Church and State: Hope in an Age of Ideology

Description: How should we understand the Catholic Church’s mission of evangelization in light not only of the proper relationship between Church and State but also in an age of what Pope Francis calls “ideological colonization”?  Are contemporary ills so terrible that Christians ought to employ the authority of the State in their quest to “redeem the time”?  To answer these questions, John C. Pinheiro will draw on a range of Catholic scholars, including Thomas Aquinas, and offer hope to those living in what Pope Francis calls our “throwaway culture.”

Biography:
John C. Pinheiro is Director of Research at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, where he leads the research department of fellows and affiliate scholars, oversees the Journal of Markets and Morality, manages book publications, oversees academic grants and awards, consults with leaders at church-based colleges and universities, writes for an array of publications, and lectures nationally and internationally.  With Istituto Acton in Rome, he also engages in Acton’s Catholic programming.  Previously, he was professor of history and the founding director of Catholic Studies at Aquinas College. Among his books are the award-winning Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War (Oxford, 2014). You can find him on X as @DrJohnPinheiro.

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