Raymond Fitz

Radical Conversion

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Christopher Duncan explores and enriches the languages we use in the civil and political life of our American democratic polity. He constructs a narrative of the American liberal tradition that enables the reader to appreciate both the ways this tradition often enhances human well-being and at the same time how ‘possessive individualism’ is now reforming this narrative so it is no longer inclusive of the well-being of all. Duncan introduces a second narrative, a narrative of ‘agape’ of radical inclusive love, as it is embodied in Catholic social tradition. Bringing these two narratives into critical dialogue, Duncan challenges people of faith, Catholics in particular, to a radical conversion in which they are called to be catalysts and partners in tending and nurturing a language of public discourse that enables public conversations to move toward the common good of all.”