Samuel Gregg is Director of Research at the Acton Institute. He is the author of several books, including Morality, Law, and Public Policy (2000), Economic Thinking for the Theologically Minded (2001), On Ordered Liberty (2003), The Commercial Society (2007), as well as monographs such as Ethics and Economics: The Quarrel and the Dialogue (1999), A Theory of Corruption (2004), and Banking, Justice, and the Common Good (2005).

• Series IntroductionSeries Editor's Preface Author's PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Encountering ModernityIn Enlightenment's WakeFrom 'Intransigence' to Critical EngagementFrom Engagement to CrisisA Philosopher from KrakówA Theologian of Land BayernA New Papacy, A Distinct AgendaChapter 2. Against the Dissolution of ManRestoring Wisdom to Reason, and Faith in ReasonA Crisis of Truth and FreedomReturning Europe to EuropeSeeking ResponsesChapter 3. Inside the Modern Areopagus Restorationists, Accomodationists, and LiberationistsModernity Critics, New Natural Lawyers, and Catholic WhigsSecular Rejection, Secular EngagementA New Terrain Chapter 4. Paradoxes of EnlightenmentEnlightenment, Progress, and Ideologies of EvilBenedict at Regensburg A Wider AgendaTwenty-First Century ChallengesBibliographyIndex

The volumes in this timely series comprise the most comprehensive body of material on conservative and libertarian thought yet published in a single project devoted to the subject. The series will prove an indispensable tool not only for those concerned with the history of political thought but also for those who confront the challenging task of constructing a viable contemporary conservative identity. Professor Meadowcroft had a difficult editorial task, to which he has responded with a judicious choice of thinkers and topics.