"Civilizing Authority"

Run, don't walk, to . . . an internet bookseller and get Patrick Brennan's new edited volume, "Civilizing Authority:  Society, State, and Church."  It's just great.  Or, as I put it in my (first!) back-cover blurb, "An education and a delight, Civilizing Authority is like participating in a rich and provocative conversation, about questions that are both timely and timeless, among learned friends."  Contributors include Patrick Brennan, J. Budziszewski, Jack Coons, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Russ Hittinger, Tom Kohler, Steve Smith, Glenn Tinder, Joe Vining, and Michael White.  Wow!