How should we understand hierarchies, markets, freedom, happiness, anthropology, and spiritual formation? Three Christian thinkers respond to each other.
Author: Dylan Pahman (Dylan Pahman)
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Happiness, Freedom, and Spiritual Formation: A Response to Reichert and Maier
Market economies are not inherently hostile to Christian spiritual formation. And expanding the scope of Church authority into the temporal realm is no substitute for traditional spiritual practices such as prayer and fasting.
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Suppose You Were an Idiot: On the Importance of Acknowledging Incompetence
Political theory typically attributes political action to one of two main motivations: idealism or self-interest. But incompetence plays a much larger role than many assume.
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Protectionism and a Universal Basic Income Won’t Solve Our Economic Problems
For both economic and spiritual reasons, a basic income guarantee isn’t the solution to widespread unemployment due to new technology.
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On Wealth and the Bible, The First Christians Were Not Like David Bentley Hart
Neither the New Testament nor the writings of early Christians support the idea that material wealth is intrinsically evil.
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Connecting Religious and Economic Liberty
New data suggest that countries that value and protect religious liberty offer fertile soil for economic liberty to flourish.
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Higher Education, Social Capital, and the Path to a Better Life
Higher education is not a guarantee for success. Young people need not only a high quality education and strong economic opportunities, but also the integral social bonds that come from a society that defends freedom of religion and association, as well as healthy marriages.