In this reflection on the film Hamnet, Maurin Academy co-founder Dr. Laurie Johnson asks what a depiction of Shakespeare’s family life teach us about the loving balance between family and extraordinary artistic achievement. Check it out now: LINK TO SUBSTACK
In this essay from Maurin Academy instructor Christopher May, Peter Maurin’s vision of a better world is explored. Check it out now: LINK TO SUBSTACK
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The Great Books Reading Group will take on Paul Kingsnorth’s book Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity starting on the first Thursday of February, the 5th, 7-8:30 p.m. US Central Time, on our Patreon platform at the Trainee ($1) level or above, and we invite you to join us! Laurie Johnson and Kent Shultz will take turns leading the discussion. Reading is encouraged, but not required.
We will soon be announcing our early Spring classes on our website, including one on Jacques Maritain and Anti-Modern Progress, and one on Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer (Bare Life), on how modern states strip individuals of political rights, reducing them to “bare life.” For now, I’d like to ask, for those of you who can help us, will you help us by either becoming a paid follower of the Academy on Patreon, and/or by giving a one time tax-deductible gift before December 31 to help us keep going in 2026. Your support and encouragement, no matter whether you can help us financially or not, is deeply appreciated.
Spencer and Laurie talk to Bert and Emma Fitzgerald of the Simon Weil Catholic Worker House in Portland, OR: https://simoneweilhouse.org
Have you ever wondered if there was more to the American Dream than promises kept and promises broken (for some or for few)? If so, old sport, then this course is for you. The first session is coming up on December 3rd, and will cover the American Dream–both the Edward Albee play and the ideological … Read more
This is a talk by Dr. William T. Cavanaugh, author of The Uses of Idolatry. It was originally given for the Center for Catholic Social Thought, October 9, 2025. We thought it was so good we asked if we could share it with our audience, and we got it from both Dr. Cavanaugh and the Center for Catholic Social Thought.