In the past, when some wild-bearded rebel emerged from the jungle to cry “Revolution!” and tried to topple the generalissimo of some humid non-democracy, among the first things on his to-do

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A collection of short essays by Acton writers, click a link to jump to that article: Prosperity and the ‘Four Horsemen of the Optimist’ by Patrick Oetting Big government and corruption

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This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom Martin Hägglund | Pantheon Books | 2019 | 450 pgs In his newest book, Martin Hägglund turns religious faith upside down. This Life constitutes

Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West Bradley Birzer | Angelico Press | 2019 | 258 pgs Bradley Birzer’s Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the

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Much has been written about the unintended consequences of foreign aid flowing from the West to developing countries. Economists such as Dambisa Moyo, William Easterly, and Angus Deaton have

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What differentiates a Christian view of the environment from a secular one? Too often, even confused Christians don’t know. Reading putatively faith-based attempts to address the