In yet-another Apocalypse Edition, we invited Eric Mabry (Christ the King Seminary) back, along with friend-of-the-show Jakob Rinderknecht (University of the Incarnate Word)and Gene Schlesinger (Santa Clara University) to go over the question of "spiritual communion" from an ecclesiological, rather than metaphysical angle this time. Plus, we talk about books about being trapped to enjoy while being trapped by a pandemic.

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In yet-another Apocalypse Edition, Jon talks with Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB (Executive Director, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, St. John's University)about his experience as a Benedictine monk during our pandemic moment and some of the wisdom of his community's tradition for facing the spiritual challenges of social distancing.

Check out the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at http://hmml.org

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In yet-another Apocalypse Edition, Jon talks with Dr. Samantha Miller (Anderson University) about the origins and theology of the Christian practice of withdrawing to the wilderness to be alone as a part of ascetic, spiritual practice. We also discuss her book, *Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology*.

Check out Samantha's book here: https://www.ivpress.com/chrysostom-s-devil

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In yet-another Apocalypse Edition, Jon talks with Dr. Joshua Burns (Marquette) about plagues and "Leprosy" (tzara'at) in Exodus, Genesis, Leviticus, and Numbers. Josh also offers an administrator's-eye view of how his university has been preparing for the demands of teaching during coronatide.

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In yet-another Apocalypse Edition, Robyn, Brian, and Jon dug up their favorite passages in which Lonergan describes the decline that results from human inauthenticity and we wallowed in the doom, the gloom, and the relentless consistency of it all. Also, Brian's film snobbery is compromised and Jon approvingly quotes Richard Dawkins.

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In yet-another Apocalypse Edition of Systematically, we invited Eric Mabry back and welcomed Joe Mudd for the first time to talk to us about the much-abused notion of "spiritual communion" that has come to the fore in response to the cessation of public masses. Joe and Eric diagnose what they see as the two extreme positions being taken on the question, and then walk us through the details of what spiritual communion means in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. We also give some consideration to the reality of televised/digitally streamed masses. Frivolity-wise, we consider the merits of various legumes.

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In this Apocalypse edition of Systematically, Robyn and Jon have two very special guests: their moms! Brenda Boeré is a physician and Patti Heaps is a nurse and they've both worked in palliative care for years. After giving them both a chance to share embarrassing stories about their children, we asked them a number of questions about what kind of medical decisions families may face if a loved one is hospitalized with COVID-19. Robyn also provides some perspectives from the Christian tradition on the ethics of medical care in the face of death and dying. At the end, we discuss ways in which listeners can initiate hard conversations with their family members about their end-of-life wishes.

The book Patti recommended is *The Art of Dying Well: a Practical Guide to a Good End of Life* by Katy Butler and the resource for discussing end of life wishes that she referred to (but misremembered the name of) was The Conversation Project and it can be found at https://theconversationproject.org/

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In our continuing apocalypse series, Anne Carpenter (St. Mary's College of California) joins Jon to discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theo-Drama IV: The Action and especially the opening sections on the book of Revelation. But first we talk a bit about the new challenge of teaching online in the age of COVID-19. Then Anne gives us an outline of Balthasar's life and the "trilogy" in which his central project consists. Then she explains where Theo-Drama in general and Vol. 4 specifically fit into the scheme of that project. From there, we talk about how the victory of God in Christ initiates the existential conflict at the heart of theo-dramatics. We draw on Blondel and Ricoeur to help try to unpack the character of this conflict and struggle and how it relates the fate of humanism in the 20th century.

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In a timely episode (and the first of a series!), Eric Vanden Eykel (Ferrum College) joins Jon to talk about apocalyptic literature as a genre of biblical literature, digging into some of the concerns, goals, and rhetorical strategies that characterize it. Also, clearly out of practice, Jon says, "um," a lot.

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This one was recorded a while ago, but it never made it up. We thought we'd share it with you now in these trying times. For your Social Distancing enjoyment: Robyn and Ryan host our dear friend Eric Mabry to talk Christology. But first they consider the improbable topic of "best views from a toilet" and Eric's Texas accent makes an appearance. Then they get down to the business at hand. First, Robyn gives an account of common arguments found in the theology of disability and claims that Christ, even God are disabled. Then she pivots from that general context to Richard Cross's applying some of these ideas to the metaphysics of Christology, describing the human nature of Christ as a "prosthesis" of God. This prospect, however, leads Cross towards open theism. Robyn asks if these kinds of theological questions can be answered without losing hold of conciliar affirmations in Christology. Eric walks us through the basics of conciliar Christology, but levels a criticism at some of those claiming to have one. Robyn wonders whether the metaphysics of the patristic context can move between contexts and Ryan underlines how important it is remember that metaphysics are, in the first place, meanings. Eric then drags us back to the metaphysical meanings at hand: cause, effect, nature, etc.

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