Tag: individualism

Christian Worldview

Individualist Libertarians, Collectivist Bibles: the Challenge of Being Libertarian and Christian

Libertarians are known for their embrace of the philosophy of individualism. We support merit-based selection over group identity as the ...

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Libertarianism

Individualism vs Collectivism: A Libertarian Dilemma

“Dear Christian, we are neither individualist nor collectivist. This is a false choice. We are individuals living in community. You ...

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History

Religious Roots of Liberty

This article by Rev. Edmund Opitz (who wrote The Libertarian Theology of Freedom) is reprinted from the Mises Daily Article ...

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Book Reviews

Book Review: You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble

Book Review: You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble Dr. Alan Noble is an associate professor of English at ...

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Christian Worldview

The Person and His Society

By Edmund Opitz, originally published in the January 1981 edition of The Freeman. He is the author of The Libertarian ...

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Libertarianism

Doug Wilson is Wrong About Libertarianism

Does society always and in every case break down to atomistic individuals?

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Libertarianism

The Answer is Always Individualism

I just saw an article by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen called “It’s Time to Build.” I’m both encouraged and troubled ...

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Politics

Screwtape Proposes a Toast

If you have never read The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity, ...

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Libertarianism

Don’t Tread On Who?

Critics of libertarianism often charge that it is a “selfish ideology,” or that any explanation of self-interest is just a ...

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Book Reviews

“An Evangelical Social Gospel?” Book Review

While there have always been schisms in the Christian faith, the current theological/political divide between the Christian Left and the ...

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Christian Worldview

Thoughts on the word “We”

Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to ...

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History

The Robber Barons and the Real Gilded Age

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. The Civil War ...

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Christian Worldview

Narnians Hate the State Too!

David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute, President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, and friend of ...

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Culture

Classic Essay: Against School

By John Taylor Gatto, originally published in Harpers, September 2003. How public education cripples our kids, and why I taught ...

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Libertarianism

Stop Rent-seeking

This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my ...

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Libertarianism

Smoking is Healthier than Fascism

This article is #15 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my ...

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Economics

Freedom: My Anti-Gov

Freedom subsumes individual liberty and personal responsibility. If individuals are free to act and also held responsible to bear the ...

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Philosophy

Edmund Opitz – Minister to Liberty

If a patron saint for the libertarian movement were to be chosen, at the top of the list would be ...

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History

Happy Texas Independence Day!

Too bad they didn’t stay that way. Oh well, today we Remember the Alamo! The Texas Declaration of Independence The ...

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Book Reviews

“The Libertarian Theology of Freedom” Book Review

Book Information: The Libertarian Theology of Freedom. Opitz, Edmund A. Tampa, FL: Hallberg Publishing Corporation, 1999. 160 pages. Only recently ...

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