Statism, Subsidiarity, and Sphere Sovereignty

Discuss the following and each topic be presented separately:
• Discuss Statism Doctrine and what led to the rise of Statism in America since the 1930s
• Evaluate the impacts of statist intervention and efforts to pursue “cosmic justice” on various public policy outcomes.
• Compare and contrast the merits of the Roman Catholic notion of subsidiarity and the Reformed perspective on covenant and sphere sovereignty as ways to reduce elitism and crony capitalism.
• Evaluate the above in light of Biblical principles of government and statesmanship.
• Connect concepts of “Statism, Subsidiarity, and Spere Sovereignty” to your identified academic and/or professional interest in public policy.

References

The references and citations must include these two key references:

Koyzis, David T. Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies (2nd). Westmont, IL: IVP Academic Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780830852420.

Sowell, Thomas. Quest for Cosmic Justice (1st). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN: 9780684864631.
 
(Kindly add more peer reviewed sources to make them 5)
In-text citation format (Surname, Year, Page number) and also footnotes.

  • Koyzis: chs. 8-9
  • Sowell: Part IV