Congratulations to American political scientist Dr. Jonathan Askonas, the 2024 Emerging Public Intellectual Award winner. The EPI Award celebrates emerging Christian scholars who excel in both academic and public spheres and whose work impacts the common good. The award is

It was so great to back home in Grand Rapids to moderate a conversation with historian Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms) at the alma mater Calvin University about democracy and the 2024 presidential election with democracyFIRST... 19 days to go!

We may not be privy to Screwtape’s letters on the understanding of the meaning of the possessive pronoun “my” in “my embryo,” but judging from jurisprudential trends, we would be able to hazard a very good guess. thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/10/96249/…

I was happy to speak with Dan Hugger about Abraham Kuyper, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and what a politics of the Tao might look like today. acton.org/audio/faithful… Acton Institute The Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy Henry Institute

Congrats to mjwatson, Bryan McGraw, and Jesse Covington on this book. (And thanks to Micah for the copy!) Can’t wait to read it!

Your chances of being hunted by a turkey are low, but never zero.

One week left! Call for proposals for the 2025 Kuyper Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia: calvin.edu/de-vries-insti… Calvin University Calvin Seminary

To start off 2025 the Reading Wheel Review brings you this month's book, Hopeful Realism, by Jesse Covington, Bryan T. McGraw, and Micah Watson, which explores the interplay of natural law and democratic politics. crcd.net/excerpt-hopefu…

Our judgment is that part of the reason evangelical politics has been such a mess is that we don't have a robust framework with which to make wise political judgments. This book is our attempt to help remedy that. amazon.com/Hopeful-Realis…

The Henry Semester in D.C. students were grateful to have met their MI-3 rep. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten and Calvin alum Rep. Bill Huizenga! This was a great way for students to learn how both representatives live out their faith in the public square. Thank you again Rep. Scholten and Rep. Huizenga!

During a time when political conversations are marked by deep division, polarization, and challenging moral questions, what resources do evangelicals have to think and act critically, coherently, and theologically about public life? cpjustice.org/event/hopeful-…

If you're in DC on Thursday, March 20, may we interest you in some plans? We're co-hosting, alongside our friends at Center for Public Justice, a CPJ book reception examining "Hopeful Realism." We hope you plan to join us! RSVP for the FREE event here: cpjustice.org/event/hopeful-…

Join us for a festive book reception on 'Hopeful Realism,' co-hosted by CCCU and Notre Dame Law School this Thursday at Notre Dame Washington Office. cpjustice.org/event/hopeful-…

I wrote a thing for the CAP project, based off a presentation I gave at Calvin University’s Henry Institute Symposium on Religion and Public Life. raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/congr…

Very engaging conversation with our polsecon professors this afternoon as they discussed the political climate under the current administration. The main focuses were the future of democracy, the current responsibilities of the Supreme Court & Congress, and recent DOGE activity.

Calvin University is committed to seeing #SecondChances take place. To date, the Prison Initiative has granted 77 bachelor’s degrees, 121 associate degrees, & 159 certificates. The overall GPA of CPI students is 3.6. #SecondChanceMonth Learn more about CPI at calvin.edu/prison-initiat…

Join us at the annual Henry Lecture tonight at 4PM on Calvin University's campus!

Last night, we hosted our annual Paul B. Henry Lecture! We’re grateful for Todd Cioffi, Shawn England, and Noah Nagy for their candid and enlightening discussion on faith, incarceration, and the public square. A recording will be available on the Henry Institute website next week

Absolutely blown away by the students in the Econ Club Calvin University tonight. Sharp, thoughtful, and deeply intellectually curious. What a gift to lead a session on affirmative action through the lens of Jonathan Haidt’s “The Righteous Mind.” These students give me hope!

After every Henry Semester in D.C., the Henry Institute chooses a student to award the Ellen Hekman Christian Citizenship Award. This year’s recipient is Ryan Klein, a rising senior majoring in Data Science and Political Science. Congratulations, Ryan!