Francis P. Canavan, S.J., 1918-2009

The political scientist Francis Canavan died on Thursday , February 26, at the age of ninety-one—yet another of the great good ones lost to us in recent months.

Among his works for First Things were: ” The Popes and the Economy ” in 1991, ” Letting Go How We Die ” in 1994, and ” The Eminent Tribunal ” in 1998.

His books still in print include:

Pins in the Liberal Balloon

A Moral Enterprise: Essays in Honor of Francis Canavan

The Political Economy of Edmund Burke: The Role of Property in His Thought

The Pluralist Game

Fr. Canavan was a gentle man, a deep thinker, and a force for life. We still need people with all those attributes in our lives, and where we will find his like?

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