July 01, 2011
June 29, 2011
Mouw on Kuyper and Culture
Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary and a member of the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Markets & Morality, has written a memoir reflecting on his introduction to and engagement with the thought of Abraham Kuyper. Continue Reading...
June 27, 2011
More Money, More Government, More Problems
June 01, 2011
Evangelicals, Common Grace, and Abraham Kuyper
Recently, the Acton Institute announced a partnership with Kuyper College to translate Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace. Understanding the importance of reaching out to the evangelical community, Kuyper’s work is essential in developing evangelical principles and social thought. Continue Reading...
May 13, 2011
Subsidiarity, Funding, and the Arts
In today’s edition of Capital Commentary, HBU assistant professor of literature Micah Mattix explores the question, “How Might the Arts Be Funded?” He ably and briefly surveys the recent history of politics surrounding the NEA. Continue Reading...
April 19, 2011
Preview: R&L Interviews Wayne Grudem
April 19, 2011
Acton Institute and Kuyper College launch ‘Common Grace,’ a major Abraham Kuyper translation project
The Acton Institute and Kuyper College are partnering to produce a first-ever English translation of Abraham Kuyper’s seminal work Common Grace (De gemeene gratie). The three-volume project will be published through Acton’s recently acquired imprint, Christian’s Library Press, and the first volume is slated to appear in the fall of 2012. Continue Reading...
March 29, 2011
Amity Shlaes on Thrift and Calvin Coolidge
March 17, 2011
The Rich Young Man: The Law Versus Privilege
March 11, 2011
Religion & Liberty: An Interview with Thomas C. Oden
Religion & Liberty’s winter issue featuring an interview with patristics scholar Thomas C. Oden is now available online. Oden, who is a Methodist, recalls for us the great quote by Methodist founder John Wesley on the Church Fathers: “The Fathers are the most authentic commentators on Scripture, for they were nearest the fountain and were eminently endued with that Spirit by whom all Scripture was given.”
Oden reminds us of the relevancy of patristics today, he says “You can hardly find any contemporary political issue that has not been dealt with, in some form, in a previous cultural and linguistics situation by the early Christian writers.” We hope you will enjoy the interview and the portion of this interview that was previewed on the PowerBlog in January. Continue Reading...
