Thomas E. Woods Jr.

The Church and the Market : A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy
"Filling a lapse in the debate on the role of religious thought in economic theory, The Church and the Market A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, informed by the history of Catholic economic thought, shows that the long-seen contradiction between Catholic faith and support for the market economy does not exist."

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The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era

"Woods (history, State U. of New York-Suffolk Community College) has written extensively about the Catholic Church, and here explores how American Catholics at the beginning of the 20th century thought about and dealt with radical changes in society. He considers the crucial questions of labor and social justice, but also looks more broadly at important intellectual developments of the Progressive Era and the church's response to each. The study is revised from his doctoral dissertation for Columbia University"