Recommended Readings for the 2013 Convocation of the College of Fellows

Religious Liberty and Faith in the Public Square

Friday, February 1, 2012
2:00 - 5:00pm

Essential Reading:

• Dignitatis Humanae
• Gaudium Et Spes (14-17; 24-32; 40-45; 54-62)
• Our First Most Cherished Liberty
• The Declaration on Religious Freedom by John Courtney Murray, SJ
• The Manhattan Declaration

Additional Resources:

• Nostrae Aetate
• Gaudium Et Spes and Dignitatis Humanae: Are They in Conflict? Reflections in Light of the Current Controversy Regarding Catholicism and Politics by Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, PhD
• The Problem of Religious Freedom by John Courtney Murray, SJ
• Religious Freedom, Morality, and Law: John Courtney Murray Today by David Hollenbach
• Religious Liberty,Vatican II, and John Courtney Murray by Joslyn Ogden through The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
• John Courtney Murray, "The Juridical State," and the Catholic Theory of Religious Freedom by Kenneth L. Grasso
• The Church and the Public Forum: John Courtney Murray's Method by Mary Eastham
• A Secular Theory of Natural Law by Lloyd Weinreb
• Economic Justice for All: 1986 Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the US Economy by United States Catholic Bishops
• Reflections for the June 21 to July 4, 2012 Fortnight of Freedom
• Manhattan Declaration Website