Ramsay Lecture
Series 2019
Recovering and Sustaining Cultural Memory
The Benda family in Prague, Catholic anti-communist dissidents, knew that it wasn’t sufficient to oppose communism. They knew that they had to fill the minds of their children with things that were good, true, and beautiful, so they would know what, exactly, they were defending.
Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in St. Francisville, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option