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Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Dustbowl Diatribes podcast can be found on iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Audible. For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ Political Philosophy iTunes podcast:...

What's coming up at the Maurin Academy? You can get all our sessions recorded and/or live on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Where to get our newsletter and more information: https://pmaurin.org https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ … More Aristotle on Friendship: A New Series on the Nichomachean Ethics

Laurie finishes up her series on Eric Voegelin's short book with some observations about how Voegelin's idea might be useful for us. … More Take-Aways From Eric Voegelin’s Science, Politics & Gnosticism (6)

Why study the Liberal Arts and Sciences even if you aren't in college, or in college but studying something else? Laurie has a conversation with the Editor in Chief of The Front Porch Republic and an Associate Professor of English at Grove City College about a book that he has co-edited, entitled The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education. … More What’s Happened to the Liberating Arts? An Interview with Jeffrey Bilbro of the Front Porch Republic

David Holmgren, one of the founders of the permaculture movement, has provided useful analysis by thinking through various scenarios involving descent from peak oil supply and how they interact with various climate change scenarios. … More Holmgren’s Energy Descent & Climate Change Scenarios: Are We in ‘Brown Tech?’

Laurie explains Eric Voegelin's concept of ideologies as "ersatz" or false religions. Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Eric Voegelin: Ideologies as “Ersatz Religions”

This is a short selection from Laurie's monthly political philosophy talk. This one was a reprise of a keynote talk she recently gave in Germany. In this section, the topic is the modern university and how faculty and students are impacted by neoliberal trends and management in higher education. If you like this, consider getting the entire talk, and a whole lot more, by becoming a patron of The Maurin Academy: Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Higher...

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Sign up for Spencer's series on Romano Guardini's The End of the Modern World by becoming a Patron, or by registering on Eventbrite.  Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for future Maurin Academy seminars, short series and other events. … More Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3 Preview (ft. Spencer’s Class on Guardini’s The End of the Modern World)

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Spencer and Laurie interview Brian Zahnd, pastor of Word of Life Church, St. Joseph, MO. We discuss why some people decide to break from destructive ideas of faith, like Christian nationalism, and why many don't. We also have a conversation about the church's mission and what its role should be on grave issues like environmental destruction and war. … More What Lies Beyond Christian Nationalism? Interview w/ Brian Zahnd on Seemingly Simple Matters (Dustbowl Diatribes 2.12 cross post)

Laurie is working on another book, following up on Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right with a book that more explicitly explains the religious dimensions of the current ideological divisions. This selection of the draft deals with, among other things, the difference between genuine conservatism and the radical liberalism of Milton Friedman. … More Ideological Strong-Arming: Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose.” (A reading from my draft manuscript)

As we head into the weekend, contemplating the meaning of Good Friday and Easter event, Spencer and Laurie discuss the need for leadership from Christian pastors and others on the care for our common home and the building of fruitful community. Why do almost all of them not talk about it, or if anything at all, pass the buck to non-church leaders and organizations to try the liberal move of lobbying? What would solid, integral leadership on this issue really be like? Please fill out this...

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