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Back to SearchSecularist Violence in Modern History
Episode 483
In his latest book, “Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History,” Thomas Albert Howard presents three principal forms of modern secularism …
1 year, 2 months ago
Lessons from Three Decades of Studying Economics
Episode 482
On today’s episode, Dan Churchwell, Acton’s director of programs and education, talks to James Hartley, professor of economics at Mount Holyoke Colle…
1 year, 2 months ago
Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time
Episode 481
The 2024 PovertyCure Summit, “Dignity, Agency & Charity,” was a virtual event put on by Acton’s Center for Social Flourishing. Over two days, partici…
1 year, 2 months ago
Medical and Business Ethics
Episode 480
On today’s episode, we bring you a conversation from Acton University between Acton’s director of programming, Dan Churchwell, and Scott Rae, profess…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Christian Humanist Tradition Today
Episode 479
In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Stephen Smith, dean of the humanities, Temple Family Chair in English Literature, and professor of English at…
1 year, 3 months ago
Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law
Episode 478
In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Andrew M. McGinnis, assistant director of research at the CRCD and managing editor of the Journal of Religion…
1 year, 3 months ago
Finding Solutions to America’s Housing Shortage
Episode 477
The 2024 PovertyCure Summit, “Dignity, Agency, & Charity,” was a virtual event put on by Acton’s Center for Social Flourishing. Over two days, partic…
1 year, 3 months ago
Leading Citizenship
Episode 476
On today’s episode, Acton’s director of research, John Pinheiro, speaks to Gerard Wegemer, founding director of the Center for Thomas More Studies. T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Presidential Transitions
Episode 475
This week, host Dan Hugger is joined by John Pinheiro and Dylan Pahman to discuss the presidential transition. What have past presidential transition…
1 year, 4 months ago
American Fusionism
Episode 474
In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Kevin Vallier, professor of philosophy at the Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership, ab…
1 year, 4 months ago