The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal celebrates and defends the Permanent Things. Coming soon: America's School of Conservative Studies.
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What kind of union did the American Founders believe they were creating? Benjamin Clark explores that question in “Contending for American Nationhood,” examining Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story’s vision for a national common law in the early republic.
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The world needs less posturing and more honesty, and that's exactly what we're offered in @charlesmurray's "Taking Religion Seriously," reviewed by Jeffrey Folks.
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G. K. Chesterton was not only a gifted writer but also a philosopher in his own right. “Chesterton and the Philosophers,” edited by Landon Loftin, gathers a range of scholars to examine Chesterton's engagement with figures such as Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, and Aquinas.
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We're delighted to share that Dr. David Hein, author of "Can Virtue Be Taught?" and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center will be joining us again this summer for a seminar: The American Political Novel: All The King’s Men.
Learn more: buff.ly/FcOaJNQ
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This seminar will focus on a careful study of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. The literary critic Sanford Pinsker called this book “the best serious novel about politics ever written in America.”
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The Kirk Center will cover all room, board, and material costs. Admitted participants will be responsible for their own travel to Mecosta. You may apply by submitting a letter of interest and your C.V. to Emily Corwin at ecorwin@kirkcenter.org.
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This year, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence. What exactly are we celebrating? Join us for a Book Gallery on 6/22 at 7pm ET with Michael Lucchese and @lsheahan as we discuss Kirk’s views on the American founding and the American order. Sign up: buff.ly/wLDszCx
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“Whether the racial left or the radical right, whether the unmarried women or the immature men of today can do the same is not answered. By shining light on the excesses of both, Hren shows us the paths not to take.” @DavidGBonaguraJ
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Can judges faithfully interpret the Constitution while remaining bound to the text and history of the law itself? In “Listening to the Law,” Justice Barrett reflects on constitutional interpretation, the role of the Supreme Court, and the principles of originalism and textualism.
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"Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection is something that might be detested by some, but it is always in the background. There is something within the human heart that craves sacrifice."
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Can a nation tell its story through poetry? In “American Independence in Verse,” @bradford_skow retells the events leading to the American Revolution through a collection of poems that give voice to patriots, loyalists, statesmen, and revolutionaries alike.
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"Whole-of-society surveillance and information management is the norm in large part because we have lost the significance of the public/private divide, which is necessary to any hope of curtailing runaway government power."
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"The whole field of 'postcolonial studies,' as @NigelBiggar sees it, only wears the skin of a scholarly enterprise, as its practitioners are not competent in philosophy or ethics or history, and so simply treat the evil of colonialism as 'axiomatic'..."
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Publication day is here! "On America", a new collection of Kirk essays, would make a wonderful graduate gift, or Father's Day gift this month. Pick up your copy here: buff.ly/YXp6S9k
From June 1-July 30 use promo code KIRKCENTER20 to receive a 20% discount at checkout.
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"On America", a new collection of Kirk essays, would make a wonderful graduate gift, or Father's Day gift this month. Pick up your copy here: buff.ly/YXp6S9k
From June 1-July 30 use promo code KIRKCENTER20 to receive a 20% discount at checkout.
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Reaching beyond the stereotypes of "Midwest Nice," Eric Cyr peeks into the true desires of individual people and small, everyday Midwest stories.
Read @NadyaWilliams81 brief but thoughtful review on our site: buff.ly/vevFhOZ
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We're often asked when the Kirk Center will hold a seminar open to the public. For those who have been waiting, 6/20 is your answer. Join our public seminar: “Knights, Heroes, and Patriots—Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American Moral Imagination.” buff.ly/apNxake
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“One must admire @charlesmurray's courage and honesty in sharing his conversion experience with a public of intellectuals that will probably respond with attitudes ranging from indifference to hostility."
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