FORMED Book Club

Who decided what books were included in the Bible? The answer may shock you. Fr. Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss the conversion of philosopher Logan Paul Gage in this study of Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism.

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The power of a beautiful church: Peter Kreeft walks into a cathedral for the first time—and becomes Catholic. Father Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss chapter 5 of Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism, edited by Brian Besong and Jonathan Fuqua.

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The conversions of Brian Cutter and Neal Judisch. Father Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss chapters 3 and 4 of “Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism.”

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Can it be good to be an atheist for a little while? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss the conversion of philosopher J. Budzisziewski this week on the Formed Book Club as they move through the book Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism, edited by Brian Besong and Jonathan Fuqua.

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Why would a philosopher—a professional thinker—become Catholic? The better question is, why wouldn’t he? Fr. Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin reading Brian Besong and Jonathan Fuqua’s collection of conversion stories, Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism.

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What makes a saint a saint—and what doesn’t? Fr. Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro conclude their discussion of Henri de Lubac’s The Church: Paradox and Mystery.

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Christ “descended into Hell”?  We continue to unpack Henri de Lubac’s analysis of his friend Hans Urs von Balthasar in “The Church: Paradox and Mystery”.

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Why we need beauty, according to Hans Urs von Balthasar. Father Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue their reading of Henri de Lubac’s “The Church: Paradox and Mystery”.

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Hans Urs von Balthasar: heretic or great “man of the Church”?  This week, Fr. Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro read Henri de Lubac’s chapter on the seminal theologian in The Church: Paradox and Mystery.

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What does it mean to preach the Gospel—and why bother?  Father Joseph Fessio, Vivian Dudro, and Joseph Pearce continue their exploration of Henri de Lubac’s “The Church: Paradox and Mystery”.

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