The first day of lectures is over at the Acton University Symposium. Today I attended the following:
- "Christian Anthropology: Freedom and Virtue" by Dr. Samuel Gregg
- "The Economic Way of Thinking" by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
- "Theories of Government, the Church, and Civil Society Professor" Anthony Bradley
Tonight we heard from Frank Hanna, CEO of HBR Capital, Ltd., in Atlanta:
The Desire to Do Well and to Do Good: The Necessary Harmony Between Creativity and Virtue.
It has all been good stuff, but even better are the people I have been meeting. There are about 230 people in attendance, and forty nations are represented. I had breakfast with a retired couple directly involved in economic development dating back to the 1950s and the Marshall Plan. I attended two classes and ate a lengthy lunch with Edward, who is a pastor (and an entrepreneur) in Kenya. I ate dinner this evening with a woman who is an intellectual property lawyer in California. Yesterday I met a woman who is working against sex trafficking in Europe, another woman who is from the Vatican, and a guy who is studying law in Poland. There are several seminary students here. Floating around the hallways somewhere is the former Prime Minister of Estonia.
In the downtime (which isn't much), I return to my room and watch World Cup Soccer. Economics, theology, and world-class soccer. It doesn't get much better than this!
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