductor \tOn Saying “Goodbye” and “Hello” \tOn Autumn…and Then Spring  Bibliography Index","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037871210839,"sku":"9780761858935","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761858935.jpg?v=1750937938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-soul-of-a-nation-culture-morality-law-education-faith-9780761858935","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}