Schedule

Schedule Date
Tuesday | June 18, 2019

3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Arrival and Registration
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Opening Reception
6:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Evening Plenary
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Hospitality

Schedule Date
Wednesday | June 19, 2019

7:15 AM
Catholic Mass
7:15 AM
Protestant Prayer Service
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM to 10:20 AM
Session 1
Christian Vision of the Person and Society | Michael Matheson Miller | Acton Core
A Free & Virtuous Society Revisited | Dylan Pahman | Politics
An Introduction to Abraham Kuyper's Public Theology | Jordan Ballor, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Entrepreneurial Vocation | Rev. Roger Landry | Practical
Getting Social Justice Right | Ryan Anderson, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
Microfinance: Wins, Losses, and Lessons | Peter Greer | Practical
Must Commons Governance be Tragic? | Ross B. Emmett, Ph.D. | Economics
The Importance of Free Trade | Philip Booth, Ph.D. | Economics
The Thought of Leo XIII | Daniel Frascella, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
What We Know (and Don't Know) about Criminal Justice Policy | Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. | Politics
Wisdom and Work: Theological Reflections on Human Labor in Ecclesiastes | J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy

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10:45 AM to 12:05 PM
Session 2
Natural Law and Human Flourishing | Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. | Acton Core
Adam Smith and the Idea of Virtuous Capitalists | Paul Mueller, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
An Ecosystem of Liberty: Private Property and the Free Exercise of Religion | Ryan Anderson, Ph.D. | Politics
Church Property as a Bulwark of Religious Liberty | Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D. | Politics
Curbing Rights Inflation | Adam J. MacLeod, J.D. | Politics
John Locke’s Philosophy of Liberalism | Greg Forster, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Judaism and the Market Economy | Mitchell Rocklin, Ph.D. | Economics
Recovering Beneficence: An Alternative to Social Justice Warfare | Lenore Ealy, Ph.D. | Practical
The Politics of Apocalypse | Robert Joustra, Ph.D. | Politics
The Role of a Free Press in a Democracy | Patrick Garry, Ph.D. | Politics

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12:05 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM to 3:20 PM
Session 3
Economic Way of Thinking | Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D. | Acton Core
Achievement and the Christian Life | Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
Legislating Morality: It's Not as Scary as you May Think | James Bruce, Ph.D. | Politics
Liberation Theology | Kishore Jayabalan | Theology & Philosophy
Lord Acton, Liberty, Conscience, and the Social Order | Daniel Hugger | Figures & Traditions
Religious Freedom and International Development | Daniel Mark, Ph.D. | Politics
Rooting for Rivals | Peter Greer | Practical
Second Thoughts: Newman on Economic and Political Liberty | David Deavel, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
We’re All Dead: How J.M. Keynes--and His Critics--Went Wrong | Victor V. Claar, Ph.D. | Economics
Why Malthus Was Not a Malthusian | Ross B. Emmett, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions

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3:45 PM to 5:05 PM
Session 4
Christian Vision of a Free Government | Adam J. MacLeod, J.D. | Acton Core
A Cross, a Cake, and a Crisis: Two Attacks on Religious and Economic Freedom | Andrew D. Graham, Esq. | Politics
Communities and Markets: Friend or Foe? | Margarita Mooney, Ph.D. | Economics
Engaging Culture: Lessons from the Church Fathers | Stephen Presley, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Finding Solutions To Mass Incarceration | Anthony B. Bradley, Ph.D. | Politics
Judaism, the State, and Limited Government | Daniel Mark, Ph.D. | Politics
Social Teaching of John Paul II | Rev. Roger Landry | Figures & Traditions
The Ghost of Marx | Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D. | Politics
Why Machines Won't Replace Us | Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. | Economics

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6:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Evening Plenary
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Hospitality

Schedule Date
Thursday | June 20, 2019

7:15 AM
Catholic Mass
7:15 AM
Protestant Prayer Service
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM to 10:20 AM
Session 5
Chanelling the Fire of Invention: The Case for Intellectual Property Rights | Adam J. MacLeod, J.D. | Politics
Community and Economic Development | Justin Beene, Ph.D. | Practical
Cronyism, Corporate Welfare and Inequality | Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D. | Economics
Do Economic and Religious Liberty Have Anything to Do with Each Other? | Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D. | Politics
Islam 101 | Mustafa Akyol | Theology & Philosophy
Taking Advantage of Freedom: Solzhenitsyn on What to Do With Liberty When You Have It | David Deavel, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
The Crisis of Responsibility: Main Street and the Financial Crisis of 2008 | David Bahnsen | Economics
What is Conservatism? | John Wilsey, Ph.D. | Politics

