Ernest L. Fortin: Collected Essays. Edited by J. Brian Benestad. Volume 1: The Firth of Philosophic Christianity: Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Thought, foreword by Ernest L. Fortin. xxiii+349 pp. Volume 2: Classical Christianity and the Political Order: Reflections on the Theologico-Political Problem, foreword by Daniel J. Mahoney. xiv+399 pp. Volume 3: Human Rights, Virtue, and the Common Good: Untimely Meditations on Religion and Politics, foreword by J. Brian Benestad. xxvii+332 pp. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. $75.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.
In certain circles-still small but surely expanding circles-Ernest Fortin is already regarded as one of the most …