The Person and the Polis | Craig Steven Titus

The Person and the Polis: Faith and Values Within the Secular State

Extended Synopsis

The contribution of Christian intelligence to western culture is widely recognized by those committed to the scholarly pursuit of truth, concerned for the welfare of the nation, and dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the permanent achievements of the West. The dignity of the human person and the place of the human person in society, the western polis, have in large part been developed in the context of a Christian culture that continues to offer insights for the development of the human person.

The Person and the Polis addresses the place of faith and values in the secular state. Renowned specialists in a wide range of disciplines—philosophy, jurisprudence, psychology, and theology—discuss how the person and the polis are guided by ethics and religion, and how liberty and transcendence interact in human aspirations. The expert contributors feature Hadley Arkes, Romanus Cessario, Robert P. George, Michael Novak, Daniel N. Robinson, Kenneth Schmitz, and Paul C. Vitz.

Through a constructive conversation, the authors attempt to attain a deeper understanding of the human person by integrating insights from practical wisdom and Christian faith. This book advances the cause of the human person and society by synthesizing the genuine contributions of the human sciences with an openness to spiritual sources of understanding and practice. Such intelligent dialogues between the sciences, philosophy, and religion—covering human dignity, beatitude, moral responsibility, values, law, custom, and community institutions—provide potent means for nourishing the person and constructing the polis with the insights of reason strengthened by the surety of faith.

Reader Targeting

• Theologians and philosophers studying the intersection of Christian ethics and secular politics.
• Academics and students in political science focusing on law, human rights, and the nature of the state.
• Readers interested in Catholic intellectual tradition and the development of the human person within society.

Accolades & Awards

• Volume 1 of the esteemed John Henry Cardinal Newman Lectures series.
• Features collaborative essays from widely celebrated scholars across the fields of jurisprudence, psychology, philosophy, and theology.

Editor & Contributor Biographies

Craig Steven Titus (Editor) is a research professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, as well as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the coeditor of Servais Pinckaers's The Pinckaers Reader and the author of Resilience and the Virtue of Fortitude.

The collection features contributions from distinguished academics including Hadley Arkes, Romanus Cessario, Robert P. George, Michael Novak, Daniel N. Robinson, Kenneth Schmitz, and Paul C. Vitz.

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