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Acton University was one of the most influential and rich educational experiences

I have ever had. I especially loved the foundation classes as a first timer. The informa- Rev. Robert A. Sirico tion I received in those classes has had a direct impact on my own teaching. President & Co-Founder – Hannah Hull, True Charity Initiative

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THE HONORABLE JANICE ROGERS BROWN,J.D. was ACTON CORE CHRISTIAN VISION OF THE PERSON appointed to the United States Court of Appeals Michael Matheson Miller for the D.C. Circuit in June 2005. From 1994 to Acton Institute

1996, she served as an associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING and from 1996 to 2005, as an associate justice of Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D.* Institute for Faith, Work and Economics the California Supreme Court. Brown also held roles in the State of California’s Office of Legislative Counsel, Attorney General’s Office, and Business, GOVERNMENT AND THE FREE SOCIETY

Transportation and Housing Agency. She earned her Paul Bonicelli, Ph.D. Acton Institute J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law and received a Master of Laws from NATURAL LAW AND HUMAN FLOURISHING the University of Virginia School of Law. Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. Acton Institute KEN ELZINGA is the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. An award-winning teacher, each fall his introductory BUSINESS AND THE COMMON GOOD economics course attracts over 1,000 students, ECONOMICS making it the largest class offered at the university. Scott Rae, Ph.D. Biola University An expert in antitrust economics, he has testified in precedent-setting antitrust cases, including three CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Elzinga has served Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. on the boards of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, The Catholic University of America Hope College, and the Center for Christian Study at UVA. Mr. Elzinga has a B.A. and honorary doctorate CRONYISM: STEALING FROM THE POOR TO PROTECT THE RICH from Kalamazoo College and a Ph.D. from Michigan Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D.* Institute for Faith, Work & Economics State University.

REV. ROBERT SIRICO is the president and co-founder CRYPTOCURRENCY of the Acton Institute and the pastor at Sacred Jeffrey Tucker Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan. American Institute for Economic Research A regular writer and commentator on religious, CULTURAL CRITIQUES OF CAPITALISM political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Michael Matheson Miller Sirico’s contributions have been carried by the Acton Institute New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and DISTRIBUTISM: THEORY AND CRITIQUE the BBC, among others. Rev. Sirico holds dual David Deavel, Ph.D. American and Italian citizenship. Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY Catherine Pakaluk, Ph.D. Anne Morse The Catholic University of America Penn State University

ECONOMIC FREEDOM AS THE PATH TO HUMAN FLOURISHING MARRIAGE MAKES THE MAN Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D.* W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D. University of Virginia Institute for Faith, Work & Economics ETHICS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS: BEYOND CSR MICROAGGRESSIONS AND THE PUBLIC GOOD Andrei Rogobete Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D. Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics Baylor University

FAIR TRADE VS. FREE TRADE POPULATION ECONOMICS Victor Claar, Ph.D.* Stephen Barrows, Ph.D. Florida Gulf Coast University Aquinas College

FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD P.J. Hill, Ph.D. Michael Matheson Miller Acton Institute Wheaton College

RISING POWERS: THE HEART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FREE MARKET THOUGHT: AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS Peter Heslam, D.Phil. Roger Garrison, Ph.D. Transforming Business Auburn University

SCALING THE WALLS OF PROTECTIONISM: AMERICAN HIGHER GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY Philip Booth, Ph.D. Jim Burkee, Ph.D. St. Mary’s University, Twickenham Concordia College, New York HOW TO PURSUE HAPPINESS: HOW DOES THE ECONOMY STRONG FAMILIES, PROSPEROUS STATES HELP THE GOOD LIFE? W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D. Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. University of Virginia The Catholic University of America

THE AUSTRIAN BUSINESS CYCLE INCOME AND INEQUALITY Roger Garrison, Ph.D. Stephen Barrows, Ph.D. Auburn University Aquinas College THE GENDER WAGE GAP INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EAST ASIA Angela Dills, Ph.D. Dato Kim Tan, Ph.D. Western Carolina University SpringHill Management, Ltd. INTERSECTIONALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THE IMPORTANCE OF FREE TRADE . Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D. Philip Booth, Ph.D St. Mary’s University, Twickenham Baylor University

