Podcast appearances and mentions of Christian humanism

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let's Talk About This by comparing the time that we are in now with a prior year in which so much change was taking place. Can we use the mistakes of the past to forge a better future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis The Year Of Our Lord 1943 (Book Review)   What 2018 Can Learn from 1943 Return of the Strong Gods Worship in a Time of War iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This is a turbulent time for American democracy. Years, perhaps decades, of social change is manifesting in the form of distrust, violence, chaos, fear, loneliness, and despair. But Conversing, along with Comment magazine, is about hope, healing, and hospitality. For this special 200th episode of Conversing, Mark Labberton invites Anne Snyder (Editor-in-Chief, Comment magazine) for a close reading and discussion of the 2025 Comment Manifesto, a hopeful new document offering a vision of Christian Humanism for this era. Together they discuss: The meaning and intent behind a new Comment magazine Manifesto for Christian humanism The Incarnation of Christ for what it means to be human Hospitality in an era of exclusion Healthy institutions and the importance of communal agency Individualism vs communitarianism Learning to perceive the world in fresh, surprising ways About the Comment Manifesto To read the Manifesto in its entirety, visit comment.org/manifesto/, or scroll below. To watch a reading of selections from the Comment Manifesto, click here. About Anne Snyder Anne Snyder is the Editor-in-Chief of Comment magazine, which is a core publication of Cardus, a think tank devoted to renewing North American social architecture, rooted in two thousand years of Christian social thought. Visit https://comment.org/ for more information. For years, Anne has been engaged in concerns for the social architecture of the world. That is, the way that our practices of social engagement, life, conversation, discussion, debate, and difference can all be held in the right kind of ways for the sake of the thriving of people, individuals, communities, and our nation at large. Anne also oversees our Comment's partner project, Breaking Ground, and is the host of The Whole Person Revolution podcast and co-editor of Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year (2022). Show Notes Giving thanks for 200 episodes of Conversing! 2000 years of Christian thought to the public square James K.A. Smith, the former editor of Comment Magazine Seeking a positive moral vision A turbulent moment for democracy MANIFESTO SECTION 1 “We are Christian humanists…” What it means to be human in our age—our infinite dignity, relationship to the earth, and woundedness The significance of Jesus Christ for what it means to be human What the Incarnation of Christ means for our world “So many people we know and love and respect feel ecclesially homeless, obviously politically homeless.” MANIFESTO SECTION 2 “We believe it's time to build…” Agency Called to a co-creative project Productive and constructive “Contributing the true and good and beautiful in a messy world.” MANIFESTO SECTION 3 “We believe in institutions…” Collective, common, and communal Institutions, as part of the social architecture of our world, can be extraordinarily positive. “I always get asked, ‘Why do you believe in institutions? Why? You don't need to! They're gone! They're dead!'” “Healthy institutions are channels within which you can actually realize your sense of agency in a way that might be more moving than you ever would have imagined just by yourself.” Yuval Levin's take on community (paraphrased): “All the tumult we're experiencing, we're just having a big fight about what kinds of what community means.” Polarization MAGA as a kind of community “I consider myself a bit of a communitarian.” Christian humanism throughout history always has four projects connected to it: Theology, character formation, political economy, and aesthetic. MANIFESTO SECTION 4 “We believe in the transformative power of encounter—encountering reality, encountering those unlike us.” Addressing the fractured social fabric and isolation of this age Encounter and trust Hospitality— ”taking one another's being and doing in the world seriously enough” Enter the room listening MANIFESTO SECTION 5 “We believe Christianity is perpetually on the move. There is no sacred capital.” “This is our most aggressive claim.” Distinguishing Comment from peer publications such as First Things “All cultures are fallen, and we're part of another kingdom.” Galatians 5 and the Fruit of the Spirit Civilizational Christianity The smallness of “faith, family, flag” “So much of my Christian identity has been rewritten by experiences of Christian faith that are completely outside the, the social reality that is my fundamental location.” ”When Christianity seems to be running the dangerous risk of being captured, captured by a certain kind of ideological political social frame that feels as though it's really making itself primary simply by its Napoleonic capacity for self-crowning, that is a very, very dangerous thing.” MANIFESTO SECTION 6 “We believe there are different ways of knowing—that the thinker and the practitioner have equally valuable wisdoms worth airing, that relationship and context matter for the ways in which we perceive reality, that the child with Down syndrome perceives truths that a Nobel Prize winner cannot, and that there is a need for those who inhabit these myriad ways to share space and learn how to pursue understanding—perhaps even revelation—together.” Perceiving the world differently Down syndrome and the expression of a different kind of knowing or wisdom Full circle with the first principle of the imago Dei Functioning out of either confidence, uncertainty, or anxiety Mark Labberton's friend Dustin (R.I.P), who had cerebral palsy Fatigue, trying to get our bearings Looking for moral and eschatological coherence Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment Magazine and Fuller Seminary. The 6 Primary Sections of the 2025 Comment Manifesto To read the Manifesto in its entirety, visit comment.org/manifesto/. We are Christian humanists, those who believe that Jesus Christ—God become man—is the ultimate measure of what it means to be human. We believe that every human being is created in the image of God, whole persons who are at once fallen yet gloriously endowed, finite and dependent, yet deserving of infinite dignity. We seek to stay true both to the wonder and to the woundedness of life this side of the veil, even as our eschatology floods us with hope: Jesus has walked with us, died, risen, and ascended, and he will come again to make all things new. We believe it's a time to build, that the creative imagination and the Christian imagination are mysteriously linked. We want to begin with the Yes in Christ, not our own noes. While there is an important role for criticism baptized in a study of what is true, good, and beautiful, it is a means to an end—the basis for wise repair and imagination, not the justification for destruction or erasure. We are committed to keeping orthodoxy and orthopraxy married, taking seriously our job to translate between them. We believe in institutions: government, guilds, families, schools, universities, the church. We recognize that in our age of individualism, institutions are often painted as the enemy. We try to change that, seeking to shape the character of today's most formative institutions while exploring what kind of reimagined social architecture might compel the next generation's trust. We believe in the transformative power of encounter—encountering reality, encountering those unlike us. Loving enemies is bedrock for Comment, hospitality core. We are champions of the difficult room. We believe in the deeper truths that can be discovered when different life experiences and distinct sources of wisdom are gathered around one table. We intentionally publish arguments with which we disagree, including those who don't hail Christ as Lord, not for the sake of pluralism without conviction, but because Christians have always better understood the contours and depths of their faith when crystallized through exchanges with strangers turned friends. We believe Christianity is perpetually on the move. There is no sacred capital. While the audience we serve is navigating a North American context, we serve this audience from an understanding that Christianity is an intercultural, polyglot religion. At a time of rising religious ethno-nationalism, we insist that no culture can claim to represent the true form of Christianity, and we actively seek for our authors and partners to reflect the global reality of the church. We believe there are different ways of knowing—that the thinker and the practitioner have equally valuable wisdoms worth airing, that relationship and context matter for the ways in which we perceive reality, that the child with Down syndrome perceives truths that a Nobel Prize winner cannot, and that there is a need for those who inhabit these myriad ways to share space and learn how to pursue understanding—perhaps even revelation—together. ... Our theory of change takes its cues from the garden, less the machine. We are personalists, not ideologues. We follow the logic of Jesus's mustard seed, of yeast transforming a whole pile of dough, of the principle of contagiousness and change happening over generations. We believe in the value of slow thought. We are skeptical of the language of scale in growing spiritual goods. While we wish to be savvy in unmasking the either/or reactivity of our age and will always call out dehumanizing trendlines, we are fundamentally animated by the creative impulse, by a philosophy of natality expressed through hospitality. This feels especially important in this time between eras when no one knows what's next, and we need one another to recalibrate, to reflect, and to shape a hopeful future.

