Latest Christopherdawson Podcast Episodes
Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse in the Church - Dr Theresa Burke
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - February 10, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe sexual abuse crisis has polarised the Church, and injured us all. Those who have survived clerical and other sexual abuse need the Church's healing power, but they are often alienated and unwelcome because they are seen as troublemakers. Innocent people scandalised by the crisis also need th...
Catholic Public Life in Hard Times; An Augustinian Response - Renee Kohler-Ryan
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - February 03, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat is a Catholic person to do in the face of so much turmoil in public life? Should we retreat, or should we respond by entering more fully into the public square? St. Augustine of Hippo was perpetually preoccupied with such questions. This presentation will explore some of what he has to say,...
"Dreaming with Demons" - Matt Tan
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - January 27, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAbstract: We often associate sloth with laziness, but is it possible for a culture to be productive and still be slothful? In this talk, Dr Matthew Tan explores how Sloth is arguably the most pervasive of the deadly sins first by understanding it by its original name, the vice of Acedia. Taking ...
"I Sleep But My Heart Wakes" - Dr Philippa Martyr
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - January 20, 2020 14:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDreams form the flipside of human consciousness: they are perennially fascinating and unpredictable. They have shaped history, art, culture, science, and religion in countless ways. Christianity accepts them as sometimes divinely inspired, but early psychology saw them as ‘the royal road to the ...
Who Is my Neighbour? Refugees and Dignity of the Human Person’ - Anthony Krohn
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - January 04, 2017 01:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAnthony Krohn has practised in administrative law since 1990, as a solicitor from 1990 to 1997, and as a barrister from 1997 to the present. He has appeared in many refugee and migration cases in the Federal Circuit Court, the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia, and the Supreme Court ...
The Duty to Disagree: Recovering the Art of Moral Disagreement - Scott Stephens
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - December 15, 2016 09:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis Speaker's Forum featured a presentation of a paper entitled “The Duty to Disagree: Recovering the Art of Moral Disagreement" by Scott Stephens, editor of the ABC Religion & Ethics blog, and co-host of the Radio National show 'The Minefield' with Waleed Aly.
How Religious Belief leads to Violence - Fr Mark Baumgarten
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - September 28, 2016 10:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the face of atheist critiques many believers seek to downplay the relationship between religion and violence. In contrast the work of acclaimed thinker Rene Girard suggests a more complex relationship than is often assumed, one that challenges modern assumptions about human nature and which p...
Holding Fast through Stormy Waters - Professor John Haldane
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - June 20, 2016 07:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJohn Joseph Haldane is a Scottish philosopher, commentator and broadcaster. He is a papal adviser to the Vatican and is credited with coining the term Analytical Thomism. He is himself a Thomist in the analytic tradition. Haldane is associated with The Veritas Forum and is the current chairman o...
Complicity and Cooperation in Evil - Dr Helen Watt
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - June 08, 2016 01:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFrom the spheres of business to medicine we are often tempted with cooperating with morally evil actions in order to save our jobs and careers.Sometimes these decisions can even be legitimate, but sometimes too we simply cannot choose to perform actions that will make us cooperators with evil. W...
The New Evangelisation: How to Be a Hobbit - Dr Conor Sweeney
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - October 19, 2015 06:24 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEvangelisation is not activism. It has nothing to do with the techniques, programs, and lobbying that defines social and political activism. Instead, it has everything to do with the witness of one who lives and embodies a kind of feeling, tasting, and savoring relationship with the faith they p...
The Artist and the Architect: G.K. Chesterton & Christopher Dawson – Karl Schmude
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - October 07, 2015 06:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Dawson Society was delighted to host Mr Karl Schmude as the presenter at our sixth Speakers Forum for 2014. Speaking on the thought on and work of two giants of 20th century Catholic, the great Gilbert Kieth Chesterton and the namesake of our organisation, Christopher Dawson, Schmude drew ...
The Christian Response to Political Fundamentalism – Mrs Anna Krohn
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - August 22, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 2 December, The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was delighted to host Mrs Anna Krohn as the presenter at our seventh and final Speakers Forum for 2014. Speaking on Christian responses to political fundamentalism and dogmatic relativism, the Academic Skills Counselor and Doctoral Ca...
Christopher Dawson and the Modern Dilemma - Fr Scot Armstrong
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - August 01, 2015 17:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe following lecture was delivered by Fr Scot Armstrong of the diocese of Wagga Wagga at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum on 25 June 2013.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Heaven Part Two - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - July 17, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Heaven Part One - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - July 03, 2015 03:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory Part Two - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - June 19, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working from the recent translation by Clive James.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatory Part One - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - June 05, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working from the recent translation by Clive James.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Part Two - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - May 22, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working particularly from the recent translation by Clive James.
Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Part One - Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - May 08, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFollowing on from an introductory lecture given at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum, Professor Kinder expliored themes of experience, desire and sanctification in the Divine Comedy, working from the recent translation by Clive James.
Take Me With You: A Theology of Running Away? – Dr Matthew Tan
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - April 28, 2015 05:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 3 February, The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was delighted to host Dr Matthew Tan of Campion College in NSW as the presenter at our first Speakers Forum for 2015. Have you ever seen an ad that made you feel like being anywhere but here? Have you ever thought what that might have...
Catholic Spirituality and Mental Health - Dr. Philippa Martyr
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - April 11, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was proud to host Dr Philippa Martyr at our Speakers Forum on 2 September. Dr Martyr spoke eloquently on the phenomenon of mental illness in our contemporary society and the insights of the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly regarding its ...
Yes to Christ, No to the Church? - Archbishop Timothy Costello SDB
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - April 04, 2015 02:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was honoured by the presence of His Grace, the Most Reverend Timothy Costelloe SDB as presenter at the Speakers Forum event on 8 April 2014. His Grace spoke on the importance of understanding the Church to be the community of the disciples of Jesus,...
Dante’s Divine Comedy: Medieval Masterpiece and the Modern Search for Meaning – Associate Professor John Kinder
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - March 11, 2015 06:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was proud to present the following lecture by Associate Professor John Kinder of the University of western Australia at the Speakers Forum event on 13 May 2014. Assoc. Prof. Kinder gave a account of Dante’s divine comedy as a part of our culture here...
Religion and Terrorism - Prof. Matthew Ogilvie
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - March 11, 2015 06:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsProfessor Matthew Ogilvie, Dean of the School of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus spoke at The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture’s Speakers Forum on 25 February, 2014. His talk, which can be heard and downloaded below draws attention to...
What did Dostoyevsky mean when he said ‘Beauty will save the world’? - Prof. Tracey Rowland
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - March 11, 2015 06:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsProfessor Tracey Rowland, Dean of the Melbourne session of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies presented this lecture at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum of 1 October 2013.
Catholic Feminism; An Oxymoron - Prof. Celia Hammond
The Dawson Society - Audio Library - March 11, 2015 05:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsProfessor Celia Hammond, Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia delivered this lecture at a Dawson Society Speakers Forum on 3 September, 2013.
Related Christopherdawson Topics