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A Summary of Healing the Culture by Robert J. Spitzer

A Summary of Healing the Culture by Robert J. Spitzer

A Summary of Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom and the Life Issues by Robert J. Spitzer, S. J., Ph. D.

San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000

ISBN: 0-89870-786-2

Summary by Wendy Johnson, written exclusively for the Goldhead Group.

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About the Author

Robert Spitzer was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1952.  He holds Masters degrees in Philosophy, Divinity, and Theology, as well as a Ph. D. in Philosophy.  He is the President of Gonzaga University, and has written two books and numerous articles.  Spitzer has also founded or co-founded five institutes of higher learning, including the Center for Life Principles, which is mentioned in Healing the Culture.  He has worked as an advisor to over 300 companies and averages 130 presentations per year. 

General Overview 

<> In Healing the Culture, Fr. Robert Spitzer offers a philosophy of the pro-life movement as an antidote to the metaphysical materialism plaguing our culture.  To this end, Spitzer offers a vision of the human person that accounts for man’s intangible, as well as his material qualities.  He also develops 4 Levels of Happi...