Remembering Freedom
About
Recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval and winner of Literary Titan’s Nonfiction Gold Book Award, Remembering Freedom is a book for the aspiring defender of truth.
Too often, the worldviews and fundamental beliefs of the modern human are too far removed from our own to have meaningful discussions. How are we to communicate when everything is boiled down to mere point of view? Or how are we to discuss human flourishing when happiness is considered the fulfillment of fleeting pleasure? And how are we to respond when our cries to outlaw evil are met with protestations that we are inhibiting personal freedom? If you are looking to enter into discussions, or if you find yourself wondering how on earth we got to the point we are at now, Remembering Freedom is the book for you.
Designed to be both engaging and practical, this book articulates abstract concepts while providing real-life stories from married life, military deployments, and more to illustrate how “abstract” things look in the real world. Remembering Freedom reclaims a coherent understanding of Freedom, Happiness, and Knowledge rooted in Thomistic philosophy without ignoring the problems of the modern thinker.
Remembering Freedom is unique on the public stage in that it is rooted in classical philosophical premises, while at the same time not falling prey to historicism as the only way of reclaiming coherency. It offers a synthesis of complex intellectual traditions in a way that is timely, coherent, and pastorally relevant, giving clarity through integrating traditional ideas to a coherent worldview - something sorely lacking in modern discourse. This book is designed to be at once engaging and practical.
Remembering Freedom is one discussion you won’t want to miss!
Praise for this book
“Although I am a bus driver by career, I have a bachelor’s in philosophy as well as a doctorate in Theology… the Author approaches the subject matter in such a way, and with such an organized way, that even my day to day passengers felt comfortable discussing the points within. At no point does Remembering Freedom come across as heavy handed, dry, or far above common understanding… the book presents itself as both welcoming, and walks the journey of itself with you. Any person, in any walk of life, will gain SOMETHING of substance.
“Curley’s writing has the unmistakable personality of someone who genuinely enjoys a spirited intellectual conversation. He’s comfortable challenging prevailing assumptions, questioning established arguments, and occasionally wandering down an interesting philosophical side road… Perhaps the book’s most compelling thread is its insistence that human beings are fundamentally relational. Our freedom, dignity, and happiness are intimately connected to our relationships with God and one another, a theme that gives the more technical philosophical discussions a meaningful human dimension.”