Christian Humanist Profiles 269: Athens and Jerusalem
Every story of thought and thinking runs into its own kinds of problems. Progressive accounts do well showing how predecessors were not quite as sharp or as moral as we…
Christian Humanist Profiles 266: Kingdoms of this World
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Growing up under that Constitutional law, even as an amendment, gave me the idea…
Christian Humanist Profiles 254: A Darkly Radiant Vision
History as a practice examines the contingent. Everything that leaves evidence of having-happened might have happened otherwise, and nothing that has come to be except that it displaced other things…
Christian Humanist Profiles 253: Assyria, The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
Some of us first encounter them as the wicked city that Jonah eventually visits. For others they’re one of the Asian empires that Herodotus surveys on his way to the…
City of Man, Episode 173: Medieval Times 7, Europeans in the New World
In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Jordan and David about the Viking exploration of the New world as outlined in the Vinland Sagas. The Norse Discover Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmEO49_iwE The Kensington…
Christian Humanist Profiles 246: Mother of the Lamb
Tell me where you spend your Sunday mornings, and then where your grandmother spent her Sunday mornings, and I’ll venture a guess at what you think Christian art looks like. …
City of Man, Episode 171: Medieval Times 6, The Saga of the Volsungs
In today’s episode, Coyle bungles an overview of The Saga of Volsungs. Fortunately, Jordan is there to straighten things out as the discussion of politics in the Middle Ages continues.…
Christian Humanist Profiles 245: New Testament Rhetoric
“I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom.” When I first read those words from St. Paul, they inoculated me against certain…
City of Man, Episode 170: Medieval Times 5, Maurice
In today’s episode, Coyle, David, and Jordan continue their discussion of the Middle Ages by looking at the Strategikon of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice. Also mentioned in today’s Episode: -John…
City of Man, Episode 169: Medieval Times 4, Charlemagne
In today’s episode, David, Jordan, and Coyle talk about Charlemagne and his influence on the Middle Ages. Readings mentioned in the episode include: –Einhard and Notker–From Homer to Harry Potter–The…
City of Man, Episode 168: Medieval Times 3, Bede
In today’s Episode, Coyle, Jordan, and David talk about the Venerable Bede and his works, influence, and role in the history of the church in England.
The Christian Feminist Podcast, episode #177: The New Auntie
Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer discuss changing views of what it means to be an ‘auntie’ these days, as well as some of their favorite aunts from…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode #175: St. Teresa of Avila
Knowing Why this episode and a bio of St. Teresa Our experience with her work Reading Interior Castle Metaphors for the soul Medieval worldview Some tricky bits of the text…
City of Man, Episode 166: Redeeming History
In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Dr. Vern Poythress about his new book Redeeming our Thinking about History: A God-Centered Approach. Mentioned in the episode: R.G. Collingwood: The Idea of…
City of Man, Episode 160: Medieval Times 2, Nennius
Episode Link: https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/41019/26471aa1-aa43-4ae0-a070-ec53282b5446/160-FINAL.mp3 In today’s episode, Coyle, David, and Jordan continue their conversation about the Dark Ages and what’s going on in Britain according to the historian Nennius. Mentioned in…