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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times with Rabbi Lord Johnathan Sacks

September 18, 2020 09:00 AM
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, joins the Wheatley Institute in a discussion about morality and answers timely questions.
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Resurrecting the Imagination

January 23, 2020 06:00 PM
James K.A. Smith speaks at the 2022 Truman G. Madsen Lecture. He talks about the importance of Christian resurrection and how art helps us remember the divine.
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The Character of Freedom

April 22, 2019 09:00 AM
Bill Allen, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at Michigan State University
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We are Made for Communion

April 11, 2019 09:00 AM
"This is the great challenge facing us all: Will we embrace or accept communion?"
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Marriage, Heroism, and National Greatness

March 26, 2019 09:00 AM
Catherine Pakaluk, an economist at the Catholic University of America explains the value of marriage as an institution in personal lives of heroism and the public good.
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The Importance of Marriage Today

March 25, 2019 09:00 AM
Ryan Anderson from The Heritage Foundation gave the Wheatley Roundtable on Family Keynote Address on the importance of marriage today.
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Truman G. Madsen Lectures on Eternal Man

January 31, 2019 09:00 AM
Truman G. Madsen was a renowned philosopher, teacher, and biographer and regarded as one of the greatest LDS thinkers of our time. One of his goals as a founding senior fellow of the Wheatley Institute was to bring academic experts and civic leaders “to the fire” at BYU.
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Religious Pluralism in a Secular World

November 06, 2018 07:30 PM
Azza Karam, of the UN Population Fund, comes to the Wheatley Institute's annual Student Conference of Religion in the Public Sphere. She describes the fine line between supporting and patronizing religious actors across the world.
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Bringing America Together

October 11, 2018 07:30 PM
Arthur Brooks, outgoing president of the American Enterprise Institute, believes that each American can root out contempt by proactively sharing warm-heartedness.
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We Need Children Even More Than They Need Us

June 07, 2018 07:00 PM
In this Roundtable on the Family, Wheatley Fellow, Jenet Erickson Ph.D, tackles a unique perspective on children: instead of why do children need their parents, she looks at all of the positive ways parents are affected and transformed by their children.
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