But we must go on to say that while it may be true that morality cannot be legislated, behavior can be regulated. It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless. It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me but it can keep him from lynching me and I think that is pretty important, also.

Think of what a scandal it would be if we were to say the abolitionists should have kept their Christian faith out of the struggle against slavery. Rev. Martin Luther King should have kept his Christian faith out of the struggle for civil rights. People who fought against the terrible crimes committed in the name of eugenics should have kept their faith out of politics.

• Thoughts on Human Dignity - Rev. Robert A. Sirico

• Economic Thought Before the Enlightenment - Dr. Stephen Grabill
• Traditionalist Economics: A Critique - Jeffrey Tucker
• Wealth and Poverty in Scripture - Dr. Jonathan Witt
• Enemies of the Inner City - Ismael Hernandez
• The Limits of Markets: Law and Moral Culture - Fr. Peter Laird
• Civil Rights and Social Cooperation - Rev. Robert A. Sirico
• Tensions in 18th Century Social Thought - Michael Miller
• The Economic Way of Thinking - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
• Christianity and the Idea of Limited Government - Michael Miller
• Myths About the Market - Dr. Jay Richards
• Why Keynesianism Failed - Dr. Victor Claar
• 19th Century Christian Political Thought - Dr. Carlos Hoevel

• A Theology of Stewardship - Dr. Stephen Grabill
• The Catholic Social Encyclical Tradition - Kishore Jayabalan
• Market Economics and the Family - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
• Economics and Human Action - Dr. Carlos Hoevel
• A Biblical Approach to the Environment - Dr. Jay Richards
• Islam, Markets, and the Free Society - Mustafa Akyol
• Beyond Contracts: Marriage and Sustainable Markets - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
• The Social Teaching of John Paul II - Fr. Roger Landry
• The Nature and Function of Money - Jeffrey Tucker
• A Theology of Market Capitalism - Lord Brian Griffiths

• The Ethics of Capital and Interest - Jeffrey Tucker
• Europe: The Future of the Social Market - Christof Zellenberg
• Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities - Dr. Carlos Hoevel
• Liberation Theology - Rev. Robert A. Sirico
• Christianity, International Law, International Institutions - Kishore Jayabalan
• The Bad News About the Prosperity Gospel - Rev. John Nunes
• Poverty in the Developing World - Michael Miller
• Business as a Moral Enterprise - John Beckett
• Divorce: Social and Economic Consequences - Fr. Paul Hartmann
• Healthcare and Markets - Grace Marie Turner
• Piety and Technique - Rev. Robert A. Sirico

• Troy Camplin at Interdisciplinary World,
  1. “Acton U. -- A Brief Summary (and Table of Future Contents).” Troy concludes, “Even if the sessions weren’t as great as they were, it would have been worth going just to meet all the people I met.”
  2. “Thoughts on Human Dignity (Sirico).”
  3. “What is Freedom For?”
  4. “Against Nominalism.”
  5. “A Few Thoughts on Reason.”
• Robbie Miller at Toss me another Dewiser,
  1. “Subsidiarity and Serving the Poor.” Robbie promises to offer a series of upcoming posts related to AU.
• Brittany Hunter at Behind Infinity,
  1. “Acton University, An Inside Perspective.” Brittany, a recently-hired Acton Institute employee, provides an “insider’s” look at the goings-on last week.
• Anthony Bradley at The Institute,
  1. “Acton University.” Dr. Bradley gives us a brief AU faculty perspective.
• Jay Lafayette at the Shotgun Blog at the Western Standard,
  1. “Rent Control means less affordable housing for the poor.” Jay writes about the “healthy dose of free-market thinking” he got from this year’s AU, highlighting talks by Lord Brian Griffiths and Jay Richards.
• Anneli at Off the Coast of Kansas,
  1. “The Birth of Freedom.” Anneli writes, “The Acton University was an excellent conference and might have even changed my life.”
  2. “Acton University 2008: Lecture Audio.”
• Brett Kunkle and Alan Shlemon at the Stand to Reason blog,
  1. “Do Evangelicals Think About Economics?” Brett says AU “was fantastic training and an area where Evangelicals need to give more attention.”
  2. “Another Plug for Acton.” Alan writes, “Acton is an excellent organization to help broaden the minds of Christians in the area of economics and our Christian faith.”
• AU08 Blogger Round-Ups,
  1. Day 1
  2. Day 2
  3. Day 3

• Fr. Z at WDTPRS,
  1. “Acton University: Day 3.”
• Tex at Mere Orthodoxy,
  1. “Uneasy Bedfellows?: Natural Law and Protestant Theology.”

• Hunter Baker, blogging at the American Spectator blog and Southern Appeal,
  1. “The Next Big Center-Right Think Tank.” Hunter manages to include a goodly number of compliments to the Acton Institute in a brief bit of (cyber)space.
• Tex at Mere Orthodoxy,
  1. “Christianity and Globalization: A Unity in Diversity.” Tex produces and extended reflection on the contemporary Christian response to the globalization phenomenon, taking a point of departure in Dr. Samuel Gregg’s morning lecture, “Theology and the History of Globalization.”
  2. “Mustafa Akyol on the Basic Compatibility of Islam with Free Market Economy.” Tex blogs about a talk given by Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish journalist and blogger.
• Fr. Z at WDTPRS,
  1. “Acton University: Day 2.” He takes note of the “scuffle” going on in the comment boxes on the Day 1 post.
• Troy Camplin at Interdisciplinary World,
  1. “Truth, Morals, and the Market.”

• Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at WDTPRS,
  1. “Acton University: Day 1.” As usual there is a very, ah, lively conversation going on in Fr. Z’s comment boxes.
• Tex at Mere Orthodoxy,
  1. “Anthropology, the Economists’ Foundation.”
  2. “The Economic Way of Thinking.”
  3. “Difference: The Opportunity for Love.”
  4. “The Danger of Misplaced Pity.” Tex is living up to his promise and giving us a lot to consider in his reflections.
• LABARTON at Thoughts on Theology,
  1. “Acton Day 1: Thoughts on Human Dignity.”

Lord Brian Griffiths, Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and former advisor to Margaret Thatcher. He has served as a lecturer in economics for the London School of Economics at the University of London, the director of the Bank of England and the dean of the business school at City University. He has also written numerous articles and books.

Rev. John Nunes, President of Lutheran World Relief. For over 25 years he has worked as a speaker, musician, writer, youth director, pastor and professor. A research associate for Urban Ministry to Wheat Ridge Ministries and author of Voices from the City. Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict and recover from disasters.

Mr. Mustafa Akyol, deputy editor and columnist for Turkish Daily News, Turkey’s foremost English-language daily. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, The Weekly Standard and First Things. His focus is the relation between Islam and modernity.

Rev. Robert A. Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute regularly lectures both in the United States and around the world. His writings have appeared in various journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, National Review, The Financial Times, and Crisis.

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, well known economist and Acton Senior Fellow, who is heading up a course series on Marriage and the Family. She has been on the faculty of Yale University and George Mason University, and is the author of Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family doesn’t work.