We need to reclaim the future for Christian consciousness, and to recognize that the first Christians were looking towards the future, looking towards the fruition of something. They were not commemorating something that was past. They were actually witnessing something that is coming to be. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity.The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - SUBMERSIBLE

We need to reclaim the future for Christian consciousness, and to recognize that the first Christians were looking towards the future, looking towards the fruition of something. They were not commemorating something that was past. They were actually witnessing something that is coming to be. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity.The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - SUBMERSIBLE

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest in Crisis Magazine. How do attempts to create Heaven on Earth lead to a resentment of God, and why do so many Christians fall for it? Does God accept the rivalry of utopian idolatry?   Show Notes Heaven Is Only in Heaven - Crisis Magazine A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine  Reflections: HALF-HEARTED CREATURES - C.S. Lewis Institute The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis - Alan Jacobs Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West: R.R. Reno Horace - “You may drive out nature with a pitchfork…”  Trusting the Experts Is a Sign of Spiritual Decline - Crisis Magazine The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? | Crisis Magazine What's Missing in the Eucharistic Revival - Crisis Magazine Sapientiae Christianae (January 10, 1890) | LEO XIII Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Mary Beth Ingham: Reading Scotus today: Franciscan foundations for a renewed Christian humanism by Centre for Catholic Studies

Don't have a lot of time and need to refresh your memory on a unit? Check out the QUICK HITS! Overview of Humanism, secularism, printing press, vernacular languange, influence of Ancient Greece and Rome, Civic Humanism in Italy, Christian Humanism in the North, and the people to know: Petrach, Machiavelli, Mirandola, Erasmus, and Thomas More.

This episode focuses on the characteristics of the Northern Renaissance and how it is different from the Italian Renaissance. It features Christian Humanism, the Northern Renaissance Christian writers such as Erasmus and Thomas More, and mentions a few of the Northern Renaissance Artists. Overview Christian Humanism - 1:49 Erasmus - 5:47 Northern Renaissance Artists - 13:25 Now YOU Know - 19:11

Imagine a future that brings personal and communal wholeness, a commitment to truth even when it hurts, and the beauty of pursuing integration in the wake of fragmentation. Anne Snyder joins Evan Rosa to talk about her vision and hopes for a whole-person revolution that honors our moral complexity, holds us accountable to virtue, and seeks a robust form of love in public life. In this conversation they discuss: the meaning of wholeness and what it could mean to become a whole person; the importance of character, virtue, and moral formation; our need to come to terms with violence—listening to the language of threat and safety and preservation and protection; tribalism, fear, and moral realities; the ideas at the root of democracy; the connection between cynicism, distrust, and a feeling of threat and need to survive; and Anne describes a hard-won wholeness rooted in a sober and persevering hope that doesn't die.About Anne SnyderAnne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and oversees our partner project, Breaking Ground. She is the host of The Whole Person Revolution podcast and co-editor of Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year, published in January 2022.Prior to leading Comment, she directed The Philanthropy Roundtable‘s Character Initiative, a program seeking to help foundations and business leaders strengthen “the middle ring” of morally formative institutions. Her path-breaking guidebook, The Fabric of Character: A Wise Giver's Guide to Renewing our Social and Moral Landscape, was published in 2019. From 2014 to 2017 Anne worked for Laity Lodge and the H.E. Butt Foundation in Texas, and before that, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, World Affairs Journal and The New York Times. She is a Senior Fellow of The Trinity Forum and a Fellow at the Urban Reform Institute, a Houston-based think tank that explores how cities can drive opportunity for the bulk of their citizens. She has published widely, including The Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, Bittersweet Monthly and of course Comment, and now serves as a trustee for Nyack College. Anne spent the formative years of her childhood overseas before earning a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College (IL) and a master's degree from Georgetown University. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.Show Notes“Whole person revolution”Individual whole person as head, heart, and helping hands.We are porous to our contextsThe individual as a part of a greater whole.Exploring fear in our societies to understand the otherWholeness must be considered on the granular level and broad scaleA “hard won” wholenessHealing relational divides and brokennessCurling inward around oneselfWatching cynicism arise in the vacuum of encounterProduction NOtesThis podcast featured Anne SnyderEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge, Alexa Rollow, and Tim BergelandA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

This week's guest is Sara. Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived.As a young adult, she married and followed her husband into ministry. While he led, she helped as was expected of her. It didn't occur to her until years later how little her own leadership skills had to be set aside.Sara's husband started deconstructing his beliefs before she did, but as he was learning, she was also learning. Years later, she knew he'd become an atheist before he did.It wasn't easy, but they made space for one another to learn and grow and move down their own paths. Today, Sara is a spiritual director for others and doesn't have a specific label for herself, and it works just fine.“There's a whole host of ways of being in the world…”LinksSara's websitehttps://prairiethistle.ca/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/prairiethistleInteractFor quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show noteshttps://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/17/sara-christian-humanism/Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversionGraceful Atheist Podcast Merch!https://www.teepublic.com/user/gracefulatheistpodcastSupport the podcast on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheistSecular Gracehttps://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/Deconversionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Deconstructionhttps://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/Attribution"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beatshttps://makaihbeats.net/

Are Christianity and humanism compatible worldviews? In this episode, Robert sits down with Scott Postma, a Christian humanist writer and president of Kepler Education. Scott explains why Christian humanism is probably not what you think, putting it up against another philosophy more are familiar with—secular humanism. He discusses the origins of Christian humanism and the great thinkers behind this philosophy, including the brilliant minds of J. R. R. Tolkien and Flannery O'Connor. Scott also explores what he believes the future of online classical education will look like and how Kepler Education, “a marketplace for live online classical Christian education,” is giving teachers and students of the classics a safe place to learn and discover truth, beauty, and goodness. Of course, no Refining Rhetoric episode is complete without book recommendations. Here, you'll find great entry points to discovering Flannery O'Connor, the philosophy of Christian humanism, and why classical education is just as important now as ever. Show notes: RefiningRhetoric.com/Scott-Postma Classical Conversations® members—you're invited to our 2024 National Events Weekend in sunny Southern Pines, North Carolina! Head over to ClassicalConversationsFoundation.org to learn more.

From January 2015: The term 'Humanism' is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a Theos report titled: 'The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians should be Humanists and Humanists should be Christians' claimed to show that atheism is ill-equipped to support the fundamental tenets of Humanism. Report author Angus Ritchie debated with atheist philosopher Stephen Law on whether atheistic humanism can account for the human dignity, morality and reason it espouses. For the Theos report: www.theosthinktank.co.uk For Stephen Law's response: click here • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

On today's Sermon Sunday broadcast, we're doing to talk about something that's basically a current event...Christian Humanism. Christian Humanism has actually been around for quite awhile but, it's progressed so far that they don't even call it Christian Humanism anymore, just Humanism. So, grab your King James Bible and some coffee, and join us for our Sermon Sunday Broadcast. Opening Segment and Annoouncments (00:00 - 30:20) Prayer Requests (30:20 - 47:53) Sermon - Christian Humanism (47:53 - 01:45:07) Support this podcast with a recurring monthly contribution: https://anchor.fm/swordofthespiritpodcast Support this podcast with a one time contribution: https://waygiver.com/campaigns/2055

What is Christian humanism? Is humanism compatible with Christianity? Is Christian humanism biblical?

Saint Athanasius ChurchContra Mundum SwaggerVideo VersionFeller of Trees Blog (Transcript)

What is Christian Humanism and how prevalent is it in the Church?God Save America? is a series featured on the That You May Know Him Podcast and is hosted by Blake Barbera and guest-host Rich Ressel.Show Notes:With: Blake Barbera and Rich ResselWebsite: www.thatyoumayknowhim.comSend us an email: info@thatyoumayknowhim.comBuy Blake's Book: Secularism, the Church, and the Way Forward https://wipfandstock.com/978166671051...Subscribe to That You May Know Him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQj8J9HlcMgTA7Z5raVpeEA/featuredSubscribe to the Podcast: https://www.thatyoumayknowhim.com/listeniTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KIz8KN...Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/99551148-3529-466b-a628-dfe594d26eca/that-you-may-know-himCastbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/4743963?country=usConnect w/ Blake on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blake.barber...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barberablake/Support the show

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-comes-after-christianity-god-who.htmlPlease feel to post any comments you have about this episode there.Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown@gmail.com

On this episode, Lee Oser joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Christian Humanism in Shakespeare: A Study in Religion and Literature.”

On this episode, Lee Oser joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, "Christian Humanism in Shakespeare: A Study in Religion and Literature."

