When educated Christians think about โChristian social thought,โ they probably have in mind the Catholic or Reformed traditions, as well as key figures such as Pope Leo XIII or theologian-turned-statesman Abraham Kuyper. The Orthodox Church, in contrast, is widely believed not to have a unified set of teachings on politics, economics, and the good society.…
The new debate on the American right is a very old debate on the American right: whether freedom or virtue should be our first public principle. Broadly, the libertarian wing of American conservatism supports putting liberty first, while the traditionalist wing supports putting goodness first. The quest for ordered liberty has never been free of spirited disagreement,…