Catholic Social Teaching, Liberalism, and the New Integralism

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Heron, Jason A.
Ranganathan, Bharat

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2025

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26

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Catholic Social Teaching , Diversity , Integralism , Liberalism , Tolerance

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This article begins to develop a response to the New Integralism. According to the New Integralists, civil-political authority should be subordinated to ecclesial-spiritual authority. In other words, the state should be subordinate to the church. This article first considers the cultural, philosophical, and religious diversity that characterizes democratic societies and how liberal political philosophy attempts to accommodate such diversity. This article then turns to Catholic Social Teaching and scripture to argue that the New Integralism isn’t consistent with magisterial teaching and also fails as a Christian argument.

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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University

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https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/158362

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https://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/toc/SS26.html

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1941-8450

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Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion and Society