recommended books

The Libertarian Christian Institute’s curation of recommended books and resources.

“Panderer to Power: The True Story of Alan Greenspan” Book Review

Book Reviews

Book Review of Panderer to Power, by Frederick Sheehan. McGraw-Hill: New York, 2010. Retail: $29.95 For the bulk of my life so far, I have lived in the age of ...

Top 10 Books for Christian Libertarians – 2009 Edition

Book Reviews

One of the most popular and commented on posts of this past year was my Top 10 Books for Christmas last December. I’m thinking it’s about time for another list, ...

Book Review: Leviathan at War edited by Edmund A. Opitz

Book Reviews

Perhaps the most valid justification of government is its defense of citizens against foreign aggressors. But when governments wage war, a thin line separates defense and offense. And even in ...

Ron Paul’s "End the Fed" Now Available!

News

I have ordered my copy and now await the arrival of End the Fed by Ron Paul, his exposition on why the Federal Reserve bank needs to be flat-out abolished. ...

Summer Reading – Top 10 books that you should drop everything to read now…

Book Reviews

Looking for some good summer reading, fellow Christian libertarians? I gave this list to a friend in mid-July (a reader of LCC, incidentally) when he asked what 10 books I ...

Virtually unknown pub "Faith & Freedom" now available on Mises.org

History

Hardly anyone has ever heard the old circular Faith & Freedom, originally published in the 1950s by the early libertarians and Old Right. One of my new favorite authors, Edmund ...

“Amusing Ourselves to Death” Book Review

Book Reviews

Neil Postman's well-known book Amusing Ourselves to Death gives us a chilling reminder of how much the media we use on a regular basis affect our thought patterns. In particular, ...

“The Libertarian Theology of Freedom” Book Review

Book Reviews

Book Information: The Libertarian Theology of Freedom. Opitz, Edmund A. Tampa, FL: Hallberg Publishing Corporation, 1999. 160 pages. Only recently have I learned of Edmund Opitz, ordained Congregational minister and ...

Christians and War… and Battlestar Galactica

Christian Ethics

Tom Woods and Laurence Vance are two excellent examples of Christian libertarians, so I am delighted to share a few links that involve both of them today in follow-up to ...

“Meltdown!” Book Review

Book Reviews

Thomas Woods’s newest book Meltdown has officially hit the bookstores today, and I hope you will seriously consider picking up a copy for yourself. Woods is one of my favorite ...

Was J.R.R. Tolkien a Libertarian?

President's Blog

Could J.R.R. Tolkien, most famous for his splendid Lord of the Rings Trilogy, have been a libertarian? Well, strictly speaking one must say no; the term was hardly around at ...

“Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” Book Review

Book Reviews

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is one of my favorite books of late, I gave a copy to my father for Christmas and to the Associate Dean of Engineering ...

“Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce” Book Review

Book Reviews

A Book Review of Stanley Weintraub’s Silent Night. Some book reviews that I write are rather long, primarily because they were originally written for a theology class or something similar. ...

Top 10 Books for Christian Libertarians – Christmas 2008 Edition

Book Reviews

This post was featured on Lewrockwell.com on December 15, 2008, thanks to Tom Woods! Looking for that perfect last-minute gift for that special Christian Libertarian in your life? Here are ...

“Myths America Lives By” Book Review

American History

A review of Richard Hughes’s book Myths America Lives By. Richard Hughes’s seminal book can be roughly described as exploding the myths in the American national subconscious, but this does ...

Book Review: Founding Faith, by Steven Waldman

Book Reviews

A book review of Founding Faith (subtitle: Providence, Politics and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America) by Steven Waldman, editor-in-chief of BeliefNet.com. Introduction In Founding Faith, Steven Waldman sets ...

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