June 17, 2019
February 25, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Justice after liberation in Venezuela
This past weekend in Forbes, Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, offered some perspectives on the current situation in Venezuela. Basing his analysis on traditional principles of justice, he outlines some important points to keep in mind in any project of transitioning from socialism to a more just political and economic model. Continue Reading...
October 22, 2018
Who is John Rawls and why should you care?
This is a guest post for the Acton PowerBlog
By Kevin Brown
Imagine asking a diverse group of rich, poor, attractive, unattractive, intelligent, unintelligent, white, non-white, educated, and non-educated — what makes a society just. Continue Reading...
August 15, 2017
Thoughts on Christians and race-identity issues
Here’s the deal, short and straight to the point, in light of the events in Charlottesville: Christians should not be within ten miles of this race-identity stuff.
Something like “white nationalism” cannot be reconciled with the Gospel’s leap across racial and national barriers. Continue Reading...
March 29, 2017
Radio Free Acton: Brent Waters on just capitalism
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, we talk with Brent Waters, Jerre and Mary Joy Stead professor of Christian social ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and author of Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization. Continue Reading...
March 21, 2017
‘A habit of the heart’: Michael Novak on social justice
What is “social justice”?
For some, it represents an ideal or a vision of a certain kind of society. For others, it’s a placeholder for particular government policies. For others, it’s a mere marker of ideology. Continue Reading...
November 18, 2016
Pope Francis to entrepreneurs: Do good, despite what culture says
October 25, 2016
Is it possible for the church to be apolitical?
July 13, 2016
Protectionism leads to turmoil, strife, and disorder
May 02, 2016