Editor’s Pick. Written by Kevin Vallier. I’ve recently finished reading the great political theorist Michael Walzer’s book In God’s Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible. Walzer’s thesis is that the Biblical writers were “not very interested in politics” in contrast...
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Render unto Caesar… Nothing
Editor’s Pick. Written by Darryl Perry. Yeshua did not say that taxes are lawful, nor did he counsel obedience to the Romans. In the context of a society with many competing currencies, most of which did not have Caesar’s inscription,...
Continue ReadingIs Christianity a War Religion?
Editor’s Pick. Written by Paul Rosenberg. Yes, I know that there are some churches and individual Christians who don’t approve of war, but a huge wing of Christianity in the US has put itself in service to a warfare state....
Continue ReadingA Conversation With an Alleged Criminal: Polygamist Joe Darger on Faith and Freedom
Editor’s Pick. Interview by the Libertas Institute. Libertas Institute: For the benefit of our readers who may not know who you are, please explain who you are and why your story is important. Joe Darger: My name is Joe Darger,...
Continue ReadingChristian Anarchism: Communitarian or Capitalist?
Written by Alexander W. Salter for LibertarianPapers.org. Abstract: I build on Christoyannopoulous’s (2011) compendium of Christian anarchist thought to shed light on the divergence between Christian anarcho-communitarians and Christian anarcho-capitalists. The anarcho-communitarians believe the institution of private property is contrary...
Continue ReadingStatists Hate Free Will
Written by Jacob Hornberger for FFF.org. Sometimes the cashier at the grocery store asks people whether they would like to donate one dollar to some charity. Most of the people I’ve seen say no. Whenever that happens, I think to...
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