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Why You Cannot Coerce Religion

By Filings on Wed, 02/11/26
Society & Culture
Post-liberal Integralism
Religious Liberty
Freedom of Conscience

“Catholic integralists want to bring back an Emperor under the authority of the Pope. Calvinist reconstructionists would like to see a church with temporal authority. Pentecostal Seven Mountain activists … So it’s a good time to think through whether Christianity can take on political power so as to impose its religious and moral teachings on non-believers.” - Veith

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