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Anne Rathbone Bradley on Christianity and Capitalism

How should Christians think about capitalism? While many religious critiques of a capitalist market exist, Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley discusses how Christianity is congruent with capitalism. Dr. Bradley is careful to note that the Bible doesn’t advocate any particular economic system, which is contrary to some arguments that view the early Church Fathers as proto-socialists, but she does pass along some biblical insights into human flourishing and addresses the issue of income and wealth inequality.

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Jim Tonkowich on Converting to Catholicism

Tags: Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Church Fathers, clergy, Coming Home Network International, congregational polity, conversion, episcopal polity, G.K. Chesterton, John Henry Newman, Marcus Grodi, Michael Novak, pastoral formation, Presbyterian Church, presbyterian polity, Robert George, Rocky the RoR mascot, Tom Farr, Wyoming Catholic College

Why would a Presbyterian who spent time in the ministry decide to convert to Catholicism? With a number of high-profile individuals making the same choice, we discuss this journey with Jim Tonkowich, former president of the Institute on Religion & Democracy. This interesting life story is peppered with sociological insights into church authority and structure, and the state of our religious environment today.

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