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Michael Novak
Theologian, author, and former U.S. ambassador, is the George Frederick Jewett Chair (emeritus) in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the 1994 recipient of the million-dollar Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Mr. Novak has written numerous influential books on the philosophy and theology of culture. His masterpiece, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, was published underground in Poland in 1984, and after 1989 in Czechoslovakia, Germany, China, Hungary, Bangladesh, Korea, and many times in Latin America. For his work and influence, he has received many international awards.
Living the Call
An Introduction to the Lay Vocation
Since 1965 the number of priests in the United States has fallen by some 30,000 at the same time the number of Catholics has risen by about 20 million. And over that same time period, more than 30,000 laypeople have come into the employ of parishes and other Church institutions. Laypeople have stepped up to [...]
On Two Wings
Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding
“The leaders of the American Revolution were not, like the leaders of the French revolution, secularists. They did not set out to erase religion. Quite the opposite.” Michael Novak points out in this brilliant book about the birth of the American idea that the very first act of the Continental Congress in September, 1774, was [...]