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    Michael Novak: The Free Market and Morality

    Michael Novak

    The American Enterprise Institute scholar answers the Big Question "Does the free market corrode moral character?" Read More

    November 9, 2008   |  In Belief, Science & Tech

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    Michael Novak on the Millennial Generation

    Michael Novak

    Professor Novak discusses what may be the most community-minded generation since the Greatest Generation. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In Future

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    Michael Novak on the Religion of the Founding Fathers

    Michael Novak

    Professor Novak says the founding fathers were much more religious than most people think. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In History

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    Michael Novak on the State of the Catholic Church

    Michael Novak

    Michael Novak thinks the church should modernize. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Michael Novak on "The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism"

    Michael Novak

    Professor Novak discusses his most famous book. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In Business & Economics

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    Michael Novak on "No One Sees God"

    Michael Novak

    Professor Novak discusses his new book refuting atheists. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In Belief

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    A Personal Reaffirmation of Faith From Michael Novak

    Michael Novak

    Professor Novak discusses how he was shaped by World War II. Read More

    November 4, 2008   |  In History

User_rtbw_b01abff26 Theologian, author, and former U.S. ambassador, Michael Novak currently holds the George Frederick Jewett Chair in religion and public policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., where he is director of social and political studies. Novak received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1994, and delivered the Templeton address in Westminster Abbey. He has also received the Boyer Award in 1999; with Milton Friedman and Vaclav Klaus, the International Prize by the Institution for World Capitalism; the Anthony Fisher Prize for The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, presented by Margaret Thatcher; the Weber Award for contributions to Catholic social thought in Essen, Germany; the Cézanne Medal from the city of Provence, and the Catholic Culture Medal of Bassano del Grappa in Italy; the highest civilian award from the Slovak Republic in 1996; and in 2000 the Masaryk Medal, presented by Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic.Novak was appointed and served as Ambassador of the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva from 1981–1982; head of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the monitor of the Helsinki Accords) in 1986; with Senate approval, member of the Board for International Broadcasting in 1984; member of the Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice in 1985. He has also served the United States during both Democratic and Republican administrations.

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