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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ECONOMICS WHY HAYEK SHOULD MATTER TO CHRISTIANS FIGURES AND ISLAM 101 Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. TRADITIONS Mustafa Akyol Hope College Freedom Project at Wellesley College WHY MACHINES WON’T REPLACE US ISLAM, MARKETS, AND THE FREE SOCIETY Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. Mustafa Akyol The Catholic University of America Freedom Project at Wellesley College JOHN LOCKE’S PHILOSOPHY OF LIBERALISM Greg Forster, Ph.D. FIGURES AND ABRAHAM KUYPER, LEO XIII, AND MODERN CHRISTIAN Center for Transformational Churches, Trinity TRADITIONS SOCIAL THOUGHT International University Jordan Ballor, Dr. theol., Ph.D. Acton Institute JOHN RAWLS, JUSTICE, AND THE IMAGO DEI Kevin Brown, Ph.D. ADAM SMITH AND THE ROLE OF VIRTUE IN A Asbury Theological Seminary COMMERCIAL SOCIETY Paul Mueller, Ph.D. KUYPER AND COLSON The King’s College, New York City John Stonestreet Colson Center for Christian Worldview ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: THE MAN AND HIS TIMES ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE CITY OF MAN John D. Wilsey, Ph.D.* Rev. John Zuhlsdorf The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin

AN INTRODUCTION TO ABRAHAM KUYPER’S PUBLIC THEOLOGY THE AUSTRIAN TRADITION ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER Jordan Ballor, Dr. theol., Ph.D. Jeffrey Tucker Acton Institute American Institute for Economic Research

BEHIND THE LABELS: CONSERVATISM AND LIBERALISM IN THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: AUGUSTINE, LUTHER, AND AMERICAN HISTORY KUYPER IN CONVERSATION Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D. Stephen Presley, Ph.D. Acton Institute Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

BENEDICT XVI AND THE CRISIS OF EUROPE THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF SERGEI BULGAKOV Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. Rev. Johannes Jacobse Acton Institute St. Peter the Apostle Orthodox Church, Bonita Springs EDMUND BURKE AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN CONSERVATISM THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST RIGHTLY Kishore Jayabalan UNDERSTOOD—AS TOCQUEVILLE UNDERSTOOD IT Istituto Acton John D. Wilsey, Ph.D.* The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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FIGURES AND THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF JPII POLITICS CHURCH AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TRADITIONS Rev. Roger Landry Rev. Roger Landry Permanent Observer Mission of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN

Holy See to the UN GOVERNING FOR HARMONY: CHRISTIAN STRATEGIES THE THOUGHT OF LEO XIII FOR SOCIAL PEACE Daniel Frascella, Ph.D. Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D.* Archdiocese of New York Union University

WE’RE ALL DEAD: HOW J.M. KEYNES—AND HIS CRITICS— INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WENT WRONG James Bruce, Ph.D. John Brown University Victor Claar, Ph.D.* Florida Gulf Coast University INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: LATIN AMERICA WHITTAKER CHAMBERS’ WITNESS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Paul Bonicelli, Ph.D. Acton Institute Greg Forster, Ph.D. Center for Transformational Churches, Trinity ISLAM, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND REFORMED International University POLITICAL THEOLOGY WHY RONALD NISBET MATTERS Rev. Matthew Kaemingk, Ph.D. Fuller Theological Seminary Bradley Birzer, Ph.D. Hillsdale College JUDAISM, THE STATE, AND THE IDEA OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT WHY RUSSELL KIRK MATTERS Daniel Mark, Ph.D. Bradley Birzer, Ph.D. Villanova University Hillsdale College LEGISLATING MORALITY: IT’S NOT AS SCARY AS YOU MAY THINK James Bruce, Ph.D. John Brown University POLITICS A BORDERLINE UTOPIA: CAN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM SURVIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY? PITFALLS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION: MINIMUM WAGE Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D. AND EASY CREDIT Author and Public Intellectual Philip Booth, Ph.D. St. Mary’s University, Twickenham A CHRISTIAN CASE FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D.* PROPERTY IN COMMON LAW: LIBERTY AND VIRTUE TOGETHER Union University Adam MacLeod, J.D. Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, A WORLD OF FREEBIES: HOW DID WELFARE POLICIES IN Faulkner University EUROPE DESTROY THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC? Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: THE DAWN OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT Author and Public Intellectual John Pinheiro, Ph.D. Aquinas College

