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Dr. Allan Carlson
delivers a series of Family Policy Lectures to Family Research
Council audiences in Washington D.C. Those interested in
attending one of these lectures should contact Mark Haskew at FRC: mnh@frc
or 202-393-2100
(These lectures are also "webcast"
live at www.frc.org.)
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2004:
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Theme:
"Marriage on Trial." |
 "A
Revolutionary Theology of Sex: Martin Luther on Sex, Marriage and
Family" July 2, 2004
"Standing
for Liberty: Marriage, Virtue, and the Political State"
June 16. This talk examines G. K. Chesterton's contention that
"the ideal for which [marriage] stands is liberty."
"'Conjugal
Happiness' and The American Way: On the Special Relationship Between
Marriage and the American Experience" May
19. This
lecture will build on Alex de Tocqueville's insight that "There
is certainly no country in the world...where conjugal happiness is
more highly appreciated than in America."
"Two
Becoming One Flesh: On Marriage as the Union of the Sexual and the
Economic" March
10, 2004: The twentieth-century notion that marriage is merely
companionship has proven too weak to hold. In this lecture, Dr.
Carlson shows that an understanding of the economic value of the
married-couple
"Speak
Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: On the Communal Nature of
Marriage"
February 18,, 2004: Is marriage but a private matter between two people
in love? Is the state's role merely that of registering these
personal bonds? Or do others also have vital interests in each
marriage,
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2003:
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Theme: "Family
Policy for the 21st Century" |
"Rebinding the
Generations: Solving the Elder Care Crisis" September
26, 2003: At one time in America, the family was understood
to consist of three generations and was expected to care for its
frail elderly as a matter of duty and as an expression of its
continuity. ... more...
"The
Fertility Gap: Recrafting American Population"
July 22, 2003: Between 1965 and 1975,
the United States shifted from enthusiastically celebrating large
families and natural population growth to embracing policies
designed to diminish families and achieve ... more...
"Reinventing
the Schoolroom: Education as Homecoming"
May 14, 2003: In this lecture, Dr.
Allan Carlson illuminates the largely anti-family history of the
public school movement and posits that families, neighborhoods, and
faith communities hold the keys ... more...
"Marriage
on Trial: Why We Must Privilege and Burden the Traditional Marriage
Bond" April
18, 2003: The legal status of marriage, and any benefits that
it confers, should be restricted to the monogamous bonds of women to
men; simply and precisely because this is where children come from.
... more...
"'Bailey
Park' or 'Greater Pottersville'?: The Natural Family in the 21st
Century American Suburb" March
31, 2003: Allan Carlson examines the myths and realities of
the suburban landscape and how the family could be strengthened in
today's suburbia. Lecture given on March 27, 2003 more...
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