The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success ALS Some of the distributists' claims

Some of the distributists' claims about markets and government must be revised in light of contemporary social science

Hernandez masterfully challenges the conventional emotive approach to poverty with a refreshing and intellectually rigorous exploration of Catholic Social Teaching

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but also the possibility of course correction

the religious liberties we take for granted are now being challenged

The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success ALS Some of the distributists' claimsMany books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the Wests superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianitys commitment to rational theology, made all these developments possible. Simply put, the conventional wisdom that Western