================= HES POSTING ================= Hi, I have a friend who asked me a question that I knew little about, but I was hoping my friendly HESers could help me out with. If you have suggestions, please let me know and I will make sure to get it to her. Thanks. *** > Dear Bert, > > I am preparing a seminar course for our honors program titled "The Idea >of Progress and > its Critics". I am working with a catholic theologian who is considering >the notion of > progress in the tradition of Catholic thought and religious life. We >have been reading > a book by Christopher Lasch "The True and Only Heaven", a book by Albert >Borgmann > "Crossing the Postmodern Divide", and a variety of other things. > > To make a long story short, I am looking for sources on economics and >progress, not > development really, but rather more thoughtful reflections on the bigger >questions. *** Any suggestions? Thanks again, ********** Humberto Barreto Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN 47933 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (317) 361-6315 "Hatuey le pregunto al padre si iban al cielo cristianos . . . [y] concluyo diciendo que no queria ir alla, pues ellos alla iban y estaban . . . y entonces lo quemaron." Bartolome de las Casas ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]