Jordan J. Ballor | Acton Institute

Jordan J. Ballor (Dr. theol., University of Zurich; PhD, Calvin Theological Seminary) is director of research at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy at First Liberty Institute.

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616-454-3080

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Events

Adam Smith on Ethics and Economics - A Liberty & Markets Colloquium

March 25, 2021

Videos

Acton Conferences
Jordan Ballor on the theological and sociological sources of Adam Smith
June 8, 2018
Acton Lecture Series
On Islam Book Launch: Q and A
February 15, 2018
Acton Lecture Series
On Islam Book Launch: Panel Discussion
February 15, 2018
Media Appearances
Jordan Ballor on God's economy of love and justice
October 16, 2013
Media Appearances
Jordan Ballor on his new book on Wolfgang Musculus
May 16, 2012
Media Appearances
Jordan Ballor about Refo500: where have we come from and where are we going?
November 6, 2011
Media Appearances
Ballor: the Church should not relinquish responsibility in favor of government programs
April 21, 2011
Acton Lecture Series
Jordan Ballor on ecumenical economics and ethics
July 15, 2010

Latest Articles by Jordan J. Ballor

September 25, 2019

Using our heads as well as our hearts in caring for the environment

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg made international headlines this week for a scathing speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York. Thunberg excoriated world
September 4, 2019

Your work is more than your job

This week marked Labor Day in the United States, a holiday designed to celebrate the formative role of labor, and particularly labor unions, in the development of the American landscape. It
June 6, 2019

The D-Day price and the Prince of Peace

The Hague, Netherlands—I’m writing from the capital of the Netherlands on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. I am here to attend a conference at the Peace Palace, a complex built by Andrew
March 6, 2019

God’s reclamation project

The basic elements of the gospel message are familiar territory for most Christians. God created things good. Human beings fell into corruption and the rest of the world along with us. God’s
February 6, 2019

America’s public debt: crisis or the cost of civilization?

The annual update from the Congressional Budget Office released on Jan. 28 has once again highlighted the debate over America’s debt crisis. Despite dismissive claims that Washington should

Latest PowerBlog Posts by Jordan J. Ballor

January 12, 2023

What Is Protestant Social Teaching?
The point of departure for Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction is an observation set forth by Stephen J. Grabill in the pages of the Journal of Markets & Morality: “Neither magisterial Protestants nor evangelicals have a theologically unified body of social teaching.” Continue Reading…
March 16, 2021

How does human work further human dignity?
For all the claims regarding the subjectivity of economics, including schools of thought that emphasize subjective value theory and the descriptive rather than the normative, much mainstream economic thought focuses on what seems to be objective and measurable. Continue Reading... Related posts:…
March 5, 2021

We can’t put a federal price tag on parenting
As the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight and we see some hope on the horizon, politicians in our nation’s capital are considering significant proposals to address the crises of the working poor and child poverty. Continue Reading...
March 4, 2021

How much is good parenting worth?
Recent policy debates over direct cash grants to parents from the federal government expose our society’s dysfunctional attitudes toward work and parenting. Over at the Detroit News, I have some thoughts and (mostly) concerns. Continue Reading... Related posts: The Parenting Class Utah becomes…
February 17, 2021

Entrepreneurship in theological perspective: Creative and innovative
What distinguishes something that is truly creative from something that is simply innovative? And how do we value and prioritize one or the other? In a recent study, “Creativity, Innovation, and the Historicity of Entrepreneurship,” Victor Claar and I attempt to disambiguate what we call “creative…

CLPress books by Jordan J. Ballor

Ecumenical Babel