AU 2019 Courses Archive

A Cross, a Cake, and a Crisis: Two Attacks on Religious and Economic Freedom

Instructor: Andrew D. Graham, Esq.
Category: Politics

A Free & Virtuous Society Revisited

Instructor: Dylan Pahman
Category: Politics

Achievement and the Christian Life

Instructor: Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Adam Smith and the Idea of Virtuous Capitalists

Instructor: Paul D. Mueller, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Alexis de Tocqueville: The Man and His Times

Instructor: John D. Wilsey, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

An Ecosystem of Liberty: Private Property and the Free Exercise of Religion

Instructor: Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

An Introduction to Abraham Kuyper's Public Theology

Instructor: Jordan Ballor, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

An Introduction to Austrian Economics

Instructor: Lawrence Reed
Category: Economics

Case Studies in Effective Compassion

Instructor: Ismael Hernandez
Category: Practical

Catholic Social Teaching and Economics: The Science of Human Freedom

Instructor: Fr. Raymond de Souza
Category: Economics

Channeling the Fire of Invention: The Case for Intellectual Property Rights

Instructor: Adam J. MacLeod, J.D.
Category: Practical

Christian Realism for Terrifying Times

Instructor: Robert Joustra, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Church Property as a Bulwark of Religious Liberty

Instructor: Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Classical Islamic Economic Framework

Instructor: Ali Salman
Category: Economics

Community and Economic Development

Instructor: Justin S. Beene, DTL
Category: Practical

CORE: Christian Vision of a Free Government

Instructor: Adam J. MacLeod, J.D.
Category: Acton Core

CORE: Christian Vision of the Person and Society

Instructor: Michael Matheson Miller
Category: Acton Core

CORE: Economic Way of Thinking

Instructor: Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D.
Category: Acton Core

CORE: Natural Law and Human Flourishing

Instructor: Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.
Category: Acton Core

Creation and the Image of God

Instructor: Scott Hahn, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Cronyism, Corporate Welfare, and Inequality

Instructor: Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Cultural Critiques of Capitalism

Instructor: Michael Matheson Miller
Category: Economics

Curbing Rights Inflation

Instructor: Adam J. MacLeod, J.D.
Category: Politics

Distributism: Theory and Critique

Instructor: David Deavel, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Do Economic and Religious Liberty Have Anything to Do with Each Other?

Instructor: Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Does the Free Economy Stifle a Culture of Beauty?

Instructor: David Clayton
Category: Economics

East Meets West: Consumerism & Asceticism

Instructor: Fr. Gregory Jensen, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Economics Among the Virtues

Instructor: James Bruce, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Education and the Free Society

Instructor: Todd Flanders, Ph.D.
Category: Practical

Engaging Culture: Lessons from the Church Fathers

Instructor: Stephen Presley, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Entrepreneurial Vocation

Instructor: Fr. Roger Landry
Category: Practical

Fair Trade vs. Free Trade

Instructor: Victor V. Claar, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

False Promise of Big Government

Instructor: Patrick Garry, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Finding Solutions To Mass Incarceration

Instructor: Anthony B. Bradley, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Free-Market Environmentalism

Instructor: P.J. Hill, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Getting Social Justice Right

Instructor: Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Globalization and Inequality

Instructor: Philip Booth, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Hope for the Inner City

Instructor: Ismael Hernandez
Category: Practical

How Does the Economy Help the Good Life?

Instructor: Jay W. Richards, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

How to Talk to Protestants about Natural Law

Instructor: Andrew McGinnis, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

In Defense of the Nation-State

Instructor: Trey Dimsdale, J.D.
Category: Politics

Income and Inequality

Instructor: Stephen Barrows, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Intersectionality and the Socialist Temptation

Instructor: Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Islam 101

Instructor: Mustafa Akyol
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Islam, Reason, and Freedom

Instructor: Mustafa Akyol
Category: Theology & Philosophy

John A. Ryan, Catholic Social Teaching, and the New Deal

Instructor: Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

John Locke’s Philosophy of Liberalism

Instructor: Greg Forster, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

John Wesley: Discipleship, Economic Liberty and the Common Good

Instructor: Rev. Charles E. Self, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Jonathan Edwards, Private Property, and the National Covenant

Instructor: Gerald R. McDermott, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Judaism and the Idea of Liberty

Instructor: Mitchell Rocklin, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Judaism and the Market Economy

Instructor: Mitchell Rocklin, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Judaism, the State, and Limited Government

Instructor: Daniel Mark, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Kuyper, Colson, and the Idea of Restoring Culture

Instructor: John Stonestreet
Category: Figures & Traditions

Kuyper, Roman Catholics, and Common-Cause Cooperation: Ecumenical Reflections on the Cultural Task

Instructor: J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Legislating Morality: It's Not as Scary as you May Think

