FORMED Book Club
226 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThree longtime book editors unpack and debate texts of all kinds from the Catholic sphere—from theology to history to fiction. Hosted by Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. (editor in chief, Ignatius Press), Vivian Dudro (senior editor, Ignatius Press), and Joseph Pearce (director of book publishing, Augustine Institute).
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Episodes
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 7)
April 17, 2024 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBGod is perfect, simple, omniscient, omnipresent—but what do these things mean? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro break down Science at the Doorstep to God by Father Robert Spitzer, S.J. Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 6)
April 10, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBAre there multiple universes, and how can we know? Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss Science at the Doorstep to God by Father Robert Spitzer, S.J. Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 5)
April 03, 2024 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBGod the Fine Tuner: How to scientists explain how the laws of the universe got so precise? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue their discussion of Father Robert Spitzer’s new book “Science at the Doorstep to God.” Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 4)
March 27, 2024 18:00 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MBIt is said that a monkey in front of a typewriter, given an infinite amount of time, would eventually type out the complete works of Shakespeare. This is true. But would it understand? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue their discussion of Father Robert Spitzer’s new book “Science at the Doorstep to God.” Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 3)
March 20, 2024 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBThere is so much scientific evidence for God, yet why do scientists find it so difficult to believe? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue their discussion of Father Robert Spitzer’s new book “Science at the Doorstep to God.” Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 2)
March 13, 2024 18:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBEntropy: Why do things degrade? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss some of the basic principles of Father Robert Spitzer’s new book "Science at the Doorstep to God". Support the show
Fr. Robert Spitzer, “Science at the Doorstep to God” (pt. 1)
March 06, 2024 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBModern science is giving more and more astounding evidence FOR the existence of God. Learn about it in Father Robert Spitzer’s phenomenal new book “Science at the Doorstep to God.” In this first episode, Father Joseph Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss the introduction. Pages 1 to 30. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 14)
February 28, 2024 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThe assassination of President Diem. Concluding remarks. Page 262 to end. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 13)
February 21, 2024 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBChapters 12 and 13a, pages 237 to 266. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 12)
February 14, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.6 MBChapter 11, pages 213 to 236. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 11)
February 07, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes - 18.3 MBChapter 10, pages 194 to 212. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 10)
January 31, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBChapter 9, pages 176 to 193. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 9)
January 24, 2024 19:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBPages 158 to 175. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 8)
January 17, 2024 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBPages 144 to 157. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 7)
January 10, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MBPages 114 to 143. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 6)
January 03, 2024 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.7 MBPages 98 to 113. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 5)
December 27, 2023 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MBPages 72–98. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 4)
December 20, 2023 19:00 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBChapter 2, pages 56–71: South Vietnamese President Diem was deeply misunderstood by almost the whole world. Why? Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 3)
December 13, 2023 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBChapter 1 of “The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” by Geoffrey Shaw, discussed by Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro. Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 2)
December 06, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode, Fr. Fessio, Vivian Dudro, and Joseph Pearce discuss Geoffrey Shaw’s introduction (pages 23–40) to “The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam.” Support the show
Geoffrey Shaw, “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” (pt. 1)
November 29, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 18 MBEvery American should read “The Lost Mandate of Heaven.” In 1963, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963)—a devout, charitable Catholic and possibly a saint—was assassinated by US-backed soldiers, sparking a decade of hideous war. Why did this happen? Geoffrey Shaw’s “The Lost Mandate of Heaven” tells the story. In this episode, Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro give an overview of the book and discuss the foreword by Fr. James Schall, S.J. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 26)
November 22, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBPages 477 to end. Join us next time in our new discussion of Geoffrey Shaw’s “The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 25)
November 15, 2023 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.6 MBPages 462 to 477. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 24)
November 08, 2023 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.9 MBPages 451 to 462. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 23)
November 01, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBPages 444 to 451. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 19A)
October 26, 2023 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBMissed Episode. This episode covers pages 370 to 394. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 22)
October 25, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBDoes a good end justify an evil means? Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 21)
October 18, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWhere does love fit into a world ruled by “progress”? Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 20)
October 11, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBScience is a gift from God, so why does it often seem to turn AGAINST God? Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 19B)
October 04, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBIs a “Christian humanism” possible? De Lubac says yes—but only if God comes first. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 19)
October 04, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBIs a “Christian humanism” possible? De Lubac says yes—but only if God comes first. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 18)
September 27, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 24.3 MBWhy did Dostoyevsky love Jesus but hate the Catholic Church? Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 17)
September 20, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBAre evil characters “cooler” than good characters? Reading Dostoyevsky, Henri de Lubac goes far, far deeper than the cool. Support the show
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September 13, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBEach one of us is a whole world, say Dostoyevsky and De Lubac. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 16)
September 13, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBEach one of us is a whole world, say Dostoyevsky and De Lubac. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 15)
August 30, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MBDostoyevsky knows the difference between a revolution of love (Christian) and a revolution of power (atheism). Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue to read Henri de Lubac’s analysis of the great Fyodor Dostoyevsky in “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 14)
August 23, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MBFyodor Dostoyevsky survived an execution and spent five years in a brutal Siberian prison. To his surprise, that’s where he fell in love with God. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 13)
August 16, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBWhat is Christianity’s ANSWER to atheism? Simple: DOSTOYEVSKY. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin part III of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 12)
August 09, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBThe last word on sociologist August Comte. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro conclude part II of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 11)
August 02, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBComte builds a new religion—with him as pope and scientific experts as bishops. Part 2, chapter 3, sections 1 and 2 of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 10)
July 26, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBComte, the father of “social science,” believes in a new god: MANKIND. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish part 2, chapter 2, of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 9)
July 19, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBWhy Comte DETESTED Jesus—and LOVED St. Paul. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin studying part 2, chapter 2, of Henri de Lubac’s classic “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 8)
July 12, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBEven atheists need a god: How Comte turned data into a religion. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss pp. 147–79 (part 2, chapter 1) of Henri de Lubac’s classic “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 7)
July 07, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBAugust Comte: How “science” took over EVERYTHING. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin to read PART TWO of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 6)
June 28, 2023 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBAre CHRISTIANS responsible for God’s death? Nietzsche thought so. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish their study of PART ONE of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac, S.J. Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 5)
June 21, 2023 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB“Be hard, be terrible, be pitiless!” The world in the wake of Nietzsche, as we study part 1, chapter 3, of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 4)
June 14, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBLogic isn’t everything, but what happens when we reject it altogether? Two great philosophers go head to head: Kierkegaard (Christian) and Nietzsche (Atheist). Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 3)
June 07, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBAtheism is boring: the lifeless life of Nietzsche. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish chapter 1 of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 2)
June 01, 2023 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThe return of the gods: When we kill God, something darker takes His place. This week, we take on Feuerbach and Nietzsche as Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro read Henri de Lubac’s landmark study “The Drama of Atheism Humanism.” Support the show
Cardinal Henri de Lubac, “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” (pt. 1)
May 24, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB“Down with God, up with man!” In this tour-de-force “The Drama of Atheist Humanism,” written during the godless persecutions of World War II, acclaimed scholar Cardinal Henri de Lubac enters the heart of modern atheism: a dark yet brilliant quest to destroy a God who, they think, suppresses mankind. Joseph Pearce, Father Fessio, and Vivian Dudro begin by studying the two godfathers of atheism: Karl Marx and his hero Ludwig Feuerbach. Support the show