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Constitution

Is There Anything "Essentially" Human? James Wilson's Critique of Locke

April 12, 2016 01:00 PM
This distinguished lecture in civic virtue is sponsored by the James Wilson Institute and the Wheatley Institute and presented by Dr. Daniel N. Robinson, a Fellow of the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and a former Senior Fellow at the Wheatley Institute.
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Religion

The Spiritual Child: Educating the Head and the Heart

March 31, 2016 05:00 PM
Lisa Miller, Professor & Director of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, discusses spiritual development as it pertains to children and adolescents.
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Family

Individual Rights and the Wellbeing of Children

March 24, 2016 06:00 PM
Jenet Erickson, affiliated scholar at the Wheatley Institute, discusses how a culture centered exclusively on individual rights and desires poses great risks to the most vulnerable among us: our children.
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Religion

The Nature & Basis of Religious Freedom

March 24, 2016 04:00 PM
Robert P. George is the McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence at Princeton University. In this lecture he discusses just and unjust laws, and political morality. George talks of humanity's ability to flourish or fail to flourish, what religion is, and faith's incapability to be coerced. He goes through and analyzes a quotation from Nostra Aetate, the Declaration of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.
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Family

What Follows for the Family

March 23, 2016 04:00 PM
Robert P. George in this lecture discusses polyamory, throuples, and how they affect marriage and the family.
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Religion

How (Not) To Be Secular: Responding To A New Millennium

March 10, 2016 05:00 PM
James Smith, professor at Calvin College, makes a case against rising secularism, emphasizing the continued presence of spirituality, and he asserts that a secularist explanation of humanity cannot account for spiritually motivated behaviors.
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Religion

Faith, Learning, & Educating for Wisdom

September 30, 2015 06:00 PM
Darin Davis, professor at Baylor University, addresses the pursuit of wisdom in educational objectives, discussing how the emphasis on values has shifted in contemporary moral and intellectual goals of education.
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Constitution

The Conservative Heart

September 08, 2015 07:00 PM
Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, discusses some keys to a happy and prosperous life with points from his new book "The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America."
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Family

The Natural Laws of Sex

March 20, 2015 07:00 PM
J. Budziszewski, a professor of government and philosophy at University of Texas at Austin, spoke about the unique characteristics of sex and how the gender qualities compliment one another.
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Family

Ready or Not? The Rise of Paradoxical Preparation for Marriage

March 20, 2015 06:00 PM
Jason Carroll, professor at Brigham Young University, presents three key fragmentations occurring in our cultural understandings of marriage, claiming that these fragmentations are transforming how we prepare for a successful, loving, and lasting marital relationship.
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