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Why History Matters Now.
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- Author(s): Kloppenberg, James T.
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Commonweal. Nov2024, Vol. 151 Issue 10, p44-48. 5p. 1 Color Photograph.
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The author ponders on the importance of history for understanding wrong turns in U.S. politics and law and for envisioning a just democracy and recounts his odyssey toward becoming a Commonweal Catholic. He describes his conservative upbringing that included education in a parochial school and attending mass. He discusses the absence of unitary original understanding of the Constitution, the tradition of legal realism, and the Catholic teaching social obligations that come with rights.
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