A Mystery of the Knowledge
Mysterium Tremendum
We’re not yet done with the mind. In this episode we continue to ponder the mysteries of the mind. In particular, we contemplate knowing. If the mind seeks what is true (as the will seeks what is good), why is truth, sometimes, difficult to grasp? In this episode, we delve deeper into the mysteries of the mind.
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A Mystery of the Mind
Mysterium Tremendum
Following upon the last episode, in this episode we move beyond ideas to the mind. Upon what does reason rest? What is reason? How is it related to intuition and imagination? In this episode, we begin to explore the mysteries of reason and the mind.
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A Mystery of Ideas
Mysterium Tremendum
From Michelangelo to Paul McCartney, great artists attest to the mystery of ideas. Often beyond the will of the artist, they arrive like visitors from another place. In this episode, we return from an extended break. We begin again by listening to great artists and philosophers on the mystery of ideas.
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Introducing Mysterium Tremendum
Mysterium Tremendum
Introducing Mysterium Tremendum. “Not all who wander are lost”, wrote Bilbo Baggins. We have been wandering, but we are not lost - not entirely. Seventeen months after our last episode, we return: slower, deeper, darker.
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Where Is God?
Mysterium Tremendum
Where is God? How is the distance between God and man to be measured? In this episode we conclude a series of episodes on Divine Hiddenness. However, this is not your mother’s academic discussion. God, evil, life, pinball, drinks, and a wee bit of reverie await you, dear listener. Come and enjoy the show.
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Divine Hiddenness & D. Z. Phillips
Mysterium Tremendum
When we experience evil, or silence from heaven, can any answers, any consolation, be found in philosophy? In this episode we consider this question in the light of D. Z. Phillips.
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Divine Hiddenness & C. S. Lewis
Mysterium Tremendum
When we experience evil, or silence from heaven, can any answers, any consolation, be found in philosophy? In this episode we consider this question in the light of C. S. Lewis.
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Deus Absconditus
Mysterium Tremendum
The world can seem a silent and indifferent place in the face of suffering and confusion. Where is God? Why should God, as some tell us, be in a whisper? Why should God dwell in secret places? In this episode we take up The hiddenness of God, the Deus absconditus.
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RLP Replay: What's So Good About Good Friday?
Mysterium Tremendum
As we continue recovering from being under the weather, we bring you one of our Easter favorites. On this holiday episode of Red Letter Philosophy we ask the question, what’s so good about Good Friday? We also discuss the frame or boundary that is Holy Week. In the words of Peter Kreeft, “it takes boundaries to make anything interesting. If a picture didn't have a frame, it would trail off into vague, boring everything-ness. Life's most dramatic moments are her two frames: entrance and exit, beginning and end, birth and death.”
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RLP Replay: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
Mysterium Tremendum
This St. Patrick’s Day finds us under the weather. Rather than miss the day, we offer/bring one of our St Patrick’s Day favorites. Is St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of the Irish; Irish history, Irish storytelling, Ireland herself, or is St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of a saint and of the one who molded the saint? We couldn’t decide. So, on this episode we offer you both one of Ireland’s finest sons and her greatest saint. We offer for your listening pleasure The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde.
info_outlineThe essence of Motherhood: a metaphysical question. Motherhood is surely many things, but if it is anything, it is also surely a kind of life, a life of prayer. A mother is one who raises her mind and heart to God on behalf of her family, and that is something worth noting and celebrating.