Hale Institute Podcast
The Hale Institute at New Saint Andrews College is dedicated to the study and discussion of law in its substance, grounding, and effects on persons and community. The Institute carries out its mission both through course study within the college curriculum and in wider public discourse through publication and symposia. The Institute’s aims are informed by the Christian faith in the Reformed tradition and directed to the end of empowering persons to honor God and love neighbor through promoting the conditions and institutions of political liberty and civic virtue. Timon Cline is the Director of Scholarly Initiatives at Hale Institute and host of the podcast.
Episodes

Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Timon is joined by Tom Price (DPhil. Oxford), who teaches theology at Gordon Conwell and the University of Saint Joseph and co-hosts the Theology Pugcast, for a wide-ranging discussion of natural law.
Theology Pugcasthttps://crwiley.com/the-theology-pugcast/

Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Longtime editor of Modern Age, Daniel McCarthy, comes on the show to talk about what the so-called New Right has going for it, and what it can afford to learn from the western tradition.
https://modernagejournal.com/

Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Graham Shearer teaches theology at Union Theological College. He joins Timon on the show to talk about the use of historical sources and current political trends.

Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Timon is joined by Daniel Pitt, associate fellow at the University of Hull, to talk about the common law tradition, conservatism, and the legacy of Roger Scruton.
"Common Law Conservatism" - Daniel Pitt
https://lawliberty.org/common-law-conservatism/
"Piety, Love, and the Permanent Things" - Daniel Pitt
https://lawliberty.org/forum/piety-love-and-the-permanent-things/

Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
The first repeat guest of the podcast, Miles Smith (Hillsdale College), stops by to talk about his new book on the “Christian institutionalism” of the early American republic.
Religion and Republic by Miles Smithhttps://www.amazon.com/Religion-Republic-Christian-Founding-American/dp/1949716317

Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Joe Rigney, a teaching fellow at New Saint Andrews College, talks to Timon about the different camps of Protestant political theology today.
https://americanreformer.org/2024/11/everymans-guide-to-protestant-political-thought/

Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Chad Van Dixhoorn, professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary, joins Timon to talk about a newly published work by the Westminster divine, John Arrowsmith.
https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/plans-for-holy-war-arrowsmith.html

Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Ryan Bangert, senior vice president of strategic initiatives & special counsel to the president at the Alliance Defending Freedom, joins the podcast to talk about the state and future prospects of religious liberty in America.
ADF website: https://adflegal.org/

Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Robbie Crouse, professor of theology at Knox Seminary, joins the show to talking about the political theology of Martin Luther, its origins and sources, as well as the problems with some modern Reformed formulations.
Two Kingdoms and Two Cities https://www.amazon.com/Two-Kingdoms-Cities-Theological-Traditions/dp/1506421563

Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Timon is joined by Nicholas Aroney, professor of law at University of Queensland, for a wide ranging conversation about constitutional law, the nature of sovereignty, and federalism.
University of Queensland Professor Biography
https://law.uq.edu.au/profile/1098/nicholas-aroney
Christianity and Constitutionalism
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/christianity-and-constitutionalism-9780197587256?cc=us&lang=en&