The Soul of Liberty
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In this interview Flavio Felice questions Robert A. Sirico regarding the synthesis between religion and liberty. Questions and issued addressed include:

• What is the origin of the idea that the State has no claim on the soul?
• What do you say to those who embrace the message of liberty but are fearful of the religious and moral agenda you are describing here?
• What particular dangers, if any, are associated with new technologies?

The Entrepreneurial Vocation
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In this essay, Robert A. Sirico draws upon theology, philosophy, and history to outline the contours of what he calls the entrepreneurial vocation, and its relationship with the deeper Christian message concerning the incomparable dignity of man and the sanctification of the world through human work.

Globalization, Economics, and the Family
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At the joint initiative of the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a large group of philosophers, lawyers, journalists, business leaders, economists, legislators, theologians, and those responsible for the pastoral care of the family met at Vatican City, from November 27-29, 2000, to reflect on the different aspects of globalization, and its impact on the family and family life. The papers presented, and the conclusions reached at this gathering are presented in this book.

The History of Freedom
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Lord Acton is popularly remembered for his pungent aphoirsms –"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" – but of far deeper significance was his life-long study of the history of freedom. It was a work never completed, for reasons Professor Holland discusses in his introduction. But Acton's brilliant insights, the fruit of his vast erudition, were forthcoming on rare occasion, and never more powerfully than in the two lectures published here. These writings are a precious heritage for the promise of civilization in our time and forevermore.

Professor Lord Acton
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This lecture was delivered at Cambridge University on March 16, 1995 by Professor Owen Chadwick in celebration of the 100 years since Lord Acton assumed the Regius Chair of Modern History. The author, a distinguished Acton scholar who himself served as Regius Professor, details the history of Acton's tenure at Cambridge, including the intrigue surrounding his appointment, his lectures, his work on the Cambridge Modern History, his philosophy of history, and the influence he had on the writing of history in Britain.

Transforming Welfare
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The contributors to this volume do not pretend to have all the answers, but they do agree that the present system cannot and should not last. For too long, federal, state, and local social policy has ignored the principles of charity that once guided our actions toward the poor. By offering an alternative, this book hopes to contribute to the restoration of an ethic that can be the foundation of a truly free and humane system of social assistance, one that replaces the increasingly questionable, centralized welfare state.

The Cross and the Rain Forest: A Critique of Radical Green Spirituality
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The authors present a thorough critique of the origins and implications of the more radical strains of environmentalism. In analyzing this ideology's attitude towards the nature of God, human beings, and animals, the authors show that it calls for a fundamental reordering of priorities that is essentially hostile to the Judeo-Christian tradition. In its place they offer an alternative Christian ecology that views man created in the image of God, that takes sin seriously, and looks to Christ and the redemption that is available through faith in Him as the Key who reveals the true meaning of creation.

Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
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The biblical starting point for any discussion of the nature of religious environmental stewardship must begin with the witness of the Book of Genesis: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth’" (Gen. 1:27—28). In our modern times, however, this biblical vision of the relationship between God, man, and nature is muddled by two false views. The one sees the natural world as the source of all value, man as an intruder, and God, if he exists at all, as so immanent in the natural order that he ceases to be distinguishable from it. The other places man as the source of all values, the natural order as merely instrumental to his aims, and God as often irrelevant.

Guide to Effective Compassion
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"There is not a problem in America that isn't being solved somewhere by someone." Many have uttered these words, but to date little information is available on where those solutions are and who the people are behind them. Here for the first time, is a resource for those who want to find America's hope for solving long-vexing social problems. Contained in these pages are those who transform the lives of the addicted; who give skills to those without jobs; who provide training for life; who prevent teenage pregnancy; and above all who show that the future can be better than the past. This is far from a definitive guide, but it is crucial – a vital – beginning step in changing the course of giving in America.