Thomas R. Rourke

Here is a personal note from Dr. Thomas Rourke.

---

My name is Thomas Rourke. I am Professor and Chair of the Department
of Political Science, Sociology and Philosophy at Clarion University
of Pennsylvania.

I ran across your blog via a link from the Ratzinger web page. I
have two books published which address concerns related to Catholic
neoconservatism, personalism, with some considerable focus on issues
of political economy.

The books are:

1. A Conscience as Large as the World: Yves R. Simon
Versus the Catholic Neoconservatives (Lanham, MD and London: Rowman
and Little field, 1997).

2. A Theory of Personalism (Lanham, MD and London: Lexington Books,
2004).

The first book deals directly with the neocons and is a sustained
critique. [It] received favorable reviews, but sadly was almost completely discussed among one group of people I wanted to discuss it, and that was faithful Catholics. (It was reviewed in Catholic World Report).

The second book is broader and is an attempt to articulate a theory of
personalism suited to guide the political and economic worlds. [It] was just reviewed favorably by New Oxford Review.

I thought peopl reading your blog might be interested. I was also
wondering if you might not put at least the second book on your list
of books of interest to your readers. A Theory of Personalism is
readily available from the Lexington Books web cite.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Thomas R. Rourke
Professor and Chair
Department of Political Sciencem Sociology and Philosophy
Clarion University
Clarion, PA 16214

---

Academic Homepage

The Death Penalty in Light of the Ontology of the Person: The Significance of Evangelium Vitae

Contemporary Globalization: An Ethical & Anthropological Evaluation

Neo-Conservatism: New Insights into Catholic Social Teaching, or just Old Liberalism in new Garments.

A Theory of Personalism

"Universal Declaration on the Sovereignty of the Human Person Under God"