What Is Acton University Like for Christian Libertarians?

Acton University is one of the most respected gatherings in the faith-and-markets world. This year four hosts from the Christians for Liberty Network were able to find out what it was like to attend. Through a scholarship from the Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity, they spent four days at Acton University among Catholics, Calvinists, Eastern Orthodox, Jews, Muslims, and free-market thinkers from more than sixty countries, and came away deeply impressed.

Doug Stuart is joined by Alex Bernardo, Cody Cook, and Kerry Baldwin to recap the experience: the core sessions, the standout speakers, the dinner-table conversations, and what it felt like to show up openly as Christian libertarians in a room that leads with virtue, stewardship, and dignity before it ever reaches policy. The short version is that it felt like being among kin.

This recap walks through what Acton University gets right, where Christian libertarians found common ground, and the friendly, sharpening conversations that made the week worth every minute.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:22 Acton University Overview

2:36 First Impressions of Acton

5:08 Ecumenical and Marketed Faith

9:16 Libertarianism Versus Libertinism

15:24 Moral Language and Shared Values

23:58 The Four Core Sessions

30:59 Questions That Challenged