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For the study of religion and liberty. Connecting good intentions with sound economics. Toward a free and virtuous society.
1/ Fusionism isn't "dead." It's evolving. And it may solve conservatism’s biggest crises: 👉liberty vs. virtue 👉culture vs. politics 👉markets vs. community Here’s how. 🧵

Unity isn’t cheap. Doctrine isn’t optional. Sometimes the tension is the point.

C.S. Lewis didn’t convert to Christianity in a chapel. He did it on the bus home from work. acton.org/religion-liber…
The Ivy League’s dirty secret isn’t woke dogma. It’s intellectual incoherence. rlo.acton.org/archives/12727…
A good observation from @dwchurchwell
The first Great Awakening sparked abolition. The second came with capitalism. The third helped power the Cold War. Now, a fourth is quietly stirring.—in Palo Alto boardrooms. acton.org/religion-liber…
The first Great Awakening sparked abolition. The second came with capitalism. The third helped power the Cold War. Now, a fourth is quietly stirring.—in Palo Alto boardrooms. acton.org/religion-liber…
So many pro "free-market" professors who rend their garments when they see a subsidy to private business, keep silent about the support their universities get from tax-payers
You can’t take public funds and expect private freedom. Choose one. rlo.acton.org/archives/12713…
The best novels are not moral instruction manuals for your political tribe. Read for the joy. Defend for the form. rlo.acton.org/archives/12714…
You can’t take public funds and expect private freedom. Choose one. rlo.acton.org/archives/12713…
Some men want power. Others want worship. Mao wanted both. rlo.acton.org/archives/12721…
Tickling the Ivies: Can Higher Education Be Saved acton.is/40BOfFg via Jeffrey Polet cc: @kissel_adam @madisonfaith_m @EncounterBooks
Grace often feels like discipline before it feels like love.

The Constitution is clear: The state was made for the citizen, not the citizen for the state. Don’t flip the script. rlo.acton.org/archives/12726…
You don’t need your job to fulfill your soul. But you also don’t need to abandon your soul to fulfill your job. acton.org/religion-liber…
He called himself a Lutheran. He wasn’t. acton.org/religion-liber…
History doesn’t repeat. It just forgets to read itself. rlo.acton.org/archives/12704…
Americans love Jesus. They just can’t agree on which one. rlo.acton.org/archives/12708…