FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Economic Justice Classic by “the American Chesterton” Arlington, Virginia, Monday, November 11, 2013. In 1940, hard on the heels of the Great Depression and on the eve of the United States entry into World War II, the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979), “the American Chesterton,” published Freedom Under God. The all-volunteer, interfaith Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) recently republished an annotated version of this neglected classic under its “Economic Justice Media” imprint, complete with an in-depth foreword, as well as a bibliography and index. In common with many of Chesterton’s works, Freedom Under God addresses the loss of true freedom and abandonment of reason. Sheen’s special concern, however, was freedom of religion, under increasing attack today. Individual life as well as marriage and the family are also in grave danger as the State expands its power to fill the vacuum left by the growing powerlessness of ordinary people. Then-Monsignor Sheen traced the rise of totalitarian State power in the first half of the 20th century to the fact that, as every distributist knows, fewer and fewer people in America and throughout the world owned capital — what Sheen called “creative wealth.” As Sheen argued, only widespread private property in capital has the capacity to restore the foundation of true freedom. In conformity with the natural law on which Sheen relied, CESJ adds that genuine economic reform must also comply with the three principles of economic justice: Participative Justice, Distributive Justice, and Social Justice. Lawyer-economist Louis O. Kelso and Aristotelian philosopher Mortimer J. Adler first described these principles in Chapter 5 of their bestselling The Capitalist Manifesto (1958). Sheen’s warnings fell on deaf ears. Thanks to the near-global acceptance of Keynesian economics, the wage-welfare, “Nanny State” system within a State-controlled, inflationary, debt-ridden economy (the “Servile State”) is entrenched throughout the world. The world needs the wisdom of Fulton Sheen now more than ever. The republication of Freedom Under God helps introduce the work of this pivotal thinker to a new generation of readers and students. Fulton J. Sheen’s Freedom Under God, ISBN 978-0-944997-11-6, cover price $20.00, is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and by special order from selected other bookstores. Quantity discounts (10 or more copies) are available direct from the publisher at a 20% discount, plus shipping. Selected testimonials: “I am hopeful that this rediscovered treasure will be a helpful resource in the struggle to protect and restore this fundamental right [of religious liberty].” — Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois “I heartily endorse the re-publication of the Archbishops Freedom Under God by the Center for Economic and Social Justice.” — Rev. Msgr. Sal Pilato, Vice President, Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Superintendent of High Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles. “[A] remarkable analysis of the requirements for economic freedom.” — Rev. Matthew Habiger, O.S.B., Ph.D. “[A]nother gift on the road to Economic Justice in a truly Democratic world.” — Rev. Virgil A. Wood Contact: Guy Stevenson, Archbishop Sheen Project Manager [email protected] 4318 North 31st Street Arlington, Virginia 22207
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:33:02 +0000
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