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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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"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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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:
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"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.
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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
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