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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Marxist Historical Materialism in Theory vs. Practice by George Harrell From where Marx sat, observing history unfold in the middle of the 19th century,
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Summary of book one of Aristotle’s Ethics by Jonathan McIntosh Aristotle’s Ethics is one of the most important texts in the history
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Marsilius of Padua: Natural Law not Law Because Not Coercive by Jonathan McIntosh Stephen Neff credits Marsilius of Padua (1275-1342) with being the
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Summary of Book 2 of the Republic by Jonathan McIntosh Glaucon, unimpressed with the ease with which the wild Thrasymachus has been tamed
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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
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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
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The Libertarian Aquinas Series at the Libertarian Christian Institute Blog by Jonathan McIntosh The good folks over at the Libertarian Christian Institute have
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Aquinas’s ethics of coercion and the science of theology by Jonathan McIntosh The core of Aquinas’s political writings consists in three principal
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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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