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Acton News and Commentary -- 9 November 2005
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Acton Commentary
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November 9,
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Black Americans have enjoyed only a mixed record of
progress in the fifty years since Rosa Parks took her
seat on that Montgomery bus. Anthony Bradley examines
her legacy and the nature of liberty in today’s America.
“Truly free blacks are those who are free to make their
own morally formed choices without government
involvement,” Bradley writes.
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This Week At Acton
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 The
Acton Institute is pleased to announce the Acton
University. The Acton University will take place in
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 13-17. Building off the
success of 2005’s Acton Symposium, the university will
be a unique, four-day exploration of the intellectual
foundations of a free society. Participants will build
their own curriculum, choosing from more than fourty
courses ranging from the theological and philosophical
to the policy-oriented and practical. Please visit the
Acton University Web site for complete conference
information. |
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 The
Acton Essay Competition encourages scholarly reflection
on the role of religion in promoting and securing a
society of free and responsible persons. Guidelines and
article citations for this year's topic, Created
Imago Dei, have been announced at the
Essay Competition Web page. Entries must be
postmarked by November 15th, 2005. |
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Professor David M. VanDrunen of
Westminster Seminary California will give the annual
Calihan Lecture on Tuesday, November 15 at the seminary
chapel in Escondido, Calif. VanDrunen will speak on “The
Importance of the Penultimate: Reformed Social Thought
and the Contemporary Critiques of the Liberal Society.”
The Calihan Lecture is delivered by the recipient of the
prestigious Novak Award, a $10,000 prize. |
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The Acton Institute is pleased
to announce the recipients of its third annual
Spanish-language Homiletics Award (Premio a la Homilía
en Español), an annual competition for seminarians and
graduate students preparing for a career in preaching
and teaching ministries. |
PowerBlog Highlights
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Jesus Loves... The Welfare State?
Democratic Sen. John Kerry called the Republican
budget approved by the U.S. Senate “immoral” and said it
will hurt cities like Manchester... “There is not
anywhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ,
anything that remotely suggests - not one miracle, not
one parable, not one utterance - that says you ought to
cut children’s health care or take money from the
poorest people in our nation to give it to the
wealthiest people in our nation.”
German Thought and the Vatican
In today’s Times of London, William Rees-Mogg
writes about the Vatican and its apparent rejection of
intelligent design....
What Sarbanes-Oxley Hath Wraught
The delightfully titled Now Batting for Pedro
Borbon blog (“Manny Mota...Mota...Mota”) reveals the
(predictable) results of governmental efforts to
“increase transparency” in the business world... |
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Acton Bookshoppe
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 Francisco
Flores, president of El Salvador from 1999-2004, delivered the
keynote address, recounting the amazing story of El Salvador’s
reconstruction from the ruins of war and natural disaster, and
the process of raising up an entire nation from the depths of
hopelessness. Acton President Rev. Robert A. Sirico provided
reflections on Acton’s history and an exciting preview of
Acton’s future. |
In the Liberal Tradition
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 “More
and more thoughtful students of the race problem are beginning
to see that business and industry constitute what we may call
the strategic points in its solution.”
In the Liberal Tradition – Archives » |
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