Religion, Duty, and Liberty: Graduate Essays on the Effect of Religion on Liberty

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Lord Acton Essay Competition

2002 Winning Essays

2001 Winning Essays

2000 – Religion, Duty, and Liberty
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1999 – The Limits of Government
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1998 – Ethics and Economics
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1997 – Freedom and Order
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1996 – The Remedy for Poverty
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1995 – Duty and Responsibility

1994 – Beyond the State

1993 – Liberty: Man's Highest Political End
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1992 – The Role of Religion in Fostering a Free & Virtuous Society
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The 2000 Lord Acton Essay Competition

Religion, Duty, and Liberty
Graduate Essays on the Effect of Religion on Liberty

“No country can be free without religion. It creates and strengthens the notion of duty. If men are not kept straight by duty, they must be by fear. The more they are kept by fear, the less they are free. The greater the strength of duty, the greater the liberty.”
– Lord Acton

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Foreword by Robert A. Sirico
Introduction by Matthew Spalding

Judges

Winning Essays:

1st Place:: “How Firm a Foundation: Puritanism as the Wellspring of American Freedom”, John B. Carpenter
2nd Place:: “The Freedom of Religion”, Kevin DeYoung
3rd Place:: “Faith’s Children”, R. J. Snell
Honorable Mention:: “Moral Obligation and the Free Society”, Eric Patterson
Honorable Mention:: “On Religion, Duty, and Liberty”, Joel Hathaway

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