Posts by Jordan J. Ballor
December 19, 2016
December 09, 2016
Leo XIII and Kuyper on the social question
This year marks the 125th anniversary of two key documents in the development of modern Christian social thought: the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII and the speech “The Social Question and the Christian Religion” by Abraham Kuyper. Continue Reading...
November 30, 2016
Kyriarchy and Kuyper
November 23, 2016
Who did Democrats forget?
In this week’s Acton Commentary I weigh in with some reflections on the US presidential results: “Naming, Blaming, and Lessons Learned from the 2016 Election.” I focus on much of the reaction on the Democratic side, which has understandably had some soul-searching to do. Continue Reading...
November 11, 2016
Virtuous envy?
Edward Feser, with a nod to Thomas Aquinas, discusses whether there might be such a thing as virtuous Schadenfreude. As Feser puts it, “On the one hand, the suffering of a person is not as such something to rejoice in, for suffering, considered just by itself, is an evil…. Continue Reading...
November 09, 2016
How did we get here?
November 02, 2016
Markets without limits?
October 31, 2016
October 14, 2016
Sed contra: Taxation is theft
October 11, 2016