In a popular 17th century work called Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion, the Anglican John Wilkins defended the proposition that “Religion is the Cause of Riches.” The true

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Rafael Termes (1918–2005) started his studies in the Jesuit School of the Fathers of Sarriá in Barcelona. Those were difficult times in Spain for Catholics. The Spanish Republic was

Many of our best thinkers on poverty alleviation—Marvin Olasky, Bob Lupton, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins, Bob Woodson—have described a form of charity that makes a strong distinction between

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At the World’s Parliament of Religions on September 11, 1893, a 30-year-old monk named Swami Vivekananda stood confidently on the platform. In part from inner spiritual conviction, but also

In today’s intellectual climate, it is refreshing to find a book on the relationship between Christianity and politics that is neither a reactionary daydream nor a breathless polemic against