The overarching theme of the biblical story is economic justice for all, and a society can achieve that justice only if it follows the principles of the Mosaic covenant. Richard Horsley makes this ...

An interesting week for biblical economics: the longstanding voice in the wilderness Ron Paul announced he is retiring from Congress to focus on a presidential bid and the crisis over the debt ceiling ...

The following is an abridged version of a talk given July 30 in Cincinnati at the Celebration Conference on Effective Liturgy. In the Bible Israel always has the hard work of transposing its treasured ...

Capitalism is an economic system that has functioned efficiently throughout the course of history. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, capitalism is “an economic system based on private ...

Newly minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has been generously described as a “Christian Nationalist in a nice suit." The Louisiana Republican wants to nullify the Constitution in order to make ...

This article originally appeared on Right Wing Watch, the website published by People For the American Way. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in her dissent in the Hobby Lobby case that ...

“It’s the economy, stupid” was the keystone phrase of the Bill Clinton presidential campaign. It carried his message to the White House. Today, we hear pundits and candidates say the economy is all ...

The Apostle Paul counseled his churches during some terrible economic times. He appealed often to the Old Testament Scriptures and wrote many of our New Testament Scriptures. Can they guide our nation ...

Some religious leaders have invoked the Hebrew Bible’s (Torah’s) requirement to forgive the payback of all loans at the end of the Sabbatical year (“Shmitah,” year of release), as a moral ...

A friend of mine emailed me this weekend and asked about the fight in Wisconsin over the state budget. “Where’s the Religious Right in those events,” she asked, and then wondered whether there is ...

Newly minted Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has been generously described as a “Christian Nationalist in a nice suit." The Louisiana Republican wants to nullify the Constitution in order to make ...