Thirty Minute Theology

Thirty Minute Theology

By John BaconReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Thirty Minute Theology episodes

  • What to Make of Pope Francis: Modern Background to the Present Papacy
    Thirty Minute Theology is back!
     
    After a long hiatus, John is back--this time, with his wife, Lauren--to begin discussing listeners' questions. Today they start by addressing what to make of Pope Francis. In order to answer this meaningfully, John provides some background about the Catholic Church leading up to and coming out of the Second Vatican Council.
     
    Please comment on iTunes and send any questions you have to [email protected]!
    51 min
  • Theology of the Body: Modernity’s Great Divorce

    Why are we unhappy? Why are we confused? What questions does Theology of the Body seek to answer? John and Mark give a crash course on the philosophical and cultural development of thought in modernity that changed our understanding of what it means to be human, and what rupture Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body aims to heal.

    37 min
  • Introduction to Theology of the Body --Who was Pope John Paul II

    John and Mark attempt to summarize the life and legacy of Pope John Paul the Great! Who is this "Witness to Hope" as George Weigel described him, and what is his "Theology of the Body" about? Why is Theology of the Body considered, in George Weigel's terms, "a theological time bomb set to go off, with dramatic consequences, sometime in the third millennium of the Church”?

     

    This is the first of one of many episodes based on Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body. 

    47 min
  • Pentecost!

    What happened on Pentecost? What do spiritual gifts in the Book of Acts have to do with Christians today?

    45 min
  • Atonement - Part 2

    How did Jesus save us? Mark and John continue to discuss various understandings of the atonement, this time focusing on St. Anselm and St. Aquinas' contributions.

    40 min
  • Atonement - Part 1

    How does Jesus of Nazareth's death save us today? What did Christ's death accomplish, and why? Are we saved by the cross alone, or by his life, resurrection, and ascension as well? Does the Church have only one way of understanding Jesus' sacrifice for us? Examine these questions and more as John and Mark begin to tackle the atonement!

    47 min

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John Bacon and Mark Masucci, former Protestant theologians, discuss basics of theology from a Catholic perspective.