# FreeThought and Freedom: The Secularization of Private Property

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-the-secularization-of-private-property>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** March 14, 2018

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Smith contrasts the modern secular approach to private property with the traditional Christian theory.

Smith contrasts the modern secular approach to private property with the traditional Christian theory.

[Originally published in essay form on September 25, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/freethought-freedom-secularization-private-property)