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Mark Sanford was elected South Carolina’s governor in 2002 and won a second term in 2006, becoming only the third two-term governor in modern state history. In 2008, Gov ernor Sanford was also named chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Prior to his election as governor in 2002, Governor Sanford served six years in the U.S. House. For his consistent efforts to lower taxes and limit government growth, he was ranked number one in the entire Congress by Citizens Against Government Waste. He was rated similarly by the National Taxpayers’ Union, and Taxpayers for Common Sense inducted him into the Taxpayers Hall of Fame. Governor Sanford holds a BA degree from Furman University, and a MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He also worked at the New York office of Goldman Sachs.

As a governor, he has gained national attention for his principled opposition to bailouts and stimulus legislation coming out of Washington. He recently spoke with R&L managing editor Ray Nothstine.

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Busting a Pop Culture Illusion
by S.T. Karnick

The Mistaken Faiths of Our Age
by Rev. Robert A. Sirico

Wilhelm Roepke (1899-1966)

Metropolitan Kirill on Economic Globalization and the Social Consensus
by Paola Fantini

Double-Edged Sword: The Power of the Word

Why does Acton advertise in newspapers and magazines?
by Kris Alan Mauren

The Theology of John Wesley
by Ray Nothstine

Can Libertarians and Social Conservatives find Common Ground?
by Hunter Baker

Turkey: Islam's Bridge to Religious and Economic Liberty?
by Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish Muslim writer based in Istanbul, Turkey, where he is currently the opinion editor and a columnist for Turkish Daily News, the nation's foremost English-language newspaper. He also writes a regular column for the Turkish national daily, Star. Akyol's articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The American Interest, First Things, and The Weekly Standard, among others. He has a book in Turkish titled, Rethinking The Kurdish Question: What Went Wrong? What Next? (Dogan Publishing, 2006). Akyol is currently working on a book in English on the future of Islam and the Islamic world. His columns are collected on the website, The White Path (www.thewhitepath. com), which is the English translation of his name. Akyol spoke at the 2008 Acton University in Grand Rapids on the subject of "Islam, Markets and the Free Society." He was interviewed in Grand Rapids by Religion & Liberty executive editor John Couretas.

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Cardinal Bertone’s “The Ethics of the Common Good in the Social Doctrine of the Church”
by Paola Fantini

Ethics and the Job Market
by Rev. Robert A. Sirico

William F. Buckley (1925-2008)

Double-Edged Sword: The Power of the Word

Deeds Not Words: The Good Works Reader
by John Couretas

Why Did The Acton Institute Produce "The Birth Of Freedom?"
by Kris Alan Mauren

The Scandal of Evangelical Politics
by Ray Nothstine

"Brand Loyalty" in the American Religious Marketplace
by Joseph M. Knippenberg

Theology at Work: Faithful Living in the Marketplace -- An Interview with David Miller
by David W. Miller

David W. Miller is the executive director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Divinity School, and asst. professor (adj) of business ethics at Yale School of Management. Miller brings an unusual "bilingual" perspective to the academic world, having also spent sixteen years in senior executive positions in international business and finance.

Miller received his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. While studying there, he co-founded the Avodah Institute in 1999 and still serves as its president. Avodah's mission is to help leaders integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work. Miller is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Miller serves as an advisor to several corporate CEOs and senior executives on questions relating to faith and work. His book God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement was published in 2007 by Oxford University Press. Miller recently spoke with R&L managing editor Ray Nothstine.

Editor's Note
by Raymond J. de Souza

Mandated Giving Doesn’t Come from the Heart
by Rev. Robert A. Sirico

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