In the twenty-first century, increasing persecution of religious believers across the world has brought renewed attention to the importance and foundations of genuine religious liberty. Too often, however, advocates of religious freedom fail to recognize the ways in which other aspects of freedom—including the rights to property and economic initiative—are intertwined with the freedom to act in accord with religious belief. In this wide-ranging volume, an interfaith, international group of prominent scholars and religious leaders explore the relationship between economic and religious liberty. A sound understanding of this relationship, rooted in the natural law and the truth about the human person, is indispensable if our future is to be characterized not by civil and religious strife but instead by peaceful religious practice and prosperous commerce among the diverse peoples of the world.
Una colección de ensayos de diferentes autores, con muy diferentes antecedentes, escribiendo acerca de la relación entre dos libertades, la religiosa y la económica. La riqueza del libro está en esas distintas perspectivas de los autores sosteniendo de maneras diferentes y variadas esa relación entre las dos libertades, con la religiosa como sustento central de la económica. Muy recomendable, en especial para las personas religiosas que creen que la libertad económica es negativa, pero también para los liberales y capitalistas que aún no ven a la libertad religiosa como su gran aliado.