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Two Cheers for Gregory’s Augustinian Civic Liberalism

May 18th, 2020 | 25 min read

By James Wood

In a recent essay, “Liberalism, the American Right, and the Place of Love in Politics,” Jake Meador attempts to move beyond the terms of the recent, ostensibly existential, debate within American conservatism. The opposition between libertarian proceduralism — represented by David French — and authoritarian integralism — represented by Sohrab Ahmari and Adrian Vermeule — is assessed by Meador as merely a new, and significantly devolved, iteration of a larger, decades-long debate within conservatism.

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James Wood

James R. Wood is an assistant professor of theology and ministry at Redeemer University (Ancaster, ON). He recently defended his dissertation on the political theology of Henri de Lubac at Wycliffe College (Toronto). Previously he worked as an associate editor at First Things, a PCA pastor in Austin, TX, and campus evangelist and team leader with Cru ministries. His writings have appeared in various academic and popular publications, and they focus primarily on matters pertaining to political theology, ecclesiology, and sacramental theology.