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Work: The Meaning of Your Life - A Christian Perspective    by Lester DeKoster
Price: $2.99 USD. 20350 words. Published by Christian's Library Press on October 12, 2010. .

Where do we find the core of life's meaning? Right on the job! At whatever work we do - with head or hand, from kitchen to executive suite, from your house to the White House! "Work is the great equalizer - everyone has to come to it in order to find meaning in living: no short cuts, no detours, no bargain rates."
Kingdom Stewardship: Occasional Papers Prepared by the Lausanne Resource Mobilization Working Group for Cape Town 2010    by Arif Mohamed
Price: $2.99 USD. 21500 words. Published by Christian's Library Press on October 12, 2010. .

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, an unprecedented opportunity exists to disciple the church in the fundamental biblical pattern of holistic stewardship. As the church becomes increasingly aware of issues of sustainability, seeks to understand and foster the role of business, and expands the message of the grace of giving. Edited by Arif Mohamed, Brett Elder, and Stephen Grabill.
Religion & Liberty - Volume 20, Number 2    by Acton Institute
Price: Free! 10350 words. Published on October 21, 2010. .

Religion & Liberty’s issue featuring an interview with Alexander Solzhenitsyn scholar Edward E. Ericson Jr. is now available online. Acton also published Solzhenitsyn & the Modern World by Ericson in 1994.
Religion & Liberty - Volume 20, Number 3/4    by Acton Institute
Price: Free! 15850 words. Published on December 15, 2010. .

Religion & Liberty’s issue featuring an interview with ACT 3 Founder John H. Armstrong is now available. This double issue is a tribute to the 20th anniversary of Acton’s founding.
A Prescription for Health Care Reform    by Donald Condit
Price: $2.99 USD. 16220 words. Published by Acton Institute on January 16, 2011. .

Rising costs and demographic realities render the current American health care system unsustainable. The situation presents a particular challenge for Christians who recognize that access to health care is a basic requirement of a just social order. Physician Donald Condit, drawing on an impressive array of empirical research, skillfully applies the principles of Catholic social teaching to...
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts    by Acton Institute
Price: $1.99 USD. 54010 words. Published on January 30, 2011. .

Students, teachers, and all those who seek a better knowledge of the social doctrine of the Church will find contained within this collection the central statements of the Roman Pontiffs from a range of texts, including papal encyclicals, apostolic letters, and Conciliar documents, on matters relating to politics, economics, and culture.
Faith, Freedom, and Modernity: Christianity and Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century    by Jan Klos
Price: $9.99 USD. 175350 words. Published by Acton Institute on February 13, 2011. .

Anyone who believes that democratic freedom and Christian morality are necessarily opposed to one another should find Professor Jan Klos’ book of great interest. Beginning with a careful study of 19th century liberalism, Klos shows how liberalism—understood as political freedom, individualism, and progress...
International Aid and Integral Human Development    by Philip Booth
Price: $2.99 USD. 16620 words. Published by Acton Institute on March 7, 2011. .

Christians in wealthy nations have an obligation to assist those who struggle to subsist in developing economies. The critical question remains: How is this duty best discharged? Conventionally, church leaders have often recommended government-to-government aid transfers as a major strategy to promote development in poor nations. Philip Booth, relying on the principles...
The Unity Factor: One Lord, One Church, One Mission    by John Armstrong
Price: $1.99 USD. 13530 words. Published by Christian's Library Press on October 23, 2011. .

The Unity Factor is rooted in the prayer of Jesus in John 17:20–23, a prayer that presents to us an unreachable goal. How can we ever live out Christ’s plan for us to be one in faith and mission when we are so deeply divided by social, cultural, racial, and doctrinal fault lines? Does it really matter whether or not we strengthen our bonds of mutual love...
Islamic Theology, Constitutionalism, and the State    by Lukas Wick
Price: $7.99 USD. 69620 words. Published by acton on December 25, 2012. .

One of the most critical questions facing the world today is whether Islam is capable of accommodating itself to the constitutional forms of government that first arose in the West. Needless to say, opinion is sharply divided on this question.