Category: Christianity

This evening: Laudato Si: On the Care of Our Common Home (Pope Francis’ encyclical)

March 23, 2023

This evening (March 23) at 7 p.m US Central Time I’ll be live for 90 minutes discussing the first half of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, for the Maurin Academy. I’ll discuss the text and we’ll have time for Q & A. The second session will occur next Thursday, March 30, same time. You can sign up for this event on Eventbrite or Patreon (choose the Worker-Scholar level if you wanted all our content in recorded format, and Salt of the Earth level if you want that and access to all our live sessions). Hope to see some of you there! Here are the links: … More This evening: Laudato Si: On the Care of Our Common Home (Pope Francis’ encyclical)

Class on Laudato Si starts next week! (It’s Pope Francis’ letter on the environment)

March 19, 2023

A quick word to let you know that I’m teaching a short series on Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment. It begins this Thursday, March 23, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. US Central Time. Learn what you’d hardly ever hear in a church! … More Class on Laudato Si starts next week! (It’s Pope Francis’ letter on the environment)

Current Controversies in Catholicism: An Interview with Suan Sonna (Dustbowl Diatribes S 2, Ep 6)

March 14, 2023

Suan Sonna is the host of Intellectual Catholicism. You can find his channel here:    / @uccnjkpxewidh-jd…  

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The Call to Integral Liberation: An Interview With Dr. Larry Chapp (Dustbowl Diatribes, SO 2 Ep. 2)

January 6, 2023

This is a rare cross posting from the Maurin Academy’s other podcast, Dustbowl Diatribes. If you like this content, be sure to subscribe directly to Dustbowl Diatribes! … More The Call to Integral Liberation: An Interview With Dr. Larry Chapp (Dustbowl Diatribes, SO 2 Ep. 2)

Should We Be More Tolerant–Or Will Our Brains Fall Out? (Politics of the Real 7)

December 14, 2022

Laurie discusses DC Schindler’s views on the limitations of liberal religious toleration and his argument for a better toleration that coincides with increased influence or even establishment of the Catholic Church. This subject allows Laurie to contrast Schindler’s views with those of Christian anarchists and anti-empire theologians, and to explore whether or not Schindler’s views are, in fact, utopian, or at least unconsciously still influenced by Enlightenment thinking. … More Should We Be More Tolerant–Or Will Our Brains Fall Out? (Politics of the Real 7)