FORMED Book Club

Thomas Howard tells us why poetry matters—part two of our series on Chance or the Dance?: A Critique of Modern Secularism

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Is the cosmos full of items that are connected meaningfully or items that are disconnected? What place does imagination play in human experience? How do we employ imagination to give significance to ordinary and extraordinary things through ritual?  This and more in this week's discussion of Chance or the Dance. 

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On liturgy and Traditionalism:  our final discussion of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s book A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen.

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Hans Urs von Balthasar explains what obedience means in the Church.

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Does Catholicism oppress women?  Or is it the opposite?  More tough questions as we move through Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”.

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Do morals really matter in Christianity?  Doesn’t God’s mercy go beyond all that?  Find out as we continue our discussion of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”.

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Contradictions in the Bible?  Contradictions in the Christian faith?  More heavy-hitting discussion as we continue to move through Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”.

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What is human progress, and is it a good thing? How does it change how we see God?  In the second part of the series, we face yet more confusing issues with the help of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen.

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Why is there so much division in the Church?  Why is there division even in the Formed Book Club?  We begin to approach the question with help of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s book A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen.

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Author Michael Kurek tells us about what music does to the soul, with digressions on Mozart, Beethoven, and great liturgical music.

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