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How does Acton's Rome office contribute to the mission of the Acton Institute?
When it came time to establish a presence in Rome, the institute opted not to start another affiliate, but to open a new Acton office, Istituto Acton.The challenge of globalization to the Church
The church in Africa is a sleeping giant with enormous potential. The challenge we face in rich countries is how we can serve the African Church so that in turn it can most effectively serves its people.The creative imperative
Commercial society's impact upon poverty is not simply a result of the unintended consequences of market exchange. It owes much to commercial society's particular moral foundations.Jewish theology and economic theory
Careful reading of Jewish literature suggests that it is possible to posit five basic axioms of Jewish economic theory.Editor's note
This issue of R&L is a good example of the encounter between faith and reason.Interest and responsibility
Since at least the Middle Ages, the payment and receipt of interest has existed under a moral cloud, due mainly to a misunderstanding concerning what interest is and why it exists.Europe without roots
Our values, rights, and duties of equality, tolerance, respect, solidarity, and compassion are born from God's sacrifice.Doubled-edged sword: The power of the Word - Genesis 17:3
Was the goal of the Abrahamic covenant merely to produce a civilized culture?Conjugal economics
In her book The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World, Carrie Miles works to reunite modern day perceptions of marriage with God's vision of marriage as it was originally intended.Dignity, democracy, and the free market
The drifting course of socialism over the decades following the publication of Rerum Novarum confirmed the predictions that were made by Pope Leo XIII.Europe is losing its soul
Europe is losing the characteristics given to it by Christianity, both Western and Eastern.Editor's note
This issue of R&L gets us inside so to speak, the European soul.