A new MP3 sermon from Battlefield Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Curse of Christian Humanism Subtitle: Sundry Sermons Speaker: Mark B. Lawless Broadcaster: Battlefield Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 10/2/2022 Bible: Galatians 1:10 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Battlefield Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Curse of Christian Humanism Subtitle: Sundry Sermons Speaker: Mark B. Lawless Broadcaster: Battlefield Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 10/2/2022 Bible: Galatians 1:10 Length: 32 min.

The Reverend Dr David Gushee is one of the world's leading Christian ethicists as well as a pastor, author and advocate. He's the author of a range of important books, notably including ‘Changing our Mind', a landmark argument for LGBTQI+ inclusion in the church first published in 2014. More recently his book ‘After Evangelicalism' has provided an invaluable guide for many pilgrims trying to find their way out of the maze of American evangelical culture without necessarily knowing where to go from there. David's books have been so helpful for me, so I can't even tell you how excited I was to have this conversation with him. We explored a range of important and interesting questions together, like:How do you extract yourself from evangelicalism while retaining your Christianity? What might Christian humanism look like for post-evangelicals? What does it mean to have theology informed by the holocaust?What does responsible, meaningful engagement with scripture look like coming out of spaces that have weaponised it in various ways?David's thoughts on all of these questions are well worth your time. He's warm, intelligent, and gives me hope for the future. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. 

As organized religion loses its “market share” among traditionally religious societies, Humanism is on the rise and is one of the fastest growing movements and life philosophies in the world today. While many who consider themselves “religious” are largely unfamiliar with the origins, history, and beliefs of the movement often called Secular Humanism, the growth of this philosophy is such that all should seek to better understand its core characteristics. Listen to this short episode to learn more about the Humanist movement and its approach to life and religiosity.

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this seventy eighth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by once again by Dr Jens Zimmermann and Pastor, Paul Vander Klay. Dr. Jens Zimmermann was born and raised in Germany. He studied at the University of British Columbia, earning his first Ph.D in Comparative Literature in 1997. He taught at UBC briefly before moving on to Trinity Western, where held the Canada Research Chair of Interpretation, Religion and Culture from 2006-2016. In 2010, he earned a second Ph.D in Philosophy from the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. He was awarded a research fellowship at Cambridge University (Trinity Hall) for 2016-17, and a British Academy Visiting Fellowship in theology at the University of Oxford (Christ Church College) for 2018-2019. He is currently visiting fellow at Oxford University's Centre for Theology and Modern European Thought and also a research fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa (2021-2023). His main intellectual interests are anthropology and epistemology. He has pursued these two central questions across a broad range of interests that include theological anthropology, hermeneutics, European literature, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, the church fathers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Eastern Orthodox theology. His published works include the monographs Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Humanism and Religion: A Call for the Renewal of Western Culture (Oxford University Press, 2012), and the collection Reimagining The Sacred: Debating God with Richard Kearney, co-edited with Richard Kearney (Columbia University Press, 2016). His most recent book is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism (Oxford University Press, 2019). Current Research Dr. Zimmermann directs “Human Flourishing in a Technological World: A Christian Perspective,” a three-year research project through which several scholars work toward a comprehensive Christian perspective for human flourishing in a world of technology. Scholars meet annually to share research, which is then published as essays, blogs, and finally an edited volume with Oxford University Press. Visit Human Flourishing (christianflourishing.com) and https://www.jenszimmermann.ca/ for more. Paul is the pastor of Living Stones Christian Reformed Church in Sacramento, California, USA, and host of a marvellous YouTube Channel which wrestles with being a Christian in a secular age, the struggle for ultimate meaning, identity, and more. He has worked at length to share and critique insights from Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Pageau, and other figures to a worldwide audience, adding his own unique contributions, and somehow producing videos at a prolific rate without diluting quality. If you'd like to see more of his work, please see the link below: https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulVanderKlay

Writer, editor, publisher, and teacher, Gregory Wolfe has been called “one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation” (Ron Hansen). Both as a thinker and institution-builder, Wolfe has been a pioneer in the resurgence of interest in the relationship between art and religion—a resurgence that has had widespread impact both on religious communities and the public square. As an advocate for the tradition of Christian Humanism, Wolfe has established a reputation as an independent, non-ideological thinker—at times playing the role of gadfly but ultimately seeking to be a reconciler and peacemaker. Special Guest: Greg Wolfe.

As we wrap up this season's explorations of the gift logic, it seemed appropriate to zoom out to the tradition that has animated this conversation from the very beginning: Christian humanism. A rich if unfinished tradition that at once informs Comment's editorial lens and animates our broader work as an ecosystem-builder, we wish to tell a story of Christian humanism that cares for the full flowering of human agency through forms of just and generous common life. It's a common life that works itself out through a thick web of formative institutions, which in turn enable purposeful dialogue and relationship between friends and strangers. Helping us see the beauty of this rotating discovery process is Luke Bretherton, the Robert E. Cushman Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Theology at Duke University.

Outline:IntroductionWhy the Reformation HappenedWarts of the Reformation France is the Hope of the WestAttack on Unity Follow the MoneyThe Reformation and The RenaissanceIsolation of the SoulMoral Anarchy and RepentanceConclusionSaint Athanasius ChurchContra Mundum SwaggerVideo VersionFeller of Trees Blog (Transcript)

Dr. David Gushee, professor and author, sits down with Tim to discuss his new book Introducing Christian Ethics. Tim and Dr. Gushee discuss his current project and how it came about. Dr. Gushee explains Christian Humanism in his newly released book Introducing Christian Ethics and how it's relevant to his new book. Tim and Dr. Gushee talk about the difference between having knowledge about certain challenging questions of life and how to solve them. Lastly, Dr. Gushee explains what Sacred Nonviolent and Sacred Violence are in church history and how that is important in understanding current eventsOrder Christian Ethics by David GusheeFollow Us On Instagram // @thenewevangelicalsSupport the Work We DoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

If religion depends upon the inner strength of man then all religion is a form of humanism. Humanism is mankind proclaiming they have what it takes to fully obey. This brings us to the place of trusting in our own abilities, which leads us away from the life of faith; religion places us as the source of our life. The Father is the source of grace and peace but religion is the source wrath and enmity. HE GAVE HIMSELF In Paul's letter to the Galatians he wrote, (Jesus) gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.” I believe Paul is reminding believers that it is Christ who gave Himself. This thought is much different than that of religion. Religion requires us to give ourselves first before we can ever expect to receive anything from God. We go to church and hear how we must give our hearts and lives to God, when Christianity is about God giving a new heart and life to us. When we came to Christ we did not have a heart, we needed Him to give us one. When we came to Christ we didn't have life either we needed Him to impart His to us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-centered-recovery/message

In this podcast, edited from an Evening Conversation in 2018 titled "The Lonely American: Rootedness and Reconciliation in a Riven Land" with Senator Ben Sasse and Russell Moore in Washington, DC, we discuss the growing problem of loneliness in the country — the ways in which our alienation from each other is destroying individual lives and the fabric of society — and what can be done about it. Learn more about Senator Ben Sasse and Dr. Russell Moore. Watch the full Evening Conversation from November 2018. Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance, by Ben SasseThem: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal, by Ben SasseJames K.A. SmithDaniel Patrick MoynihanRobert PutnamCharles MurrayTen Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, by Jason LanierMarilynne RobinsonThe Screwtape Letters, by C.S. LewisThe Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, by Alan JacobsElie Wiesel Related Conversations:Strong and Weak, with Andy Crouch Special thanks to Ned Bustard for the artwork and Andrew Peterson for the music.

Bart Byl on Psalm 8. Psalm 8 celebrates the significance of humanity in a vast universe. Since all human beings are created in the image of God, we have been graced with dignity, meaning and purpose. But now we are a race of fallen kings, alienated from our Maker and thus from ourselves. But Christ has come as the True Human, to fulfill humanity's destiny and share it with us all. --- Tbilisi International Christian Fellowship is a Christ-centred family of believers in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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.

