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| 25 February 2004 |
| 1. ACTON COMMENTARY |
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“Render unto Caesar: Revisiting Partisan Christianity”
by Jordan J. Ballor
 How
would Jesus vote? As religious groups become more active in
election-year campaigns, Christians are asked to bear witness to
the faith in the voting booth. But Jordan Ballor warns about
placing “ultimate allegiance” in a political platform. |
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| 2. ACTON NEWSMAKER |
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Nick Thomm, producer of the Kresta in the
Afternoon show on Ave Maria Radio, interviews Andrew Yuengert,
author of the new Acton Institute Policy Forum on immigration.
Listen
online to the interview and
read the
Policy Forum: “The Stranger Who Sojourns With You — Toward a
Moral Immigration Policy.” |
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| 3. THIS WEEK AT ACTON.ORG |
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Deadlines approach for Calihan Programs
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Calihan Religion and Liberty Academic Fellowship
The program provides fellowships of up to $5,000 to students who
show outstanding promise in integrating religious ideas with
core principles of the classical liberal tradition. Deadline:
April 1.
Calihan Research Fellowship
Grants of up to $3,000 are provided to advanced graduate
students whose research agenda shows outstanding promise in
integrating religious ideas with core principles of the
classical liberal tradition. Deadline: Feb. 28.
The Calihan Travel Grant
The program provides grants of up to $1,000 to students who have
been selected to present, at an academic conference, research
that is relevant to the integration of religious ideas with the
core principles of the classical liberal tradition. Applications
must be received at least two months prior to the conference.
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| 4. FOOD FOR THOUGHT FROM ACROSS THE WEB |
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| 5. THIS WEEK AT THE ACTON BOOK SHOPPE |
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Selected Writings of Lord Acton (3 vols., Softcover)
by Lord Acton
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Lord Acton was among the most illustrious
historians of nineteenth-century England, a man of great
learning with a deep devotion to individual liberty and a
profound understanding of history. This is the most complete
collection of Acton essays ever published. |
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| 6. IN THE LIBERAL TRADITION |
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832)
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“To obtain religious as well as civil liberty,
I entered zealously into the Revolution.… God grant that this
religious liberty may be preserved in these States, to the end
of time, and that all who believe in the religion of Christ may
practice the leading principle of charity, the basis of every
virtue.” |
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