We Hold These Truths Catholic Reflections on

The 1960 publication of We Hold These Truths marked a significant event in the history of modern American thought. Since that time, Sheed & Ward has kept the book in print and has published several studies of John Courtney Murray's life and work. We are proud to present a new edition of this classic text, which features a comprehensive introduction by Peter Lawler that places Murray in the context of Catholic and American history and thought while revealing his relevance today.

Foreword, by Walter J. Burghardt, S.J.

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Preface

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Acknowledgments

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Critical Introduction, by Peter Lawler

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Introduction: The Civilization of the Pluralist Society

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(20)

Part I: The American Proposition

Chapter 1 E Pluribus Unum: The American Consensus

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(16)

Chapter 2 Civil Unity and Religious Integrity: The Articles of Peace

59

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Chapter 3 Two Cases for the Public Consensus: Fact or Need

87

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Chapter 4 The Origins and Authority of the Public Consensus: A Study of the Growing End

101

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Chapter 5 Creeds at War Intelligibly: Pluralism and the University

123

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Part II: Four Unfinished Arguments

Chapter 6 Is It Justice? The School Question Today

139

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Chapter 7 Should There Be a Law? The Question of Censorship

149

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Chapter 8 Is It Basket Weaving? The Question of Christianity and Human Values

165

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Chapter 9 Are There Two or One? The Question of the Future of Freedom

183

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Part III: The Uses of Doctrine

Chapter 10 Doctrine and Policy in Communist Imperialism: The Problem of Security and Risk

203

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Chapter 11 The Uses of a Doctrine on the Uses of Force: War as a Moral Problem

227

(22)

Chapter 12 The Doctrine Is Dead: The Problem of the Moral Vacuum

249

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Chapter 13 The Doctrine Lives: The Eternal Return of Natural Law

267

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We Hold These Truths Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition

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