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Listen to Acton University Lectures Anywhere
Oct 7, 2024 10:49 PM

Were you unable to attend Acton University 2012? Want to hear a lecture you missed? You’re in luck, because we have (almost) all of the lectures available so far. Stay tuned to grab them as they’re posted to our digital lecture store. Here’s what’s available so far:

Day 1 – June 12

A Conversation with Michael Novak

Day 2 – June 13

Christian Anthropology (’12) – Dr. Samuel GreggPerson and Property in the Pentateuch – Dr. David BakerThe Church and Urban Education – Dr. Anthony Bradleyde Vitoria and Economic Liberty – Dr. Alejandro ChafuenThe Role of Ideas in Economic History – Prof. Ross EmmettChristian Vision of Government – Michael Matheson MillerEast Meets West: Consumerism and Asceticism – Rev. Gregory JensenReligion and the 21st Century – Rev. Raymond de SouzaThe Unknown Solzhenitsyn – Dr. Edward EricsonThe Role of the Mega-Church – Rev. Dan ScottThe Economic Way of Thinking (’12) – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseThe Church and God’s Economy – Dr. Jordan BallorCommunitarianism: Theory and Critique – Dr. Kenneth GrassoCorruption – Prof. Carroll Rios de RodriguezThe Gospel of Luke – Prof. Chris ArmstrongValue Investing – Mr. David Bahnsen19th Century Reflections on Liberty – Michael Matheson MillerTensions in American Conservatism – Dr. Jay RichardsBiblical Foundations of Freedom – Dr. Charles SelfAn Evening with Arthur Brooks

Day 3 – June 14

Economics and Human Action – Dr. Peter BoettkeOrthodoxy, Church and State – Very Rev. Michael ButlerChristianity and the Scottish Enlightenment – Dr. Samuel GreggPoverty in the Developing World – Michael Matheson MillerThe Church and Modern Civilization – Dr. Greg ForsterVocational Stewardship and Community Transformation – Dr. Amy Sherman

Visit the digital lecture store here to buy individual lectures and to view additional descriptions. Be sure to bookmark it since we’ll be posting more into next week.

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