Entrepreneurship in theological perspective: creative and innovative
What distinguishes something that is truly creative from something that is simply innovative? And how do we value and prioritize one or the other? In a recent study, “Creativity, Innovation, and the...
View ArticleRugged entrepreneurs: How the ‘frontier experience’ shapes economic cultures
In our efforts to spur economic growth and retain American dynamism, we tend to be overly consumed by surface-level tweaks to our economic systems. Yet economists continue to discover that the...
View ArticleHow the Bible encourages business
When was the last time you heard a Christian talk about how godly and pious it is to earn money? I can’t remember ever hearing that in church. Christians don’t like to talk about accumulating wealth,...
View ArticleHow a bamboo entrepreneur cooperates with nature and neighbor
Rekha Dey wasn’t always passionate about bamboo, but after touring an innovative production facility, she saw its potential. With the right business model, bamboo could be used to provide high-quality,...
View ArticleA biblical theology of work, Part 4: Enterprise and entrepreneurship
Why does business matter to God? Well, if business does not matter to God then we render a large part of human existence meaningless. The church, however, seems to be incapable in so many ways of...
View ArticleHow America’s ‘creative class’ learned to love conformity
In 2000, columnist David Brooks wrote Bobos in Paradise, hailing the dawn of a new phase in America’s longstanding story of meritocracy. The “bobos” were a peculiar breed — part bohemian, part...
View ArticleDreher: A virtuous resistance against totalitarianism must challenge the...
What’s the foundation of a good education system? Creativity and courage, according to Rod Dreher, author of the bestselling book “Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents.” Dreher argues it...
View ArticleFor nature and neighbor: A Christian vision of work and the economy
Abounding in freedom and plenty, Americans continue to grapple with competing forms of workism and careerism, struggling to find meaning and identity in an increasingly secular age. In response, many...
View ArticleWe need a ‘Forbes 400 Poorest Americans’ list
In the 1936 film My Man Godfrey, an oddly well-spoken “forgotten man” whose temporary lodgings are a city dump, finds himself the object of a game played by a pair of rich sisters, one of whom takes a...
View ArticleBeyond material prosperity, economic freedom fosters virtue and relationship
In defending the cause of economic freedom, it can be easy to focus only on the material fruits, whether it be new innovations and efficiencies or the ongoing expansion of opportunity and abundance....
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