Catholic Cosmopolitanism and the Future of Human Rights
Political Catholicism began in the 20th century by presenting a conception of confessional politics to a secularizing Europe. However, this article reveals the reworking of political Catholicism’s historical commitment to a balance of two powers—an ancient <i>Imperium</i> and <i>Sa...
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| description | Political Catholicism began in the 20th century by presenting a conception of confessional politics to a secularizing Europe. However, this article reveals the reworking of political Catholicism’s historical commitment to a balance of two powers—an ancient <i>Imperium</i> and <i>Sacerdotium</i>—to justify change to this position. A secular democratic faith became a key insight in political Catholicism in the 20th century, as it wedded human rights to an evolving cosmopolitan Catholicism and underlined the growth of Christian democracy. This article argues that the thesis of Christian democracy held a central post-war motif that there existed a <i>prisca theologia</i> or a <i>philosophia perennis</i>, semblances of a natural law, in secular modernity that could reshape the social compact of the modern project of democracy. However, as the Cold War ended, human rights became more secularized in keeping with trends across Europe. The relationship between political Catholicism and human rights reached a turning point, and this article asks if a cosmopolitan political Catholicism still interprets human rights as central to its embrace of the modern world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbc1182c737a42019797c93fab9dc1512023-11-20T19:11:52ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442020-10-01111156610.3390/rel11110566Catholic Cosmopolitanism and the Future of Human RightsLeonard Taylor0Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Technology, F91 YW50 Sligo, IrelandPolitical Catholicism began in the 20th century by presenting a conception of confessional politics to a secularizing Europe. However, this article reveals the reworking of political Catholicism’s historical commitment to a balance of two powers—an ancient <i>Imperium</i> and <i>Sacerdotium</i>—to justify change to this position. A secular democratic faith became a key insight in political Catholicism in the 20th century, as it wedded human rights to an evolving cosmopolitan Catholicism and underlined the growth of Christian democracy. This article argues that the thesis of Christian democracy held a central post-war motif that there existed a <i>prisca theologia</i> or a <i>philosophia perennis</i>, semblances of a natural law, in secular modernity that could reshape the social compact of the modern project of democracy. However, as the Cold War ended, human rights became more secularized in keeping with trends across Europe. The relationship between political Catholicism and human rights reached a turning point, and this article asks if a cosmopolitan political Catholicism still interprets human rights as central to its embrace of the modern world.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/11/566political CatholicismChristian democracyhuman rights |
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