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    -Robert Kraynak : Professor of Political Science (1978) (Colgate University) (rkraynak@mail.colgate.edu)
    -BOOK SITE : Christian Faith and Modern Democracy God and Politics in the Fallen World by Robert Kraynak (University of Notre Dame Press)
    -ESSAY: Conservative Critics of Modernity: Can They Turn Back the Clock? (Robert P. Kraynak, Fall 2001, Intercollegiate Review) (PDF)
    -ESSAY: Tocqueville's Constitutionalism (Robert P. Kraynak, December 1987, The American Political Science Review)
    -ESSAY: Hobbes on Barbarism and Civilization (Robert P. Kraynak, February 1983, The Journal of Politics)
    -ESSAY: Hobbes's Behemoth and the Argument for Absolutism (Robert P. Kraynak, December 1982, The American Political Science Review)
    -ESSAY: John Locke: From Absolutism to Toleration (Robert P. Kraynak, March 1980, The American Political Science Review)
    -ESSAY : Robert P. Kraynak. "Catholicism and The Declaration of Independence: Principled Harmony or Prudent Alliance?" (Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001)
    -ESSAY : The New and the Old Law : How John Finnis reads Thomas Aquinas (Robert P. Kraynak, Claremont Institute, APSA Annual Meeting Program 2000)
    -ESSAY : Generational politics in the '96 election (Robert Kraynak, September 1996, Colgate Scene)
    -REVIEW : of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by Daniel J. Mahoney (Robert P. Kraynak, First Things)
    -REVIEW: Aquinas for the Democratic Age: a review of Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace: Thomism and Democratic Political Theory, by John P. Hittinger (Robert Kraynak, Spring 2004, Claremont Review of Books)
    -REVIEW: of God and Man in the Law: The Foundations of Anglo-American Constitutionalism by Robert Lowry Clinton (Robert P. Kraynak, The American Political Science Review)
    -REVIEW: of After Ideology: Recovering the Spiritual Foundations of Freedom by David Walsh (Robert P. Kraynak, The American Political Science Review)
    -SIGNATORY : Don't Let the President Lie with Impunity (Wall Street Journal, December 1998)
    -Grant Data Matrix : Colgate University (Media Transparency)
    -ARTICLE : Wagner And Kraynak Debate Conservatism Vs. Liberalism (Erika Miller, March 1999,  Maroon-News)
    -REVIEW: of The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit by A.J. Conyers (David Gordon, The Mises Review)
    -ESSAY: Jaffa Versus Mansfield: Does America Have A Constitutional or A "Declaration of Independence" Soul? (Thomas G. West, November 29, 2002, The Claremont Institute)
    -ARCHIVES: "robert p. kraynak" (Find Articles)
    -INTERVIEW: Church-State Relations in America and Europe: Robert Kraynak on America's Civil Religion (ZENIT, 25 MARCH 2005)
    -INTERVIEW: Church-State Relations in America and Europe (Part 2): Robert Kraynak on the Different Paths of Development (MARCH 26, 2005, Zenit.org)
    -INTERVIEW: Church-State Relations in America and Europe (Part 3): Robert Kraynak on Catholicism and Americanism (MARCH 27, 2005, Zenit.org)
    -REVIEW : of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World by Robert P. Kraynak (Damon Linker, First Things)
    -REVIEW : of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World By Robert P. Kraynak (Ken Masugi, Religion & Liberty)
    -REVIEW: of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy (Robert F. Drinan, America)
    -REVIEW: of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy (Patrick J. Deneen, Commonweal)
    -REVIEW: of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World by Robert P. Kraynak (Douglas A. Ollivant, Markets & Morality)
    -REVIEW: of History and Modernity in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes by Robert P. Kraynak (Joshua Mitchell, The American Political Science Review)
    -REVIEW: of Educating the Prince: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, edited by Mark Blitz and William Kristol (Damon Linker, National Review)


    The Word from Rome: The pope�s too liberal; down on American culture; champion of •dynamic orthodoxy�; Disowning •primacy of conscience�; hubbub in Holland; hot, hot, hot; some brief notes (JOHN L. ALLEN JR., 8/22/03, National Catholic Reporter)

Although the movement has largely flown under media radar, John Paul faces a growing conservative opposition to this embrace of liberalism, understood in the classic sense.

