Michael Novak, the 1994 winner of the Templeton Prize, holds a chair at the American Enterprise Institute and is the author of more than twenty-five books. He is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Forbes magazine. William Brailsford was on the senior staff of the Ethics and Public Policy Center from 1991-1998 and is a columnist for the Washington Times. Cornelis Heesters is a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.

This reader illuminates the critical questions at the juncture between the failure of socialism and the creation of a new society and economy. The discussion is dazzling, original and profound. It is exciting reading.

• Chapter 1 Introduction by Michael NovakPart 2 Preliminaries: John Paul II on LibertyChapter 3 Centesimus Annus: The Architecture of FreedomChapter 4 Behind Centesimus AnnusChapter 5 The Liberalism of John Paul IIChapter 6 The Philosophy of John Paul IIPart 7 Economics and the Free SocietyChapter 8 The Temple in the Polis: Faith Is Not IdeologyChapter 9 The Monk and the Market: What Does a Priest Need Economics For?Chapter 10 Property and CreativityChapter 11 Christian Economics 101Chapter 12 How Christianity Changed Political EconomyChapter 13 The Love That Moves the SunPart 14 Democracy and the Free SocietyChapter 15 Christianity and Democracy (Part I)Chapter 16 Christianity and Democracy (Part II)Chapter 17 The Church Embraces DemocracyChapter 18 A New Order of Religious FreedomChapter 19 Catholicism and Democracy: Parsing the Other Twentieth-Century RevolutionChapter 20 The Trouble with TolerationChapter 21 The Catholic MomentChapter 22 The Pope and the Liberal StatePart 23 Culture and the Free SocietyChapter 24 John Paul II and the Priority of CultureChapter 25 Modern IndividualismChapter 26 The Liberal Paradox: Must Religion Have an Answer?Chapter 27 True and False ToleranceChapter 28 Law and Liberty in Veritatis SplendorChapter 29 Against the Adversary CultureChapter 30 Truth and Liberty: The Present Crisis in Our CulturePart 31 DocumentationChapter 32 Federalist PapersChapter 33 Democracy in AmericaChapter 34 Centesimus AnnusChapter 35 What Freedom Is: Homily in Orioles Park at Camden YardsChapter 36 John Paul II on the American ExperimentChapter 37 Letter to the National Prayer Breakfast