A Bacik Conversation

Brad and Fr Bacik discuss Paul Tillich. Paul Tillich (1886-1965) German Lutheran theologian and Harvard professor who created a grand synthesis presenting the Christian message as the answer to cultural concerns.

Brad and Fr Bacik discuss Edward Schillebeeckx. Edward Schillebeeckx (1914-2009) Belgium theologian and Dominican priest who summarized biblical research concluding that we have enough reliable knowledge about the historical Jesus to bet our lives on him as Christ the Savior of the World as proclaimed by the New Testament.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) French Jesuit paleontologist who produced a powerful synthesis of his faith in evolutionary science and his belief in the cosmic Christ which grounded a spirituality of work that enables us to see all our good purposeful activities as an intrinsically valuable participation in God’s ongoing creation.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Johann Metz. Johann Metz (1928-2019) German Catholic priest and theologian deeply disturbed by the failure of the German Catholic Church to speak out against Hitler and the Holocaust, who proposed a political theology that calls us to appropriate the “dangerous memory of Jesus “ who calls us to sacrifice our personal interests and comfort in order to promote justice, to serve the common good and to empower the poor to take charge of their own lives.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Hans Urs von Balthasar.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Alfred North Whitehead.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Jacques Miratan. Jacques Maritain (1882-1979) a French Catholic philosopher who championed human rights and promoted Christian humanism that can inspire us to actualize our God-given potential.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Gustavo Gutierrez. Gustavo Gutierrez (b 1928) Peruvian priest who helped develop liberation theology that alerts us to the systemic injustice that hurts marginalized persons all over the world.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: John Macquarrie. John Macquarrie (1919-2007) Anglican theologian and professor of divinity at Oxford University who wrote about the polarities that constitute human existence which today can help us develop dialectical virtues such as committed openness and hopeful realism.

This Season, Brad Rieger and Father Jim Bacik focus on 12 Theologians that had an impact on Fr Bacik. Today's episode: Karl Barth. Karl Barth (1886-1968) Swiss Protestant theologian who led the Confessing Church in opposing Hitler which can encourage us today to fight to save our democracy.