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Israel and the Messianic Jews

St. Paul is still relevant today, and not just in the general sense. Paul is relevant today in what has become something almost like historical déjà vu. When Paul began traveling across Palestine and then Asia Minor and Europe, the […]

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This Year in Jerusalem

Ah, summer…a time of year to kick back, relax, sip some lemonade by the pool, and enjoy the slower pace of life. Maybe for some, but this year I’

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Music and the Soul

We’re living in a time when there is a manifest crisis of worship in the church. It’s almost as if we’re in the midst of a rebellion

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Imperialism and the Liberal Left

Imperialism is a word most often found in the mouths of green and hip college students, slung about in derision of cold-hearted, greedy conservatives that do little more than

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Uneasy Bedfellows?: Natural Law and Protestant Theology

If there is one idea that comes up in every lecture at Acton University, it is a particular view of the human person mentioned in shorthand as “Christian anthropology.”  This

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Mustafa Akyol on the Basic Compatibility of Islam with Free Market Economy

A special treat for the attendees of Acton University, Mustafa Akyol delivered a lunch lecture addressing the principles of Islam that are basically compatible with free markets and free societies.

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Christianity and Globalization: A Unity in Diversity

The Judeo-Christian religion has always experienced a tension between expansion and isolation, universality and particularity. From the beginning of the history of the world as outlined in the Hebrew

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The Danger of Misplaced Pity

I have often found myself banging my head against the wall in frustration with the profligate waste of youthful energy exhibited by groups like Rock the Vote, Green Peace, and

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Difference: The Opportunity for Love

A second intriguing idea (read the first here) suggested by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse in her lecture on the Economic Way of Thinking is that whereas politicians, socialists, and all

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Anthropology, the Economists' Foundation

A struggling internet connection in my hotel delayed the timeliness of this post, however, I've received promises that the network will be fixed before the morning's

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The Economic Way of Thinking

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse just delivered a fascinating lecture overviewing the basics of economic thinking. Beginning with the basic premises of economic science, she rapidly moved through the basic methods of economic inquiry, principles that are foundational to the science […]

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Acton University: Economics, Freedom, and Christianity

. . .what is virtue if not the free choice of what is good?” Alexis de Tocqueville Today the Acton Institute, and educational and research group promoting the development of free and virtuous societies through individual liberty and Christian principles, […]