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‘Unfolding the Creator’s work’: What is the Catholic work ethic?
Max Weber made an historic impact with his magnum opus on the Protestant work ethic at the turn of the twentieth century. Yet more than a century later, the full dimensions of the Catholic work ethic often go unnoticed in Catholic literature. Many writers on the Catholic work life omit the value of work, writes David Cusimano, a new contributor at the Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Transatlantic website, in a new essay. Cusimano, a business advisor and entrepreneur who...
Global poverty reduction slows – but there’s a fix
For the past many years, the news about extreme poverty around the globe has been extremely encouraging. The number of people living on $1.90 a day (2011 PPP), which the World Bank defines as extreme poverty, has been falling for decades. In 1990, approximately 1.85 billion people lived in extreme poverty. In 2015, that dropped to 736 million. In other words, extreme poverty was reduced by over fifty percent globally in just 30 years. That’s an astonishing plishment. Given this...
A how-to guide for opposing totalitarianism: A review of ‘On Tyranny’
The Book:On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder The Gist: Snyder, the Levin Professor of History at Yale University, presents twenty brief and practical lessons on how we can avoid tyranny in the future by learning from the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. The Quote: ”It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of ‘our institutions’ unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf....
Rev. Robert Sirico on ‘The Late-Scholastic and Austrian Link to Modern Catholic Economic Thought’
As Acton’s librarian I can’t help but be immersed in the history of the Institute. I regularly stumble upon thought-provoking material from well before I began my work here in the late 2000’s which is itself a continuing education. One document in particular that I always return to is Father Robert Sirico’s 1998 contribution to the the Journal of Markets and Morality, ‘The Late-Scholastic and Austrian Link to Modern Catholic Economic Thought.’ It is an excellent introduction the main counters...
Acton alumnus awarded highest civilian honor in Brazil
On the morning of May 3, Acton University alumnus, Marcel van Hattem, was awarded the Order of Rio Branco, the highest civilian award in Brazil, by President Jair Bolsonaro. The Order of Rio Branco award, established in February 1963, is named after the Brazilian diplomat, Barao do Rio Branco, and given to “stimulate the practice and deeds worthy of honorable mention,” to “distinguish meritorious services and civic virtues.” Van Hattem was the only congressman from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil...
The Ten Commandments or ‘Ten Thousand Commandments’
On Mt. Sinai, the Lord handed Moses the Ten Commandments divinely traced by His own finger. The Torah expounded these into 613 laws; but in 2018 the collected regulations issued by the federal government, known as the Federal Register, took up 61,308 pages. The quantity did nothing to improve the laws’ quality, as the Competitive Enterprise Institute notes in the latest edition of its annual report, Ten Thousand Commandments. Incredibly, the code has been trimmed by more than one-third from...
How people view religion’s role in their countries
Across 27 countries surveyed, more people think religion plays a less important role than a more important pared with 20 years ago, notes a new report from Pew Research. But around the world, more people also favor an increased role for religion in their country than oppose it. Majorities in the U.S. (58 percent), Canada (64 percent), and Europe (a median of 52 percent) say religion has a less important role than it did 20 years ago. Whether that’s viewed...
Sweden’s road to secularism: By politics alone
Sweden’s transformation from a pious Lutheran nation to one of the most secular states in the West is among the most arresting in history. Few appreciate how this followed the Church of Sweden having its governance, and then its doctrine, changed by politicians to reflect statist orthodoxy. Per Ewert of the Clapham Institute tells the story in a new article for Religion & Liberty Transatlantictitled “Secularizing the Church of Sweden: By politics alone.” A leading Social Democratic politician of the...
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