Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The blind men and the elephant : understanding the secret of epistemological realism / John G. Trapani, Jr.
  • On the prospect of paradise on earth / James V. Schall
  • Truth and friendship : the importance of the conversation of friends / John A. Cuddeback
  • The sine qua non of love : a pluralism within / Gregory J. Kerr
  • Maritain and the idea of a Catholic university / Gavin T. Colvert
  • A fellowship founded on truth / Michael D. Torre
  • Truth or consequences? Maritain and Dewey on the philosophy of education / Timothy S. Valentine
  • Becoming oneself : Maritain on liberal education / Anne M. Wiles
  • A tribute to Rev. Gerald B. Phelan : educator & lover of truth / Desmond J. FitzGerald
  • Darwin & design : exploring a debate / Peter A. Pagan
  • Maritain, Augustine & liberalism on "judge not!" / James G. Hanink
  • Truthfulness and the common good / A. Leo White
  • Aquinas, Maritain, and the metaphysical foundation of practical reason / Matthew S. Pugh
  • The naturalistic fallacy and natural law methodology / W. Matthews Grant
  • Capital punishment or prudential execution? / James P. Mesa and John R. Traffas
  • Respect for persons as a guide to genetic enhancement / Katie Hollenberg
  • Lacrimae rerum--tears at the heart of things : Jacques Maritain and Georges Rouault / Bernard Doering
  • Vera icona : reflections on the mystical aesthetics of Jacques Maritain and the Byzantine icon / Cornelia A. Tsakiridou
  • No literary orthodoxy : Flannery O'connor, the new critics, and Jacques Maritain / Sarah J. Fodor
  • Can Jacques Maritain save liberal democracy from itself? / Raymond Dennehy
  • Jacques Maritain and Emmanuel Mounier on America : two Catholic views / William J. Fossati
  • The quest for truth and human fellowship in a pluralist society / Henk E.S. Woldring
  • A truth we may serve--a philosophical response to terrorism / John G. Trapani, Jr.