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About Ralph Hancock

Ralph C. Hancock holds degrees from BYU and Harvard, and has taught political philosophy at Brigham Young University since 1987; he is also President of the John Adams Center for the Study of Faith, Philosophy and Public Affairs, an independent educational foundation (johnadamscenter.org).

All Posts by Ralph

Ralph on Rome (the Ancient one)

Here's my latest little piece on the significance of Rome for Western... read more

The Kindle of a Conservative: Marginal Fragments of...

I, Ralph C. Hancock, Having occasionally undertaken to criticize the critics of... read more

Rome Report: Pres. Eyring and Prof. Wardle Praise...

I was pleased to receive this email dispatch from Rome from my... read more

BYU, the Family, and the Gospel of Self-Indulgence....

My colleague and now Department Chair, Sven Wilson, recently (10/23) delivered the... read more

Apologetics of Intellectual Frameworks

Sorry I've been absent for a while. Well, here's part of my... read more

Givens on Mormon “Continuing Revelation”: History, Intellectual Eclecticism,...

Another in a series of notes and highlights on Terryl Givens’ very... read more

Terryl Givens’ Foundations: Wrestling with History and Theology

I could be annoyed by Terryl Givens. His new Wrestling the Angel:... read more

Celebrating BYU III: The Glory of God and...

[A continuation of my earlier reflections on BYU, in response to Professor... read more

Celebrating BYU, Part Deux: or Why I am...

I was happy to discover, a few months ago, that Richard... read more

Morality and Transcendence

Check out my latest at National Review Online (Postmodern Conservative blog), where... read more

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