WCAT Radio The Open Door (January 3, 2020)
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Welcome to The Open Door! This week we'll tackle the pivotal issue of the relation between nature and grace. Our focus will be how that relation should shape our practice...
show moreOur particular questions include the following. Your questions, as always, are welcome!
1. What is nature?
2. What is grace?
3. What counts as politics?
4. Christian Democracy aims to apply Christian principles to the social order, without reference to Revelation or grace, because these principles are rooted in natural law. How far does this approach take us?
5. Should political work strive to teach truth and natural virtue as a way of preparing the way for Revelation and grace?
6. Should our politics pragmatically focus on healthcare, a more peaceful world, the sanctity of human life, and economic justice?
7. Is our goal, at the political level, a society of well-nourished and well-doctored people living a comfortable life?
8. Or is our goal a full-blown Christian party that appeals to reason and the natural law?
9. In answering the above questions, should we try to articulate a philosophical starting point?
10. In answering the above questions, is it possible simply to ignore philosophy and the articulation of a philosophical starting point?
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