Ed Meese & the Revolution of Originalism

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Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for both a look back and a look ahead for originalism, through the lens of one of the most influential living Americans on our constitutional order. Edwin Meese III’s tenure as Attorney General under President Reagan was one of the most significant ones – and almost no one knows it. Ed

Hadley Arkes 2024 Norton Lectures at SBTS

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Video Recordings of the Norton Lectures Delivered by JWI Co-Director Prof. Hadley Arkes at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, October 8-9, 2024. Lecture I: The Enduring Rediscovery: The Polis as a Moral Association Lecture II: On Aristotle and Political Science as the “Architectonic Science” Lecture III: The American Founding and Natural Theology – And a

Rightful Understanding of Freedom with Dr. Brad Littlejohn

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Join host Garrett Snedeker on this episode of the Anchoring Truths Podcast for an exciting discussion with author Brad Littlejohn, Ph.D., about his new book Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License. The conversation explored conflicting definitions of liberty, the issue of expressive individualism, and misperceptions of the freedom secured by

A Religious Liberty Right to Abortion? with Frank Beckwith

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JWI Affiliated Scholar & Professor of Philosophy Frank Beckwith confronts a troubling trend among some legal scholars who, in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, have constructed and advocated for a right to abortion rooted in religious liberty. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Casey in Dobbs, an increasing number of scholars argue

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