A quick look at how the Renaissance develops and changes in Northern Europe with the help of the printing press and the Christian Humanism. If you use this podcast regularly would you please consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as a dollar a month?  Our goal is to keep the Lyndeurozone Euro Simplified Podcast a free resource for the students that use it, but our costs are substantial.  You can also make a one time donation in any amount at Lyndeurozone.com. Episodes will be released on the following schedule: Unit 1 and Unit 2 - August/September Unit 3: October Unit 4: November Unit 5: December Unit 6: January Unit 7: February Unit 8 : March Unit 9: April   If you found this podcast helpful, would you please consider giving the show a rating on Apple Podcasts and leaving a comment on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference helping to get the word out about the podcast. Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @Lyndeurozone  

Jonathan and Ryan continue their discussion of Alan Jacobs's book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. This book stars C.S. Lewis, Simone Weil, W.H. Auden, Jacques Maritain, and T.S. Eliot, and on this episode of New Humanists, your hosts continue to tease out the implications for our current transhumanist moment, hitting on technology, education, the family, and power. This is the second part of a two-part look into the Jacobs book.Alan Jacobs's The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780190864651Cicero's Pro Archia Poeta: https://amzn.to/3phQwS1Free in Latin: https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pro_A._Licinio_Archia_poetaFree in English: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019%3Atext%3DArch.The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity in Latin: https://archive.org/details/MN5140ucmf_2/page/n71/mode/2upThe Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity in English: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0324.htmSimone Weil's The Iliad or the Poem of Force: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780820463612Free in French: https://teuwissen.ch/imlift/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Weil-L_Iliade_ou_le_poeme_de_la_force.pdfFree in English: http://www.holoka.com/pdf-files/weil.pdfLinks may have referral codes, which earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. We encourage you to use Bookshop.org for your book purchases, an online bookstore which supports local bookstores.Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

This week we have an interview with Dave Tomlinson. Dave talks about Christian humanism, our ‘common origin in goodness', the importance of holding your nerve, the absolute importance of rational enquiry and the empathy of apes. So, lots of stuff, then. We'll be back in two weeks. Support the PodcastYouTube: The Holy ShedPierre Teilhard de ChardinAlfred Delp: Committed to Christ

Jonathan and Ryan dive into Alan Jacobs's book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. This book stars C.S. Lewis, Simone Weil, W.H. Auden, Jacques Maritain, and T.S. Eliot, and on this episode of New Humanists, your hosts tease out the implications for our current transhumanist moment, hitting on technology, education, the family, and power. This is the first part of a two-part look into the Jacobs book.Alan Jacobs's The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780190864651Cicero's Pro Archia Poeta: https://amzn.to/3phQwS1Free in Latin: https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pro_A._Licinio_Archia_poetaFree in English: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019%3Atext%3DArch.W.H. Auden's “Under Which Lyre: A Reactionary Tract for the Times” recited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZE_bhSUgG8W.H. Auden's “Under Which Lyre: A Reactionary Tract for the Times” text: https://archive.harpers.org/1947/06/pdf/HarpersMagazine-1947-06-0032956.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJUM7PFZHQ4PMJ4LA&Expires=1553827144&Signature=Dsmaq0Xss%2BBFcR24N4Kx%2FnpjYng%3DC.S. Lewis's “Learning in War-Time”: https://bradleyggreen.com/attachments/Lewis.Learning%20in%20War-Time.pdfLinks may have referral codes, which earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. We encourage you to use Bookshop.org for your book purchases, which supports local bookstores.Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Fr. Byron Hagan reflects on the Brad Birzer episode exploring Russell Kirk and Christian Humanism. Join us for an exploration of God's grandeur as it is revealed through literature, history, art, philosophy, theology, anthropology, science and more. To learn more about or become a member of the Deep Down Things podcast, visit www.patreon.com/deepdownthings. The Deep Down Things Patreon page offers additional episode features, show notes and access to the LOGOS Journal articles discussed. Deep Down Things is a collaboration between the friends of the University of St. Thomas Catholic Studies and LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture.

Welcome to More Christ, where we seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this twenty second episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by the excellent Inaya Folarin Iman. Inaya is a writer, political commentator and social campaigner. She uses her work to explore subjects in politics and philosophy – with a particular interest in ‘big picture' subjects such as freedom of speech and expression, democracy, liberty and human potential. Inaya has written for The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Spectator, Spiked and several other publications.

Brad Birzer joins us to discuss the thought of Russell Kirk and Christian Humanism. Join us for an exploration of God's grandeur as it is revealed through literature, history, art, philosophy, theology, anthropology, science and more. To learn more about or become a member of the Deep Down Things podcast, visit www.patreon.com/deepdownthings. The Deep Down Things Patreon page offers additional episode features, show notes, and access to the LOGOS Journal article discussed on each episode! Deep Down Things is a collaboration between the friends of the University of St. Thomas Catholic Studies and LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture in St. Paul, Minn. stthomas.edu/catholicstudies link.stthomas.edu/logosjournal

I interviewed the father of deconstructing (my title not his) Dr. David Gushee and let me tell you friends, it did not disappoint. David is well known in academic circles for writing several textbooks that are still widely used in colleges today including the book Kingdom Ethics. However, over time, David found himself more at odds with the fundamentalist take over the evangelicalism and when he wrote his LGBTQ affirming book, changing our minds, he was promptly kicked out. Since then David has spent his time writing After Evangelicalism and giving the deconstruction community better language for what they've experienced. David's Website - https://davidpgushee.comGet David's Latest Book // After Evangelicalism Follow Tim on Instagram // @thenewevangelicalsCheck Out the New MerchThe New Evangelicals is completely crowd funded. You can help out our work here.Join Our Facebook Community If you like this episode give us a rating and review. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This lecture was given to Vanderbilt University on March 18, 2021. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Lee Oser was born in New York City in 1958, of Irish Catholic and Russian Jewish descent. He attended public high school on Long Island. After playing in rock bands and working odd jobs in Portland, Oregon, he took his B.A. from Reed College in 1988 and his Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 1995. The College of the Holy Cross hired him in 1998. As a scholar, he began his career in the field of literary modernism and is widely recognized as an authority on the poet T. S. Eliot. Over the past decade, though, he has devoted considerable time to Shakespeare. Professor Oser has published three books of literary criticism and three novels, most recently Oregon Confetti, named by Commonweal Magazine as one of its top books of 2017. He is the father of two daughters, Eleanor (HC '20) and Briana. He and his wife, Kate, have been married for thirty years. A committed Roman Catholic, he serves regularly as an extraordinary minister at Saint Paul's Cathedral, in downtown Worcester.

