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Kamala Harris, the Good Samaritan, and the Christian Socialism Oxymoron

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Kamala Harris, the Good Samaritan, and the Christian Socialism Oxymoron
Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund event at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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The Salt Lake Tribune reported last week that Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris frequently cited the New Testament parable of the good Samaritan on the campaign trail when she was vying for the presidential nomination.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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