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Kyle Swan on Christianity and (Classical) Liberalism


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Can a good Christian also be a good liberal?  Prof. Kyle Swan - an assistant professor of philosophy at Cal State University, Sacramento - examines this question and the tension between religion and freedom.  We begin the discussion by defining "liberalism," which we do not use in the sense that it is used in U.S. politics today, but rather in its classical sense emanating from the English/Scottish Enlightenment.  Prof. Swan uses "liberalism" in the sense of the "right to be left alone,"...

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