Brad Littlejohn
Fellow
Brad Littlejohn, Ph.D., is a Fellow in EPPC’s Evangelicals in Civic Life Program, where his work focuses on helping public leaders understand the intellectual and historical foundations of our current breakdown of public trust, social cohesion, and sound governance. His research investigates shifting understandings of the nature of freedom and authority, and how a more full-orbed conception of freedom, rooted in the Christian tradition, can inform policy that respects both the dignity of the individual and the urgency of the common good. He also serves as President of the Davenant Institute.
Brad Littlejohn, Ph.D., is a Fellow in EPPC’s Evangelicals in Civic Life Program, where his work focuses on helping public leaders understand the intellectual and historical foundations of our current breakdown of public trust, social cohesion, and sound governance. His research investigates shifting understandings of the nature of freedom and authority, and how a more full-orbed conception of freedom, rooted in the Christian tradition, can inform policy that respects both the dignity of the individual and the urgency of the common good. He also serves as President of the Davenant Institute.
A scholar and writer in the fields of Christian ethics, historical theology, and conservative political thought, he earned his PhD in Theological Ethics at the University of Edinburgh in 2014, where he studied the relationship of freedom and authority in the English Reformation. He is the author of The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty and The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed, among other books, as well as numerous peer-reviewed and popular-level articles and book chapters on topics ranging from freedom of conscience to the nature of property rights to the moral architecture of digital technology.
In 2013 he founded the Davenant Institute, an organization dedicated to retrieving and renewing the Protestant theological and ethical tradition, and frequently writes, speaks, and teaches for their publications, conferences, and courses. He has also taught at Moody Bible Institute and Patrick Henry College, and served as Headmaster of Loudoun Classical School.
Most recently, he worked as a Senior Fellow of the Edmund Burke Foundation as lead author on multi-year project entitled “Foundations of Liberty: Rediscovering the Anglo-American Conservative Tradition.” His essays arising out of this research have appeared in journals such as National Affairs, American Affairs, The American Conservative, First Things, and Modern Age.
He is also a weekly Opinion Contributor at WORLD Magazine, and publishes regularly on questions of Christian ethics and political theology for outlets such as The Gospel Coalition, American Reformer, Desiring God, and Mere Orthodoxy.
We Peasants of the Metaverse
Brad Littlejohn
We cannot make sense of economic forms in the current century simply by applying the rules of the last.
Articles
American Compass / June 13, 2022
A Culture of Coddling
Brad Littlejohn
All levels of authority have imbibed the idea that their responsibility is above all to shelter those under their care from any danger or risk.
Articles
WORLD Opinions / June 9, 2022
The Union of Religion and Justice
Brad Littlejohn
Or, why Protestants can’t be libertarians
Articles
American Reformer / May 31, 2022
An American Christian on Memorial Day
Brad Littlejohn
Thank God for the land of our birth and the courage of those willing to die for it
Articles
WORLD Opinions / May 31, 2022
Will the Prodigal Son Return?
Brad Littlejohn
A revival of the nation will require a rediscovered willingness to honor and serve God—as individuals, as families, and as nations.
Articles
Law and Liberty / May 31, 2022
Recovering the Philosophy of Conservatism
Brad Littlejohn
Yoram Hazony calls for a society built upon family, church, and nation
Articles
WORLD Opinions / May 19, 2022
Promises Must Be Kept
Brad Littlejohn
What Henry Cabot Lodge can teach us about our failure in Ukraine.
Articles
The American Conservative / May 16, 2022
Ohio’s Senate Primary and the Future of the GOP
Brad Littlejohn
Which variety of “Trumpism” will gain the most influence?
Articles
WORLD Opinons / May 12, 2022
Pain at the Pump—But No Easy Answers
Brad Littlejohn
Honoring the needs of your neighbor in the marketplace
Articles
WORLD Opinions / May 10, 2022
The French Election Could Signal Trouble for European Liberal Democracy
Brad Littlejohn
What is currently labeled “far-right” and “extreme” might become mainstream.
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WORLD Opinions / April 28, 2022