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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.
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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 3)
Mar 25, 202401:00:19Tap to summarizeThis 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.Timestamps00:00:00-00:09:38 - intro, recap, the unitive/relation good of marriage00:09:47-00:18:47 relation of various goods in marriage00:18:57-00:37:51 - why IVF is Nietzschean00:38:00-47:00:00 - Protestants and contraception00:47:10-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap upTexts DiscussedBegotten or Made? by Oliver O'DonovanSpotlightOn the Death of Christ and Other Atonement Writings by John DavenantWhat We're ReadingJonathan: The Silmarillion by J.R.R TolkienColin: Leviathan byThomas Hobbes Rhys: Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts MusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →So Moderate
Mar 4, 202400:58:45Tap to summarizeThis 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.Timestamps00:00:00-00:14:00 - intro; defining moderation with Aristotle00:14:11-00:32:57 - Joseph Hall and the civil war; physical and intellectual moderation00:33:07-00:46:49 - objections to moderation; moderation as an extreme00:46:49-end - what we're reading; spotlight; endTexts DiscussedA Treatise on Christian Moderation by Joseph HallSpotlightAd Fontes Winter 2024 print edition available now!What We're ReadingJonathan: David Pareus and Richard BaxterColin: King Lear by William ShakespeareRhys: Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton by Nicholas McDowellMusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →Space: The Final Frontier
Jan 22, 202400:51:12Tap to summarizeRecorded 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?Timestamps00:00:00-00:11:35 - theology and science; Thomistic physics and metaphysics; place00:11:43-00:23:51 - Albert the Great on place; place and form; what the sun does00:24:02-end four elements; is space relative or absolute?; why space mattersTexts DiscussedDe Natura Loci by Albert the GreatMusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →Made Like the Maker
Jan 15, 202400:55:32Tap to summarizeHappy 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/Timestamps00:00:00 – 00:08:31 - welcome; intro to Thomas Traherne00:08:40 - 00:22:10 - the nature of Christian ethics00:22:21 - 00:27:03 - wisdom and knowledge of the whole00:27:13 - 00:42:00 - the spiritual technology of Christian poetics00:42:08 - end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap-upCurrently ReadingColin: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Rhys: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Texts DiscussedMade Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne"Errantry" by J.R.R. TolkienSpotlightNatural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense (Second Edition) by David HainesMusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story
Dec 19, 202300:57:05Tap to summarizeIt'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/Timestamps00:00:00 – 00:11:17 - welcome; introduction to The Road00:11:28 - 00:21:18 - The Road as a love story; Platonic forms; materialism00:21:28 - 00:31:54 - the Word of God; carrying the fire00:32:04 -00:46:31 the truth about the world; effeminacy00:46:41 - end - what we're reading; Davenant Spotlight, wrap-upCurrently ReadingColin: The Harmonian Man by Charles FourierRhys: Mystery in White by J. Jefferson FarjeonTexts DiscussedThe Road by Cormac McCarthySpotlightGive to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin!MusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 2)
Dec 4, 202300:57:24Tap to summarizeThis 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/Timestamps00:00:00 – 00:19:08 Intro; recap; the ends of the procreative organs; representation by effacement or replacement00:19:19 - 00:27:29 - donor anonymity00:27:41 - 00:47:03 - is AID like adoption?00:47:13 - end - What We're Reading; Davenant Spotlight; wrap upCurrently ReadingColin: Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Defining Difference by Audre Lorde Rhys: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Texts DiscussedBegotten or Made? by Oliver O'DonovanSpotlightGive to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin!MusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 1)
Nov 13, 202301:00:10Tap to summarizeThis 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/Timestamps00:00:00 – 00:10:39 - Intro; recap; the possibility of artificial insemination by donor00:10:50 – 00:24:43 - the ends of AID; the multiple goods of the procreative organs; cure, circumvention, and compensation00:24:54 – 00:38:39 - ethics of the third party in AID; reproduction a private act; proxy relationships and their limits00:38:38 – 00:50:14 - the Patriarchal and Levirate patterns in Scripture; problematic anonymity of AID00:50:23 - end - What We’re Reading; Spotlight; wrap-upCurrently ReadingColin: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Rhys: Birthday Letters by Ted HughesTexts DiscussedBegotten or Made? by Oliver O'DonovanSpotlightDavenant Hall Hilary Term Class Registration (REGISTER NOW!)MusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →We're All Hoboes Now (ft. Nathan Johnson)
Oct 18, 202301:08:10Tap to summarizeThis 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/Timestamps00:00:00-00:13:21 - Intro; introduction to Simon Weil and The Need for Roots00:13:31-00:30:52 difference between rights and obligations; Weil vs. the social contract00:31:03-00:54:14 the need for roots; roots and multiculturalism00:54:24-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap upCurrently ReadingColin: 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 TraherneTexts Discussed"When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward" by Nathan JohnsonThe Need for Roots by Simone Weil"The Iliad, or the Poem of Force" by Simone WeilSpotlightMade Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne (pre-order now!)MusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download:
Transcribe →"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 2 (Pt. 3)
Oct 2, 202300:56:34Tap to summarizeThis week, Rhys and Colin resume their walkthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan.Having discussed "the psychological case" in transsexualism, they now discuss O'Donovan's account of "the social case". What are we saying when we refuse to admit someone is "in the wrong body", yet make social allowances for them? Should medicine be marhsaled in service of social problems? And whose job is it to make someone face reality? All these questions and more are hashed out this week.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/Timestamps00:00:00-00:07:00 - Intro; Begotten or Made? recap 00:07:13-00:30:30 - "The social case" in transsexualism; reality claims; changes in trans issues; accommodation at scale; can you put the breaks on?; thankfulness for reality00:30:40-00:38:43 - Who is responsible for burdening someone with reality?; can we avoid the reductio ad absurdum?;00:38:53-00:45:23 - Welcome v. acceptance of reality; vocations of the body00:45:33-end - What We're Reading; Davenant Spotlight; wrap upNOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon.Currently ReadingColin: The Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sagahun Rhys: A Prefeace to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis Texts DiscussedBegotten or Made? by Oliver O'DonovanSpotlightCommunicating God's Trinitarian Fullness by Joe RigneyMusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
Transcribe →Time to Meet Your Hoedemaker (ft. James Wood)
Sep 18, 202301:02:44Tap to summarizeWe're back! This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by James Wood, discussing his recent Ad Fontes article "How Abraham Kuyper Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church." They discuss Kuyper's approach to church and state, the critiques made by his forgotten foil Hoedemaker, and how their debates are relevant to contemporary debates about politics and the renewal of the church.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/Timestamps00:00:00-:00:11:09 - Intro and introduction to Abraham Kuyper00:11:18-00:24:16 - Kuyper on church and state; Hoedemaker's objections00:24:28-00:34:17 - Hoedemaker, a bridge between Reformation political theology and modern liberal politics; Christians and public schools00:34:28-00:52:16 - important dead Dutch guys; staying or going in compromised denominations00:52:26-end - what we're reading; conclusionNOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon.Currently ReadingColin: Starry Messenger by Galileo GalileiRhys: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen James: City of God by Augustine; Reformed Ethics by Herman Bavinck; TheToxic War on Masculinity by Nancy Pearcey Texts Discussed"How Abraham Kuype Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church" by James Wood"Calvin's Complex Ecumenism" by James WoodAaron's Rod Blossoming by George GillespieThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed by Brad LittlejohnMusicIntro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.
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