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By James Kalb, Catholic World Report, Jan. 3, 2024

James Kalb is a lawyer, independent scholar, and Catholic convert who lives in Brooklyn, New York. ….

The disappearance of God in public life and rise of the technological outlook has made people want to treat society as a sort of machine to advance abstract goals such as security, prosperity, and equal choice.

People today say social engagement is a basic part of the Christian life. Even so, it is shot through with paradox.

Christ was not part of everyday social life. He had no property, no job, no fixed place of residence, no wife or children. “Give all you have to the poor” was not social activism: “you always have the poor with you.” The point was to abandon entanglements and gain the freedom to follow Christ more perfectly. …

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