The Promise and Peril of Social Media W/ Bishop Barron & Fr. Steve Grunow
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
Few phenomena have ushered in a greater sea change in mass communication and human relations than social media. What at once allows us to connect with family, meet new friends, and engage with (not simply observe) the world around us can also create enormous tensions, foster disinformation, and cultivate loneliness. Is social media a blessing or a curse? And how can Catholics tap into its evangelizing power without losing their own souls? Join Bishop Robert Barron, Fr. Steve Grunow, and me as we explore the promise and peril of social media on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. ...
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On the Law of Speaking Freely w/ Dr. Adam Tomkins
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
Where does the notion of “free speech” come from? Why does it matter? How have powers attempted to suppress free speech and how have individuals sought to abuse it? Even more, where does “freedom of speech” fit into the life of the Catholic Church? Join Professor Adam Tomkins and me on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast for a riveting conversation about ideological times and his captivating book On the Law of Speaking Freely. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on , on , or wherever you get your...
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Eating the Sunrise w/ Dr. Christopher West
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
What happens when we forget that behind the gorgeous redbud tree, the mesmerizing sunrise, and the exquisite infant child cradled in our arms is an ineffable God who loved them all into existence? We miss the sacramental in our lives and chase after honor, power, pleasure, and wealth, which are false infinites and sorry substitutes for God. Join Dr. Christopher West and me as we explore his book Eating the Sunrise, an examination of our hunger for beauty and the God who alone will satisfy it on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of...
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Your Eucharistic Identity w/ Fr. Gregory Pine
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
G. K. Chesterton asserted, “We have all forgotten our names. We have all forgotten what we really are.” Is this true? In an age of identity politics and identity confusion, are we defined solely by race or sex, nationality or disability? Or are we something infinitely more? Join Fr. Gregory Pine and me as we explore our truest nature and our greatest selves in his new book, Your Eucharistic Identity, on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast biweekly on , on , or wherever you get...
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol w/ Dwight Lindley
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
We are all familiar with Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, featuring Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley’s Ghost, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. And yet, even so, every year, millions eagerly read the story, watch the film, or attend the play. Why does a 182-year-old English ghost story still captivate us today? In what way are we ourselves haunted by the temptation to selfishness in a world hungry for kindness and generosity? Join Professor Dwight Lindley and me as we explore the soaring heights and the profound depths found in A Christmas...
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Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History w/ Thomas Albert Howard
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
Why do most believe that religion is the root of most modern violence while secularism is our dispassionate protector? In Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History, we discover that Combative Secularism and Eliminationist Secularism have made brutal and furious attempts to marginalize, weaken, and destroy religious faith. Join Dr. Tod Worner and Professor Thomas Albert Howard on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast as they explore the dark history of political secularism and the ways in which religion, time and again, has been an unwitting victim and not an untrammeled...
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Finding the World's Fullness w/ Robert Cording
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
If there is one struggle in life, it is with the unknown. In an age of self-assertion and technological wonder, we strive to obliterate the uncertain, eradicate the imperfect, and master the mysterious. And yet, these goals are impossible. Should we fear the unknown or embrace it? Is mystery threatening, or is it wondrous? Join Dr. Tod Worner and Professor-Poet Robert Cording as they explore these questions addressed in his phenomenal book, Finding the World’s Fullness, on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the...
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The College Beat: Catholicism on College Campuses w/ Caroline Kurt
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
With Catholic college students losing their faith in devastating numbers, what is the Catholic Church to do? Enjoin the brightest, faith-filled, and articulate college students to help us bring them back. Caroline Kurt is a devout Catholic, a college senior, and a keen writer/editor for Hillsdale College’s paper, The Collegian. She and a dozen premier college students are the vanguard of writers for Evangelization & Culture Online’s The College Beat. Join us on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast as we discuss the faith life of the modern college student and the means by which...
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Sacred Stories from the Sidelines of Notre Dame Football w/ Fr. Nate Wills, CSC
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
When Fr. Nate Wills raised doubts about his qualifications to serve as the University of Notre Dame’s football team chaplain, Fr. Pete McCormick assured him, “We don’t need you to call plays. We just need you to point [people] to Jesus.” Join me and Fr. Nate Wills on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast as we explore his book, , a rich unfolding of lessons learned from and imparted to the extraordinary Notre Dame football team and the greater university community. Stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of the Evangelization & Culture Podcast...
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How the Young Evangelize the Young w/ George Jacobson
Evangelization & Culture Podcast
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, “Angels are appointed to the guardianship of men, that they may take them by the hand and guide them to eternal life, encourage them to good works, and protect them against the assaults of the demons.” As we grow in our faith, shouldn’t we do the same for others? Through his Instagram pages Marian Militia and Monk Mindset, George Jacobson is taking people by the hand. Join me and George Jacobson on The Evangelization & Culture Podcast as we explore how, in an age of uncertainty, one Catholic college student is lighting the fires of faith in others. ...
info_outlineWe want what other people have. We conjure up rivalries. And we scapegoat our enemies in the process. What on earth are we doing? Join me and Fr. Elias Carr as we unpack philosopher René Girard’s mimetic theory and the “scapegoat mechanism” on the Evangelization & Culture Podcast.
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