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Fides et Ratio: Approaches to a Roman Catholic Political Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

James V. Schall
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The relationship between philosophy, revelation, and politics is a basic intellectual theme, either at the forefront or in the background, of all political philosophy. The 1998 publication of John Paul II's encyclical Fides et Ratio occasioned much reflection on the relation of reason and revelation. Though not directly concerned with political philosophy, this encyclical provides a welcome opportunity to address many theologicalpolitical issues that have arisen in classic and contemporary political philosophy. The argument here states in straightforward terms how philosophy and theology, as understood in the Roman Catholic tradition, can be coherently related to fundamental questions that have legitimately recurred in the works of the political philosophers.

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The Review of Politics , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , Winter 2000 , pp. 49 - 75
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 2000

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