Liberalism Is a Technology for Preventing Civil War

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Liberalism is a technology for preventing civil war. It was forged in the fires of hell, the horrors of the endless seventeenth century ous wars. People talk about liberalism as if it's just another word for capitalism or libertarianism. And it doesn't. Liberalism is none of these things. The notion of the human as as having inherent dignity and worth such that it should be protected by rights are one of the signal contributions that christianity has made to the world.

Liberal democracy is under military threat abroad, and intellectual threat in America. And many of these domestic attacks are coming from within Christianity. So should Christians care about defending democracy? What are the connections between our Christian faith and America’s form of self-government? This week David and Curtis dive headlong into this deep and fascinating issue, including some history, some theology, and some critical guidance for why we Christians must indeed care about the state of our democracy and its institutions.

Show Notes:

-French Press: “A Christian Defense of American Classical Liberalism”

-Sarah Repucci & Amy Slipowitz (Freedom House): “Democracy Under Siege”

-From John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, 11 October 1798

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