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Light for the City: Calvin's Preaching, Source of Life and Liberty
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Light for the City introduces readers to a unique view of the life and thought of John Calvin, one that not only challenges past readings of Calvin but also seeks to reinvigorate the role of preaching as proclamation for modern civic life. According to Lester...

[On France:] The country that had been so proud of its kings, of its nobles, and of its chains, could not learn without teaching that popular power may be tainted with the same poison as personal power.
~ Lord Acton

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Dr. Andrew Abela to receive the Acton Institute's 2009 Novak Award

Dr. Andrew Abela, Associate Professor of Marketing and Chair-elect of the Department of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, is the recipient of the 2009 Novak Award. Believing that anti-free market perspectives seem to dominate discussion about the social impact of business, Dr. Abela is working to explore Christian ethics further to show how these issues can be resolved more humanely and effectively through market-oriented approaches. Read More...

Acton Research

The Research Department serves as the academic research facility of the Acton Institute, accommodating in-house and externally-based scholars from a variety of nationalities, Christian confessions, and different intellectual disciplines. Read More »

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The Core Principles provides a framework for Acton Research as it seeks to make clear the path to a free and virtuous society. Read about the Core Principles here.

In the Liberal Tradition

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)“I flatter myself that I love a manly, moral, regulated liberty as well as any gentleman... It is one of the gifts of Providence.”