Personalist Communitarianism | National Catholic Reporter

Personalist Communitarianism | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Mr. Christian needs to read the book on Cultural Theory co-authored by his Department Chair, Dennis Coyle.  He will learn about Grid-Group Theory, which puts the terms he uses - and uses for the Church - into better perspective. Indeed, any article on Catholics and their participation in politics that does not mention the Hierarchism of the Church itself (Pope Pius XII called it the natural state of man) or its belief that the third world is best served by an enlightened Despotism is missing a few things.  When I studied under Professor Wildavsky at American (who also taught Coyle), he noted that people can mix cultures based on location (what you are at work may not be what you are at home).



That applies to politics as well and certainly to the Church.  That Francis is not the Hierarchist that many of his bishops are is telling. It would be so convenient if he were regarding change in the social views of the Church (a more apt term than the political views).  Sadly, i is also the case that some hierarchists, like Burke and Chaput, take their views into America politics and interact well with some of the GOP hierarchists.   The problem for the Church is that such hierarchism is foreign to America's founding political culture - as well as personalist communitarianism (a JPII catch phrase if there ever was one).  Such conflict is why Archbishop Chaput is trying to walk back the whole culture warrior thing in order to get a Red Hat (the best hierarchical job besides the Pope).