Brian Stiltner is assistant professor of religious studies at Sacred Heart University.

Stiltner achieves a level of lucidity and clarity that untangles the complex philosophical issues surrounding the role of religion in promoting the common good. He provides an excellent layout of the essential terms and their lexical variants, as well as the competing philosophical claims and implications of the multi-faceted liberal-communitarian-Catholic dialogue of the common good. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of political philosophy by developing the unique resources within Roman Catholic social thought that can contribute to debates on religion's role in a contemporary liberal society.

• Chapter 1 The Enlightenment as Problem and Resource: Locke and Mendelssohn on the Common Good Chapter 2 Religion as a Source of Social Unity I: Rawls and Sandel Chapter 3 Linking Liberalism and Communitarianism Through Common Good Theory: Maritain’s Method Chapter 4 Religion as a Source of Social Unity II: Maritain’s Public Philosophy Chapter 5 Creating a Politic of the Common Good: A Case Study of the Abortion Debate

Brian Stiltner is assistant professor of religious studies at Sacred Heart University.

Stiltner achieves a level of lucidity and clarity that untangles the complex philosophical issues surrounding the role of religion in promoting the common good. He provides an excellent layout of the essential terms and their lexical variants, as well as the competing philosophical claims and implications of the multi-faceted liberal-communitarian-Catholic dialogue of the common good. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of political philosophy by developing the unique resources within Roman Catholic social thought that can contribute to debates on religion's role in a contemporary liberal society.

• Chapter 1 The Enlightenment as Problem and Resource: Locke and Mendelssohn on the Common Good Chapter 2 Religion as a Source of Social Unity I: Rawls and Sandel Chapter 3 Linking Liberalism and Communitarianism Through Common Good Theory: Maritain’s Method Chapter 4 Religion as a Source of Social Unity II: Maritain’s Public Philosophy Chapter 5 Creating a Politic of the Common Good: A Case Study of the Abortion Debate

Brian Stiltner is assistant professor of religious studies at Sacred Heart University.

Stiltner achieves a level of lucidity and clarity that untangles the complex philosophical issues surrounding the role of religion in promoting the common good. He provides an excellent layout of the essential terms and their lexical variants, as well as the competing philosophical claims and implications of the multi-faceted liberal-communitarian-Catholic dialogue of the common good. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of political philosophy by developing the unique resources within Roman Catholic social thought that can contribute to debates on religion's role in a contemporary liberal society.

• Chapter 1 The Enlightenment as Problem and Resource: Locke and Mendelssohn on the Common Good Chapter 2 Religion as a Source of Social Unity I: Rawls and Sandel Chapter 3 Linking Liberalism and Communitarianism Through Common Good Theory: Maritain’s Method Chapter 4 Religion as a Source of Social Unity II: Maritain’s Public Philosophy Chapter 5 Creating a Politic of the Common Good: A Case Study of the Abortion Debate