Are you aware that we are being invaded within our nation and our world...? My question is why is it that many out there do not see the need for God and worse – they put their faith in science and logic. This is perhaps also known as Secular humanism: Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. Humanists reject the idea or belief in a supernatural being such as God. This means that humanist's class themselves as agnostic or atheist. Humanists have no belief in an afterlife, and so they focus on seeking happiness in this life. Colossians 1:16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 1:21-28 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore, God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. ... Galatians 1:10-13 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. The ideal of secular humanism is mankind itself as a part of uncreated, eternal nature; its goal is man's self-remediation without reference to or help from God. Secular humanism grew out of the 18th century Enlightenment and 19th century freethinking. Some Christians might be surprised to learn that they share some commitments with secular humanists. Many Christians and proponents of secular humanism share a commitment to reason, free inquiry, the separation of church and state, the ideal of freedom, and moral education; however, they differ in many areas. Secular humanists base their morality and ideas about justice on critical intelligence unaided by Scripture, which Christians rely on for knowledge concerning right and wrong, good, and evil. And although secular humanists and Christians develop and use science and technology, for Christians these tools are to be used in the service of man to the glory of God, whereas secular humanists view these things as instruments meant to serve human ends without reference to God. In their inquiries concerning the origins of life, secular humanists do not admit that God created man from the dust of the earth, having first created the earth and all living creatures on it from nothing. For secular humanists, nature is an eternal, self-perpetuating force. Secular humanists may be surprised to learn that many Christians share with them an attitude of religious skepticism and are committed to the use of critical reason in education. Following the pattern of the noble Bereans, Christian humanists read and listen to instruction, but we examine all things in the light of the Scriptures Acts 17:11. We do not simply accept every declaration or mental perception that enters our minds but test all ideas and “knowledge” against the absolute standard of the word of God to obey Christ our Lord (see 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Timothy 6:20). Christian humanists understand that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ Col. 2:3 and seek to grow in full knowledge of every good thing for Christ's service Philippians. 1:9; 4:6; and Col. 1:9. Unlike secular humanists who reject the notion of revealed truth, we adhere to the word of God, which is the standard against which we measure or test the quality of all things. These brief comments do not fully elucidate Christian humanism, but they add life and relevance to the clinical definition given in lexicons Webster's Third New International Dictionary, which defines Christian Humanism as "a philosophy advocating the self-fulfillment of man within the framework of Christian principles". Before we consider a Christian response to secular humanism, we must study the term humanism itself. Humanism generally calls to mind the rebirth or revival of ancient learning and culture that took place during the Renaissance. During this time, “humanists” developed rigorous modes of scholarship based on Greek and Roman models and attempted to build a new Latin style (in literary and plastic arts) and political institutions based on them. However, long before the Renaissance “Christian humanism” thrived in the works and thought of Augustine, Aquinas, Erasmus, and others. Some even see in Plato, a pagan philosopher, a type of thinking that is compatible with Christian teaching. While Plato offers much that is profitable, his assumptions and conclusions were certainly not biblical. Plato, like Nietzsche, believed in “eternal recurrence” (reincarnation); he (and the Greeks generally) paid lip service to their gods, but for them man was the measure of all things. Contemporary expressions of secular humanism reject both the nominal Christian elements of its precursors and essential biblical truths, such as the fact that human beings bear the image of their Creator, the God revealed in the Bible and in the earthly life and ministry of the Lord Jesus, the Christ. During the scientific revolution, the investigations and discoveries of broadly trained scientists who can be considered humanists (men like Copernicus and Galileo) challenged Roman Catholic dogma. Rome rejected the findings of the new empirical sciences and issued contradictory pronouncements on matters lying outside the domain of faith. The Vatican held that since God created the heavenly bodies, these must reflect the “perfection” of their Creator; therefore, it rejected the astronomers' discoveries that the orbits of the planets are elliptical and not spherical, as previously held, and that the sun has “spots” or colder, darker areas. These empirically verifiable facts and the men and women who discovered them did not contradict biblical teachings; the real turn away from biblically revealed truth and toward naturalistic humanism—characterized by rejection of authority and biblical truth and leading toward an avowedly secular form of humanism—occurred during the Enlightenment, which spanned the 18th and 19th centuries and took root throughout Europe, blossoming, especially in Germany. Numerous pantheists, atheists, agnostics, rationalists, and skeptics pursued various intellectual projects not beholden to revealed truth. In their separate and distinct ways, men like Rousseau and Hobbes sought amoral and rational solutions to the human dilemma; moreover, works like Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and Fichte's The Science of Knowledge laid the theoretical foundation for later secular humanists. Whether consciously or unconsciously, contemporary academics and secular humanists build on the ground laid before when they promote exclusively “rational” approaches to social and ethical issues and antinomian forms of self-determination in such areas as individual autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual relationships, reproduction, and voluntary euthanasia. In the cultural domain, secular humanists rely on critical methods when interpreting the Bible and reject the possibility of divine intervention in human history; at best, they view the Bible as “holy history.” Going by the name of “higher criticism,” secular humanism spread like gangrene in schools of theology and promoted its rationalized or anthropocentric approach to biblical studies. Starting in Germany, the late 19th century “higher criticism” sought to “go behind the documents” and de-emphasized the authoritative message of the biblical text. As Darrell L. Bock has noted, the speculative nature of higher criticism treated the Bible “as a foggy mirror back to the past” and not as the inerrant historical record of the life and teachings of Christ and His apostles Introduction” in Roy B. Zuck and D. L. Bock, A Biblical Theology of the New Testament, 1994, p. 16. For example, in his Theology of the New Testament, Rudolf Bultmann, a leading exponent of higher criticism, relies heavily on critical assumptions. As Bock points out, the author is “so skeptical about the New Testament portrait of Jesus that he barely discusses a theology of Jesus" ibid. While higher criticism undermined the faith of some, others, like B. B. Warfield at Princeton Seminary, William Erdman, and others, persuasively defended the Bible as the Word of God. For example, in responding to skeptics who questioned the early date and Johannine authorship of the fourth gospel, Erdman and other faithful servants of the Lord have defended these essentials on critical grounds and with equal scholarship. Likewise, in philosophy, politics, and social theory, Christian academics, jurists, writers, policymakers, and artists have wielded similar weapons when defending the faith and persuading hearts and minds for the Gospel. However, in many areas of intellectual life the battle is far from over. For example, in American English departments and literary circles beyond the academic world, the siren call of Ralph Waldo Emerson continues to hold sway. Emerson's pantheism amounts to a denial of Christ; it is subtle and can beguile the unwary to turn away from the Gospel. Emerson held that the “Over Soul” within individuals makes each person the source of his or her own salvation and truth. In reading writers like Emerson and Hegel, Christians (especially those who would defend the faith once and for all delivered to the saints Jude 3 must exercise caution and keep the Word of God central in their thoughts, and humbly remain obedient to it in their lives. Christian and secular humanists have sometimes engaged in honest dialogue about the basis or source of order in the universe. Whether they call this reason or Aristotle's prime mover, some secular rationalists correctly deduce that moral Truth is a prerequisite for moral order. Although many secular humanists are atheists, they generally have a high view of reason; therefore, Christian apologists may dialogue with them rationally about the Gospel, as Paul did in Acts 17:15-34 when addressing the Athenians. How should a Christian respond to secular humanism? For followers of the Way Acts 9:2; 19:19, 23, any legitimate form of humanism must view the full realization of human potential in the submission of the human mind and will to the mind and will of God. God's desire is that none should perish, but that all should repent and inherit eternal life as His children John 3:16; 1:12. Secular humanism aims to do both much less and much more. It aims to heal this world and glorify man as the author of his own, progressive salvation. In this respect, “secular” humanism is quite at ease with certain religious substitutes for God's true Gospel—for example, the teachings of Yogananda, the founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship. By contrast, Christian humanists follow the Lord Jesus in understanding that our kingdom is not of this world and cannot be fully realized here John 18:36; 8:23. We set our minds on God's eternal kingdom, not on earthly things, for we have died, and our lives are hidden with Christ in God. When Christ—who is our life—returns, we will appear with him in glory Colossians 3:1-4. This is truly a high view of our destiny as human beings, for we are His offspring, as even secular poets have said see Aratus's poem “Philomena”;. Acts 17:28). One does not have to be a Christian to appreciate that humanism powered by pure reason alone cannot succeed. Even Immanuel Kant, writing his Critique of Pure Reason during the height of the German Enlightenment, understood this. Neither should followers of Christ fall prey to the deceitfulness of philosophy and human tradition or be taken captive by forms humanism based on romantic faith in the possibility of human self-realization (Colossians 2:8). Hegel based human progress on the ideal of reason as spirit “instantiating” itself through progressive dialectical stages in history; but had Hegel lived to see the world wars of the 20th century, it is doubtful that he would have persisted in detecting human progress in this debacle of history. Christians understand that any form of humanism set apart from divinely authored redemption is doomed to failure and false to the faith. We ground a high view of man in a high view of God, since mankind is made in the image of God, and we agree with Scripture concerning man's desperate situation and God's plan of salvation. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn observed, humanism offers no solution at all to mankind's desperate condition. He puts it this way: "If humanism were right in declaring that man is born to be happy, he would not be born to die. Since his body is doomed to die, his task on earth evidently must be of a more spiritual nature.” Indeed. Mankind's task is to seek and find God (Acts 17:26-27; cf. 15:17), our true redeemer who offers us a better than earthly inheritance (Hebrews 6:9; 7:17). Anyone who opens the door to Christ (Revelation 3:20) will inherit that better country, which God has prepared for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes (Ephesians 1:11; Romans 8:28; Hebrew 11:16; cf. Matthew 25:34; John 14:2). How much more excellent is this than all the proud and lofty goals contained in secular humanist manifestos? The term Christian humanism has been used to refer to a wide range of views, some of which are more biblical than others. In general, humanism is a system of thought that centers on human values, potential, and worth; humanism is concerned with the needs and welfare of humanity, emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual, and sees human beings as autonomous, rational, and moral agents. The extent to which this broad viewpoint is integrated with Christian beliefs determines exactly how biblical Christian humanism is. There are various types of humanism, and it is good to know the differences among them. Classical humanism, which is associated with the Renaissance, emphasized aesthetics, liberty, and the study of the “humanities” (literature, art, philosophy, and classical languages of Greek and Latin). Secular humanism emphasizes human potential and self-fulfillment to the point of excluding all need for God; it is a naturalistic philosophy based on reason, science, and end-justifies-the-means thinking. Christian humanism teaches that liberty, individual conscience, and intellectual freedom are compatible with Christian principles and that the Bible itself promotes human fulfillment—based on God's salvation in Christ and subject to God's sovereign control of the universe. Christian humanism represents the philosophical union of Christianity and classical humanist principles. While classical humanists studied Greek and Latin writings, Christian humanists turned to Hebrew and biblical Greek, along with the writings of the early church fathers. Christian humanism, like classical humanism, pursues reason, free inquiry, the separation of church and state, and the ideal of freedom. Christian humanists are committed to scholasticism and the development and use of science and technology. Christian humanism says that all advances in knowledge, science, and individual freedom should be used to serve humanity for the glory of God. Unlike their secular counterparts, Christian humanists stress the need to apply Christian principles to every area of life, public and private. Christian humanism maintains that humans have dignity and value due to the fact that mankind was created in the image of God Genesis 1:27. The extent to which human beings are autonomous, rational, and moral agents is itself a reflection of their having been created with the imago dei. Human worth is assumed in many places in Scripture: in Jesus' incarnation John 1:14, His compassion for people (Matthew 9:36), His command to “love your neighbor as yourself” Mark 12:31, and His parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–37). Paul's allusions to secular writings Acts 17:28; and Titus 1:12 show the value of a classical education in presenting truth. The second-century writings of Justin Martyr also demonstrate the usefulness of classical learning in bringing the gospel to a pagan audience. Christian humanists understand that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ Colossians 2:3 and seek to grow into the full knowledge of every good thing for Christ's service (Philippians 1:9; 4:6; cf. Colossians 1:9). Unlike secular humanists who reject the notion of revealed truth, Christian humanists adhere to the Word of God as the standard against which they test the quality of all things. The Christian humanist values human culture but acknowledges the noetic for example intellectual effects of man's fallen nature 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 and the presence of the sin nature in every human heart Jeremiah 17:9. Christian humanism says that man reaches his full potential only as he comes into a right relationship with Christ. At salvation, he becomes a new creation and can experience growth in every area of life 2 Corinthians 5:17. Christian humanism says that every human endeavor and achievement should be Christ-centered. Everything should be done to God's glory and not in pride or self-promotion 1 Corinthians 10:31. We should strive to do our best physically, mentally, and spiritually in all that God desires us to do and be. Christian humanists believe this includes intellectual life, artistic life, domestic life, economic life, politics, race relations, and environmental work. Christian humanism believes the church should be actively involved in the culture and that Christians should be a voice affirming the worth and dignity of humanity while denouncing, protesting, and defending against all dehumanizing influences in the world. Christian scholars such as Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, and Calvin were advocates of Christian humanism, although they did not call it that. Today, the term Christian humanism is used to describe the viewpoints of writers as varied as Fyodor Dostoevsky, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Christian humanism is biblical insofar as it holds to the biblical view of man—a responsible moral agent created in God's image but fallen into sin. Christian humanism becomes less Christian the more it compromises with secular humanism, which promotes humanity to godlike status.   Political cartoon of the day: Joltin' Joe https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow Explore the Fox News apps that are right for you at http://www.foxnews.com/apps-products/index.html.    