–I wish the Pope were right,” said Catholic thinker Robert Kraynak of Colgate University, –but I don�t think it�s working out the way he expected. Human rights are not being used to serve the whole truth about God and man, despite the Pope�s continuous reminders.”

Who are these critics? In addition to Kraynak, they include influential Anglo-Saxon Catholic intellectuals such as Alasdair MacIntyre, David Schindler, and Tracey Rowland, whose works are fast becoming required reading in conservative Catholic circles, even if they represent, for now, a minority view. Most Anglo-Saxon Catholics, as creatures of Western culture, tend to take its compatibility with their religious beliefs for granted. [...]

Kraynak, in his 2001 book Christian Faith and Modern Democracy, lists five reasons why Christianity should be resistant to the ideology of human rights:

--Duties to God and neighbor come before one�s own rights.

--Pronouncements of a hierarchically structured church grounded in divine revelation take precedence over individual conscience.

--Original sin implies distrust of weak and fallible human beings.

--The common good must come before individuals.

--Charity and sacrificial love are higher goods than the potentially selfish assertion of rights.

Some of these thinkers believe the concept of human rights can be –redeemed” by giving it a Christian content, which is John Paul�s project. Others, such as Kraynak and MacIntyre, believe it would be better to abandon the language of –rights” altogether. [...]

I reached Kraynak by telephone at Colgate to discuss this negative judgment about Western, especially American, culture.

–I share that to a large degree,” Kraynak said. –The whole Enlightenment underlay is the problem.”

Kraynak argued, in fact, that the sexual abuse scandals in the American Church have their roots here.

–I trace the scandals to the corrosive effect of American culture on the Church,” Kraynak said. –It started with the sexual revolution, plus the unwillingness of the hierarchy to assert its authority in the proper way. They more or less concluded that we share with liberalism a concern for social justice, so sexual ethics aren�t so important.” [...]

I asked Kraynak which figures in the American hierarchy he felt were most sympathetic to his concerns. He named Cardinals Francis George and Avery Dulles, along with Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska.

–They are keenly aware of the tensions between Catholicism and American culture, but they are in a minority, as far as I can tell.”

Obviously many Catholics would have reservations about the way Kraynak sizes things up, but he represents an important current of opinion, raising serious questions about the spiritual and moral dangers of consumer culture. This is a familiar discourse from the left; what is intriguing about this movement is that its energy and center of gravity is on the right, seeking to combine doctrinal orthodoxy with a strong counter-cultural impulse.

CARDINAL DIONIGI TETTAMANZI:
    -ESSAY: Anthropological and Ethical Thoughts on Whether Domestic Partnerships Should Have Same Legal Status as the Family (Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, September 30, 1998, L'Osservatore Romano)
    -ESSAY: Ten Rules on Resisting Satan (Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi)
    -ESSAY: Cardinal damned for reviving Satan: Frontrunner for Pope writes 10 rules to resist temptation (Rory Carroll, March 5, 2001, The Guardian )
    -PROFILE: Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (Daily Catholic, 12/22/99)
    -ESSAY: Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi poised to be the next Pope (Finbarr Slatery, August 08, 2002 , The Kingdom)
    -ESSAY: 21st Century Pope: Papal succession is a hot - but whispered - topic among Catholics of all ranks. Here's a tip sheet on the strongest candidates (JEFF ISRAELY, 12/16/02, TIME Europe)
    -ESSAY: Betting on the Next Pope (Peter Gould, 12/05/02, BBC)

