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Related: About this forumDavid Brat’s victory comes with a rise in the crossroads of religion and economics
College economics professor and Republican candidate for Congress David Brat, right, poses on a motorcycle with members of Heaven's Saints motorcycle ministry Randy "Zippo" Breen, left, and Tanner "Clear Coat" Mansfield at the Golden Corral during a campaign stop April 26, 2014 in Glen Allen, Va. (Jay Paul/Getty Images)
June 13 at 12:53 PM
By Michelle Boorstein
David Brats victory over Rep. Eric Cantor was a shocker, leading to the lightning-fast unearthing of Brats writings, such as those calling for Christians to rise up in defense of capitalism. But Brat is part of a bigger movement in recent years of overtly religious economists, particularly of the conservative Christian variety.
The rise of the Randolph-Macon College economist, who defeated Cantor in the Republican primary for the Virginia 7th Congressional District, comes as Pope Francis forces questions about theology and ethics onto a field that has often been hostile to the spiritual. How much the two men agree on, however, remains to be seen.
While other conservative religious economists this week scrambled to find publications of Brat to understand better his beliefs, they saw his moment as potentially very positive.
Jordan J. Ballor, a research fellow at the Acton Institute, a religion and liberty think tank, said Brat is part of a growing and more visible overlap between economic and religious conservatives.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/david-brats-victory-is-part-of-broader-rise-of-religion-in-economics/2014/06/13/76491e06-f26c-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html
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David Brat’s victory comes with a rise in the crossroads of religion and economics (Original Post)
rug
Jun 2014
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Fuck, so sick of these idiotic so called xtians...morons, full of hate
and they know nothing about the fictional Jesus, even if Jesus was real he would hate these guys too
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)2. David Brat needs a nickname like Randy "Zippo" Breen or Tanner "Clearcoat" Mansfield...
C'mon DUers...
I think mine would be David "Tea-Totaler" Brat...
rug
(82,333 posts)3. Brat Worst Candidate Ever.
LeftishBrit
(41,210 posts)4. Worshipping God and Mammon.