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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POLITICS STATISM IN POOR COUNTRIES: A FIELD GUIDE POLITICS THE SEXUAL STATE AND THE GENDER IDEOLOGY Stephen Smith, Ph.D. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Hope College Ruth Institute

TAKING RITES SERIOUSLY: LAW, POLITICS, AND THE THE SEXUAL STATE AND THE IDEOLOGY OF DIVORCE REASONABLENESS OF FAITH Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Francis Beckwith, Ph.D. Ruth Institute Baylor University VESTED PRIVATE RIGHTS: THE FOUNDATION OF THE ALT-RIGHT: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM Rev. Ben Johnson Adam MacLeod, J.D. Acton Institute Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, THE GROWTH OF LEVIATHAN: HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Faulkner University SHED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS Judge Joseph G. Scoville (Retired) U.S. District of Western Michigan PRACTICAL CHURCH, CITY, AND URBAN RENEWAL

THEOLOGY Pastor Christopher Brooks THE HEBREW REPUBLIC & THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S Evangel Ministries CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY Susan Billington Harper, Ph.D. DOWN-TO-EARTH FAITH: C.S. LEWIS’S MEDIEVAL American Bible Society INCARNATIONAL WISDOM Chris Armstrong, Ph.D. THE ROLE OF A FREE PRESS IN DEMOCRACY Wheaton College Patrick Garry, Ph.D. University of South Dakota School of Law ENTREPRENEURIAL VOCATION Rev. Roger Landry THE MORAL IMAGINATION: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF Permanent Observer Mission of the LITERATURE FOR POLITICS Holy See to the UN Peter Meilaender, Ph.D. Houghton College MUST WORK “SECULARIZE” US? ANSWERS FROM GREGORY, WESLEY, SHELDON, AND LEWIS THE POLITICS OF APOCALYPSE: POP-CULTURE AT THE Chris Armstrong, Ph.D. END OF THE WORLD Wheaton College Robert Joustra, Ph.D. Redeemer University College ‘POST-CONSENSUS’ CULTURE, NATURAL LAW, AND MORAL PERSUASION: TRANSLATING MORAL PRINCIPLE IN A THE RELEVANCE OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS TODAY DISBELIEVING AGE Hans-Martien ten Napel, Ph.D. J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.* Leiden University John Jay Institute

THE SEXUAL STATE AND THE CULTURE OF DEATH STIMULATING VIRTUOUS BUSINESS Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Peter Heslam, D.Phil. Ruth Institute Transforming Business

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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PRACTICAL TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS PRACTICAL EDUCATION AND FREE SOCIETY THEOLOGY ON VOCATION, CALLING, AND WORK Todd Flanders, Ph.D. J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.* Providence Academy John Jay Institute FAITH AND WORK FOR WORKING FAMILIES THE ECONOMICS OF NEIGHBORLY LOVE Rudy Carrasco Tom Nelson Partners Worldwide Made to Flourish GOD AND THE NEWSROOM THE THEOLOGY OF WORK Paul Glader Charlie Self, Ph.D. The King’s College, New York City

Made to Flourish GOOD BEFORE USEFUL: WHY A GOOD LIBERAL ARTS THINKING THEOLOGICALLY ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EDUCATION MAKES BETTER BUSINESS WHY DOES IT MATTER? David Deavel, Ph.D. Joseph Gorra Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought

Veritas Life Center HOPE FOR THE INNER CITY WHY DIETRICH BONHOEFFER MATTERS Ismael Hernandez W. Madison Grace II, Ph.D. Freedom & Virtue Institute

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AFRICA Andreas Widmer The Catholic University of America PRACTICAL BUSINESS ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF Kenneth Barnes, D.Min. ON DOING WELL AND DOING GOOD Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Dato Kim Tan, Ph.D.

