Democracy, Culture, Catholicism ─ Voices from Four Continents

Compiling scholarly essays from a unique three-year Democracy, Culture and Catholicism International Research Project,Democracy, Culture, Catholicism richly articulates the diverse and dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the contemporary world. The twenty-five essays from four extremely diverse cultures--those of Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States--explore the relationship between democracy and Catholicism from several perspectives, including historical and cultural analysis, political theory and conflict resolution, social movements and Catholic social thought.

Michael Schuck is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago and Director of The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author ofThat They Be One: The Social Thought of Papal Encyclicals 1740-1989.

John Crowley-Buck is a Ph.D. candidate in Loyola University's Department of Theology. His specialization is Christian social ethics and he has been assisting Dr. Schuck with the project since it began in 2009.