Archbishop of Canterbury Opens Trinity Wall Street Economics Conference
February 16, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 3 Comments
BREAKING NEWS! John Couretas has an excellent analysis over at the Acton Blog with video. Back to our report… I don’t want to turn this into beat up on the Anglicans day but, as long as we are discussing the presumptuousness of religious professionals, here’s another. Amid the backdrop of an ongoing economic recession, Archbishop [...]
Defining Capitalism and Some Thoughts for the Church
July 10, 2009 by Fr. Gregory Jensen · 32 Comments
An interesting post on First Things by Michael Novak, “ Caritas and Economics.” Novak discusses the different understandings embodied in the six different Latin words for love. In anticipation of some of my own work looking at private property in light of the tradition of the Orthodox Church, my attention was drawn to Novak’s definition [...]
Orthodox Christianity and Capitalism — Are They Compatible?
April 20, 2009 by John Couretas · 8 Comments
Kevin Allen, host of The Illumined Heart podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, interviews writer, attorney, and college professor Chris Banescu, an Orthodox Christian, about the economic, moral and spiritual issues surrounding the market economy. Kevin asks: Does the capitalist system serve “the best interests of Christians living the life of the Beatitudes?” Listen to Chris [...]
Roepke was right
February 12, 2009 by John Couretas · 2 Comments
In my Winter 2007 article on economic globalization for AGAIN Magazine, I quoted economist Wilhelm Roepke: Economically ignorant moralism is as objectionable as morally callous economism. Ethics and economics are two equally difficult subjects, and while the former needs discerning and expert reason, the latter cannot do without humane values. In light of all that [...]
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