How to Be a Christian Social Thinker: Ecumenical Insights from the Eastern Orthodox Tradition

On Monday 14 July, CEME held an event with guest speaker Dylan Pahman (Acton Institute).

Organised in partnership with Blackfriars Hall, Pahman spoke on his forthcoming book The Kingdom of God and the Common Good.

The event was chaired by Andrei Rogobete.

 

Speaker Bio:

Dylan Pahman is a research fellow at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, where he serves as executive editor of the Journal of Markets & Morality. Dylan recently completed his PhD from St. Mary’s University, Twickenham on the basis of his published works on Orthodox Christian social thought and asceticism. He is the author of Foundations of a Free & Virtuous Society (Acton, 2017) and The Kingdom of God and the Common Good: Orthodox Chrisitan Social Thought (Ancient Faith, forthcoming 2025). In addition to Orthodoxy, his research also touches on the Dutch Neo-Calvinist Abraham Kuyper, the Anglican Christian socialist F. D. Maurice, and the intersection between ethics and economics. Dylan is a member of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit and resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife Kelly and their four children.