Self-described “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin took over the podium last night at the Thursday night plenary session of Acton University 2015 and delivered an engaging and interesting address to the gathered attendees. Continue Reading...
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June 19, 2015
Does Pope Blame Free Markets For Environmental Ills?
June 19, 2015
Fr. Sirico in the Wall Street Journal: The Pope’s Green Theology
June 19, 2015
Prediction Regarding Laudato Si’ Turns Out To Be Accurate
June 19, 2015
Environment Encyclical Is ‘Well Intentioned, Deeply Flawed’
June 19, 2015
Video: Gregory Thornbury at Acton University 2015
June 19, 2015
Social Justice and the Spirit of Association
What is social justice? Is it a vision of a perfectly just society? Is it an ideal set of government policies? Is it a particular theory or practice? Is it a virtue? Continue Reading...
June 18, 2015
A Guide to Laudato Si: A Section-By-Section Summary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment
June 18, 2015
Don’t Blame Markets, But Sin for Environmental Problems
June 18, 2015
Why monasteries succeed but secular communes fail
In a lecture on markets and monasticism at Acton University, Dylan Pahman gave a fascinating overview and analysis of the interaction between Christian monasticism and markets. He’s written on this before and has a longer paper on the topic as well. Continue Reading...