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Acton Institute Names Giovanni Patriarca Recipient of 2012 Novak Award

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (February 20, 2012) – European scholar Dr. Giovanni Patriarca is the winner of Acton Institute’s annual Novak Award. Dr. Patriarca teaches at the Italian cultural institutions and projects in Nuremberg, Germany. He holds a Master in School Management from the University of Macerata (Italy), a Diploma in Islamic Studies at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He has worked intensively on pre-classical economic thought, and his doctoral thesis was on the social and monetary theories of the 14th

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Judaism, Law & The Free Market

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Judaism and Jewish religious, legal, and moral principles are often regarded as translating into support for broadly social democratic economic positions. Looking, however, at the Jewish treatment of themes such as property rights, social welfare, charity, generosity, competition, and concepts of order, Joseph Isaac Lifshitz demonstrates that Judaism's view of the market is more complicated-and favorable-than most people suppose.

The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts

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Students, teachers, and all those who seek a better knowledge of the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church will find contained within this collection the central statements of the Roman Pontiffs from a range of texts, including papal encyclicals, apostolic letters, and Conciliar documents, on matters relating to politics, economics, and culture. The selections are arranged thematically according to the significant subject areas of Catholic social doctrine. Under each subject heading, the quotations appear in pedagogical—as opposed to chronological or magisterial—order, with each subject area opening with a quotation that explains the issue at hand. + Servant of God François-Xavier Nguyên Cardinal Van Thuân (1928-2002)

In the Liberal Tradition

Interlocutor elegante, pregador eloquente e conselheiro vigoroso, Samuel Cooper foi pastor da influente e opulenta Igreja de Brattle Street em Boston, Massachusetts, de 1746 até sua morte. Nesse cargo, foi um dos líderes, ainda que por trás dos panos, e proponentes...