Libertarian Christianity

, [http://www.bjp-tiaj.net/1_Helps/1_0_Glossaries/ "Theological Glossary"] and [http://www.bjp-tiaj.net/1_Helps/1_0_Glossaries/1_0_2_Maxims_of_Global_Covenant_R.htm "Maxims of the Global Covenant"] .] Advocates claim to be Christians first, and libertarians second. As libertarians they believe that all secular governments exist to protect natural rights, and only to protect natural rights; and they believe that natural rights are necessarily defined in terms of private property, at least in the legal and political arena. --- Although they readily acknowledge the distinction between their legal / political philosophy and the rest of their theology, they are suspicious of any attempt at separating the two, because separating the two leaves the visible Church without a viable, Bible-based legal philosophy.

Libertarian Christians claim to be distinct from secular libertarians and Christian libertarians. They claim to be distinct from secular libertarians by deriving their libertarian legal and political philosophy from the Bible, rather than from secular sources. They claim to be distinct from Christian libertarians through their derivation of Bible-based legal philosophy using biblical hermeneutics that are different from those used by Christian libertarians. [For instance, compare , online at [http://www.the-highway.com/recon_Duncan.html The-Highway.com] .
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last=Gordon
first=T. David
contribution=A Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy
year=1994
title=Westminster Theological Journal 56.1 (Spring 1994): 23-43 , online at [http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/gordon_theonomy.pdf theologicalstudies.org.uk] .
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last=Locke
first=John
year=1690
title=Two Treatise of Government , online at [http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/locke/government.pdf McMaster University] .
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last=Rothbard
first=Murray
year=1982
title=The Ethics of Liberty
publisher=New York University Press
isbn=0-8147-7506-3 , online at [http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/ethics.asp The Mises Institute] .
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last=Sandlin
first=Andrew
year=1996
contribution=The Libertarian Christian Idea
title=The Christian Statesman, October, 1996
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last=Waehi
first=Ma
year=2006 , [http://www.bjp-tiaj.net/ "Basic Jurisdictional Principles: A Theological Inventory of American Jurisprudence"] .
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last=Waehi
first=Ma
year=2007 , "Basic Jurisdictional Principles: An Investigation into the Biblical Undergirdings of Human Law", [http://www.bjp-tiaj.net/0_IBUHL/ "Hermeneutical Prolegomenon"] .