The Ad Fontes Podcast

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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.

  1. 03/25/2024

    "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 00:47:10-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap up Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight On the Death of Christ and Other Atonement Writings by John Davenant What We're Reading Jonathan: The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien Colin: Leviathan byThomas Hobbes    Rhys: Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts    Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    1 hr

  2. 03/04/2024

    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; physical and intellectual moderation 00:33:07-00:46:49 - objections to moderation; moderation as an extreme 00:46:49-end - what we're reading; spotlight; end Texts Discussed A Treatise on Christian Moderation by Joseph Hall Spotlight Ad Fontes Winter 2024 print edition available now! What We're Reading Jonathan: David Pareus and Richard Baxter Colin: King Lear by William Shakespeare Rhys: Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton by Nicholas McDowell Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    59 min

  3. 01/22/2024

    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 science? Can we salvage anything from medieval views of place and metaphysics? Timestamps 00:00:00-00:11:35 - theology and science; Thomistic physics and metaphysics; place 00:11:43-00:23:51 - Albert the Great on place; place and form; what the sun does 00:24:02-end four elements; is space relative or absolute?; why space matters Texts Discussed De Natura Loci by Albert the Great Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    51 min

  4. 01/15/2024

    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: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:08:31 - welcome; intro to Thomas Traherne 00:08:40 - 00:22:10 - the nature of Christian ethics 00:22:21 - 00:27:03 - wisdom and knowledge of the whole 00:27:13 - 00:42:00 - the spiritual technology of Christian poetics 00:42:08 - end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Rhys: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy    Texts Discussed Made Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne "Errantry" by J.R.R. Tolkien Spotlight Natural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense (Second Edition) by David Haines Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    56 min

  5. 12/19/2023

    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 The Road 00:11:28 - 00:21:18 - The Road as a love story; Platonic forms; materialism 00:21:28 - 00:31:54 - the Word of God; carrying the fire 00:32:04 -00:46:31 the truth about the world; effeminacy 00:46:41 - end - what we're reading; Davenant Spotlight, wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Harmonian Man by Charles Fourier Rhys: Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon Texts Discussed The Road by Cormac McCarthy Spotlight Give to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin! Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    57 min

  6. 12/04/2023

    "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 – 00:19:08 Intro; recap; the ends of the procreative organs; representation by effacement or replacement 00:19:19 - 00:27:29 - donor anonymity 00:27:41 - 00:47:03 - is AID like adoption? 00:47:13 - end - What We're Reading; Davenant Spotlight; wrap up Currently Reading Colin: Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Defining Difference by Audre Lorde    Rhys: The Road by Cormac McCarthy    Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight Give to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin! Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    57 min

  7. 11/13/2023

    "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, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:10:39 - Intro; recap; the possibility of artificial insemination by donor 00:10:50 – 00:24:43 - the ends of AID; the multiple goods of the procreative organs; cure, circumvention, and compensation 00:24:54 – 00:38:39 - ethics of the third party in AID; reproduction a private act; proxy relationships and their limits 00:38:38 – 00:50:14 - the Patriarchal and Levirate patterns in Scripture; problematic anonymity of AID 00:50:23 - end - What We’re Reading; Spotlight; wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Rhys: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight Davenant Hall Hilary Term Class Registration (REGISTER NOW!) Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

    1 hr

  8. 10/18/2023

    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, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00-00:13:21 - Intro; introduction to Simon Weil and The Need for Roots 00:13:31-00:30:52 difference between rights and obligations; Weil vs. the social contract 00:31:03-00:54:14 the need for roots; roots and multiculturalism 00:54:24-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap up Currently Reading Colin: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass   Rhys: Covenant: The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood, and Nation by Danny Kruger  Nathan: The Shining Human Creature by Thomas Traherne Texts Discussed "When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward" by Nathan Johnson The Need for Roots by Simone Weil "The Iliad, or the Poem of Force" by Simone Weil Spotlight Made Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne (pre-order now!) Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download:

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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
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