Towards a Christian Political Economy: The Writings of Bob Goudzwaard

Bob Goudzwaard has been a leading Christian political economist in the Netherlands for the last forty years. Professor Emeritus of the Free University of Amsterdam, former member of parliament, advisor to political parties, think tanks and NGO’s around the world, Goudzwaard has had a profound influence in shaping a Christian political-economic imagination. In this course we will read Goudzwaard’s most important books and articles (in translation) and have the opportunity to spend four seminars in conversation with him while he is in Toronto in January and February. Lectures, seminars, student seminars. Means of evaluation: Seminar participation, presentations and major essay.