S5E28: The "Social Question": Can the Move Toward Socialism be Stopped?

from God, Law & Liberty Podcast · host David Fowler

The question headlining today’s topic comes from Abraham Kuyper’s opening remarks at the First Christian Social Conference convened in the Netherlands in 1891. The news this week makes it clear that our nation is facing the same "social question" addressed by him at that conference: Is socialism or communism a better way to order our social relations in regard to material possessions? What is the Christian’s answer?Support the show: https://www.factennessee.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What has given rise to socialism as the way to better order our society? And what can arrest it? To answer these questions, David examines a speech by Abraham Kuyper in 1891 at the First Christian Social Conference and a failed solution offered by the Republican Party 30 years ago.