Based on a number of conversations, Derrick takes some time to further contextualize and clarify his newfound journey into Christian-Humanism, further defining the 'what' and the 'why' behind it all. This includes comparisons with Secular Humanism, practical applications of CH in our world, and why the word 'Christian' is not always helpful in conversations with others. 

On Friday, July 10th we welcomed distinguished professor, author, and scholar Alan Jacobs to discuss his ever-timely book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. In his book, Jacobs describes how after the second World War, five Christian intellectuals presented strikingly similar visions for the moral and spiritual renewal of their countries.Jacques Maritain, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Simone Weil all believed the renewal of their respective societies in the aftermath of World War II would come through education that was grounded in a Christian understanding of the power and limitations of human beings. Alan helped us consider the ways our world is changing due to our current crisis, and look back to these Christian intellectuals and their vision for cultivating a flourishing society and rebuilding a shared sense of the common good after world-wide disruption. We hope you enjoy this conversation!Watch the full Online Conversation and read the transcript here.Learn more about Alan Jacobs.Alan Jacobs' Books:Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a more Tranquil Mind, The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds, The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography. Baylor University Great Texts ProgramAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:Education at the Crossroads by Jacques MaritainThe Abolition of Man by C.S. LewisVocation and Society, a lecture given at Swarthmore College by W.H. AudenChristianity and Culture by T.S. ElliotBetween Past and Future, by Hannah ArendtRationalism in Politics, by Michael OakeshottRoberts Coles - Harvard Professor.Bleak House, by Charles DickensC.S. Lewis - “The Inner Ring,” “Membership,” Abolition of Man, That Hideous Strength.Leszek KolakowskiGeorge Eliot Søren KierkegaardRelated Trinity Forum Readings and Resources: Wrestling with God, by Simone Weil Origins of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Politics and the English Language, by George Orwell How Much Land Does A Man Need, by Leo Tolstoy A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens Poetry, Imagination, and Spiritual Formation, an Evening Conversation with Dana Gioia featuring the poetry of W.H. Auden. The Decadent Society, an Evening Conversation with Ross Douthat and Christine Emba.  Alan Jacobs is a scholar, English literature, a writer, a literary critic. He's a distinguished professor of the humanities and the honors college at Baylor university and previously taught for nearly 30 years at Wheaton college in Illinois, a prolific author and a wide ranging thinker. He's written for such publications as The Atlantic, Harper's, Comment, The New Yorker, the Weekly Standard and the Hedgehog Review and has published more than 15 different books on a wide range of topics from literature, technology theology and cognitive psychology, including How to Think, The Book of Common Prayer, the book we're discussing today, The Year of our Lord 1943, which was named by the Wall Street Journal is one of their best books on politics for the year of 2018 and many more, including the forthcoming book, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a more Tranquil Mind, which is available now.

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Episode 44: In this episode I chat with Dr David P. Gushee about his important book published in 2014 called 'Changing our Mind', calling for full LGBT+ inclusion in the church. We talk about his resultant expulsion from Evangelicalism culture, and from there we discuss the more widespread toxicity present within the movement (both theologically and culturally), made even more evident in the Trump years. From there we move on to talk about his most recent book, "After Evangelicalism" in which he proposes what lies beyond, including a move toward Christian humanism, and the reclaiming of the Jesus of the gospels.  For more information on David's work, you can visit http://www.davidpgushee.com/ 

This one's a long time coming! In our rawest, diciest, most transparent episode yet, Luther and Derrick discuss where the last year of their faith journeys has taken them. Throughout this discussion, we wrestle with a question that many in our world are asking themselves: 'Am I still a Christian?' This podcast will never be the same again... Timestamps Introduction (0:00) Luther's Journey into Eastern Orthodoxy (5:50) Derrick's Journey into Christian-Humanism (32:30) Closing Thoughts (1:16:10)   Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED Track Name: "The Process" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED Official SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy8wuTpC95lefU5d1dt2Q License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode Music promoted by: Chill Out Records @ https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ www.ChillOutMedia.com / www.LoFi-HipHop.com

David Grubbs talks to Michial Farmer and Mathew Block about the uses Christian humanism can be put to in the Church.

David Grubbs talks to Michial Farmer and Mathew Block about the uses Christian humanism can be put to in the Church.

