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  • Episode 95: Theology of Religions - Interview with Fr. Sameer Advani LC

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. Lumen gentium and Nostra aetate by Second Vatican Council
    2. Dominus Iesus, Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
    3. Salvation Outside the Church: Tracing the History of the Catholic Response by Francis Sullivan SJ
    4. Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions by Gavin D'Costa
    5. Vatican II: Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims by Gavin D'Costa
    6. Ratzinger on Religious Pluralism by Sameer Advani LC

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    59 min
  • Episode 94: Pelagianism - Interview with Andrew Chronister

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. Answer to the Pelagians I by St. Augustine
    2. The Pelagian Controversy: An Introduction to the Enemies of Grace and the Conspiracy of Lost Souls by Stuart Squires
    3. Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine by Peter Brown
    4. The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's by Colleen Carroll Campbell
    5. Augustine in the Pelagian Controversy: Defending Church Unity by Andrew Chronister

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 93: Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP - Interview with Matthew Minerd

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. Knowing the Love of God by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
    2. Three Conversions in the Spiritual Life by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
    3. Providence: God's Loving Care for Men and the Need for Confidence in Almighty God by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
    4. On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
    5. Philosophizing in Faith: Essays on the Beginning and End of Wisdom by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP

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    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 92: Chinese Catholicism - Interview with Joshua R. Brown

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven by Matteo Ricci SJ
    2. Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought by Nicholas Standaert
    3. Ways of Confucius and of Christ: From Prime Minister of China to Benedictine Monk by Dom Pierre-Célestin Lu
    4. Beyond East and West by John C.H. Wu
    5. Material Objects in Confucian and Aristotelian Metaphysics: The Inevitability of Hylomorphism by James Dominic Rooney OP

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    54 min
  • Episode 91: Sacramental Theology - Interview with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. The Sacramental Mystery by Fr. Paul Haffner
    2. Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy by Lawrence Feingold
    3. General Principles of Sacramental Theology by Roger Nutt
    4. Introduction to Sacramental Theology: Signs of Christ in the Flesh by Fr. José Granados
    5. Rite and Man: Natural Sacredness and Christian Liturgy by Fr. Louis Bouyer

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    36 min
  • Episode 90: Fourth Week of Advent, 2024 - T.S. Eliot's Ariel Poems

    The recommended book in this episode is Ariel Poems by T.S. Eliot.

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    14 min
  • Episode 89: Third Week of Advent (2024) - Saint-Saens's Christmas Oratorio

    This week recommendation is a CD: the Christmas Oratorio of Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921).

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    10 min
  • Episode 88: The Second Week of Advent, 2024

    The book discussed in this episode is: The Nativity: Themes in Art by Jeremy Wood.

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    15 min
  • Episode 87: First Week of Advent 2024 - St Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season

    The book discussed in this episode is:

    Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season by St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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    18 min
  • Episode 86: Aurel Kolnai - Interview with Graham McAleer

    The books discussed in this episode are:

    1. On Disgust by Aurel Kolnai
    2. The War Against the West by Aurel Kolnai
    3. Privilege and Liberty and Other Essays in Political Philosophy by Aurel Kolnai
    4. Ethics, Value, and Reality by Aurel Kolnai
    5. The Utopian Mind and Other Papers: A Critical Study in Moral and Political Philosophy by Aurel Kolnai

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    1 hr 34 min

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