A prominent Catholic thinker and social critic died this month, inspiring reflections on how he forever altered the relationship between religion and government.
Michael Novak, 83, who died Feb. 17 due to complications from colon cancer, is most famous for his writings on morality and economics, but his impact on religious scholars is much broader, spanning debates about foreign policy, secularism and even sports.
"Michael was the leading public intellectual of his generation," said Robert George, a professor of jurisprudence and politics at Princeton University. "I learned an enormous amount from his work and from the questions he raised."
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