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2019 Calihan Lecture Video: Religion, Society, and the Market
2019 Calihan Lecture Video: Religion, Society, and the Market
Aug 26, 2025 10:29 AM

Last month, Prof. Giuseppe Franco received the 2019 Novak Award at the University of San Diego where he delivered the 19th Annual Calihan Lecture on “Religion, Society, and the Market: The Legacy of Wilhelm Röpke.”

Watch the video now:

TheNovak Awardrecognizes scholars early in their academic career who demonstrate outstanding intellectual merit in advancing the understanding of theology’s connection to human dignity, the importance of the rule of law, limited government, religious liberty, and freedom in economic life.

Each Award recipient presents their promising new research in the annual Calihan Lecture.

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