Post Tagged 'christianity'

January 11, 2022

Dave Ramsey, Christian witness, and the morality of markets

The tweet heard ’round the world last week involved a clip of Dave Ramsey arguing that a Christian landlord can, ethically, raise rents to market levels even if it means that the renter has to move out. Continue Reading...

September 29, 2021

For religion to be national, it must first be personal

What does it mean for a nation to be Christian? Does the United States of America fit the description? At its founding, the United States was undoubtedly a Christian nation. To foster a society of religious freedom and pluralism, the Founding Fathers intentionally did not establish a national religion and took care to separate the domains of church and state in the founding documents of our country. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2021

How the Bible encourages business

When was the last time you heard a Christian talk about how godly and pious it is to earn money? I can’t remember ever hearing that in church. Christians don’t like to talk about accumulating wealth, but they do like to talk about giving money to the poor and the needy. Continue Reading...

June 15, 2021

Charity misdirected: New study explores Christian attitudes about orphanages

Orphan care has long been a central focus of Christian missions, prompting many churches to offer significant support for orphanages around the world, whether through financial donations, short-term missions trips, or actual adoption. Continue Reading...

December 12, 2019

A bait and switch at Peter’s Pence?

The Wall Street Journal’s recent article on the Vatican’s main charitable appeal landed like a bombshell this week. And it didn’t help that we’re in the midst of the holiday giving season. Continue Reading...

September 30, 2019

Giuseppe Franco to Deliver the 2019 Calihan Lecture: ‘Religion, Society, and the Market’

Mark your calendar! As announced earlier this year, Professor Giuseppe Franco is the recipient of the 2019 Novak Award. In the upcoming 19th annual Calihan Lecture, Franco will examine the social philosophy and economic ethics of Wilhelm Röpke, 19th century economist said to be one of the spiritual fathers of the social market economy. Continue Reading...

June 28, 2019

Economics and the social nature of the person

At the center of the economy are human persons. Economics must first be a human discipline before it can be a technical one. One of the essential characteristics of the human person is that we are social beings. Continue Reading...

May 30, 2019

5 Things that Christianity brings to our understanding of politics

Here is a piece I wrote for Law and Liberty on 5 Insights that Christianity Brings to Politics The relationship between Christianity and politics is a complex one. The Church has played a mixed role in the history of political liberty to be sure. Continue Reading...

February 13, 2019

The Reverend Edmund A. Opitz, a precursor in the defense of religion and liberty

Today marks 13 years since the passing of the Reverend Edmund A. Opitz, pastor, author, and great supporter of the Acton Institute’s mission. On February 1, 1999, Rev. Opitz sent a letter to Leonard P. Continue Reading...

January 03, 2019

Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: John Locke, Reason, Christianity and Christmas

John Locke is well-known as a philosopher. Perhaps less well-known, though, are the religious convictions that underlie many of his ideas. Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, recently published an article in Forbes describing the influence of Locke’s Christianity on his views of the human person. Continue Reading...

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