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Download Acton University 2014 Lectures
Aug 28, 2026 11:34 AM

We’ve just posted the final bundle of 107 audio files from Acton University 2014 available for $14.95 at our digital download store. Our lunch and evening lectures are also free, including talks from:

Rev. Robert Sirico, co-founder of the Acton Institute and author of Defending the Free Market

Makoto Fujimura, Artist and Public Intellectual

Andy Crouch, Executive Editor, Christianity Today

Ross Douthat, Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times

Here’s the full list of lectures:

Opening Lecture – Rev. Robert A. SiricoCulture Care: From Common Grace to Loving Your Enemies – Makoto FujimuraGetting Social Justice Right – Ryan AndersonChristian Anthropology – Dr. Samuel GreggBiblical Theology of Covenant – Dr. Scott Hahn

Hope for the Inner City – Ismael HernandezAbraham Kuyper, Common Grace and Business – Dr. Peter HeslamFreedom Without God – Dr. Jay RichardsValue Investing – David BahnsenInnovation and Divine Creativity – Prof. Ross EmmettSpiritual Dangers of Doing Good – Peter GreerChristian Vision of Government – Michael Matheson MillerMarkets and Monasticism – Dylan PahmanHow God’s OT People Influenced Culture – Rev. Dr. Svetlana PapazovMyths and Realities of the Early Church – The Very Rev. Michael ButlerWhy Civilizations Die – David GoldmanThe Economic Way of Thinking – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseFreedom of Conscience – Judge Andrew NapolitanoThe Moral Case for Economic Growth – Dr. Ed NoellCrony Capitalism – Dr. Jay RichardsSocial Consequences of the Welfare State – Dr. Anthony BradleyAlexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of our Times – Dr. Kenneth GrassoBiblical Theology of Law – Dr. Scott HahnCatholic Social Teaching, Entrepreneurship and Development – Dr. Peter HeslamEntrepreneurial Culture: How it Supports Innovation – Robert LuddyThe Economy of Israel in the Age of King Solomon – Very Rev. Patrick Henry ReardonBiblical Foundations of Freedom – Dr. Charles SelfThe Golden Sea – Makoto FujimuraIslam 101 – Mustafa AkyolPrivate Charity: A Practitioner’s View – Rudy CarrascoCatholic Social Teaching 101 – Rev. Raymond DeSouzaCultural Aesthetics in a Free Society – Dr. David DeavelJudaism and the Market Economy – Dr. Steven GrosbyPoverty in the Developing World – Michael Matheson MillerThe Family and the Market – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseOn Reading and Living the Bible Well – Glenn PaauwMyths About the Market – Dr. Jay RichardsJohn Wesley: Social Entrepreneur – Dr. Charles SelfMission Drift – Peter GreerDeficits and Debt – Dr. Samuel GreggJean-Jacques Rousseau’s Modern Critique of Modernity – Kishore JayabalanCalvin Coolidge and his Foundational Views on Government – Ray NothstineThe End and Rise of Socialism – Dr. James OttesonThomas Jefferson v. Alexander Hamilton – Dr. John PinhieroCommunity and Economic Development – Justin BeeneProperty Rights in the Old Testament I – Dr. John BergsmaHuman Trafficking – Kim BiddleChristopher Dawson and the Dynamics of History – Dr. Bradley BirzerHow To Talk About Natural Law – Dr. J. BudziszewskiEnvy and Its Discontents – Dr. Victor ClaarThe Economics of Caritas in Veritate – Rev. Raymond deSouzaReligious Liberty and the Entrepreneurial Economy – Dr. Greg ForsterEconomic Growth, The Rule of Law, and the Image of God – PJ HillThe Family and The State – Dr. Jennifer Roback MorseTheology of Work – Dr. Scott RaeFree Market Thought: Austrian Economics – Lawrence ReedProgressivism: Theory and Critique – Dr. Kevin SchmiesingEvangelicals and Social Justice – Dr. John TeevanPower – Andy CrouchTheories of Inequality and Fairness: Affirmative Action – Dr. Anthony BradleyIslam 101 – Mustafa AkyolProperty Rights in the Old Testament II – Dr. John BergsmaOrthodoxy and Natural Law – Very Rev. Michael ButlerWhatever Happened to Bible Engagement? – Paul CamintiEducation and the Free Society – Dr. Todd FlandersReligious Liberty and the Challenges to Conscience – Prof. Gerard BradleyThe Rise and Fall of the European Social Market – Dr. Samuel GreggCultural Critiques of Capitalism – Michael Matheson MillerThe Enduring Allure of Karl Marx – Dr. James OttesonChristianity and Postmodernity – John StonestreetMarriage Makes the Man – Prof. W. Bradford WilcoxThe Social Vision of Abraham Kuyper – Dr. Vincent BacoteThe Social Teaching of John Paul II – Rev. Raymond deSouzaSecond Thoughts: Newman on Political and Economic Liberty – Dr. David DeavelOur Cultural Crisis: Restoring a Vision of the Permanent Things – Dr. Vigen GuroianFree Market Thought: Public Choice Theory – Dr. P.J. HillAre the Poor ‘Blessed’ If we Make them Rich? – Dr. Peter KreeftReligion, Social Trends and Demographics – Dr. Yuri MantillaPartnership Based Community Development – Rev. Dr. Svetlana PapazovReligious Liberty: The Dawn of the First Amendment – Dr. John PinhieroVocational Stewardship and Community Transformation – Dr. John TeevanThe Austrian Tradition on Social and Economic Order – Jeffrey TuckerTolkien and the Free Society – Dr. Jonathan WittEconomic Justice in the Old Testament – Dr. John BergsmaMarketplace as Social Shalom – Dr. Anthony BradleyHistory of Political Economy – Dr. Chad BrandHow to Talk About Natural Law – Dr. J. BudziszewskiDistributism: Theory and Critique – Dr. Todd FlandersThe Church and Modern Civilization – Dr. Greg ForsterLatin America: New Pathways of Development – Anielka MunkelAdam Smith, Markets, and Morality – Dr. James OttesonBusiness and the Common Good – Dr. Scott Rae“Get Your Hands Dirty” – Dr. Jordan BallorStewardship 101 – Dr. Kent WilsonStatesman: The Thought of Leo XIII – Rev. Raymond deSouzaBad Religion – Ross DouthatThe Economics of Mutuality – Dr. Steven GarberBenedict XVI and the Crisis of Europe – Dr. Samuel GreggJohn Locke and Christian Teaching on Property – Kishore JayabalanGood, True, and Beautiful: C.S. Lewis – Dr. Peter KreeftMoral Imagination – Michael Matheson MillerCan Business and Religion Get Along? Evidence from History – Dr. Kevin SchmiesingStatism in Poor Countries: A Field Guide – Dr. Stephen SmithWorship or Participation: The Role of Religion in Public Life – John StonestreetThe Family Foundations of the American Dream – Prof. W. Bradford WilcoxThe Common Good in Seven Words – Andy CrouchA Conversation with Ross Douthat – Douthat & Sirico

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