We had a very active week on the blogosphere during this year’s Acton University. The daily round-ups are linked below, as well as updated links to summary and reflective posts written after the conference’s completion. Many of our bloggers have been inspired to produce a series of reactions in the days and weeks following this year’s events.
- Troy Camplin at Interdisciplinary World,
- “Acton U. — A Brief Summary (and Table of Future Contents).” Troy concludes, “Even if the sessions weren’t as great as they were, it would have been worth going just to meet all the people I met.”
- “Thoughts on Human Dignity (Sirico).”
- “What is Freedom For?”
- “Against Nominalism.”
- “A Few Thoughts on Reason.”
- Robbie Miller at Toss me another Dewiser,
- “Subsidiarity and Serving the Poor.” Robbie promises to offer a series of upcoming posts related to AU.
- Brittany Hunter at Behind Infinity,
- “Acton University, An Inside Perspective.” Brittany, a recently-hired Acton Institute employee, provides an “insider’s” look at the goings-on last week.
- Anthony Bradley at The Institute,
- “Acton University.” Dr. Bradley gives us a brief AU faculty perspective.
- Jay Lafayette at the Shotgun Blog at the Western Standard,
- “Rent Control means less affordable housing for the poor.” Jay writes about the “healthy dose of free-market thinking” he got from this year’s AU, highlighting talks by Lord Brian Griffiths and Jay Richards.
- Anneli at Off the Coast of Kansas,
- “The Birth of Freedom.” Anneli writes, “The Acton University was an excellent conference and might have even changed my life.”
- “Acton University 2008: Lecture Audio.”
- Brett Kunkle and Alan Shlemon at the Stand to Reason blog,
- “Do Evangelicals Think About Economics?” Brett says AU “was fantastic training and an area where Evangelicals need to give more attention.”
- “Another Plug for Acton.” Alan writes, “Acton is an excellent organization to help broaden the minds of Christians in the area of economics and our Christian faith.”
- AU08 Blogger Round-Ups,
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