We’re opening 2021 with an episode of “What Are We Reading?” and Adam is in the hot seat. His review of Alan Jacob’s Breaking Bread with the Dead is a timely reminder of the important things at the beginning of a new year marked by uncertainty.Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:– Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind by Alan Jacobs– The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis by Alan Jacobs– How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs– The Good Place (NBC), created by Michael Shur– What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy– The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter– Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill– Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger– Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

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Ethicist Dr. Gushee returns to the podcast and continues the discussion of his most recent book, After Evangelicalism, The Path to a New Christianity. We talk about the election, the Biden victory, and the 70 million voters who embrace the Trumpian version of reality. He calls it a moral crisis.  Gushee remembers Rachel Held Evans, and gives honorable mention to Blake Chastain and Brad Onishi; we talk about high profile Trumpian evangelicals Paula White, Jerry Falwell, Jr., Robert Jeffress, and Eric Metaxas. Gushee takes issue with Metaxas' version of Bonhoeffer. After a review of the Georgia Senate races, we focus on Gushee's proposal for a new Christian Humanism.  With David's permission, Ken reads a passage from David's new book about Martin Luther (the dominionist) and Erasmus (a Christian humanist). SHOW NOTES.Support the show (http://thebeachedwhitemale.com)

With Evangelicalism being a tarnished brand for some, is it time for a different way of thinking about the Christian faith in the increasingly non-Christian west? Here I tentatively offer the idea of Christian Humanism as an alternative.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Beeson professor Michael Pasquarello III about his recent article for the 2020 issue of the Beeson magazine called, "Preaching and Christian Humanism."

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Beeson professor Michael Pasquarello III about his recent article for the 2020 issue of the Beeson magazine called, "Preaching and Christian Humanism."

Esther O'Reilly joins me to discuss Christian Humanism and her work in the recent Lexham Press volume to which we both contributed a chapter, 'Myth and Meaning in Jordan Peterson': https://lexhampress.com/product/183926/myth-and-meaning-in-jordan-peterson-a-christian-perspective. This video is sponsored by Lexham Press: https://lexhampress.com/.

Bradley J. Birzer, professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, joins this episode of Acton Line to speak about his newest book, "Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West." What is Christian humanism and what role does it play in the Republic of Letters? What does it mean to live as a Christian humanist? Birzer helps lay down some of the foundational ideas in his book and explains the role Christian humanism has played throughout history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Tempted* for Sunday, 1 March 2020; book review by Brad Keister: *The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis* by Alan Jacobs (2018); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Nothing Changes: Art for Hank's Sake* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Temptations* by Brother Eckhart.

Chapter One, Verse Eight (1:8)My guest for this episode is Dr. Trevin Wax, Director of Bibles and Reference at Lifeway, award-winning author, and good friend.In this stimulating episode we talk about his book, Eschatological Discipleship, as well as all kinds of other interesting topics.We want to thank B&H Publishing for their generous support of this episode.Thanks for tuning in!Resources Related to this Episode:• Our Sponsor, B&H Publishing -- https://www.bhpublishinggroup.com• You can get 40% off of Trevin’s book at https://www.lifeway.com/en/product/eschatological-discipleship-P005798661 • Stay Golden Restaurant and Roastery in Nashville -- https://stay-golden.com • Sunergos Coffee -- https://www.sunergoscoffee.comTrevin’s Books:• Eschatological Discipleship: Leading Christians to Understand their Historical and Cultural Context -- https://amzn.to/2H5dis9 • This is Our Time: Everyday Myths in Light of the Gospel -- https://amzn.to/2Nz8lsK • Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope – https://amzn.to/2H5ddVn • Gospel-Centered Teaching: Showing Christ in All the Scripture – https://amzn.to/2ECfBS3Other great resources from Trevin:• Follow him on Twitter @TrevinWax • Check out his website: www.TrevinWax.com• Word Matters Podcast: https://wordmatterspod.com/Other books we mentioned in the episode:• Alan Jacobs, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis -- https://amzn.to/2H3MxV2• Oliver O’Donovan on Ethics:+ Resurrection and Moral Order -- https://amzn.to/2Swky2e + Self, World, and Time (Ethics vol. 1) – https://amzn.to/2SAqRSM + Finding and Seeking (Ethics vol. 2) – https://amzn.to/2ElNXXW o Entering into Rest (Ethics vol. 3) – https://amzn.to/2EkYAdB • CS Lewis, The Space Trilogy – https://amzn.to/2IGhOzR • Jonathan Pennington, The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing – https://amzn.to/2VsBadsCredits:Produced by Jonathan Pennington and Scott SlucherAudio Engineering and Music: Mandy PenningtonFollow CCT on social media:+ Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/carscoffeetheology/+ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cars_coffee_theology/?hl=en+ Twitterhttps://twitter.com/CarsTheologyFollow Mandy Pennington here:+ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mandy.pennington.music/+ Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mandypenningtonmusic/+ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6v16YnjTPOryfyUjccyDDc?si=dUK4RCynSp2L0hx2AjQZ_w+ YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbQYQno1u5wn-Y80n17szgCheck out Scott Slucher's legit hiking vlog, Slucherville:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAeRwgydVIlCFvrMIma5K9A

1) Entertainment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc 2) Politics – Democracy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q 3) Religious Freedom – https://stephenmcalpine.com/a-helluvan-election-campaign/    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/shorten-ignites-unholy-war-by-targeting-morrisons-religion/news-story/81db40d09c08f86b39f1ebd6e63d7ab0?utm_source=The%20Australian&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=TodaySHeadlines 4) Christian Humanism – Abortion - https://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na&module=manage&eml_hdr=1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/alyssa-milano-sex-strike-protest-republican-abortion-bans?CMP=soc_567    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4Mv8R0mE0 5) Education –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAOnmOlrLU   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-48266870 6) Poverty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0    Jeremy Marshall –   https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/what-terminal-cancer-taught-me-about-life/ Leonard Cohen – you got me singing.  "You got me singing, like my pardon's in the mail"!   

Season 7’s charter—by way of a rollicking argument about Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943 and Tolkien’s idea of eucatastrophe. Show Notes Major figures we discuss in this episode: Alan Jacobs’ recent work The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisi Jacques Ellul C. S. Lewis T. S. Eliot Jacques Mauritain Simone Weil J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion eucatastrophe: from “On Fairy Stories” (published in The Monsters and the Critics) Other topics/figures/books/etc. we mentioned: The Bill Nye/Ken Ham debate “A Conflict of Crypto Visions” – Arjun Balaji on Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions Oliver O’Donovan – see especially his Resurrection and Moral Order natural law and the naturalistic fallacy technocracy Chris’ newsletter and specifically his issue on 1943: Have We Already Lost? Phaedrus Also, Audio Hijack saved our bacon because Chris’ computer temporarily lost power due to a blizzard—and we lost nothing. If you’re in the business of audio and on a Mac, you should check out Rogue Amoeba’s excellent apps. Music ”Mi Naci” by Panfur “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Sponsors Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors: Daniel Ellcey Jake Grant Jeremy W. Sherman Marnix Klooster Nathaniel Blaney Spencer Smith If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash. Respond We love to hear your thoughts. Hit us up via Twitter, Facebook, or email!

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen's University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Jacobs is a renowned literary critic, with a talent for writing that books that speak to our current predicaments. A professor at Baylor University, his recent work includes a “biography” of the Book of Common Prayer, a discussion of The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. Today we catch up with Professor Jacobs to discuss his most recent publication, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2018). Drawing on interventions made at the height of global war by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, Jacobs shows how leading intellectuals worried about a world in crisis and how they imagined it might be set right. Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests focus on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, and he is the author most recently of John Owen and English Puritanism (Oxford University Press, 2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three-time UD alumnus, Dr. Matthew Mehan, explains why “a healthy politics requires a healthy poetics.” His commentary on this topic was recently published in the Wall Street Journal, and he relates this topic to his new, fully illustrated book of children's poetry.

Senior editor Matthew Boudway and Dr. Alan Jacobs discuss Jacobs' new book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, in which he recounts how thinkers like Jacques Maritain, T.S. Eliot, Simone Weil, C.S. Lewis, and W.H. Auden understood that their soon-to-be victorious nations weren't culturally or morally prepared for their power and success. Their work sought to articulate a sober critique of their own culture and and outline a plan for spiritual regeneration in a post-war world.

