The path out of this desperation,
toward authentic freedom, comes in participating in the caring plan that God has built into his nature, and, for religious people, participation made possible by the shining grace of Christ who has «set our freedom free from the domination of concupiscence.»
If today some Catholics no longer want to learn from the Church that truth, and
hence authentic freedom, too, is involved with society and therefore with institution, they should at least learn it from Marxist anthropology.
A theme running through the Plan is that without secure access to and control over our food, and
without authentic freedom of choice when it comes to food, we lack the basis for any lasting personal, community and national development.
We see the teachings of the Church as truth — a source
of authentic freedom, equality, and happiness for women.
If autonomy means there is no law, and if heteronomy means the law is to be followed because God said so, for participatory theonomy the moral law is something friendly to our being, something built for our genuine fulfilment and for
our authentic freedom.
Our human dignity comes from the proper use of our freedom (
authentic freedom), especially in the midst of the more staggering challenges of our lives.
What she offers is a message that is a guarantee of community solidarity, human dignity and
authentic freedom.
The West wants a philosophy of
authentic freedom, even as its liberal ideology pushes it away.
The journey has moments of great celebration over newfound,
authentic freedom, as well as moments of heartbreak.