hosted by John DeRosa
hought of Julian of Norwich relevant to the problem of evil? How do you understand “prayer” and “the darkness of God”? If God is a mystery, then how can we pray to him? Dr. Denys Turner joins us to discuss these topics and more as we consider his book God, Mystery, and Mystification.
What is happiness and how can we get it? Would St. Thomas have anything to say about comparing ourselves to other people? What will not make us happy according to St. Thomas Aquinas? How can we be happy when life is difficult? Matt Fradd joins the podcast to discuss these topics and more as we look at his new book How to Be Happy: Saint Thomas’ Secret to a Good Life.
Is Aquinas best described as a philosopher or theologian? What is most notable about his work as a biblical theologian? How does Aquinas understand prophetic revelation and sacra doctrina? What does it mean that, Aquinas holds that the human nature of Christ acts as the instrumental cause of the communication of divine revelation and as the perfection of its reception”? Dr. Dauphinais joins us to discuss these questions and more.
What are the divine ideas? How do they relate to creation? What should Catholics believe about the 6 days of creation? Why is it important to believe in Adam and Eve and how can belief in an original couple be harmonized with the genetic evidence? What do you discuss about the atonement in your book on creation? Dr. Matthew Levering joins us to answer these questions as we discuss his book Engaging the Doctrine of Creation.
If God is causing everything, then how can we be free? Doesn’t God’s universal causality make us puppets and lead to occasionalism? And wouldn’t He be different if He were to cause different things? So, how can He be simple and immutable as classical theists say? Dr. W. Matthews Grant joins us to discuss these issues and more as we look at topics from his book Free Will and God’s Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account.
Why did 20th century theologians argue that God must suffer? Why do many traditional theologians think that God does not suffer? How should we understand divine impassibility in light of the Incarnation? What does it mean that God is “not really related” to creatures? Fr. Thomas Weinandy joins us to discuss these questions and more.
What are “divine attributes”? How can we divide up talk about God into three categories of “names”? What are some key principles to keep in mind about negative names? How should we think about positive names? Why is this important for Classical Theism? What are examples of relative names? Ryan Hurd joins the show again to tackle these questions and more.
What is divine eternity? How can the eternal God act in time? What is the meaning of the term “egression” that some have used to describe the eternal God’s action? Should classical theists commit to a particular view of time: A-theory or B-theory? Dr. Steven Duby joins us to discuss these questions and more.
What are some different models of the Incarnation in philosophical theology? How can classical theism, with a strong doctrine of divine simplicity, be consistent with the Incarnation? Why are “divestitive” or “augmentative” not to be preferred? What did Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange think about this issue? Scripture says, “The Word became flesh.” How can classical theists understand such language? Dr. James Dolezal joins the podcast to discuss these questions.
Do human persons survive death? What is a strong argument for the immateriality of the intellect? How does the immateriality of the intellect point to the immortality of the rational soul? How did Ross respond to various objections to his argument? What are Christopher Tomaszewski’s thoughts on some recent modal collapse objections? We’ll tackle those questions and more in this episode.
