Tod Worner discusses the culture, faith, literature, philosophy, history, and more in stimulating conversations with renown intellectuals of our time on the Eva...
Flannery OāConnor once prayed, āI do not know you God because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.ā Is there any meaningful relationship in life that can survive without an element of selflessness, dedicated time, and earnest conversation? Why would a meaningful relationship with God be any different? The prophets prayed, the saints prayed, and most of all, Christ himself prayed. But how do we do it? How do we know there is a God on the other end of our entreaties, and how can we understand Godās answers? Join me and Bishop Robert Barron as we explore the brilliant yet vexing, humbling yet heartening art of prayer on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly onĀ WordOnFire.org, onĀ YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute,Ā Evangelization & Culture.
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The Extinction of Experience w/ Christine Rosen
What happens when we live our lives through mediating technologies? We take countless pictures but donāt look at our kids. We film vacations but are never fully present. We search for answers online but rarely puzzle over the questions. And we distract ourselves from difficult emotions, but we never take on the cross-bearing work of the soul. In the early twentieth century, French Catholic novelist Georges Bernanos worried that such a superficial existence would create little more than āstumps of men.ā Join me and Christine Rosen as we explore her bookĀ The Extinction of ExperienceĀ on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly onĀ WordOnFire.org, onĀ YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute,Ā Evangelization & Culture.
The Pleasures of an Intellectual Life w/ Zena Hitz
What exactly is the ālife of the mindā? Is it merely a matter of being bookish, bespectacled, and (*gasp*) potentially boring? Or is the ālife of the mindā awash with limitless wonder, captivating wisdom, and life-changing vocation? Join me and St. Johnās College tutor Dr. Zena Hitz as we dive deeply into the joyful adventure of intellectual formation as told in her award-winning book, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life.Ā Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly onĀ WordOnFire.org, onĀ YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute,Ā Evangelization & Culture.
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Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse w/ Carl Trueman
In his new book, Dr. Carl Trueman writes, āThe very rhetoric and concepts of critical theory, the other, intersectionality, and their like have become influential tools of wielding power rather than dismantling it. And soāas Frankfurt School members Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno themselves would no doubt point outāthings have become their opposite; the liberator has become the tyrant, the tools of freedom have become the weapons of oppression.ā Perhaps Goetheās Mephistopheles captures critical theory best when he uttered to Faust, āI am the spirit that negates.ā Join me and Dr. Carl Trueman as we discuss the philosophy and the danger of critical theory in his new book To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly onĀ WordOnFire.org, onĀ YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute,Ā Evangelization & Culture.
Tod Worner discusses the culture, faith, literature, philosophy, history, and more in stimulating conversations with renown intellectuals of our time on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Tod also shares a reflection of his own and a book recommendation in each episode.
Tod curates more content like this in the quarterly print journal of the Word on Fire Institute, Evangelization & Culture. Learn more and become a member at WordonFire.Institute.
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