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Investing in the industry of influence
Modern media has the emotional power to make ideas feel true even when they are not. A single moment caught on film can render an entire story somehow “truthful” to an undiscerning audience.The twin vocations of art and work
Art and work are simply two manifestations of an essential human trait: creativity. Perhaps both artists and laborers are simply entrepreneurs working with different materials.Tinseltown's tin ear
A recent slide in movie attendance suggests a film industry crisis of major proportions, but pop culture potentates seem reluctant to confront it.Editor's note
The Acton Institute is, at heart, a cultural enterprise. We are not concerned so much with politics or economics or sociology or philosophy as we are with the whole package—the effect they have on our culture. Our concern is with the health of society as a whole—the free and virtuous society.Freaked out: Liberty, choice, and rogue economics
Levitt has done a service by bringing that truth to light, albeit in a somewhat freaky way.Papal economics 101: Freedom and truth
It is a particular contribution of Pope John Paul II to have introduced the “right of economic initiative” into the theological vocabulary.Editor's note
This first issue of the new format is unlike any we have published before. It is devoted entirely to the late Pope John Paul II.Days of history and holiness: Reflections on April in Rome
Many of the questions that came my way were of a personal nature, owing to the fact that I was baptized and confirmed by Pope John Paul in 1996, during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.An ally in defense of freedom
In many ways, despite theological differences, I found in the life and thought of John Paul II an ally and a well-formed defense of a society that is both free and virtuous.Jewish leaders assess John Paul II's pontificate
An American rabbi and the chief rabbi of Rome weigh in.The Church must remember its mission
From time immemorial, it has been the case that the most difficult work of caring for the least among us has been initiated by churches and from the resources that church leaders and members accumulated voluntarily.Practical virtue: Finance and administration in the spirit of church organizations
Is there a vision of management – particularly in the area of finance and administration – specific to church organizations? If so, what does it involve?