The Episcopal Podcast

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe speak with Professor Tracey Rowland about her forthcoming book titled Beyond Kant and Nietzsche: the Munich Defence of Christian Humanism (2021).

Each of the key figures covered in Prof Rowland's book is someone who was influential in Munich in the years between the end of the First World War and the end of the Second World War, and impacted a young Josef Ratzinger (Benedict XVI). In this episode of the podcast, we look at the life and writings of Servant of God, Romano Guardini.

In this episode, Bishop Richard and Silvana Scarfe speak with Dr Paul Morrissey, President of Campion College Australia, about the ins and outs of the liberal arts, the benefits of studying a liberal education and what Campion College offers, as Australia's first Liberal Arts college.

To find out more about Campion College, click on this link: https://www.campion.edu.au/

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe are joined by Anna Krohn to discuss the life, writings and philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977).

To find out more about research, conferences, reading groups, discussion and on-line news in the promotion of the thought and life of Dietrich von Hildebrand - the Hildebrand Project - based at Franciscan University Steubenville is a great one-stop spot: http://www.hildebrandproject.org/

In this episode Bishop Umbers chats with Richard Sharpe and Jeremy McLellan about all things humour, wit, and stand-up comedy in light of the phenomenology of the human person.

Richard Sharpe is a Latin Tutor at the Lyceum Institute. An American and cradle Catholic, his undergraduate and graduate studies in philosophy brought him to a study of the phenomenology of the human person, especially the nature of humour and its role in our lives. He's also had an on and off addiction to performing at open mic comedy nights.

Jeremy McLellan is an American stand-up comedian and Catholic convert. He was recently awarded a Teaching Fellowship at Word on Fire Ministries and was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Before the pandemic Jeremy completed sold-out tours in the US, Canada, UK, and Pakistan.

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe chat with Michael Harazin, who is about to commence post-graduate studies in Assyriology and Archaeology, about the cultures which shaped the Ancient Near East and Mesopotamia.

Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe dive into the world of architecture with Kamila Soh - a postgraduate student and tutor of architectural history and theory at UNSW.

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe chat with Bishop Daniel Flores, Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, about St Thomas Aquinas's Commentaries on Sacred Scripture.

In this week's episode, Bishop Umbers, Silvana Scarfe and Tom Gourlay dive into the world of Christopher Dawson, a twentieth-century British scholar.

Resources:

Progress & Religion: An Historical Inquiry by Christopher Dawson

The Dawson Society

Macrina Magazine

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Matt Tan discuss the works and thought of Canadian philosopher, Charles Taylor, with our guest, the Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Bishop Mark Edwards OMI.

Resources:

Charles Taylor

In this episode, Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe discuss post-modernism with Natasha Marsh, lecturer and tutor. What is post-modernism and what are its defining features? What can we learn from post-modernism as Catholics?

Resources:

Jean Francois Lyotard

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens