In his recent opinion piece in Newsweek magazine (9/14/21), Dr. Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, writes eloquently about Frederick Douglass, former slave and abolitionist leader, and the relevance of his views to America's political situation today.
Entitled "Let Frederick Douglass Point Our Way Forward," Dr. George highlights Douglass's reliance on traditional Biblical and Western ideals for his opposition to slavery and the need today for us to rely on those same ideals to fight neo-
segregation presenting itself as "anti-racism" and to stand for free speech.
plays an essential role in this battle of ideals and it's more important than ever to understand both one's own and others' views in order to engage with it effectively.
Keep an eye on our website for much, much more from Dr. George!
Ideas are not intellectuals' toys: ideas have consequences,
for good and for ill, in what even intellectuals sometimes
call "the real world."
George Weigel (author and Distinguished Senior Fellow at
Ethics and Public Policy Center)
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We at Praxis Circle are delighted to announce that Expert Contributor and Board member Mary E. Eberstadt was awarded the Society of Catholic Social Scientists' Pope Pius XI award last month.
This award is presented annually to someone "whose efforts have contributed to building up a true Catholic social science."
Coming soon to our blog: the lecture Ms. Eberstadt delivered when accepting the award, "The Cross Amid the Chaos."
Mary E. Eberstadt
Praxis Circle has just begun a signature set of blog posts that provide a firm foundation for all who want to understand the different ways reason fits into the world's dominant worldviews. There might be no better way to gain a better understanding of your own.
Oct. 18: The Trinity Forumpresents a live evening event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. with Dr. Peter Kreeft and Rev. Eugene Rivers unpacking "the nature and implications of ideology’s reign in our present culture — both what it’s doing to our intellectual vitality as a society, but perhaps more urgently, what it’s doing to our civic and organizational life across sectors and geography."
Nov. 1: The Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) hosts their
20th Annual William E. Simon lecture, "The Pope We All Need: The Papacy and the Crisis of the West" delivered by George Weigel. The live event will be held at 6:30 pm at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.