FORMED Book Club

Is hell a place, and can we know who is in it? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar’s "Dare We Hope ‘That All Men Be Saved’?”.

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Is Jesus just, or is he merciful? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar’s misunderstood book “Dare We Hope ‘That All Men Be Saved’?”.

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Catholics regularly ask God to “lead all souls to heaven,” but why? Why pray for people like Joseph Stalin and Jeffrey Dahmer who apparently deserve divine punishment? Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar takes on the question in “Dare We Hope ‘That All Men Be Saved’?”—a book that has caused much misunderstanding and controversy.

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How does science make sense of beauty? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss “Science at the Doorstep to God” by Robert Spitzer, S.J.

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Can we ever know too much? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss “Science at the Doorstep to God” by Father Robert Spitzer, S.J.

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The mysteries of quantum physics and of God. Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Father Robert Spitzer’s “Science at the Doorstep to God.”

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The science of conscience—and judgment. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Robert Spitzer’s book “Science at the Doorstep to God.”

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Mystical experiences—who has them and why? A debate between Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro on Robert Spitzer’s book “Science at the Doorstep to God.”

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 Quantum physics: proof of God? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Fr. Robert Spitzer’s “Science at the Doorstep to God.”

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What does LANGUAGE tell us about how humans think? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Fr. Robert Spitzer’s “Science at the Doorstep to God.”

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