Theological Perspectives on the Market (2025 Conference) - The Sower Episode 56 (audio)

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The panel is "Theological Perspectives on the Market," and the speakers are:

John Robinson (James Madison University) - "Scarcity, Isolation, and Dependence: Economic Insight in CS Lewis's The Great Divorce"

Erik Matson (Mercatus Center) - "Economics and Evil"

Paul Radich (Catholic University of America) - "From the Invisible Hand to the Inexorable Hammer: Cosmological Affinity between Adam Smith and Karl Marx"

Dylan Pahman (Acton Institute) - "The Fourth Face of Power: Toward a Pure Theory of Friendship"

If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/

0:00 Episode Introduction

1:56 Panel Introduction

4:15 Robinson

15:30 Matson

32:47 Radich

47:28 Pahman

1:07:31 Q & A

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