SpringHill Management, Ltd. CASE STUDIES IN EFFECTIVE COMPASSION Ismael Hernandez PHILANTHROPY AND CIVIL SOCIETY: AN ETHIC OF Freedom & Virtue Institute BENEFICENCE FOR THE MODERN AGE Lenore Ealy, Ph.D. COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The Philanthropic Enterprise Justin Beene Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation ROOTING FOR RIVALS Peter Greer CREATED TO FLOURISH: CELEBRATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP HOPE International Peter Greer HOPE International THE ENTREPRENEUR: THE SERVANT AND THE USER Robert Luddy CRISIS OF RESPONSIBILITY: OUR CULTURAL ADDICTION CaptiveAire TO BLAME AND HOW YOU CAN CURE IT David Bahnsen The Bahnsen Group

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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PRACTICAL THE MORAL IMPACT AND PASTORAL RESPONSE TO THEOLOGY AND HOW DO CHRISTIANS THINK? UNEMPLOYMENT PHILOSOPHY Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. Rev. David Rivera Boston College Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey HOW TO RESPOND TO TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY THEORIES OF RACE Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation Ismael Hernandez Freedom & Virtue Institute INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH SOCIAL THOUGHT Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin The Tikvah Fund THEOLOGY AND “NOT AS A CLOAK FOR MALICE”: LIBERTY IN ORTHODOX PHILOSOPHY SOCIAL THOUGHT INTRODUCTION TO ORTHODOX SOCIAL THOUGHT Rev. Gregory Jensen Dylan Pahman Acton Institute Ss. Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Orthodox Mission, Madison JEWISH CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN CREATIVITY ACCOUNTABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A WESLEYAN Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONNECTED INDIVIDUAL The Tikvah Fund W. Jay Moon, Ph.D. JUDAISM AND NATURAL LAW James Thobaben, Ph.D. Daniel Mark, Ph.D. Asbury Theological Seminary Villanova University CREATION AND THE IMAGE OF GOD LABOR OF LOVE: THE APOSTLE PAUL’S THEOLOGY OF WORK Scott Hahn, Ph.D. John Taylor Franciscan University of Steubenville Gateway Seminary DEVELOPMENT OF 20TH CENTURY CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT LIBERATION THEOLOGY Daniel Frascella, Ph.D. Kishore Jayabalan Archdiocese of New York Istituto Acton

DOES THE FREE MARKET STIFLE A CULTURE OF BEAUTY? MORAL IMAGINATION David Clayton Michael Matheson Miller Pontifex University Acton Institute EAST MEETS WEST: CONSUMERISM & ASCETICISM NATURAL LAW, NATURAL THEOLOGY, AND THE PROTESTANT Rev. Gregory Jensen CRITIQUE: ARE WE REALLY THAT FAR APART? Ss. Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Orthodox Francis Beckwith, Ph.D. Mission, Madison Baylor University GETTING SOCIAL JUSTICE RIGHT NATURAL LAW: A PRIMER Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. J. Budziszewski, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation University of Texas at Austin

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute *Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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THEOLOGY & PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE EARLY CHURCH REGISTRATION PHILOSOPHY Stephen Presley, Ph.D. $800 Registration Fee Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary $550 Student Discounted Fee PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT John Bergsma, Ph.D. Apply now at university.acton.org Franciscan University of Steubenville Note: Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN AN AGE OF GAY MARRIAGE Registration fee includes conference costs, lecture fees, and all meals, Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. snacks, and beverages. The Heritage Foundation

REVIVING CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT IN THE MODERN ERA CONFERENCE VENUE AND TRAVEL Daniel Frascella, Ph.D. Acton University is held at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Archdiocese of New York Rapids, Michigan. Planning to fly? The Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is just 13 miles southeast of downtown Grand Rapids. For further THE CENTRALITY OF THE FAMILY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL travel details, visit: Scott Hahn, Ph.D. Franciscan University of Steubenville university.acton.org/information

THE OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY OF WORK: THE ORIGINAL LODGING UNITY OF WORK AND WORSHIP IN THE BIBLE Acton has secured room blocks at hotels within walking distance of the John Bergsma, Ph.D. DeVos Place Convention Center. For a listing of these hotels and how to Franciscan University of Steubenville reserve a room, visit:

THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM university.acton.org/information Robert Joustra, Ph.D. Redeemer University College FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WAS JESUS A SOCIALIST? Financial assistance for conference fees and/or travel expenses is based Lawrence Reed on need and may be available for qualified applicants on a first-come, first- Foundation for Economic Education served basis. To learn more, visit:

WHAT DO CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS HAVE IN COMMON? university.acton.org/information Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. Boston College WHAT HAPPINESS IS AND ISN’T: INSIGHTS FROM THOMAS AQUINAS J. Budziszewski, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin WHY WORLDVIEWS MATTER John Stonestreet Colson Center for Christian Worldview

*Affiliate Scholar, Acton Institute

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