October 27, 2017
Read the entire article originally published at JuicyEcumenism.com: The Institute for Religion and Democracy’s Blog.
“Young Evangelicals Elise Daniel and Taylor Barkley discussed their belief that Christianity is politically compatible with libertarianism at a Faith and Law presentation at Capitol Hill on Friday, January 6.
Daniel, currently working on Capitol Hill and a co-author with Barkley of the just released book, Called to Freedom: Why You Can Be Christian and Libertarian, began by noting her commitment as a Christian first, a libertarian second. The political program of libertarianism is to protect the life, liberty, and property of citizens, not to construct a new way of life. But libertarianism need not involve moral relativism, she said. One need not embrace selfishness as a virtue to advance a libertarian political program as a Christian…” (Read more)
