Jew-Gentile Relations, Tax Evasion, and Romans 13 by Jonathan McIntosh James Dunn (Word Biblical Commentary) suggests that Paul’s teaching of “political quietism” in
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Read More »Summary of Book 2 of the Republic by Jonathan McIntosh Glaucon, unimpressed with the ease with which the wild Thrasymachus has been tamed
Read More »Summary of Book 1 of Plato’s Republic by Jonathan McIntosh The Republic opens with Socrates and Glaucon (Plato’s real-life older brother) present in the
Read More »Introduction to Plato’s Republic by Jonathan McIntosh Plato’s Republic is arguably the foundational text in the history of western philosophy in general and in the
Read More »The Libertarian Aquinas Series at the Libertarian Christian Institute Blog by Jonathan McIntosh The good folks over at the Libertarian Christian Institute have
Read More »Aquinas’s ethics of coercion and the science of theology by Jonathan McIntosh The core of Aquinas’s political writings consists in three principal
Read More »Anselm on beatings by Jonathan McIntosh A central tenet of the political thought of St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430) is the
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