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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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Family

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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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

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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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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Constitution

Education For Character And Values

February 18, 2015 04:00 PM
John Nagl, headmaster of the Haverford School, argues that teaching the next generation of American thinkers and leaders is just as important as fighting enemies on the fields of battle.
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Constitution

Civic Education in Our Public Schools

October 30, 2014 07:00 PM
Dr. Stacie Molnar-Main discusses the benefits of teaching children how to participate in democracy. She notes different ways to do so and the responsibility each of us have to civic education in the classroom.
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Constitution

Youth, Virtue and the Future of Liberty in American Society

October 30, 2014 06:00 PM
William Damon, professor at Stanford University, explains why education ought to focus more on history and civic education to develop successful citizens.
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Constitution

Reclaiming Public Education By Reclaiming Our Democracy

October 30, 2014 12:00 PM
David Matthews, CEO of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, discusses the Kettering Foundation's research and origin, and examines how people become citizens and make difficult decisions.
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Constitution

The Secret to Happiness

October 01, 2014 06:00 PM
Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, explains that happiness lies not in material gains, but in finding purpose in what you do.
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Constitution

Civic Charity and the Making of America

September 19, 2014 06:00 PM
Matthew Holland, President of Utah Valley University, presents an argument that Christian charity has played a vital role in shaping America's civil society.
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Constitution

"Founding a 'Republic of Virtue'"

September 19, 2014 04:00 PM
Daniel Robinson, fellow at Oxford University, examines methods for successfully educating citizens, and how educational institutions can shape character in ways that render one of value to others. This lecture was read by Dr. Richard Williams during the Civic Virtue, Civic Life conference that was cosponsored by the McKay School of Education and The Wheatley Institute.
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