Instructor: James Bruce, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Lessons from Europe's Booze-Producing Capitalist Monks

Instructor: Stephanie Slade
Category: Economics

Liberalism, Modernity, and Its Discontents

Instructor: Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.
Category: Politics

Liberation Theology

Instructor: Kishore Jayabalan
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Lord Acton, Liberty, Conscience, and the Social Order

Instructor: Daniel Hugger
Category: Figures & Traditions

Love and Economics: A Foundational Issue for a Free Society

Instructor: Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Medieval Wisdom on Faith and Flourishing

Instructor: Chris R. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Microfinance: Wins, Losses, and Lessons

Instructor: Peter Greer
Category: Practical

Must Commons Governance Be Tragic?

Instructor: Ross B. Emmett, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Natural Law, Natural Theology, and the Protestant Critique: Are We Really That Far Apart?

Instructor: Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Now You're All Dead: How J.M. Keynes--and His Critics--Went Wrong

Instructor: Victor V. Claar, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Political Utopia

Instructor: Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Poverty in the Developing World

Instructor: Michael Matheson Miller
Category: Economics

Recovering Beneficence: An Alternative to Social Justice Warfare

Instructor: Lenore Ealy, Ph.D.
Category: Practical

Religious Freedom and International Development

Instructor: Daniel Mark, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Rooting for Rivals

Instructor: Peter Greer
Category: Practical

Second Thoughts: Newman on Economic and Political Liberty

Instructor: David Deavel, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Should We Support Free Trade and Globalization?

Instructor: Philip Booth, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Social Teaching of John Paul II

Instructor: Fr. Roger Landry
Category: Figures & Traditions

Socialized Medicine: Does It work and Should Christians Support It?

Instructor: Philip Booth, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Taking Advantage of Freedom: Solzhenitsyn on What to Do with Liberty When You Have It

Instructor: David Deavel, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and Reasonableness of Faith

Instructor: Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Technology, Freedom, and the New Globalization

Instructor: Dan Churchwell, M.A.
Category: Practical

The Alt-Right: A Christian Perspective

Instructor: Rev. Ben Johnson
Category: Politics

The Christian Humanism of Edmund Burke

Instructor: Bradley Birzer, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

The Christian Humanism of Russell Kirk

Instructor: Bradley Birzer, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

The Crisis of Responsibility: Main Street and the Financial Crisis of 2008

Instructor: David L. Bahnsen
Category: Economics

The First Society: The Covenant of Marriage

Instructor: Scott Hahn, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

The Gender Ideology and the Future of the Free Society

Instructor: Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

The Gender Wage Gap

Instructor: Angela K. Dills, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

The Ghost of Marx

Instructor: Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

The Holy See and International Relations: Evangelist or NGO?

Instructor: Fr. Raymond de Souza
Category: Politics

The Humanitarian Threat to Christianity

Instructor: Kishore Jayabalan
Category: Theology & Philosophy

The Need for Christian Statesmanship

Instructor: Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D.
Category: Politics

The Politics of Apocalypse

Instructor: Robert Joustra, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

The Rise and Fall of the Judeo-Christian Consensus

Instructor: James M. Patterson, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

The Role of a Free Press in a Democracy

Instructor: Patrick Garry, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

The Roots of Christian Philanthropy

Instructor: Stefana Dan Laing, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

The Sharing Economy: Creativity and Growth

Instructor: Angela K. Dills, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

The Triumph of Population Growth

Instructor: Stephen Barrows, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Theology of Work

Instructor: Scott Rae, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Thinking Theologically about Entrepreneurship: Why Does it Matter?

Instructor: Joseph Gorra
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Transitional Justice: Civil-Society Solutions for America's Race History

Instructor: Anthony B. Bradley, Ph.D.
Category: Practical

Understanding Globalization: Myths, Realities, and Challenges

Instructor: Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.
Category: Politics

Was Jesus a Socialist?

Instructor: Lawrence Reed
Category: Theology & Philosophy

What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar

Instructor: John Stonestreet
Category: Politics

What Is Conservatism?

Instructor: John D. Wilsey, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

What We Know (and Don't Know) about Criminal Justice Policy

Instructor: Sarah Estelle, Ph.D.
Category: Politics

Why Hayek Should Matter to Christians

Instructor: Sarah Estelle, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Why Machines Won't Replace Us

Instructor: Jay W. Richards, Ph.D.
Category: Economics

Why Malthus Was Not a Malthusian

Instructor: Ross B. Emmett, Ph.D.
Category: Figures & Traditions

Why Science Will Never Have the Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions

Instructor: Denis Alexander, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy

Wisdom and Work: Theological Reflections on Human Labor from Ecclesiastes

Instructor: J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D.
Category: Theology & Philosophy