FORMED Book Club

Thomas Howard tells us why poetry matters—part two of our series on Chance or the Dance?: A Critique of Modern Secularism Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com.  Support the show

Is the cosmos full of items that are connected meaningfully or items that are disconnected? What place does imagination play in human experience? How do we employ imagination to give significance to ordinary and extraordinary things through ritual?  This and more in this week's discussion of Chance or the Dance .  Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout....

On liturgy and Traditionalism:  our final discussion of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s book A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com.  Support the show

Hans Urs von Balthasar explains what obedience means in the Church. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com.  Support the show

Does Catholicism oppress women?  Or is it the opposite?  More tough questions as we move through Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com.  Support the show

Do morals really matter in Christianity?  Doesn’t God’s mercy go beyond all that?  Find out as we continue our discussion of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com.  Support the show

Contradictions in the Bible?  Contradictions in the Christian faith?  More heavy-hitting discussion as we continue to move through Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

What is human progress, and is it a good thing? How does it change how we see God?  In the second part of the series, we face yet more confusing issues with the help of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

Why is there so much division in the Church?  Why is there division even in the Formed Book Club?  We begin to approach the question with help of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s book A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

Author Michael Kurek tells us about what music does to the soul, with digressions on Mozart, Beethoven, and great liturgical music. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com . Support the show . Support the show

Electric guitar solos at Mass?  This and more as we end our discussion of Michael Kurek’s “The Sound of Beauty”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

What is creativity, and where does it come from?  This and more as we discuss composer Michael Kurek’s “The Sound of Beauty”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

All great music tells a story, even if there are no words.  This week, we discuss (and debate about) the greatest composers of all time with the help of Michael Kurek’s book “The Sound of Beauty”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

Why does modern classical music sound so terrible? This and more in our discussion of chapters 3 to 5 of Michael Kurek’s 2019 book "The Sound of Beauty." Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

What really is music?  How do we perceive it?  What role should it play in our lives?  We address these questions and others in a beautiful discussion of The Sound of Beauty by  Michael Kurek Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

A conversation with author George Weigel about reform in the Church and Vatican II. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

Are bishops supposed to be saints or managers?  Does being a eucharistic minister or a Church professional make you holy?  Why is there corruption in the Vatican, and what can be done about it?  We address these questions and others in a heated discussion of The Next Pope by George Weigel. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

The Second Vatican Council:  what was it, why did it happen, and how do we understand it today?  This week, we launch our discussion of George Weigel’s 2020 book “The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission”.  Support the show

A conversation with Robert Reilly, author of the 2020 book America on Trial: A Defense of the American Founding. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com. Support the show

The difference between the American Revolution and the French Revolution; and more. We conclude our discussion of Robert Reilly’s ‘America on Trial: A Defense of the American Founding’. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com .  Support the show

Absolute monarchs, the divine right of kings, and John Locke. Part four of our discussion on Robert Reilly’s 2020 book “America on Trial”. Subscribe to the Formed Book Club podcast at https://formedbookclub.buzzsprout.com .  Support the show

This week, we discuss Robert Riley’s take on Martin Luther, Richard Hooker, and Thomas Hobbes in the 2020 book ‘America on Trial'. Support the show

Should we agree with Justice Anthony Kennedy that ‘at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life’? Why, or why not? This week, we take on chapters 2 and 3: the Catholic roots of constitutionalism, the rise of the Nominalists in Europe, and more. Support the show

“This book is about a ‘trial’, the trial of America. . . . The American people are in the dock, but also they are almost like the judge, for they must decide and thereby determine their own fate.” — Larry Arnn, Foreword to “America on Trial”. What makes America America?  What hopes and beliefs gripped the Founders when they signed the Constitution, and are they the same that grip us—in vastly diff...

“[Man] no longer has time for himself and for God. . . . He does not have time to die because he does not have time to live. . . . The monk agrees to lose all his time for God. Monastic life is happy; monastic death is, also.” — Dom Pateau, O.S.B., of Fontgombault Abbey.   This week, we discuss Fontgombault, Mondaye Abbey, and the famous Grande Chartreuse—with a special concluding editorial on “Ca...