The Ad Fontes Podcast

Ad Fontes
The Ad Fontes Podcast

The writers and editors podcast of Ad Fontes, a journal of Protestant letters from The Davenant Institute. We don't just think ABOUT the sources; we think THROUGH the sources.

  1. 25/03/2024

    "Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 3)

    This week Rhys, Colin, and Jonathan continue the podcast's readthorugh of Begotten or Made? This time they discuss the relational and procreative good of marriage and how they relate, why IVF is Nietzschean, and what Protestants think of contraception. Timestamps 00:00:00-00:09:38 - intro, recap, the unitive/relation good of marriage 00:09:47-00:18:47 relation of various goods in marriage 00:18:57-00:37:51 - why IVF is Nietzschean 00:38:00-47:00:00 - Protestants and contraception 00:47...

    1 hr

  2. 04/03/2024

    So Moderate

    This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Davenant House Groundskeeper Jonathan McKenzie to discuss the virtue of moderation. Prompted by Davenant Press's recent publication A Treatise on Christian Moderation, they discuss the philosophical history of moderation, how it relates to both physical and intellectual pursuits, and how it fits into the pursuit of holiness. Timestamps 00:00:00-00:14:00 - intro; defining moderation with Aristotle 00:14:11-00:32:57 - Joseph Hall and the civil war; physi...

    59 min

  3. 22/01/2024

    Space: The Final Frontier

    Recorded in August 2023, Colin hosts this special live episode with the return of Onsi Kamel and our most featured guest, Colin's brother Justin. Colin, Onsi, and Justin discuss a paper Onsi delivered at the Bay Area Thomas Aquinas Society conference on a Thomistic view of "place". Albert the Great, Thomas' mentor, saw close links between metaphysics and his view of place physics - a physics which we now know is outdated. What did he believe about place? Does it hold up today with modern sci...

    51 min

  4. 15/01/2024

    Made Like the Maker

    Happy New Year! Rhys and Colin are back together to discuss Made Like the Maker, the second volume in Colin's modernization of Thomas Traherne's Christian Ethics. They talk about who Traherne was, before diving into the nature of Christian ethics, what wisdom of "the whole" means, and Colin's provocative introductory essay to the book. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: ...

    56 min

  5. 19/12/2023

    Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story

    It's a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:11:17 - welcome; introduction to Th...

    57 min

  6. 04/12/2023

    "Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 2)

    This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. Continuing through Chapter 3, they discuss the realities of artificial insemination by donor, covering the ethics of donor anonymity, and the motives behind AID verses adoption. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:...

    57 min

  7. 13/11/2023

    "Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 1)

    This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. In Ch. 3, O'Donovan finally addresses the topic of artificial insemination, addressing questions about the ends of medical intervention; the differences between cure, compensation, and circumvention in treatment; and the ethics of involving a third party in the reproductive process. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews...

    1 hr

  8. 18/10/2023

    We're All Hoboes Now (ft. Nathan Johnson)

    This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, to discuss his Ad Fontes article "When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward". Why are obligations more important than rights? What roots do human societies need to flourish? And is rootedness compatible with multiculturalism? They discuss all these questions and more! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews...

    1h 8m
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The writers and editors podcast of Ad Fontes, a journal of Protestant letters from The Davenant Institute. We don't just think ABOUT the sources; we think THROUGH the sources.

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  • Creator
    Ad Fontes
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    86
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 The Ad Fontes Podcast
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