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Wyoming Catholic.edu. Hello there. William McCormick is our guest today.

He is an assistant professor of political science at St. Louis University, and his new book

is the Christian structure of politics on the de reneau of Thomas Aquinas.

That is our topic today.

Welcome, Professor McCormick.

Thank you so much for having me. It's a great pleasure. Well, let me ask you why, among the centuries of commentary on

Christianity and in this world, you find Aquinas' study, this particular study, singularly valuable, or at least

a better option than many other books that might have served to, to, just a general comment

on the overall value of this particular study state and maybe why it's not as famous

as others. Those are excellent questions. Of course, when you're thinking of Thomas Aquinas's

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