In our third episode, the editors of Commonweal discuss Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court and the subsequent hearing with Dr. Blasey Ford. Contributing writer Paul Moses chats about U.S. immigration policy with Donald Kerwin, Director of the Center for Migration Studies. Senior editor Matthew Boudway and Alan Jacobs discuss his new book, The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. Assistant editor Griffin Oleynick and Julian Revie, a composer of sacred music at St. Thomas More, the Catholic Chapel at Yale, have a wide-ranging conversation about liturgical music. And Commonweal staffers discuss the David Wojnarowicsz retrospective at The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Dig-A-Bit is a weekly mini Bible study with Cindy Colley. It supplements the Digging Deep Bible study for women. In this episode, Cindy discusses humanism and the Christian. For more information about Digging Deep, visit TheColleyHouse.org. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: John 1:1 John 10:10 LINKS: Digging Deep in God's Word Bible Study for Women Bless Your Heart Blog West Huntsville church of Christ at Providence RESOURCES: The Colley House Music: “Podcast” by JD Sound at audiojungle.net

A quick look at how the Renaissance develops and changes in Northern Europe with the help of the printing press and the Christian Humanism.

It is not only important to provide an education, but it is important to think about the content of that education. We can teach people about pretty much anything, but we can teach them quite wrongly as well. That's going to be the theme for today. We're going to worry about what is right and what is wrong with education, and we're going to think about how we can make it better. 1. Can Classical Education Help With Fake News? by Joshua Gibbs from the Circe Institute 2. A Brief History of Christian Humanism by Scott Postma from scottpostma.net 3. Ideology and the Humanities by Glenn Arbery from The Imaginative Conservative 4. Who’s on the Right Side of History? by Joseph Pearce from The Imaginative Conservative 5. How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs? by Jeff Minick from Intellectual Takeout All music from audionautix.com.

Kevin C. Neece and The Gospel According to Star Trek.   In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by author and speaker Kevin C. Neece to discuss his new book, The Gospel According to Star Trek: The Original Crew. This first book in the Gospel According to Star Trek series explores the constructive connections between Star Trek and Christian theology. Kevin C. Neece argues that the humanism expressed in Star Trek is compatible with a rich tradition of Christian humanism, and that Star Trek's relationship with religion is more complex and nuanced than the typical atheistic interpretation recognizes. From Spock as a Christ metaphor in Star Trek II, III, and IV, to false Gods in The Original Series, Kevin C. Neece, Mike Morrison, and Zachary Fruhling explore the many-layered connections between the adventures of the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise and the worldview held by people of faith.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 42 (00:01:07)  Introducing Kevin C. Neece (00:02:00)  Finding a Coherent Worldview (00:03:32)  Christian Humanism and Star Trek (00:09:35)  Eschatology, Human Agency, and Star Trek Idealism (00:16:59)  Kevin's History with Star Trek and The Undiscovered Country Project (00:23:18)  Star Trek II, III, IV, and Surprising Connections (00:28:40)  Pluralism and Universal "Human" Nature (00:35:07)  From the 1960s [TOS] to the 1980s [TNG] (00:45:46)  False Gods in The Original Series (00:55:06)  The Star Trek IV Connection (00:58:55)  Gene Roddenberry and the Divine Spark (01:03:58)  Staying Grounded in Star Trek Dialog (01:09:04)  Key Takeaways from The Gospel According to Star Trek (01:10:51)  Finding Kevin C. Neece on Social Media (01:14:08)  Watching Star Trek "Religiously" (01:18:19)  Final Thoughts (01:24:31)   Hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling   GuestKevin C. Neece  Production Mike Morrison (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Elizabeth Janeway (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm  Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm  Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm  Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact  Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/  Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

We talk about Gnosticism, Thomas Aquinas, Christian Humanism, how modern society views the human body, transgenderism, Designer Babies, and the importance of the Incarnation in community.

The term 'Humanism' is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a recent Theos report titled: 'The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians should be Humanists and Humanists should be Christians' claims to show that atheism is ill-equipped to support the fundamental tenets of Humanism. Report author Angus Ritchie debates with atheist philosopher Stephen Law on whether atheistic humanism can account for the human dignity, morality and reason it espouses. For the Theos report: www.theosthinktank.co.uk For Stephen Law's response: click here For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv or Via Itunes

David Grubbs moderates a discussion with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about how Protestants and Catholics relate to the Church Fathers, how the Church Fathers relate to human learning, and how everyone after the Church Fathers keeps wanting to take them where they themselves preferred not to go. In the course of things we treat John Updike's use of Tertullian; the relationships between Augustine, Plotinus, and modern Christian philosophy; Protestant and Catholic "uses" of the Church Fathers, and other interesting things.

David Grubbs moderates a discussion with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about how Protestants and Catholics relate to the Church Fathers, how the Church Fathers relate to human learning, and how everyone after the Church Fathers keeps wanting to take them where they themselves preferred not to go. In the course of things we treat John Updike's use of Tertullian; the relationships between Augustine, Plotinus, and modern Christian philosophy; Protestant and Catholic "uses" of the Church Fathers, and other interesting things.

Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the ways that John Calvin affects our scholarship, our theology, and other parts of our life and about Calvin's helpful reminders to 21st-century Christians. Along the way we treat Calvin's early interactions with Seneca, Calvin's attitudes towards worldly learning, and how Calvinism affected the course of medieval studies.

Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the ways that John Calvin affects our scholarship, our theology, and other parts of our life and about Calvin's helpful reminders to 21st-century Christians. Along the way we treat Calvin's early interactions with Seneca, Calvin's attitudes towards worldly learning, and how Calvinism affected the course of medieval studies.

Michial Farmer moderates a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about what Christian humanism means, how it plays into the life of the Church and of the academy, and how a Christian humanist might respond to common criticisms. In the course of things we trace humanism's roots in Patristic encouters with philosophy and rhetoric; the flowering of Christian Humanism in the Renaissance, especially in the work of Desiderus Erasmus; and some twentieth-century figures who have continued the project.

Michial Farmer moderates a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about what Christian humanism means, how it plays into the life of the Church and of the academy, and how a Christian humanist might respond to common criticisms. In the course of things we trace humanism's roots in Patristic encouters with philosophy and rhetoric; the flowering of Christian Humanism in the Renaissance, especially in the work of Desiderus Erasmus; and some twentieth-century figures who have continued the project.

With the death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in early August, the modern world lost one of its most trenchant prophets. In many eulogies and obituaries, Solzheitsyn was identified mainly (or exclusively) as a fierce foe of the Soviet Communist system. Of course, he was that: the publication of the first volume of his massive work, The Gulag Archipelego—documenting the horrors of the Soviet labor camps—led to his expulsion from his homeland in 1974 and to the West's recognition of the suffering of many Soviet citizens. But there was something more important in his writing: a positive, hopeful vision that was often overlooked by readers too preoccupied with politics. It was a vision rooted in a Christian view of human nature and purpose.MARS HILL AUDIO has assembled a special Anthology of interviews to explore The Christian Humanism of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Guests include Edward E. Ericson, Jr., coeditor of The Solzhenitsyn Reader (2006) and The Soul and Barbed Wire (2008); David Aikman, for years a senior correspondent for TIME magazine; and James Pontuso, author of Solzhenitsyn’s Political Thought (1990). Host Ken Myers discusses with them the themes in Solzhenitsyn’s books and speeches, including his Nobel Prize speech and his controversial commencement address at Harvard in 1978.The Anthology is available on CD ($7) or as an MP3 download ($5). Also of interest is the MARS HILL AUDIO Reprint called One Word of Truth: A Portrait of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, written and read by David Aikman, who in 1989 was granted the first—and, for many years, only—major interview given by Solzhenitsyn to an American news organization. Aikman's engaging and lively account portrays an amazing man who  devoted his life to the battle for truth. One Word of Truth also includes introductory remarks by cultural critic Os Guinness and is available as an MP3 download ($2).

2003/04/03. Exploring the heritage of Christian Renaissance Humanism through the persons of Sir Thomas Moore and Erasmus. Editor & Publisher, Image Journal. Chair of History Department. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.

2003/04/03. Exploring the heritage of Christian Renaissance Humanism through the persons of Sir Thomas Moore and Erasmus. Editor & Publisher, Image Journal. Chair of History Department. The Winifred E. Weter Lecture.