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10:45 AM to 12:05 PM
Session 6
An Introduction to Austrian Economics | Lawrence Reed | Economics
John Wesley: Discipleship, Economic Liberty and the Common Good | Rev. Charles E. Self, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Judaism and the Idea of Liberty | Mitchell Rocklin, Ph.D. | Politics
Kuyper, Colson, and the Idea of Restoring Culture | John Stonestreet | Figures & Traditions
Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and Reasonableness of Faith | Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D. | Politics
The Gender Ideology and the Future of the Free Society | Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. | Economics
The Gender Wage Gap | Angela K. Dills, Ph.D. | Economics
Theology of Work | Scott Rae, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
Thinking Theologically about Entrepreneurship: Why Does it Matter? | Joseph Gorra | Theology & Philosophy
True Compassion: Case Studies in Effective Work with the Poor | Ismael Hernandez | Practical
Understanding Globalization: Myths, Realties, and Challenges | Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. | Politics

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12:05 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Open Session
3:45 PM to 5:05 PM
Session 7
Cultural Critiques of Capitalism | Michael Matheson Miller | Economics
Does the Free Economy Stifle a Culture of Beauty? | David Clayton | Economics
How to Talk to Protestants about Natural Law | Andrew McGinnis, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
Income and Inequality | Stephen Barrows, Ph.D. | Economics
Islam, Reason, and Freedom | Mustafa Akyol | Figures & Traditions
Socialized Medicine: Does it work and what should Christians think? | Philip Booth, Ph.D. | Economics
The Humanitarian Threat to Christianity | Kishore Jayabalan | Theology & Philosophy
What Belongs to God, What Belongs to Caesar | John Stonestreet | Politics
Why Hayek Should Matter to Christians | Sarah Estelle, Ph.D. | Economics
Why Science Will Never Have the Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions | Denis Alexander, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy

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6:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Evening Plenary
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Hospitality

Schedule Date
Friday | June 21, 2019

7:15 AM
Catholic Mass
7:15 AM
Protestant Prayer Service
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM to 10:20 AM
Session 8
Lessons from Europe's Booze-Producing Capitalist Monks | Stephanie Slade | Economics
Natural Law, Natural Theology, and the Protestant Critique: Are We Really That Far Apart? | Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D. | Politics
Population Economics | Stephen Barrows, Ph.D. | Economics
Technology, Freedom, and the Future of Work | Dan Churchwell, M.A. | Economics
The Islamic Economic Framework | Ali Salman | Economics
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Does the Economy Help the Good Life | Jay W. Richards, Ph.D. | Economics
The Sharing Economy: Creativity and Growth | Angela K. Dills, Ph.D. | Economics
Transitional Justice: Civil-Society Solutions For America's Race History | Anthony B. Bradley, Ph.D. | Practical
Was Jesus a Socialist? | Lawrence Reed | Theology & Philosophy

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10:45 AM to 12:05 PM
Session 9
Christian Realism for Terrifying Times | Robert Joustra, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Creation and the Image of God | Scott Hahn, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
False Promise of Big Government | Patrick Garry, Ph.D. | Politics
Hope for the Inner City | Ismael Hernandez | Practical
International Economic Development: Latin America | Marcel van Hattem | Economics
Intersectionality and the Socialist Temptation | Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D. | Economics
John A. Ryan, Catholic Social Teaching, and the New Deal | Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Liberalism, Modernity, and its Discontents | Samuel Gregg, D.Phil. | Politics
The Christian Humanism of Russell Kirk | Bradley Birzer, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
The Roots of Christian Philanthropy | Stefana Dan Laing, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy

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12:05 PM to 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM to 3:20 PM
Session 10
Consumerism and Asceticism | Fr. Gregory Jensen, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
Distributism: Theory and Critique | David Deavel, Ph.D. | Economics
Free Market Environmentalism | P.J. Hill, Ph.D. | Economics
In Defense of the Nation-State | Trey Dimsdale, J.D. | Politics
Jonathan Edwards, Private Property, and the National Covenant | Gerald R. McDermott, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Love and Economics: A Foundational Issue for a Free Society | Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. | Economics
Political Utopia | Mihail Neamtu, Ph.D. | Politics
Poverty in the Developing World | Michael Matheson Miller | Economics
The Christian Humanism of Edmund Burke | Bradley Birzer, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
The First Society: The Covenent of Marriage | Scott Hahn, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy
The Rise and Fall of the American Judeo-Christian Consensus | James M. Patterson, Ph.D. | Theology & Philosophy

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3:45 PM to 5:05 PM
Session 11
Alexis de Tocqueville: The Man and His Times | John Wilsey, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
Catholic Opposition to State Intervention Before Rerum novarum | Daniel Frascella, Ph.D. | Politics
Economics Among the Virtues | James Bruce, Ph.D. | Politics
Education and the Free Society | Todd Flanders, Ph.D. | Practical
Fair Trade vs. Free Trade | Victor V. Claar, Ph.D. | Economics
Globalization and Inequality | Philip Booth, Ph.D. | Economics
Kuyper, Roman Catholics, and Common-Cause Cooperation | J. Daryl Charles, Ph.D. | Figures & Traditions
The Alt-Right: A Christian Perspective | Rev. Ben Johnson | Politics
The Need for Christian Statesmanship | Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D. | Politics

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5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Closing Reception
6:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Evening Plenary
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Hospitality