The Fifth Annual Conference on The Catholic Church in the 21st Century was held in Kansas City on June 16, 2007.

Seven distinguished Catholic theologians addressed the theme of Catholicism in American Political Life from the following perspectives:

1. A Response to the Tendency to Narrow Catholic Social Teaching
Richard W. Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, Creighton University
2. Fundamental Principles: Conscience, Religion, and Politics
Reverend Michael J. Himes, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Boston College
3. Catholics and American Politics: A Historical Perspective
David J. O'Brien, Ph.D., Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
4. The Common Good and the American Bishops' Guidelines
Kristin E. Heyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theology, Loyola Marymount University
5. Working for Peace
Reverend Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Theology Department, Boston College
6. Protection of Life: Prioritites and Politics
Lisa Sowle Cahill, Ph.D., J. Donald Mohan Professor of Theology, Boston College
7. Catholic Environmentalism
Reverend Drew Christiansen, S.J., Ph.D., Editor, America

In addition to the talks, this set of audio CDs contains the lively panel discussion that followed the talks, as well as a sampling of the questions submitted by the audience. Moderator Richard W. Miller, Ph.D., provides the introductory talk.

Five audio CDs
Playing time: 5 hours 55 minutes