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Madison's Notes May 28, 2023

Martyrs in Mosul

A Conversation on Christian Persecution with Father Benedict Kiely

Father Benedict Kiely

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
With Christmas approaching, in this episode we reflect on Christian persecution in the Middle East, the historic cradle of Christianity and the birthplace of Jesus, and the very different challenges …

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Biblical Studies May 28, 2023

Armageddon

What the Bible Really Says about the End

Bart D. Ehrman

Hosted by Frances Sacks
A New York Times bestselling Biblical scholar, reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong—and why that matters.You’ll find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the …
Christian Studies May 27, 2023

A Revolutionary Faith

Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason

Raúl E. Zegarra Medina

Hosted by Adrian Guiu
Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the …
Medieval History May 27, 2023

Stories Between Christianity and Islam

Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond

Reyhan Durmaz

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond (University of California Press, 2022), Reyhan Durmaz offers an original and nuanced understanding of …
Biblical Studies May 26, 2023

Before There Was a Bible

Authorities in Early Christianity

Lee Martin McDonald

Hosted by Rob Heaton
Before There Was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity (T&T Clark, 2023) is a natural outgrowth from McDonald’s significant and ongoing work in the field of canon studies, which traces the …
Almost Good Catholics May 25, 2023

Down to Earth: In Pursuit of Humility

A Discussion with Richard Foster and Brenda Quinn

Richard J. Foster and Brenda Quinn

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Quaker theologian Richard J. Foster and charismatic pastor Brenda Quinn talk with me about Foster’s new book (which Quinn worked on with him), Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for …
Medieval History May 23, 2023

Rome and the Invention of the Papacy

The Liber Pontificalis

Rosamond McKitterick

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The remarkable, and permanently influential, papal history known as the Liber pontificalis shaped perceptions and the memory of Rome, the popes, and the many-layered past of both city and papacy …
Madison's Notes May 23, 2023

After the Pill

A Conversation with Mary Eberstadt

Mary Eberstadt

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
The pill has rocked our society to its core: but have we fully examined all its repercussions? Influential author and essayist Mary Eberstadt thinks we've only scratched the surface; in …
Almost Good Catholics May 18, 2023

Here We Stand? (with Bishop Donald Hying)

The German Bishops Challenge Catholic Social Teachings

Bishop Donald Hying

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, wrote a statement in his diocesan journal, the Madison Catholic Herald about the German Synodal Way. The German Bishops, in defiance of Pope Francis …
Biblical Studies May 13, 2023

The Secret Gospel of Mark

A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate Over Its Authenticity

Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau

Hosted by David Kunsman
In The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate Over Its Authenticity (Yale University Press, 2023), Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau present …
Early Modern History May 11, 2023

An Artful Relic

The Shroud of Turin in Baroque Italy

Andrew R. Casper

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
In 1578, a fourteen-foot linen sheet bearing the faint bloodstained imprint of a human corpse was presented to tens of thousands of worshippers in Turin, Italy, as one of the …
Almost Good Catholics May 11, 2023

The Miraculous Mind (with Paul Bloom)

What Does Psychology Say about Religion and Morality?

Paul Bloom

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Psychologist Paul Bloom and I talk about the human brain, morality, empathy, perversity, all the things—including Professor Bloom’s new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind (Ecco Press, 2023) …
Early Modern History May 6, 2023

Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500-1620

Christine Kooi

Hosted by Douglas Bell
In this new history of the Reformation in the Netherlands, Christine Kooi synthesizes fifty years of scholarship provide a broad general history of the Low Countries in the sixteenth century …
Indian Religions May 4, 2023

Saint Joseph in South India

Poetry, Mission and Theology in Costanzo Gioseffo Beschi's Tēmpāvaṇi

Francis Xavier Clooney

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Costanzo Gioseffo Beschi was an Italian Jesuit who worked in South India from 1710 to 1747. A brilliant scholar of Tamil, his works include hymns, instructions for catechists, and a …
Almost Good Catholics May 4, 2023

People of the Book

What Muslims and Christians Share (and Don’t Share) in Common

Munir Sheikh

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
I talk with a Muslim friend about the places that Islam and Christianity overlap, and also the places where they diverge. Of these subjects, none is more interesting than the …
World Christianity May 1, 2023

South Asia's Christians

Between Hindu and Muslim

Chandra Mallampalli

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
South Asia is home to more than a billion Hindus and half a billion Muslims. But the region is also home to substantial Christian communities, some dating almost to the …
Latin American Studies April 29, 2023

Liberationist Christianity in Argentina (1930-1983)

Faith and Revolution

Pablo Bradbury

Hosted by Roland Clark
How did liberationist Christianity develop in Argentina between the 1930s and early 1970s? And how did it respond to state terrorism during the Dirty War? How did liberation theology develop …
Catholic Studies April 29, 2023

Mediating Catholicism

Religion and Media in Global Catholic Imaginaries

Eric Hoenes del Pinal, Marc Roscoe Loustau, and Kristin Norget

Hosted by Lauren Griffin
In Mediating Catholicism: Religion and Media in Global Catholic Imaginaries (Bloomsbury, 2022), the authors and the three editors (Eric Hones del Pinal, Marc Rosco Loustau and Kristin Norget) explore how …
Almost Good Catholics April 27, 2023

Remember the Sabbath (with Senator Joe Lieberman)

Keeping God’s Commandment for a Day of Rest

Joseph I. Lieberman

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Today I talked with Senator Joe Lieberman—who ran for Vice President in 2000 with Al Gore, and for President in 2004 in the Democratic primary—about his book, The Gift of …
Christian Studies April 26, 2023

Biblical Theology

A Canonical, Thematic, and Ethical Approach

Andreas J. Köstenberger and Greg Goswell

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
Pastors, thoughtful Christians, and students of Scripture must learn how to carefully read and understand the Bible, but it can be difficult to know where to start. In this clear …