A History of Christian Political Economy

Mark Tooley on June 5, 2026

On June 2 the Institute on Religion & Democracy hosted Jordan Ballor and Erik Matson for a talk about their new book A History of Christian Political Economy. The event was a kick-off of IRD’s new Christians for Capitalism program.

Ballor serves as executive director of the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy at First Liberty Institute. Matson is the Gibbons Fellow in Economics at The Catholic University of America and Co-Director of the Adam Smith Program at George Mason University.

Watch video of the discussion below on IRD’s YouTube channel or as downloadable podcast audio from IRD’s SoundCloud account.

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  1. Comment by Salvatore Anthony Luiso on June 5, 2026 at 2:08 am

    I suggest the Institute for Religion & Democracy have a Christians for Distributism program.

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