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Come build the foundations of freedom with us. At Acton University, explore the intersection between faith and free markets.

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Acton University is not your typical conference. It’s a four-day celebration with 1,000 of your newest liberty loving friends from all over the world. Each day is packed with thought-provoking presentations on the intellectual foundations of a free society. Sharpen your intellect. Expand your worldview. Explore theology, philosophy, business, development, and market-based economics at the most unique conference in the liberty movement.
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Meet our 2019 Speakers

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We’ve brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers and teachers in theology, economics, philosophy, development, business, and intellectual history. Acton University faculty will challenge and inspire you.

Plenary Speakers

Former Member
Estonian Parliament
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President & Co-Founder
Acton Institute

This Week's Featured Faculty

J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.
Victor Claar, Ph.D.
Robert Joustra, Ph.D.
Rev. Charles E. Self, Ph.D.
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J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.

J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D. is the Acton Institute Affiliated Scholar in Theology & Ethics. He also is a contributing editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy and the journal Touchstone and is an affiliated scholar of the John Jay Institute. Charles is author, co-author, or editor of eighteen books, including Natural Law and Religious Freedom (Routledge, 2018), (with David D. Corey) The Just War Tradition:… Read more

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Victor Claar, Ph.D.

Victor V. Claar, Ph.D. is associate professor of economics in the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, where he holds the BB&T Distinguished Professorship in Free Enterprise. He holds a B.A. in business administration from Houghton College in New York, where he completed a second major in mathematics.  He earned both his master’s and Ph.D. in economics at West Virginia University, where he wrote his… Read more

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Robert Joustra, Ph.D.

Robert Joustra, Ph.D. (University of Bath) is Associate Professor of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) at Redeemer, and founding-Director of Redeemer’s Centre for Christian Scholarship. He is author and editor of several books, including How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World (Eerdmans, 2015). He is current working on three new books and one research project: a co-edited volume (… Read more

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Rev. Charles E. Self, Ph.D.

Charlie Self serves as director of city expansion at Made to Flourish (www.madetoflourish.org)  bringing leadership to efforts to expand networks into new cities.

He currently also serves as professor of church history at The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, where he teaches courses in apologetics, church history, mission history, leadership development, and discipleship.

Charlie is an ordained… Read more

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Acton University only happens once a year. Don’t miss your chance to learn, network, and have fun at the most unique faith and free market conference in the world!
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What our alumni are saying

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Acton University is more than a conference. The ideas you learn here shape your future thinking and action. The people you meet here become part of your journey—as mentors, friends, collaborators, and partners in promoting a free and virtuous society.
"Acton University was a foundational experience for what I hope will be a life of living out virtue in the context of liberty."

Ben D.

"Acton University is the best seminar I have attended: it was highly professional, had excellent speakers and deep thoughts, but was also warm and accessible."

Marcos O.

"Acton University is the best seminar I have attended: it was highly professional, had excellent speakers and deep thoughts, but was also warm and accessible."

Marcos O.

"I really grew from the integration of faith and economic thinking at Acton University. All of the speakers were excellent, had me fully engaged, and successfully challenged my assumptions."

John B.