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- Title
Reilly and the Republic in 2020: Why Isn’t It “Cool” Anymore?
- Authors
Wolfe, Christopher James
- Abstract
Robert Reilly’s America on Trial presents a lengthy defense of the principles of the American Founding against recent critiques, especially focusing on those written from a Catholic perspective. His book finds a place in a larger discussion of American Catholic political thought that has been going on for more than a century. I first situate Reilly’s book within that debate, and then argue that Reilly’s account is correct on most counts. Some loose ends remain, but they can be dealt with by expanding some of the points that Reilly has already made. I think, though, that other points not even raised by Reilly’s critics will require further reflection by future American Catholic political thinkers. In 2020, the sensus communis in America has ceased to be “cool and deliberate,” a desideratum for the regime mentioned in Federalist 63; we need to figure out ways to make it cool again.
- Subjects
UNITED States; REILLY, Robert R.; AMERICA on Trial: A Defense of the Founding (Book); RELIGION &; politics
- Publication
Catholic Social Science Review, 2021, Vol 26, p39
- ISSN
1091-0905
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/cssr20212618