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Family

True Love Need Not Wait: The Case for Twentysomething Marriage

April 04, 2013 06:00 PM
Brad Wilcox, professor at the University of Virginia, argues for earlier marriages, providing evidence that waiting to marry creates more risks, including reduced quality of an eventual marriage, if marriage happens at all.
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Family

What is Marriage? - Robert P. George

January 27, 2011 06:00 PM
Robert George, professor at Princeton University, uses natural to argue that marriage is defined as between a man and woman.
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Let No Man Put Asunder: Economic Theory and the Demise of the Natural Family

January 27, 2011 06:00 PM
Catherine Pakaluk, professor at Ave Maria University, defines and defends the "natural family" as a married man, woman, and their offspring, and discusses forces degrading its structure.
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Why Marriage Matters: A Natural Law Perspective on Marriage and Family Life

January 27, 2011 11:00 AM
W. Bradford Wilcox, professor at the University of Virginia, reflects on the ways a natural law perspective fits what is now known scientifically about how marriage matters and why marriage matters to children.
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Religion

The Role of Religion in Public Life at a Time of Crisis and Opportunity

March 01, 2022 09:00 AM
Rabbi David Saperstein Lecture
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Religion

2021 Truman G. Madsen Lecture: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

October 06, 2021 09:00 AM
One of the highlights of the BYU academic year is the annual Truman G. Madsen Lecture on Eternal Man which consistently brings to campus insight and inspiration from internationally renowned scholars.
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Religion

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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Religion

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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Religion

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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Religion

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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Religion

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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Religion

Globetrotting for Interfaith Harmony

February 01, 2018 07:00 PM
Dr. Shaun Casey, director of the Berkley Center and former U.S. special representative for religion and global affairs/director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs, details why religion should be a part of statecraft. He dives into his work establishing the Religion and Global Affairs office in the State Department and the work his office did in establishing religious harmony in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the refugee crisis, and the normalization of US-Cuba relations.
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When God and Caesar Meet: Religion, Secularism and the Public Square

November 07, 2017 06:00 PM
David Campbell from the University of Notre Dame presents the Keynote Address for the 2017 Wheatley Religion in the Public Square Conference. His talk discusses the surprising role that religion has played in partisan politics.
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Religion

The True, the Good and the Beautiful

October 19, 2017 05:00 PM
Roger Scruton, eminent scholar of aesthetics, raises important questions about the individual's relationship with morality and the arts.
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Constitution

Dignity: The Foundation of A New Patriotism

April 09, 2025 04:21 PM
Dr. Timothy Shriver is a University of Utah Impact Scholar, the Chairman of Special Olympics International, and founder and current CEO of UNITE. He will offer his perspective on the role of dignity in civic virtue. This event is co-sponsored by the BYU Political Science Department, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, University of Utah Gardner Institute, and the BYU Peacemaker Project.
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Constitution

Disciple Scholars and the Constitution

December 18, 2024 02:52 PM
Distinguished Wheatley Fellow Kevin J. Worthen gave a devotional address at BYU-Idaho about disciple-scholars and their unique responsibility to uphold the Constitution.
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Constitution

The Pursuit of Happiness

November 13, 2024 04:00 PM
Wheatley Institute and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies welcomed Jeff Rosen to BYU campus on Nov 13, 2025 as he spoke on his recent book, "The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America," a New York Times bestseller and an enriching examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy.
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Constitution

The Constitution and America's Reflective Patriotism

September 19, 2024 04:05 PM
Watch Dr. Paul Carrese's full remarks from his September 19, 2024 lecture.
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Constitution

Robert P. George: The Constitution and Civic Virtue

March 11, 2024 12:54 PM
George discussed what institutions—beginning with the family—instill the habits of mind that make for good citizenship.
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Constitution

Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett Visit Wheatley Institute

February 09, 2023 02:33 PM
Wheatley gets a visit from the authors of "The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again"
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Danielle Allen and W. B. Allen Share Thoughts on the American Experiment

December 01, 2022 02:19 PM
Conversation with Father-Daughter Duo of Political Scholars
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Constitution

Town Hall with Governor Cox

October 24, 2022 02:29 PM
The BYU campus community was invited to sit down with Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
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Constitution

The Constitution Under Pressure: Lessons From Abraham Lincoln

September 19, 2022 12:08 PM
Author, religion and ethics scholar, historian, and Harvard law professor, Noah Feldman, addressed the BYU community as part of Constitution Week. Feldman's lecture focused on ideas from his book, "The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery & The Refounding of America." All are welcome to attend the lecture.
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