CARDINAL AVERY DULLES:
    -Avery Cardinal Dulles: Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society (Fordham University)
    -Avery Dulles, S.J. (Reflections in Jesuit Ministry)
    -Cardinal Avery Dulles Online (Christopher Blosser)
    -EXCERPT: Models of the Church (Avery Dulles)
    -ESSAY: The Papacy for a Global Church (Avery Dulles, S.J., July 15, 2000, AMERICA)
    -ESSAY: Two Languages of Salvation: The Lutheran/Catholic Joint Declaration (Avery Dulles, December 1999, First Things)
    -ESSAY: True and False Reform (Avery Cardinal Dulles, August/September 2003, First Things)
    -ESSAY: The Population of Hell (Avery Cardinal Dulles, May 2003, First Things)
    -ESSAY: Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development (Avery Cardinal Dulles, December 2001, First Things)
    -ESSAY: Enjoying and Making Use of a Responsible Freedom (Rev. Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Sep/Oct 2001, Religion & Liberty)
    -ESSAY: Catholicism & Capital Punishment (Avery Cardinal Dulles, April 2001, First Things)
    -ESSAY: Can Philosophy Be Christian? (Avery Dulles, April 2000, First Things)
    -ESSAY: Are We Speaking the Same Language?: What Catholics really believe about justification--and why defining our terms makes all the difference. (Donald Bloesch and Father Avery Dulles, 11/01/99, Christianity Today)
    -ESSAY: Should the Church Repent? (Avery Dulles, December 1998, First Things)
    -ESSAY: The Ways We Worship (Avery Dulles, March 1998, First Things)
    -ESSAY: Evangelizing Theology (Avery Dulles, March 1996, First Things)
    -ESSAY: John Paul II and the Truth about Freedom (Avery Dulles, August/September 1995, First Things)
    -ESSAY: The Challenge of the Catechism (Avery Dulles, January 1995, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. By George Weigel (Avery Dulles, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of The Reform of the Papacy: The Costly Call to Christian Unity. By John R. Quinn (Avery Dulles, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity. By Miroslav Volf (Avery Dulles, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of Mother Church: Ecclesiology and Ecumenism. By Carl E. Braaten (Avery Dulles, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits. By Peter McDonough and Eugene C. Bianchi (Avery Dulles, First Things)
    -INTERVIEW: God's Gift of Freedom Must Be Used to Choose the Good (Religion & Liberty, May/June 1999)
    -INTERVIEW: Reason, Faith, and Theology: An Interview with Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. (James Martin, S.J., Mar. 5, 2001, America)
    -PROFILE: Avery Dulles�s Long Road to Rome (Robert Royal, July/August 2001, Crisis)
    -ARTICLE: ALL DRESSED IN SCARLET : Avery Dulles goes to college (Joseph A. Komonchak, Feb 23, 2001, Commonweal)
    -ARCHIVES: "avery dulles" (Find Articles)
    -REVIEW: of The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II by Avery Dulles (Michel Therrian, Religion & Liberty)
    -REVIEW: of The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith. By Avery Dulles, S.J. (David F. Wells, First Things)
    -REVIEW: of 'The Holocaust, Never To Be Forgotten', Avery Dulles SJ, Rabbi Leon Klenicki (Anthony Cappello, AD2000)

CARDINAL FRANCIS GEORGE:
    -HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL FRANCIS EUGENE GEORGE, O.M.I. ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
    -LECTURE: Globalisation: Who's in Control? (Text of Cardinal Francis George�s Caritas Helder Camara Lecture, May 2000)
    -ESSAY: One Lord and One Church For One World (Cardinal Francis George, February 8, 2001, Catholic News Service)
    -ARCHIVES: The Cardinal's Colum (Catholic New World)

BISHOP FABIAN BRUSKEWITZ:
    -Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz (Diocese of Lincoln, NE)
    -ESSAY: Homosexuality & Catholic Doctrine: FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD IS ULTIMATELY WHAT IT'S ABOUT (Fabian Bruskewitz, March 2001, New Oxford Review)
    -ESSAY: Unspeakable Abomination (Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, April 18, 2002, The Wanderer)
    -STATEMENT: Statement of Bishop Bruskewitz Excommunicating Certain Groups (Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, March 22, 1996, Southern Nebraska Register)
    -INTERVIEW: An Interview With Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz (Paul Likoudis, April 18, 1996, The Wanderer)