Formed Book Club
15 Seasons
Join Catholic experts and book lovers with decades of experience in publishing for in-depth weekly discussions of relevant Catholic texts. Hosted by Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ (Founder of Ignatius Press), Vivian Dudro (Senior Editor at Ignatius Press), and Joseph Pearce (Director of Book Publishing at Augustine Institute). These discussions are part of an online community that reads and discusses a different book each month. Go to formedbookclub.ignatius.com to sign up for free! Books discussed: Chance or the Dance by Thomas Howard. Electronic versions are available here. Real Philosophy for Real People by Fr. Robert McTeigue .S.J.
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Episode 26 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 1
Pages 477 to end. Join us next time in our new discussion of Geoffrey Shaw’s “The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam.”
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Episode 25 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 2
Pages 462 to 477.
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Episode 24 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 3
Pages 451 to 462.
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Episode 22 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 4
Does a good end justify an evil means?
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Episode 23 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 5
Pages 444 to 451.
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Episode 21 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 6
Where does love fit into a world ruled by “progress”?
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Episode 20 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 7
Science is a gift from God, so why does it often seem to turn AGAINST God?
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Episode 19 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 8
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Episode 18 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 9
Why did Dostoyevsky love Jesus but hate the Catholic Church?
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34:00Episode 10
Episode 17 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 10
Are evil characters “cooler” than good characters? Reading Dostoyevsky, Henri de Lubac goes far, far deeper than the cool.
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34:58Episode 11
Episode 16 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 11
Each one of us is a whole world, say Dostoyevsky and De Lubac.
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32:51Episode 12
Episode 15 | The Drama of atheist Humanism
Episode 12
Dostoyevsky knows the difference between a revolution of love (Christian) and a revolution of power (atheism). Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue to read Henri de Lubac’s analysis of the great Fyodor Dostoyevsky in “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.”
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36:11Episode 13
Episode 14 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky survived an execution and spent five years in a brutal Siberian prison. To his surprise, that’s where he fell in love with God.
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27:21Episode 14
Episode 13 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 14
What is Christianity’s ANSWER to atheism? Simple: DOSTOYEVSKY. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin part III of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac.
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33:36Episode 15
Episode 12 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 15
The last word on sociologist August Comte. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro conclude part II of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.”
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31:41Episode 16
Episode 11 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 16
Comte builds a new religion—with him as pope and scientific experts as bishops. Part 2, chapter 3, sections 1 and 2 of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac.
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30:15Episode 17
Episode 9 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 17
Why Comte DETESTED Jesus—and LOVED St. Paul. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin studying part 2, chapter 2, of Henri de Lubac’s classic “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.”
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30:20Episode 18
Episode 10 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 18
Comte, the father of “social science,” believes in a new god: MANKIND. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish part 2, chapter 2, of Henri de Lubac’s “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.”
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33:42Episode 19
Episode 8 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 19
Even atheists need a god: How Comte turned data into a religion. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss pp. 147–79 (part 2, chapter 1) of Henri de Lubac’s classic “The Drama of Atheist Humanism.”
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30:52Episode 20
Episode 7 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 20
August Comte: How "science" took over EVERYTHING. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro begin to read PART TWO of "The Drama of Atheist Humanism" by Henri de Lubac.
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38:32Episode 21
Episode 5 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 21
"Be hard, be terrible, be pitiless!" The world in the wake of Nietzsche, as we study part 1, chapter 3, of Henri de Lubac's "The Drama of Atheist Humanism."
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30:24Episode 22
Episode 3 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 22
Atheism is boring: the lifeless life of Nietzsche. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish chapter 1 of Henri de Lubac's "The Drama of Atheist Humanism".
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22:20Episode 23
Episode 6 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 23
Are CHRISTIANS responsible for God’s death? Nietzsche thought so. Fr. Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro finish their study of PART ONE of “The Drama of Atheist Humanism” by Henri de Lubac, S.J.
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34:17Episode 24
Episode 4 | The Drama of Atheist Humanism
Episode 24
Logic isn't everything, but what happens when we reject it altogether? Two great philosophers go head to head: Kierkegaard (Christian) and Nietzsche (Atheist).